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"The word "Nigger" used by white artists"


          

This could be a fun post - list every (or every good/relevant/mainstream-ish) song where a white artist has used the word nigger in the lyrics.

Three to start with:

Rednecks - Randy Newman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nGw_vAnqPI

Battleground - Joe Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8iH927QMVY

Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVwrrkt22Ag#t=52s

  
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The word "Nigger" used by white artists [View all] , handle, Wed Aug-22-12 11:35 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Bob Dylan for "Hurricane"
Aug 22nd 2012
1
John Lennon's "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" comes to mind.
Aug 22nd 2012
2
Classic pseudo-intellectual post-Beatles Lennon.
Aug 22nd 2012
3
      I agree about the execution, but why is it a shitty idea?
Aug 22nd 2012
4
           RE: I agree about the execution, but why is it a shitty idea?
Aug 22nd 2012
7
                Maybe, but 1972 was a different time.
Aug 22nd 2012
11
                RE: I agree about the execution, but why is it a shitty idea?
Aug 22nd 2012
12
                     RE: I agree about the execution, but why is it a shitty idea?
Aug 24th 2012
62
                     Oh yeah, I'm definitely familiar with the back story...
Aug 24th 2012
65
V-Nasty's entire career. lol
Aug 22nd 2012
5
actually, she didn't use it once on the Gucci/Zaytoven collab album
Sep 05th 2012
89
Patti Smith - "Rock N Roll Nigger"
Aug 22nd 2012
6
Did this one cause a lot of controversy?
Aug 24th 2012
63
      Some quotes
Aug 28th 2012
79
Hank Williams.....
Aug 22nd 2012
8
I'm gonna need proof
Aug 22nd 2012
13
yup, I'm doing Google searches trying to find anything of that sort
Aug 23rd 2012
26
RE: I'm gonna need proof
Aug 23rd 2012
31
There's an internet hoax out there of a racist "Johnny Cash" s...
Aug 23rd 2012
37
      Yeah, someone played me that Faux-Cash track a few years back
Aug 24th 2012
66
the use of the word to degrade black people a "Fun" post?
Aug 22nd 2012
9
That's what I meant - let's have fun degrading blacks
Aug 22nd 2012
10
This board has a sick obsession with racism
Aug 22nd 2012
14
      Racism is part of American music history.
Aug 23rd 2012
15
      murica doe nm
Aug 23rd 2012
18
      not talking about racism in America
Aug 23rd 2012
19
      So you're uncomfortable discussing racism?
Aug 23rd 2012
20
           This isn't a discussion
Aug 24th 2012
53
                The Original poster DEFINTELY was doing it to be a jerk
Aug 24th 2012
61
                     Typical little snarky reversal attempt
Aug 25th 2012
70
Faith No More
Aug 23rd 2012
16
you mean Katy Perry?
Aug 23rd 2012
17
      I meant this.
Aug 23rd 2012
32
Guns N Roses - One In A Million
Aug 23rd 2012
21
RE: Wasn't he "supposedly" speaking in character?
Aug 23rd 2012
22
from Wikipedia about the song:
Aug 23rd 2012
23
      Pleas copped indeed
Aug 23rd 2012
25
           LOL, that's funny
Aug 23rd 2012
28
thats fucked up
Aug 23rd 2012
24
really? Vernon Reid publically called him out for it on & offstage
Aug 23rd 2012
27
SMDH at these youtube responses to the song
Aug 23rd 2012
30
from the Plea Copper's Handbook
Aug 23rd 2012
34
      Actually I wouldn't be surprised if that bit was true
Aug 23rd 2012
44
           yeah, this sounds more like this
Aug 23rd 2012
47
Blow Dem Hoes Up
Aug 23rd 2012
51
I remember Ice T came out for him
Aug 24th 2012
56
Boulevard Connection w/MC Serch/Bobbito "No Doubt"
Aug 23rd 2012
29
William Burroughs- A Thanksgiving Prayer
Aug 23rd 2012
33
Burroughs is clearly being sardonic as usual here
Aug 24th 2012
64
      Yeah, I think Burroughs was definitely being sarcastic
Aug 25th 2012
71
           its interesting to consider The Wire in regards to this too.
Aug 26th 2012
74
           RE: Yeah, I think Burroughs was definitely being sarcastic
Sep 05th 2012
91
RE: Can we discuss Costello's use of it non-musically?
Aug 23rd 2012
35
He's one of rock's best songwriters
Aug 23rd 2012
36
RE: So what does that say about rock and roll?
Aug 23rd 2012
38
      I do believe that he really was just trying to piss the guy off
Aug 23rd 2012
39
      RE: So because Ray Charles says it's okay, it is???
Aug 23rd 2012
40
           Of course he's a douche, but John Lennon was a wife beater
Aug 23rd 2012
41
                RE: Along with 85% of the rest of married British men.
Aug 23rd 2012
42
                     So, I'm not gonna hold a grudge against Costello over one incident
Aug 23rd 2012
43
                     RE: He probably did.
Aug 23rd 2012
45
                     Right. They were smart enough to change their anti-Pakistani lyrics.
Aug 24th 2012
68
                     um, citation needed.
Sep 06th 2012
92
      Ian Curtis was by most accounts a total racist as well...
Aug 24th 2012
58
           RE: I think that's going too far.
Aug 24th 2012
60
lol the plea coppage to this reply
Aug 23rd 2012
46
WTF kind of Eric Clapton shit...?
Aug 23rd 2012
48
      RE: #46 and #48 are not very clear.
Aug 23rd 2012
52
           cmon, dogg
Aug 24th 2012
57
                RE: Yeah, that Clapton shit is pretty wild.
Aug 24th 2012
59
                Worst thing is that he's never *fully* apologized.
Aug 25th 2012
72
                     lol, didn't Mel Gibson say something like this
Aug 28th 2012
76
                          nah, just that every war in history was started by the Jews lol
Aug 28th 2012
78
                               LOL... man.
Aug 28th 2012
80
                Holy fuck @ that Clapton quote!! I've never seen that before...
Aug 24th 2012
67
                'I used to be into dope, now I'm into racism'
Aug 28th 2012
75
                RE: cmon, dogg
Aug 25th 2012
73
                     Not sure you're using the word ""lifted" appropriately.
Aug 28th 2012
77
Jane's Addiction f/IceT "don't call me nigger, whitey" (cover)
Aug 23rd 2012
49
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Saint Huck"
Aug 23rd 2012
50
Ill Bill - White Nigger
Aug 24th 2012
54
Marilyn Manson - Irresponsible Hate Anthem
Aug 24th 2012
55
off topic but why not
Aug 24th 2012
69
Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
Aug 28th 2012
81
Have we found one where the artists is not either...
Aug 28th 2012
82
      I think that GNR one sort of counts
Aug 29th 2012
85
Grant Peeples did a song earlier this year
Aug 29th 2012
83
A good amount of Johnny Rebel songs
Aug 29th 2012
84
Yeah, but those weren't "ironic" or "artistic." Just racist.... which......
Sep 05th 2012
86
"Where are the obligatory niggers? Hey there, fuckface"
Sep 05th 2012
87
I heard they were about to get signed to Motown...
Sep 05th 2012
88
RE: Completely useless band.
Sep 05th 2012
90
      oh dear.
Sep 06th 2012
93
      They should have stopped making records a long time ago...
Sep 06th 2012
94

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