14. The Mars Volta – Encouraging Corporal Punishment On Children
Rock music is their genre, and although not especially successful commercially, they did win a Grammy award in 2009. The band embedded several hidden messages on their album, Eunuch Provocateur. One of these messages appears when playing the song Itsy Bitsy Spider, backwards and it goes like this: “Have mommy or daddy ever had to spank you? Supposedly the excerpt was taken from a children’s record that a particular band member was fond of when he was young. Irony and sarcasm are hallmarks of many progressive and alternative rock bands, as such this is probably not an endorsement for this type of activity.
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