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Monday, February 20, 2006

Venom (II)

Today's lyric:

"Not many people thought that Bentley would hang
But the word never came, the phone never rang?
Outside Wandsworth prison there was horror and hate
As the hangman shook Bentley's hand to calculate his weight.
Well it's hard to imagine it's the times that have changed
When there's a murder in the kitchen that's brutal and strange
If killing anybody is a terrible crime
Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come round from time to time?"

Elvis Costello: "Let him dangle"
From the album: "Spike"



No-one quite does venom like Costello. His anti-Thatcher song "Tramp the dirt down" (wherein he relishes the thought of dancing on her grave) is a profound piece of poetry that pulls no punches.

And today's lyric - an anti-capital punishment song - speaks for itself. Although I disagree with him on this one - I've often sworn that I'd throw the switch or drop the trap on a fully-convicted murderer - I suspect that I'd probably bottle it, if the circumstances ever did arise?

Could you?

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