Sex Is Violence/Music

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Examples of Sex Is Violence in Music include:

'Baby when it's love if it's not rough it isn't fun.'

    • The music video for "Alejandro".
    • Lady Gaga in general, via her music and their corresponding videos. Other examples include "Bad Romance", "Monster", "I Like it Rough" (though that might be taking it a bit literal), and "Teeth".
  • Florence + the Machine's "Kiss with a Fist" seems to be about this (though the singer says it's meant to be metaphorical).
  • Defied by the band Bush in their song "Everything Zen".

'There's no sex in your violence. There's no sex in your VI-O-L-E-E-E-E-E-E-NCE!'

  • Kanye West makes an interesting pun about gang-banging in "Hell of a Life."
  • The top-page quote from Jane's Addiction's "Ted, Just Admit It" takes this view. It should be noted that the song depicts the viewpoint of Real Life Serial Killer Ted Bundy.
  • The Twisted Sister song "Sex and Violence" talks on this point.

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