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[music, songs] March 17, 2003 at 8:55:00 PM CET Sinéad, Chan & the children There are two ways of writing a song about child murder and/or child abuse. You can stay general. And address the Holy Spirit, God and the whole country. That’s what Sinéad O’Connor did in A Prayer for England on the last Massive Attack album 100th Window: In the name of – and by the power of – the Holy Spirit
may we invoke your – intersession for – the children of England
some of whom I have seen – murder so obscene - some of whom have
been taken - let not another child be slain - let not another search
be made in vain - Jah forgive us for forgetting – and Jah help us
we need more loving - you see the teachers are representing you
so badly – that not many can see ...
Or you can be precise. And tell the stories of the children. That’s what Chan Marshall alias Cat Power did in Names on her last album You Are Free:
... her name was Naomi
beautiful round face so ashamed
she told me how to please a man
after school in the back of the bus
she was doin it everyday
she was 11 years old
her name was Cheryl
black hair like electric space
she would pretty paint my face
she was a very good friend
her father would come to her in the night
she was 12 years old ...
Both songs are painful. But in a totally different way. O’Connor’s song is painfully bad whereas Marshall’s song is painfully moving. Pathetic religious kitsch the first and unforgettable worldly description the last.
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