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Music Monday: Thou Shalt Always Kill, by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip

Posted by John on February 25th, 2008 at 10:01 pm · 10 Comments

I present you with more music to be all godless to. You’ll need new commandments to replace those old, threadbare ones:

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10 responses so far ↓

  • 1 xJane // Feb 26, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    YES! I discovered this on the radio a few days ago. I’ve not been able to find it in mp3 format, but I love it. And agree with…yes, I think with all of them! BTW, this guy kills.

  • 2 Isaac // Feb 26, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    LOVE. LOVE.

  • 3 Lessie // Feb 27, 2008 at 6:51 am

    This was a fun song, but I think some of my old squeamishness about killing must be coming through because that last line kind of threw me.

  • 4 John // Feb 27, 2008 at 8:44 am

    Lessie, I think that last line is supposed to throw you. I like the tension between the two last lines (or for that matter, the second to the last line and all of the “thou shalts”:

    Thou shalt think for yourselves.

    And thou shalt always, thou shalt always, kill.

  • 5 xJane // Feb 28, 2008 at 6:37 am

    Lessie: I don’t think it’s kill in the sense of murder (or hunting, or bug-squashing), I’ve always heard it as “be cool”. Which ain’t a bad commandment.

  • 6 Lessie // Feb 28, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    Ah, thanks xJane. That helps alleviate some of the squeamishness. I mean, I knew it was supposed to throw me, but I still couldn’t quite swallow it . . . anyway, being cool is a fun commandment (though one I’m not always sure I “keep” :-) ).

  • 7 xJane // Feb 28, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    incidentally, Wikipedia agrees with me:

    The pivotal message is to “think for yourselves” rather than to follow current trends or get caught up in hype. The title, and final line of the song, refer to ‘killing’ in the sense of performing excellently.

  • 8 xJane // Mar 10, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    Another credo for atheists, from PZMyers

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