The Darker Side of Nursery Rhymes
 

When you look into them a little deeper, there's some heavy stuff going on.

The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: clear indictment of overcrowding, unprotected sex and corporal punishment.

Goosy Goosy Gander: Voyeurism and beastiality (what exactly is a goose doing in my lady's chamber?) coupled with religious intolerance and elder abuse ("There I met an old man who wouldn't say his prayers/ I caught him by the left leg and threw him down the stairs").

Little Bo Peep: Dereliction of duty: "Leave them alone and they'll come home"? Never heard of wolves, you stupid woman? Think sheep can defend themselves?

The Owl and the Pussycat: Same sex marriage

Hey Diddle Diddle: Clear evidence of a drug-fuelled party

Three Blind Mice: Animal abuse

Dark stuff, people! Dark, dark stuff!

For all their stupidity, ICP had some ghetto-ized nursery rhyme songs that were surprisingly poignant and evocative and had a certain sing-song, Mother Goose quality. Assuming you can get over ICP.


You've heard this, TH. I know I made you listen to Riddle Box a while back.

bad thread mate, try again.

As another chance to foist the Insane Clown Posse on you all I'd say it's a success.

Nah, don't feel like it.

you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. but you still miss the mark on at least 1/3 of the threads you make. it happens. learn from it and go get 'em next time Dadheart. i believe in you. more importantly, we believe in you.

Old McDonald's farm is always put in the past tense. I think he's either passed on or he lost his farm. The song is likely about his children fighting over who gets what at the farm. They're like "oh **** he's got pigs, cows, chickens, etc. everyone in except I'm old McDonald's favourite."

I believe you'll find the bank foreclosed on him.

All we need now is for you to somehow work in a Kesha video and we're set.

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Yeah sorry. You edited in more after I had posted.

Seems like a decent thread to me, TH. :thumb:

Ring a ring of roses
A pocket full of posies
Atishoo atishoo we all fall down.

Clearly prefigures the way AIDS would decimate the gay population - spooky !

London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.

Clearly prefigures the way London Bridge would be dismantled and shipped to a leisure park in Arizona - spooky !

Thanks. Glad someone appreciates it.
Think Batty would reword that though:

Ring a ring of roses
World is full of poseurs
Assholes, shoot them, they all fall down.
:laughing:

Oranges and Lemons seems to chronicle regional conflicts and spiraling debt ending ultimately in public execution.

Sigh. You really don't add much to threads, do ya? :rolleyes:

Maybe he can do the albums that aren't on the Wiki list.

Oh you've forgotten the colour code, Batty. White is for the conversation to continue, but this is a Black Card situation: subject closed.

It's not in the thread though.

Yeah, ya got me there.

Then stop talking about it dummy.

Jack and Jill obviously both died at the end of their little trip to fetch a pail of water.

Forced child labour too... not to mention questionable medical practices.

vvv

album is a classic. 5/5:clap:

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dark children songs?

oh nooooooooo

God damn it! I meant inter-species marriage, of course. Now I have to go edit the OP.

On second thoughts, don't think I'll bother.

You against ****ing dogs, you pleb?

Neither the owl nor the pussycat are a dog, dumbass.

Not an answer.

Answer this.