Filth
Filth or The Filth may refer to:
- Filth (film), a 2013 film based on the novel
Music
Slang
The Filth (comics)
The Filth is a comic book limited series, written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Chris Weston and Gary Erskine. It was published by the Vertigo imprint of American company DC Comics in 2002.
Publication history
The Filth was Grant Morrison's second major creator-owned series for Vertigo after The Invisibles. Initially starting as a Nick Fury proposal for Marvel Comics, Morrison adapted it as a 13 part series for Vertigo. The title refers both to the police (in British slang) and to pornography (in which Morrison "immersed" himself while "researching" the series). Morrison has said that the series is his favorite among his works.
Plot
The series tells the story of Greg Feely, a bachelor whose main interests are his cat and masturbating to pornography. Feely is actually a member of a shadowy organization called The Hand and their attempts to keep society on the path to the "Status Q".
Themes and motifs
The Filth can be seen partly as companion piece to The Invisibles in that it touches upon similar themes and concepts such as fractal realities, art affecting life, postmodern blurring of the fourth wall and the world as a single, living organism with humans as the cells that compose it. Morrison has stated that he had originally intended to make The Filth a thematic sequel to The Invisibles, followed by a third comic book series, The Indestructible Man. Morrison later concluded that his original Flex Mentallo series formed the first in the trilogy. Therefore, the sequence runs: 1. Flex Mentallo. 2. The Invisibles, 3. The Filth. The theme of The Filth consists of immersion into and eventual redemption from forces of negativity.
The Filth (album)
The Filth is the first album by the noted British blues band, Sonny Black's Blues Band, fronted by songwriter, guitarist and singer Bill Boazman. It was recorded over the period of 1983 to 1987 and released by Boazman as a private pressing, sold at gigs. Boazman was formerly a solo artist and had performed with Heron.
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Soften Your Heart
by: The SwiftSo many times I've tried to tell you,
But I don't think you've been listening.
There's nothing I want to try and sell you,
'Cause his love is free.
You're so proud of saying you're a seeker,
So why are you searching in the dark?
You won't find a thing until you soften your heart.
*Lala-lala, lala-lala, lala-la-lala*
The message is oh so very simple.
You've got to be like a child to see,
'Cause Jesus said let the little children come unto me.
You try to make things too complicated,
But you really don't have to be so smart.
You won't learn a thing until you soften your heart.
*Lala-la-la, lala-la-la, lala-la-la-la*
*Lala-la-la, lala-la-la, lala-la-la-la*
Well, if just this once,
I could show you your empty life
I know you would follow Him right now
I know it sounds just too good to be true
But if He lives in you,
You'll never die, you'll never die, you'll live forever
You'll never die, you'll never die, take care of forever now.
You tell everyone to keep on smiling.
Your outlook on life is so positive.
But deep down inside you're searching for a reason to live.
Like everyone else, you're scared of dying
But the power of death has been blown apart
And You'll live forever, if you soften your heart.
*Lala-lala, lala-lala, lala-la-lala la*
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