GREAT songs form the Irish music scene- WHIPPING BOY "WE DON'T NEED NOBODY ELSE"

WHIPPING BOY "WE DON'T NEED NOBODY ELSE"

A Dublin band hailed as the next U2. Released a critically acclaimed album "HEARTWORM". . Their third album failed to match the promise of their first major label recording. Lou Reed touted them as his favourite act and offered them a support slot on his tour. They sadly faded into obscurity after this tour.

The song "WE DON'T NEED NOBODY ELSE" stirred up a lot of controversy at the time and some members of the press took offence at it's allegedly misogynistic lyrical content.








Origin of the name WHIPPING BOY- "A whipping boy, in feudal times, was a boy of the same age but lower rank raised with a prince or nobleman as a playmate, who was whipped in his place when the young nobleman -- too high in standing to be beaten by anyone below his father, who was often unavailable -- misbehaved or slacked in his studies, as a psychological 'indirect punishment'.

In modern times, the term has come to mean a scapegoat, or something that is a frequent recipient of undue pain, punishment or mistreatment, including inanimate objects." Wikepedia