Bounder? You mean like in Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Bloke?
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[mild hijack]I’ll be honest with you–I’ve heard this meme over and over again: “People think it’s romantic”, “People think it’s a love song”, etc.
Does anyone actually think that anymore? Is there anyone out there who doesn’t know it’s about obssession–either because they’ve listened to the song, or they’ve had someone persistently remind them–“You know, that song’s actually about STALKING”? I’ve been to plenty of weddings whose participants grew up with the Police, and I’ve never heard this played once. Ever.
It’s almost become like Richard Gere’s gerbil–everyone knows someone who knows someone who doesn’t know what this song really means, but I have never once encounted firsthand anyone who actually doesn’t. Back in the 80s? Sure, perhaps. But now? Uh-uh.[/mildhijack]
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I got married this decade and had every intention of telling the DJ not to play this song, because it’s creepy. However, weddings are too much and I completely forgot.
When my ex and I walked into the reception hall, the DJ cut off one song in the middle to play this song. I was pissed, but I hadn’t said anything about it ahead of time, so I gritted my teeth and dealt with it. A friend later asked me if I was going to throttle the DJ, and I basically said no, since I hadn’t made my wishes clear, but I can’t believe anyone with half a brain would play it at a wedding anyway.
So, given the behavior of that wedding DJ, I’d expect plenty of people still want that song played at their wedding.
How about 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover?
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To the topic of girlfriend killing–“Used to Love Her” by Guns N Roses.
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Hmm…I was always under the impression that this was about a pet dog.
A quick googling reveals…nothing. Some people think it’s about a dog, some about a person.
Johnny Get Angry
Judy’s Turn To Cry
and any number of other songs of the period want males to act like cavemen and assault anyone who flirts with their woman. This feminist shudders.
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Short People (the bridge seems to indicate that short people are, in fact, OK. They are not.)
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At the time, Randy Newman said over and over again that the song is a parody of mindless bigotry. I believe him.
Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire,” though, sounds like a love song of a perv to a very young woman. Similarly, “Aqualung” by Jethro Tull.
“The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia” is a defiant confession by an uncaught murderer.
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According to Steven Van Zandt, the song was intended as basically a good natured rebuttal to Neil Young’s “Southern Man” which the band thought came off as too sweeping.
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Just wanted to straighten you out on your Van Zan[d]ts here. Steven Van Zandt played with Springsteen. Ronnie Van Zant was the singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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As for the thread, how about “I Shot The Sheriff”? “Thanks for not shooting Deputy Fife, Mr. Marley, but we’re still pretty upset about you whacking Sheriff Taylor. Yes, I understand he badmouthed your garden.”
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Slight hijack - this week’s episode of “Supernatural” had a hysterical play on this song (I won’t spoil it for people who have the ep recorded).
Archive Guy, that’s a good question. Maybe I’ll start a poll thread on that.
So, bounders and cads, eh? So basically every rap song? 
How about Bill Withers’ “Use Me,” with the woman as the bounder and cad? It’s okay that she treats him like shit, cause boy, is she hot in bed.
Whoa, everyone has missed the most rotten behavior of all- cannibalism.
The singer is trapped in a mine with Joe and Timothy. They are “hungry as hell and no food to eat,”
Then
“Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?”
And, when they are finally rescued:
“My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy”
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Johnny Get Angry
Judy’s Turn To Cry
and any number of other songs of the period want males to act like cavemen and assault anyone who flirts with their woman. This feminist shudders.
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You can add Johnny Get Angry (“I want a brave man, I want a caveman”) to that list.
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Johnny Get Angry
Judy’s Turn To Cry
and any number of other songs of the period want males to act like cavemen and assault anyone who flirts with their woman. This feminist shudders.
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You can add Johnny Get Angry (“I want a brave man, I want a caveman”) to that list.
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Am I being whooshed?
Take the Money and Run - the Steve Miller Band:
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I’ve always been bothered by Sweet Home Alabama, by Lynyrd Skynyrd, since it’s a retort to Southern Man, by Neil Young, a song decrying the racism and brutality of the South.
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Speaking of Neil, don’t forget “Down by the River”, whereupon the protagonist shot his baby, shot her dead.
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Whoa, everyone has missed the most rotten behavior of all- cannibalism.
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As grizzly as the song is, it does not glorify cannibalism.
“Go Ask Alice”: Feed Your Head
Me and Mrs. Jones
I mean, we have a thing going on for godsakes.
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Am I being whooshed?
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No, I’m being reading-incomprehensive. I didn’t even see that you mentioned it in the same post I responded to…
If you pretend Timothy was a cow or pig, its not that bad.
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As grizzly as the song is,<snip>
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Hee. Did this song take place in the Rockies, maybe?
Back Door Man (the men don’t know, but the little girls understand?!?)
YMCA (You can stay there, and I’m sure you will find many ways to have a good time… They have everything that you need to enjoy, you can hang out with all the boys…)