Black Lips Are Taking ChartBlog To Hell...
OK, slightly over-dramatic headline there...but if you listen to the interview below, you'll understand.
The basic facts are these. Black Lips are a nicely scruffy band from the southern states of America, and they've got this great new song called 'Bad Kids'. It's a bit '50s doo-wop, a bit , and a bit scary street poetry about the state of teenagers in the modern world.
Due to its sweary nature, we had to ask for a clean version of the video, and we've got one. It's here...
...notice how the song's lyrics are mainly about pesky kids smashing things and doing grafitti and generally getting into trouble all the time for minor offences?
And notice also that the video-makers have chosen to illustrate this using news footage of angry gangs of youths facing off against riot police (that's RIOT POLICE! In TANKS!) with petrol bombs and bricks.
Not *quite* the charming depiction of teenage ne'er-do-wells which the band seem to have had in mind, is it?
So, it seemed a good time to talk to the band's singer Cole Alexander about all this and the fact that he's one of a wave of bands which are called Black something.
Who could have predicted the onslaught of worryingly un-PC stuff which followed? Certainly not me...
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THINGS IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE CLEAR AT THIS POINT
Thing 1: It's not wise to go to your local elementary school and smash things up. Nor is it very nice. Please don't do it. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ says so.
Thing 2: Cole's tale of how he got out of High School...he could have stopped halfway through that list of things he did and it would still sound 'thrillingly rebellious'. He might also have made some of it up.
Thing 3: That whole dancing section is not meant in any way as a slur on anyone with any form of learning disability, OK? Plus, y'know, dancing is dancing. It's all about how you feel while doing it, no matter what Len Goodman may have to say on the matter.
Thing 4: While deceit is normally a bad thing, I'd say it's probably fine to lie about your band's chart positions in the Czech Republic. Compared to some of the other issues discussed within this interview, who is going to care?
Thing 5: Huge apologies to anyone who has been offended by any reference to anything contained within this interview ever. Please can I go to heaven now?
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