Palzon is disgusting. That just needed to be said.
Hearing this now I can have a clearer grasp on what it all means. When I first heard it I didn't understand and I was just a little skeeved.
I've been a surfers fan since I was 10yrs old in the IWS era. I heard this album for the first time several years later but I was still a young man.
Now I can see it rather clearly.
Those on this thread assigning some rape-victim shaming or victim invalidation are reading their own misgivings into this piece.
It doesn't matter if the first woman is lying. It does matter if you think the second woman's complaints are frivolous.
If you look at the entirety of the surfers' work you can see where it comes from.
If you think the context of "Butthole Surfer" is its glorifying the bashing then you have misunderstood.
there was something significant about them taking on that mantle of the "butthole surfer" in the face of the greater punk music scene that was becoming more and more just like every other patriarchal institution.
To think that this song would be so different from all of the other work and use suffering for "shock" value or make a direct social commentary is ignorance.
To "shock" as an agenda you have to play consistently on societal norms and go out of your way to do the opposite.
While the surfers do thoroughly manipulate musical conventions to great effect you can see that their overall absurdist style transcends "shock" and lands on being. Their existence is the subversion.
I can see this song as another reflection of modern life. It's fuckin' atrocious and musical accompaniment is right there.
Palzon is disgusting. That just needed to be said. Hearing this now I can have a clearer grasp on what it all means. When I first heard it I didn't understand and I was just a little skeeved. I've been a surfers fan since I was 10yrs old in the IWS era. I heard this album for the first time several years later but I was still a young man. Now I can see it rather clearly. Those on this thread assigning some rape-victim shaming or victim invalidation are reading their own misgivings into this piece. It doesn't matter if the first woman is lying. It does matter if you think the second woman's complaints are frivolous. If you look at the entirety of the surfers' work you can see where it comes from. If you think the context of "Butthole Surfer" is its glorifying the bashing then you have misunderstood. there was something significant about them taking on that mantle of the "butthole surfer" in the face of the greater punk music scene that was becoming more and more just like every other patriarchal institution. To think that this song would be so different from all of the other work and use suffering for "shock" value or make a direct social commentary is ignorance. To "shock" as an agenda you have to play consistently on societal norms and go out of your way to do the opposite. While the surfers do thoroughly manipulate musical conventions to great effect you can see that their overall absurdist style transcends "shock" and lands on being. Their existence is the subversion. I can see this song as another reflection of modern life. It's fuckin' atrocious and musical accompaniment is right there.