As I listened to the violent lyrics
of that Beatles song,
the one about Maxwell’s silver hammer,
I wanted to shoot-up my high school and the people in it
only it was twenty-two years since I graduated
and I had to go to work.
I didn’t know it was the rock-and-roll that was doing it;
I had thought something was wrong with me.
Author notes
I wrote this a long time ago, maybe after Columbine. My point was to use a band that our parents idolized, in a violent song but from a much less violent time, to show that blaming the music (or TV or video games) is ridiculous. Violent lyrics have always existed; the cause of senseless violence is the listener's state of mind, and many times teen angst.
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- The Laughs of Society by bloved.
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Comments
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I've always said people who blame lyrics for thier childerns behavior, are blind to underlaying issues in the childs life...Let's just say they were probably a little unstable even before the bad man on the radio played that tune. Well stated poem...thought provoking.
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mmmmm this was intersting....But I agree...violence has always been around...you can't blame music or a band for violence...because it has always been there.
I'm glad you've bought up columbine....because thats when it truely came a big deal...the type of music that we listen to gets blaimed
Thanks again for entering...good luck
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