# Come On Eileen, literally **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525 "2013-09-23T17:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![keving](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@keving](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keving)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/21 "2013-09-23T19:29:35Z")
It’s one of the laws of the internet - if a lyric can possibly be interpreted as alluding to some kind of sex act, it will be. You just can’t stop people doing it. It’s like seeing faces in clouds. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/22 "2013-09-23T19:36:40Z")
All songs are about sex. Some are more explicit, like bird songs. Your typical bird song translates as “Here I am, rock me like a hurricane”. > [@Ludovic](#): > > Send it to what-if at xkcd, I’m sure he wants to be more edgy! I see a new punchline in their future: “What if we add\* more semen\*?” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/23 "2013-09-23T19:40:55Z")
Is the term “bird song” something I’m supposed to know? ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/24 "2013-09-23T19:43:52Z")
I think Oh Cum All Ye Faithful has Eileen beat hands down ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/25 "2013-09-23T19:51:45Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Is the term “bird song” something I’m supposed to know? Bird song. Song of bird. Vocalizations of the class _Aves_. All of which perform one primary function, attracting mates while warning off rivals. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/26 "2013-09-23T19:52:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There’s no chance at all that “Summer of 69” refers to the year, given the age of the singer. It’s fiction. Just like I could write a novel about the Civil War (or a rock song), somone could write about the Summer of 69 and not have experienced it personally. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/27 "2013-09-23T20:09:31Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Honestly, that interpretation has never occurred to me. A bad joke that I remember from that era: Q: What’s the one thing that’s worse than grease on Olivia Newton-John? A: Come on Eileen. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/28 "2013-09-23T21:28:13Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Q: What’s the one thing that’s worse than grease on Olivia Newton-John? > A: Come on Eileen. Next time you tell that joke, try it as “What’s worse than Olivia Newton-John in Grease?” It makes more sense. Also, _Werewolves of London_ is about hairy vaginas,\* Land Down Unde\*r is about anal sex, and _Peggy Sue_ is about an FtM transsexual whose prosthetic penis is made of whale bone. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/29 "2013-09-23T21:36:29Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I think you can find a double meaning in pretty much anything you want to, especially if you think like a 15-year old. I also think that most of it is just bullshit. I have the mind of a 15 year old! And I’m shocked, shocked I tell you to learn that rock n’ roll is about sex. J. Starship, Miracles: I got a taste of the real world, when I went down on you girl. What is unusual is when it is explicit and not a double entendre. Let’s face it, people are somewhat interested in sex. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/30 "2013-09-23T22:22:12Z")
At least there’s ZZ Top with the straightforward songs, “Pearl Necklace” and “Tube Snake Boogie”. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/31 "2013-09-24T02:40:09Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > A bad joke that I remember from that era: > > Q: What’s the one thing that’s worse than grease on Olivia Newton-John? > A: Come on Eileen. Q: What’s worse than sweat on Joan Jett? A: Come on Eileen. (That’s the version I remember from 8th grade.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/32 "2013-09-24T03:52:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There’s no chance at all that “Summer of 69” refers to the year, given the age of the singer. Wait, didn’t five years or so ago Bryan Adams admit that not only was it \*not \*meant to mean the year 1969 but specifically the sexual position of 69-ing? I seem to recall a lot of his fans were rather disappointed to hear this. As far as _Come On Eileen_, I was in my late teens in the 80s and when this song came out and yeah, the bad sexual pun occurred to us, but we never really thought or laughed about it that much. It’s kind of a Middle School-level joke. The thing about the song I always think about is how the beginning of it sounds like the theme to\* Fraggle Rock\*! (ignoring the short violin intro): [Come on Eileen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q) [Fraggle Rock theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT1tZmGvFfY) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/33 "2013-09-24T14:41:46Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Next, you’ll be telling us you think “Summer of 69” is about the year 1969. Or that the “Summer of 42” isn’t about dominos. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/34 "2013-09-24T15:48:50Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Or that the “Summer of 42” isn’t about dominos. The Summer of the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/35 "2013-09-24T15:53:22Z")
Someone on this board once argued that [“Blood on the Coal”](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/amightywind/bloodonthecoal.htm) by The Folksmen was a reference to anal sex. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/36 "2013-09-24T15:57:51Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Wait, didn’t five years or so ago Bryan Adams admit that not only was it \*not \*meant to mean the year 1969 but specifically the sexual position of 69-ing? I seem to recall a lot of his fans were rather disappointed to hear this. The answer changes every time he’s asked. But as I said, the song’s co-writer specifically said it’s not about sex and doesn’t thinks Adams even had that thought during the writing process. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/37 "2013-09-24T17:13:40Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I think you can find a double meaning in pretty much anything you want to, especially if you think like a 15-year old. I also think that most of it is just bullshit. Aye, this is totally true. Take any song and replace the word “love” with “drugs”, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/38 "2013-09-24T18:16:58Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Aye, this is totally true. Take any song and replace the word “love” with “drugs”, for instance. Drugs Walk In Why Cant This Be Drugs I Can’t Stop Druggin You Drugs In An Elevator Also, I don’t think ‘The Hindenburg’ is going to catch on as a measurement unit for semen. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/39 "2013-09-24T18:25:02Z")
Didn’t the Beatles sing a song requesting multiple simultaneous money shots? _Come together Right now Over me_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525/40 "2013-09-24T20:37:36Z")
Drugging you is easy 'cause you’re beautiful. Think about it, there must be a higher drug. Bring me a higher drug! I drug you baby, and if it’s quite alright I need you baby to warm my lonely nights. I’m hooked on a feeling, I’m high on believing, that I’m in drug with you. Can you feel the drug tonight, the peace the evening brings? Because I can’t stop drugging you. Oh no I won’t stop drugging you. Woah I can’t stop drugging you. How could I even try? I drug you Lord, and I lift my voice, to worship you oh my soul rejoice. And it might just save your life… that’s the power of drugs. Feel the power of druuuUUuugs. Sometimes I am frightened but I’m ready to learn of the power of drugs. I’ll be here all week folks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-literally/669525.md?page=3)