NEWS 2019/10/02
There’s a great bit in This Is Spinal Tap when Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) is playing a beautiful song on a piano, explaining how he is taking influences from Bach and Mozart and using simple intertwining lines of melody to tug at people’s heartstrings. Asked what the piece is called, he says Lick My Love Pump. Titling a song brings responsibility with it – whether in a record store, reading a review or browsing through Spotify, a potential listener will frequently see the track-listing long before hearing a record, and loads of effing and jeffing is as likely to drive some people away as it is to draw others in. Here is a baker’s dozen of bands that really went for it in terms of NSFW, parent-unfriendly, showy-offy, wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap-and-water impoliteness....