The Vault: Love/Hate’s Ode To Getting Pulled Over By The Cops

noah | December 14, 2006 2:59 am
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One of the grimiest bands to make the vault from Headbanger’s Ball to MTV’s daytime hours was Love/Hate, whose Black Out In The Red Room was full of references to drugs, sex, and passing out in the streets. “Why Do You Think They Call It Dope?” even managed to crack the Dial MTV top ten–with only one word, an errant “fuck,” bleeped out. Sixteen years later, we’re wondering if this song’s lyrics would make it intact on the post-Columbine edition of the channel, because there’s no way the references to dimebags and errant roaches would pass muster today. (Okay, that slap bass at the beginning probably would cause the song to be rejected out of hand, too.)

Love/Hate – Why Do You Think They Call It Dope? [MP3, link expired] Love/Hate – Black Out In The Red Room [MP3, link expired] Love/Hate [Official site]

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