It's based on a case in the 80s where a huge child-prostitution was busted, and a big portion of the town's adult population was indicted (charges were dismissed a few years later becasue the kids' confessions were coerced or something.) The basic idea of the song was that Albini was trying to show thaty everyone has a perverted streak, everyone has roots of evil in them. He used to act the part of one of the molested children when they performed this live.
no, son- at the time there was a 'zine interview where albini said, and i quote: "we're basically just saying that people should not be fucking children."
no, son- at the time there was a 'zine interview where albini said, and i quote: "we're basically just saying that people should not be fucking children."
i don't see where you get some point about the supposed banality of evil or anything like that.
i don't see where you get some point about the supposed banality of evil or anything like that.
It's based on a case in the 80s where a huge child-prostitution was busted, and a big portion of the town's adult population was indicted (charges were dismissed a few years later becasue the kids' confessions were coerced or something.) The basic idea of the song was that Albini was trying to show thaty everyone has a perverted streak, everyone has roots of evil in them. He used to act the part of one of the molested children when they performed this live.
no, son- at the time there was a 'zine interview where albini said, and i quote: "we're basically just saying that people should not be fucking children."
no, son- at the time there was a 'zine interview where albini said, and i quote: "we're basically just saying that people should not be fucking children."
i don't see where you get some point about the supposed banality of evil or anything like that.
i don't see where you get some point about the supposed banality of evil or anything like that.