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10,000 Maniacs - What's the Matter Here?


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One of my favorite songs from the 1980s.

To me, the best part of the song kicks in a little after 2:30.

Wikipedia says this song came out in 1987:

In the song, singer Natalie Merchant narrates the role of a woman who notices that her neighbors are abusing their young son, and struggles to balance her desire to speak up for the child with her feeling that she must not interfere in the family's affairs: "I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses/He's your kid, do as you see fit/But get this through that I don't approve of what you do to your own flesh and blood ... I want to say, "What's the matter here?"/But I don't dare say..."

Suzanne Vega's "Luka" also came out in 1987, with similar theme:

All aboard the Peace Train.

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