tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179812985138080758.post1349328781691285407..comments2023-09-18T04:28:23.066-07:00Comments on Apatoff for Destruction: Song of the Day: Nine Inch Nails, "Big Man With a Gun"Ben Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05121438304635733882noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179812985138080758.post-62105894485223009192015-05-16T04:01:06.508-07:002015-05-16T04:01:06.508-07:00Ben, it’s probably fair to say that industrial mus...Ben, it’s probably fair to say that industrial music fans and musicians (especially the musicians) tend further to the left than any other genre.<br /><br />I see some potential relationship in this (though I have not tested it and the notion is doubted by a study titled <a href="http://www.stat.ufl.edu/STA%204702/Spring%2007/Rentfrow&Gosling.pdf" rel="nofollow">‘The Do Re Mi’s of Everyday Life: The Structure and Personality Correlates of Music Preferences’</a>) and at times one doubts why Bork could not see equally objectionable material in ‘Shoot to Thrill’ (<b>Back in Black</b> by AC/DC) or ‘Get in the Ring’ (<b>Use Your Illusion II</b>) or ‘No Remorse’ (<b>Kill ‘Em All</b>, originally titled <b>Metal Up Your (expletive)</b>).jpbenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02664829103165280260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179812985138080758.post-5696156480220688242013-08-03T20:22:28.414-07:002013-08-03T20:22:28.414-07:00I think that's right.I think that's right.Ben Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121438304635733882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179812985138080758.post-28041688596319041882013-08-03T20:19:07.054-07:002013-08-03T20:19:07.054-07:00I actually assume Robert Bork, being very illitera...I actually assume Robert Bork, being very illiterate with the music of the radical Bush Senior Era, simply did not know anything about industrial music and saw that what Reznor was saying is similar to many violent rap songs.jpbenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02664829103165280260noreply@blogger.com