@DJDarren This may surprise people who are not familiar with South Korean politics, but there’s actually a LOT of k-pop songs about corruption and moral bankruptcy, especially from BTS’s much cooler back catalogue from back before they did bullshit fluff music for Westerners. I had trouble narrowing it down.

BTS - Baepsae (The lyrics are based on a Korean idiom, but essentially this song is about socioeconomic inequality and about how those who have privilege and advantages shit on those who don’t. The English title is Silver Spoon, which sums it up.)

Girls’ Generation - Into The New World (So this isn’t about moral bankruptcy, but: in the recent protests in South Korea against the extremely corrupt coup-attempting shitheel president Yoon Suk-yeol, protesters brought their k-pop lightsticks and sang along to k-pop tunes. Including this one, which is a huge protest song in South Korea and is also often featured in Pride parades.)

And now for something completely different:

Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire (or Killing In The Name Of, or Wake Up, or Bulls on Parade, or literally any Rage song ever, DJ’s choice)

#ThePlaylistSuggestion

@missmelanieh @DJDarren
And in a similar vein, “In It For the Money” by Supergrass!

#ThePlaylistSuggestion

@DJDarren Also for #ThePlaylistSuggestion - I don't know how best to suggest these but here are some possible themes I thought of:

Farming and rural affairs, countryside, that sort of thing
Waking up
Bodies of water
Recovery and repair
Accidents
Modern technology
Getting older and not being young any more


Please please please PLEASE don't feel under any kind of obligation at all to use any of these.

@DJDarren Can I add in a cheeky extra #ThePlaylistSuggestion?

I was just in the supermarket, and they were playing a great song over the tannoy:

Electronic - Getting Away With It

And I suddenly realised: I need to suggest this. After all, morally bankrupt people are getting away with it all the time, all their lives.

And also it is an absolutely majestic song that has somehow never been played in a hundred and whatever episodes.

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Mrs Roytoo (Katrina) @u2katrina.bsky.social suggests:
Poe - Angry Johnny
(She said this is self explanatory.)
https://youtu.be/lrygAv93Ick

Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us
(Government's moral corruption)
https://youtu.be/QNJL6nfu__Q

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@DJDarren ok here it comes: my #hiphop #thePlaylistSuggestion for the theme Morally Bankrupt is the Geto Boys’ Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta.

They’re the best at introspection on personal morality in a morally bankrupt society, and with this particular track make sure you listen through to the final verse.

@swisslet I’m sure I’ve mentioned it in other chats before, but I have two recommendations related to Robert Johnson and the delta blues.

1. Clarksdale, Mississippi. (Maybe not right now!) and the not-too-far-away Dockery Farms.

2. A graphic novel about Robert Johnson called Love In Vain. It’s rather beautiful.

Also a bonus 3. Sod it, why not? The film Sinners.