Happy Music Monday! There are many questions in music. Today Scott's gathering five of them. Will they be answered? WHO CAN SAY? But let's ask anyway.
Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness?
Maiden wasn't the first question in rock history, but for people of a certain age, it might be the most famous. I recall this song only appearing on MTV late at night, and every authority figure I had telling me how this sort of music would ruin my life. I grew up to write for a website owned by a larger company so... maybe they had a point?
Question everything! Especially after the jump...
The Beatles - Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
The decision to use pronouns is what takes this song to a new level. Of course "it" is referring to sex, nobody's ever once misunderstood that. But even if "it" is actually a tea party, "it" still blocks the traffic and is therefore transgressive. There is no way this song can be converted to being wholesome. Even "Revolution" ended up selling Nikes at one point. But this? This makes you question everything no matter what you think "it" may be.
The Smiths were supposedly so mad about this video that they almost pulled the record. But for those of us who discovered them together, it's hard to imagine this song without these images. And maybe that's why the band was so mad the label did it all without their permission. Imagine what we might have gotten.
Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack - Where Is The Love?
This song is so catchy my girlfriend and I occasionally sing it at each other when we can't find our dog. I can't hear it normally any more. And it doesn't matter, because even with a new chorus it's STILL an amazing song. My love for Roberta Flack and the late Donny Hathaway knows no bounds.
Not all question songs end in a question mark! In this song Bowie asks the immortal question "Where were the Spiders?" Also, let's face it, I'll use any possible excuse to stick a Bowie song in one of these posts. Just keep in mind that this week any question is acceptable. It doesn't have to just be the title. NOW GO FORTH AND QUESTION.
Let us just remind you: some images come from the corresponding Wikipedia page and are here under fair use. See you next week.