Tuesday 12 May 2015

Black Boys On Mopeds.



I believe that this is not only the finest thing that Sinead O'Connor has ever done but also one of the two best songs from the past twenty odd years dealing with the injustice of people being killed by the law enforcement authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. The other being American Skin.

Sinead O'Connor - Black Boys On Mopeds

5 comments:

george said...

Now that is a fine song, Drew. Never heard it before, but will certainly be playing it again

Charity Chic said...

Like George I've never heard this before and also like him think this is a fine song

Brian said...

She got a raw deal here in America.

Anonymous said...

Seems those " black boys on mopeds " are killing a lot of other black boys on mopeds...

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_6_murder_race_and_sex_of_vicitm_by_race_and_sex_of_offender_2012.xls

drew said...

Not quite sure the point you are trying to make Anonymous, however the song was written about police brutality to young black males in the UK in the 1980s