XTC
A jaunty, whistle-inflected pop song that uses upbeat melody as a Trojan horse for a satire of military brass hungry for…
militarism and glorification of war irony between form and content boredom and status anxiety among the powerful
Maxwell
Maxwell's cover of Kate Bush's 'This Woman's Work' turns a song about a man's helplessness during childbirth into a raw,…
helplessness impending loss regret
The Rolling Stones
An apocalyptic weather report that turns into a plea for cover. Over a coiling, tremolo'd guitar figure and a hammering rhythm,…
apocalyptic dread violence as imminent, not distant the need for refuge