The 20 Most Controversial Songs Of All Time
Featuring Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Slayer and The Prodigy...
17. Rage Against The Machine: 'Killing In The Name' - An explosive aural annihilation of the injustices of American society, thanks to the recent UK Christmas number one campaign the expletive strewn 1992 anthem is as potent as ever. Lyrically cutting, singer Zach de la Rocha accuses the US security forces of being infiltrated by the Ku Klux Klan (“some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses”) as the track builds to an impossibly angry, euphoric climax of “fuck you I won't do what you tell me.” Hilariously, the climax has mistakenly been played on BBC Radio twice and in 2008 prompted complaints from parents when it was aired in an Asda supermarket. " />-
17. Rage Against The Machine: 'Killing In The Name' - An explosive aural annihilation of the injustices of American society, thanks to the recent UK Christmas number one campaign the expletive strewn 1992 anthem is as potent as ever. Lyrically cutting, singer Zach de la Rocha accuses the US security forces of being infiltrated by the Ku Klux Klan (“some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses”) as the track builds to an impossibly angry, euphoric climax of “fuck you I won't do what you tell me.” Hilariously, the climax has mistakenly been played on BBC Radio twice and in 2008 prompted complaints from parents when it was aired in an Asda supermarket.
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Necrophilia, drugs, murder, racism, Nazism, bestiality, sodomy, religious indoctrination and Satanism – just a handful of the controversial subjects touched upon in Gigwise's countdown of the 20 Most Controversial Songs Of All Time. Featuring Eminem, N.W.A., The Sex Pistols, Rage Against The Machine, Guns N' Roses, Prince and more, be warned some of it is definitely NSFW!
