"Should The Bible Be Banned" was the sixth
single by
McCarthy. Like many of the band's singles it did not appear on any of the band's
studio albums
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.
The
b-sides
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were "St. Francis Amongst The Mortals" and "We Are All Bourgeois Now". The latter was covered by
Manic Street Preachers
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on their album ''
Know Your Enemy''.
The title track recounts how someone is inspired to kill his brother by reading the story of
Cain and Abel in the Bible. The song's aim is to
reduce to absurdity calls to
ban books and
films following
well-publicised acts of violence.
References
{{Cain and Abel
1988 singles
McCarthy (band) songs
Songs written by Malcolm Eden
Songs written by Tim Gane
Satirical songs
Songs critical of religion
Songs about censorship
1988 songs