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Topic	Pumped up kids is a good song but why write about something so fucked up?
mercurydude 08/20/23 11:05:49 PM #45:	Just like with Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays," and Marilyn Manson's "Lunchbox," they sing about it because it happened, or in the case of this particular song, is still happening. And folks would rather ask, "why do they sing about something so terrible!?" instead of asking why society is comfortable with enabling such events in the first place. --- God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes, 'cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose. - Everlast <cite>mercurydude posted [p:975567134] in Pumped up ... [t:80541973]...</cite> <quote>Just like with Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays," and Marilyn Manson's "Lunchbox," they sing about it because it happened, or in the case of this particular song, is still happening. And folks would rather ask, "why do they sing about something so terrible!?" instead of asking why society is comfortable with enabling such events in the first place. --- God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes, 'cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose. - Everlast</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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