| 词条 | The Snake (song) |
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| name = The Snake | cover = Al Wilson The Snake.JPG | alt = | type = single | artist = Al Wilson | album = | B-side = Willoughby Brook | released = 1968 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Soul, Northern Soul | length = 3:27 | label = Soul City Records | writer = Oscar Brown | producer = Johnny Rivers, Marc Gordon | prev_title = Medley: I Won't Last a Day Without You/Let Me Be the One | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = La La Peace Song | next_year = 1974 }} "The Snake" is a song and single released by American singer Al Wilson in 1968, and written by civil-rights activist Oscar Brown in 1963.[1][2] The lyrics tell a story inspired by Aesop's fable of The Farmer and the Viper. Released in 1968 in the United States on Johnny Rivers' Soul City Records it made the Top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968, and due to exposure on the UK Northern Soul scene made the UK Singles Chart in August 1975 when reissued, reaching number 41 in September.[3] The success of "The Snake" on the northern soul nightclub circuit has led to it being ranked 4 of 500 top northern soul singles and for it to appear on over 30 pop and northern soul compilation albums.[4][5][6] The song was re-released in 1989 as a B-side to a re-release of "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" by The Main Ingredient.[1] Wilson's recording of "The Snake" was also featured in a Lambrini television advertisement in the UK.[7] The song tells the story of a kind and tender woman who finds a frozen snake on the ground on her way to work one morning. The snake begs the woman to take it home and take care of it. She obliges and takes the snake to her home and puts it by the fireplace with a silk blanket, some honey, and some milk. When she gets home from work later that evening, she finds that the snake is now warm and revived. Feeling happy for the snake's recovery, she picks it up and gives it a tight hug and kisses it on the head. However, the snake is actually vicious and gives the woman a bite, fatally poisoning her. She asks the snake why it bit her even though she took it in and cared for it, to which it responds: "Shut up silly woman! You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in!" Use by Donald TrumpThe song gained renewed attention during the campaign for the 2016 United States Presidential election. Republican candidate Donald Trump read its lyrics at several campaign rallies to illustrate his position on the Syrian refugee crisis, claiming that the decision to allow people claiming refugee status to enter the United States would "come back to bite us", as happened to the woman who took in the snake in the song.[8] The daughters of songwriter Brown – whose work has been characterized as "a celebration of black culture and a repudiation of racism"[9] – have asked Trump to stop using their late father's song, saying: "He’s perversely using 'The Snake' to demonize immigrants" and that Brown "never had anything against immigrants."[10] Despite a cease and desist letter, Trump continued using the lyrics at rallies.[11] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=The Snake|url=http://www.discogs.com/Al-Wilson-The-Snake/release/2217740|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=October 5, 2012}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Snake, The}}2. ^{{cite news|title=Al Wilson: Expressive singer of 'The Snake'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/al-wilson-expressive-singer-of-the-snake-814697.html|accessdate=October 5, 2012|newspaper=independent.co.uk|date=April 24, 2008}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=The Snake|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/The+Snake#single|publisher=chartarchive.org|accessdate=October 5, 2012}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Kev|title=The Northern Soul Top 500|year=2007|publisher=Goldsoul Entertainment Limited|isbn=9780955751905}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Northern Soul Top 500|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/northern_soul_top_500.htm|publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk|accessdate=October 5, 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=The Snake - Al Wilson|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/the-snake-mt0027766823|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=October 5, 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.tvadmusic.co.uk/2007/10/lambrini-just-wanna-dance/ | title=Lambrini – Just Wanna Dance | publisher=tvadmusic.co.uk | accessdate=January 28, 2014}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Donald Trump Reads Lyrics From Al Wilson's "The Snake" About Syrian Refugees|url=http://abcnews.go.com/politics/donald-trump-reads-lyrics-al-wilsons-snake-syrian/story?id=36256408|publisher=ABC News|date=January 13, 2016|accessdate=January 14, 2016}} 9. ^Rosenberg, Eli, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/02/24/the-snake-how-trump-appropriated-a-radical-black-singers-lyrics-for-refugee-fearmongering/ "‘The Snake’: How Trump Appropriated a Radical Black Singer’s Lyrics for Immigration Fearmongering"], The Washington Post, February 24, 2018. 10. ^{{cite news | author = Caleb Ecarma | title = Daughters of 'The Snake' Author Slam Trump For 'Perversely Using' Poem 'to Demonize Immigrants' | url = https://www.mediaite.com/tv/daughters-of-the-snake-author-slam-trump-for-perversely-using-poem-to-demonize-immigrants/ | work = Mediaite | date = February 25, 2018 | accessdate = February 26, 2018}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Oscar Brown Jr's daughter wants Trump to stop reading her dad's 'Snake' lyrics at rallies|publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada|date=2016-09-20|url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.3769348/oscar-brown-jr-s-daughter-wants-trump-to-stop-reading-her-dad-s-snake-lyrics-at-rallies-1.3771185|accessdate=2018-08-06}} 7 : 1963 songs|1974 singles|1989 singles|Songs about animals|Al Wilson (singer) songs|Bell Records singles|Northern soul songs |
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