We are finally getting to one of the ballad types and topics that made me realize how much potential lay in these old songs…. Monstrous births. Or, to be clear, that's how they were marketed at the time. They were actually an overall mix of true accounts of birth defects and used the idea of deformity as a direct metaphor. Either which way it went, one thing remained the same. The mother was almost always to blame in some way or another. Prides's Fall The two inseparable brothers. Infant Mor...
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We are finally getting to one of the ballad types and topics that made me realize how much potential lay in these old songs…. Monstrous births. Or, to be clear, that's how they were marketed at the time. They were actually an overall mix of true accounts of birth defects and used the idea of deformity as a direct metaphor. Either which way it went, one thing remained the same. The mother was almost always to blame in some way or another. Prides's Fall The two inseparable brothers. Infant Mor...
Episode 14: Dr. DoGoods Feel Good. Addiction and song
Bawdy Ballads
23 minutes
3 years ago
Episode 14: Dr. DoGoods Feel Good. Addiction and song
Today we look at some of the ways that addiction presents itself in popular songs, and briefly look at some surprising facts about Shakespeare. Show Transcript and links Shakespeare himself was likely a user of both cannabis and cocaine. Doctor Dogoods directions, To cure many diseases both in body and minde, lately written and set forth for the good of infected persons. “snake oil” medicine Cod Liver Oil The Dubliners Methhead Ian Noe Support the show
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We are finally getting to one of the ballad types and topics that made me realize how much potential lay in these old songs…. Monstrous births. Or, to be clear, that's how they were marketed at the time. They were actually an overall mix of true accounts of birth defects and used the idea of deformity as a direct metaphor. Either which way it went, one thing remained the same. The mother was almost always to blame in some way or another. Prides's Fall The two inseparable brothers. Infant Mor...
