Pop Music to hold an Aztec Sacrifice To

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I was listening to the radio the other day, and they had that annoying song with the refrain:

“hands up, baby, hands up
Gimmie your heart gimmie gimmie your heart”

And I thought - would this music not be perfect for a re-enactment of an Aztec priest ripping a human heart out of a sacrificial victim? :stuck_out_tongue:

In fact, so many pop songs use the same themes … hearts, death, etc. … it should be possible to put together a whole playlist of such music!

Anyone else know of pop songs which would make good ironic theme music for a sacrifice? :smiley:

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Mexican Radio?
Dead Man’s Party?
The Ghoul From Ipanima? OK that was cheap.

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You should take a vacation at the Club Med that is closest to Chichen Itza. The Maya practiced human sacrifice as well. Actually, they didn’t practice it, they were damned proficient at it.

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The Maya did it a little differently, though. A full-out human sacrifice was only done to prisoners of war, or others who were condemned to death for other reasons. The Maya believed that the gods valued voluntary blood sacrifice more than involuntary, although the voluntary ones stopped short of death. Royalty in particular was expected to give blood on all of the holy days. You don’t want to know, by the way, how the blood was collected. No, really, you don’t.

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Could you all please not hijack the thread? This is about Aztec human sacrifice music. If you want to talk about Mayan human sacrifice music, those of us who are interested in the topic of this thread would appreciate it if you would go start your own.

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Mayan sacrifice music = music to run a string of thorns through your penis to? :eek:

I know some music that I would rather run a string of thorns through my penis rather than hear again, but none which is really appropriate to do it to. :wink:

Hmmm - maybe something by the Butthole Surfers…

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“Cut My Heart Out” by The Relaxors

“I want to hold your hand… and your liver… and…”

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Sounds like the classic “I hold your hand in mine” by Tom Learer:

“I hold your hand in mine, dear
I press it to my lips;
I take a healthy bite
From your dainty fingertips …”

:stuck_out_tongue:

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Yes, but the “Masochism Tango” doesn’t quite rise to the occasion of actual human sacrifice, I don’t think …

Meanwhile, back to the thread.

How about:
“Piece of My Heart” (Janis Joplin), although “take another little piece of my heart …” sounds more appropriate for the sacrificee than the sacrificor :wink:

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“Masochism Tango” works for Mayan sacrifice. :wink:

I do like the Joplin tune - that works very well! :smiley:

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I always thought that it sounded as though they were sacrificing a goat during the song We Will Fall by the Stooges

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‘Heart on my sleeve’ by Roxy Music?

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That song by the Backstreet boys that goes:
And I’ll show you, the shape of… my heart!

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Was there self-sacrifice involved? If so, I’d suggest “Only Rock and Roll” by the Stones:

*If I could stick my pen in my heart
I’d spill it all over the stage
Would it satisfy ya or would slide on by ya?
Or would you think this boy is strange?

[…]

If I could stick a knife in my heart
Suicide right on the stage
Would it be enough for your teenage lust?
Would it help ease your pain?
Ease your brain if I could dig down deep in my heart
Feelings would flood on the page*

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Weird Al’s “One More Minute”?

“I’d rather rip my heart out / And throw it on the floor / And stomp on it until I die / Then spend / One more minute / With you.”

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Yeah, I know what was done. I’ve actually done a small blood letting ceremony, you wouldn’t imagine how many people thought I was nuts. Of course, I left my penis out of the equation, I’m not a masochist. However, the Maya knew what they were doing since, it would seem that none of the royalty died early due to infections. That is remarkable in the jungle.

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