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"The KKK Took My Baby Away" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones, released in 1981 through Sire Records. It was written by front man and lead vocalist Joey Ramone and appears on the band's sixth studio album Pleasant Dreams (1981). [1] [2]
The song was the basis of a parody which ridiculed the Ku Klux Klan, [7] a white supremacist organization in the United States often referred to by its acronym, KKK. Additionally, the political-humor group Capitol Steps performed a parody of this song entitled "K-K-Kuwaitis", about the 1990 invasion of Kuwait which began the Gulf War .
The song also mentions the practice of cross burning referencing the Ku Klux Klan. Young was very sensitive about the song's message of anti-racism and anti-violence. During his 1973 tour, he canceled a show in Oakland, California because a fan was beaten and removed from the stage by a guard while the song was played. [1]
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When the Ku Klux Klan used the song as background music for radio commercials for a 1975 rally in Louisiana, Daniels told Billboard, "I'm damn proud of the South, but I sure as hell am not proud of the Ku Klux Klan. I wrote the song about the land I love and my brothers. It was not written to promote hate groups." [3] [4]
Johnny Rebel Trahan as a junior in high school, 1955 Background information Birth name Clifford Joseph Trahan Also known as Johnny "Pee Wee" Blaine Jericho Jones Jimmy "Pee Wee" Krebs Tommy Todd Johnny "Pee Wee" Trahan Johnny "Pee Wee" Trayhan Born (1938-09-25) September 25, 1938 Moss Bluff, Louisiana, U.S. Died September 3, 2016 (2016-09-03) (aged 77) Rayne, Louisiana, U.S. Genres Country ...
[81] [82] [83] Glorifying the Klan to approving white audiences, [84] the film became a national cultural phenomenon: merchandisers made Ku Klux hats and kitchen aprons, and ushers dressed in white Klan robes for openings. In New York there were Klan-themed balls and, in Chicago that Halloween, thousands of college students dressed in robes for ...
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