Why I don’t agree with The Prodigy changing their lyrics

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Keith Andrew Palmer, or “Maxim” as he is best known on stage, has been the lead singer of The Prodigy since Keith Flint’s death in 2019. But a lot more has changed since Flint passed away – even the lyrics to some of the band’s most famous songs. If we expose songs like this and call them out for being offensive – educate people about the problems with it – maybe we wouldn’t see people following in The Prodigy’s outdated footsteps. One bad show or gig and it’s: “See, women aren’t funny.” But men keep getting away with it.