Guys, this song is in no way about gun control legislation or police states or anything like that.
Murder Incorporated was the name for a contract killing organization started in the 1930's by Albert Anastasia. It was basically the enforcement arm for the New York Mafia.
Bruce grew up in Jersey in the 60's and 70's. Back then and there, the Mafia was more in charge than the government. This song is about what it is like to live under the mob's heel, to run afoul of them, to run, get bumped off, and then have the police not prosecute the case to hard because they're under the Mafia's pay. Bruce never knew the high-level, glamorous side of crime you see in gangster movies, but he was a master at portraying the misery of living in fear of it.
I think you're right in your interpretation, but I think the lines "Now the cops reported you as just an another homicide / But I can tell that you were just frustrated / From living with Murder Incorporated" imply a suicide by someone who didn't want to live in fear, waiting for the mob to get to them.
I think you're right in your interpretation, but I think the lines "Now the cops reported you as just an another homicide / But I can tell that you were just frustrated / From living with Murder Incorporated" imply a suicide by someone who didn't want to live in fear, waiting for the mob to get to them.
Guys, this song is in no way about gun control legislation or police states or anything like that. Murder Incorporated was the name for a contract killing organization started in the 1930's by Albert Anastasia. It was basically the enforcement arm for the New York Mafia. Bruce grew up in Jersey in the 60's and 70's. Back then and there, the Mafia was more in charge than the government. This song is about what it is like to live under the mob's heel, to run afoul of them, to run, get bumped off, and then have the police not prosecute the case to hard because they're under the Mafia's pay. Bruce never knew the high-level, glamorous side of crime you see in gangster movies, but he was a master at portraying the misery of living in fear of it.
I think you're right in your interpretation, but I think the lines "Now the cops reported you as just an another homicide / But I can tell that you were just frustrated / From living with Murder Incorporated" imply a suicide by someone who didn't want to live in fear, waiting for the mob to get to them.
I think you're right in your interpretation, but I think the lines "Now the cops reported you as just an another homicide / But I can tell that you were just frustrated / From living with Murder Incorporated" imply a suicide by someone who didn't want to live in fear, waiting for the mob to get to them.