Road Rage and Other Angry Outbursts
Posted in Podcasts on January 23rd, 2007
Even normal people can get amazingly angry, as evidenced by the annual increase in road rage and other manifestations of madness. Barb and Susie talk about this trend in all its demographic glory, as well as in the context of pop culture. What totally ticks you off?
Music: “Angry Johnny” by Poe from the CD “Hello”
mamaloo, the doula says:
Does the American problem with road rage have something to do with the modern problem with sense of entitlement? Like the folks with the big, hulking, environmentally irresponsible vehicles are the angriest and most willing to believe they are entitled to break road laws and be rude to people.
January 24th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Susie Watson says:
I totally agree, Mamaloo, and also think that we have a pre-disposition to dislike people driving those vehicles, so we really notice when they are rude drivers, too, and say, see? what a jerk.
January 24th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
mamaloo, the doula says:
Best angry woman singer: Liz Phair and her album “Exile In Guyville”.
I remember when Alanis Morrisette first released that first popular album and she was being touted as some sort of flag bearer for women in rock expressing anger. My film professor poopooed that and said, Alanis is BS. If you want to hear real anger from a women listen to Exile In Guyville.
Not only is it authentically angry, but the anger is so very real that some of the songs always made me feel a little uncomfortable (too close to home!)
I highly recommend it
January 24th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
mamaloo, the doula says:
OK, it’s me again. I just wanted to let you know that this podcast inspired my most recent post on female anger in rock music. I give what I think is a good list of angry women musicians and discuss a little about them.
http://momcast.blogspot.com/2007/01/female-anger.html
Thanks for the inspiration!
January 24th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Susie Watson says:
Great job on your site, Mamaloo, love the post on Angry Singers. Everyone should check out Momcast at the link above! Cool knitting stuff, too!
January 24th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Bernadette in Australia says:
Another reason to love being an Aussie. We’re too laid back to have road rage or get angry. I have driven in Australia, the US, Europe and several countries in the Middle East. The US is my LEAST favourite place to drive due to the nutso, rage-filled drivers. Even Israel, with the teeny tiny streets and seeming complete lack of road rules is a less stressful place to drive than the US.
As far as angry singers go…I always thought the folk singers of the 70’s were angry. They might not have been shouting but there was real anger in some of the lyrics of Joni Mitchell, Dylan etc.
January 26th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Susie Watson says:
Many probably were angry, Bernadette, but in the case of Joni Mitchell (my favorite in high school - I knew all the lyrics) I never felt anger so much as insightful social commentary on our culture. Now it seems there is such lashing out, not necessarily in well-written terms. More anger than lyrical prose writing. Joni Mitchell’s lyrics still hold up because they were common truths that surpassed the details of the current war or current culture crimes. I guess I always thought Dylan was more angry, maybe cause he was male, I don’t know. But for pure power of the pen, they were all more earnest and sincere than most of today’s faux protest singers and rebels.
January 27th, 2007 at 12:41 pm