More music threads! - Great songs about uncomfortable subjects:

[cemaphonic]

Rape:

Incest:

(This one is especially gutsy, since it's the first track on the album after their big breakthough)

Post some more messed-up songs!

[orleans]

1. pain

[Boom Sound 416]

2. Here's one

[arcane1]

3. Suicide

[IcyPeas]

4. Luka - Suzanne Vega

Child abuse:

[sakabatou]

5. Artificial Intelligence

[Joe Shlabotnik]

6. Great album, but the cover art offended many,

distracting from the theme of the optimism and survivability of youthful ideals.

[Enthusiast]

7. This one.

[eShirl]

8. Hell is for Children - Pat Benatar

[Coventina]

9. War Guilt

"I Bombed Korea" by Cake

[Skittles]

10. In the Ghetto - poverty

[cemaphonic]

20. I think that one's a bit maudlin, though Elvis' heart was in the right place,

and his singing is good as always. Mix it up with some steel guitar and train noises though, and you've got something special:

[Skittles]

28. aw, I do agree

I kinda missed the word GREAT

[redwitch]

11. Dysfunctional family M. C. Carpenter

[femmocrat]

12. Alcoholism: "Blown Away" ~ Carrie Underwood

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

13. Teenage pregnancy

Teenage Pregnancy, complete with the girl being disappeared by her religious family: "Samantha Pope" by Honeycrack

It's got a great line about abstinence only (or similarly vague) sex ed:

They could have told her more in class
Instead of mystery
They just used threats and photographs
Dressed as biology

They also had a song about rape called "No - Please Don't", but I couldn't find it on YouTube. I highly recommend the whole album. Great band, stupid name.

[hifiguy]

14. Alcohol/abuse

This song destroys me every time. Brilliant band and Natalie Merchant could wring tears from a stone.

[Coventina]

15. Devastating song that nails it.

This song makes me cry.

It's so on the mark.

[NightWatcher]

17. another one from them. What's The Matter Here

[hifiguy]

18. indeed. Gads, I miss that band.

Natalie Merchant's always thoughtful, often heart-rending lyrics and one-of-a-kind voice were never better served than when she was a part of 10,000 Maniacs.

[NightWatcher]

19. I had a huge crush on her, the voice, the dancing, the bohemian vibe

Damn, the mid 90's were fun

[NightWatcher]

16. K's Choice- Not an Addict

[Coventina]

21. Confronting a friend about racism

[Behind the Aegis]

22. Hitler's Brothers (Racism, rape, bigotry)

Scarecrow (Murder of Matthew Shephard):

[Coventina]

23. Death of a mother (at a young age):

[Coventina]

24. Mental illness (from the POV of the sufferer)

Kristin Hersh battled her illness very publicly, and had to fight in court for the right to spend time with her children.

[Coventina]

25. A woman choosing to return to her abuser:

[Doc_Technical]

26. Loneliness, Control, Materialism

[Jamaal510]

27. ...

Death (from gangbanging)

Hell

Girl stuffed in trunk

The ghetto