Music is life.
It can make you happy, sad, excited, and a million billion other emotions… including triggered.
That being said, one of my favorite sites http://Loudwire.com made a list of the “Most Controversial Songs the Year You Were Born” and it’s a really cool walk down Musical Memory Lane.
A few highlights:
1962: “He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)”, The Crystals
1964: “A Change Is Gonna Come”, Sam Cooke
1969: “Give Peace a Chance”, Plastic Ono Band
1971: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, Gil Scott-Heron
1975: “The Pill”, Loretta Lynn
1977: “God Save the Queen”, Sex Pistols
1982: “The Message”, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
1983: “Relax”, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
1986: “Dear God”, XTC
1988: “[Eff] tha Police”, N.W.A.
1990: “Justify My Love”, Madonna
1992: “Killing in the Name”, Rage Against the Machine
1994: “Closer”, Nine Inch Nails
1999: “Goodbye Earl”, The (Dixie) Chicks
2000: “Stan”, Eminem
2002: “Dirrty”, Christina Aguilera
2004: “American idiot”, Green Day
2008: “I Kissed a Girl”, Katy Perry
2010: “Pumped Up Kicks”, Foster the People
2018: “This Is America”, Childish Gambino
Again, you can check the full list at https://loudwire.com/most-controversial-song-year-born/
And this year’s pick? Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town”, which has caused quite an uproar between politcial parties.
I was born in 1983, so my song is “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, which is basically a tutorial on getting off.
What song was raising eyebrows the year you were born?
Which song still gets you all riled up today?