Blackmoor Vituperative

Monitor outside
for the people inside
a prevention of crime
a passing of time

The come and they go
it’s a passing of time
they come and they go
Whilst we sit in our homes

Sit back and enjoy
the real McCoy
our new air of authority
our sentinel of misery

His face was full of intent
and we shook excitement
then the victim stared up
looked strangely at the screen
as if her pain was our fault
but that’s entertainment
what we crave for inside
no more second rate movies
from those people outside

(from Siouxsie & The Banshees, Monitor (1981)

That song was released in 1981 on Siouxsie & The Banshees’ Juju album — before news crews carried mini-cams, before home video cameras, before reality TV, before the PATRIOT act, before our President told the NSA to spy on American citizens.

Juju is a spooky album. 🙂