# Do the (Hey) "Mickey" lyrics contain an offer of anal sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896 "2007-08-17T04:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/41 "2007-08-17T22:54:02Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] The specific lyric in question (previous lines you could read into it, maybe, this is the one that seems most blatant)- _So come on and give it to me anyway you can Anyway you want to do it, I’ll take it like a man Oh please baby, please don’t leave me in this jam Mickey._ [/QUOTE] It’s not nearly as blatant as Derek and the Dominos’ “Roll It Over”: _Roll it over Let’s take it from behind It’s only love God knows it ain’t no crime_ ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/42 "2007-08-17T23:34:41Z")
So what does that say about “Roll Over Beethoven”? ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/43 "2007-08-18T01:33:26Z")
Count me as another who’ll maintain that just because a particular double entendre may not have been the intent of the writer, doesn’t mean that that particular double entendre can’t be delivered by the performer. In fact, being able to have the writer’s intent as “proof” that there’s nothing dirty going on can be used as a defense when being accused of having something dirty going on. [QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I believe it. IIRC at the time she did much to hide the fact that she was almost 40 when Mickey was released- my one hit wonders book gives her birth year as 1950, which is almost impossible as she is credited with working on the TAMI Show in 1964. [/QUOTE] Yeah, she was older than typical for having a debut hit as a pop star- and she had been in the biz for a while. In the 1968 film [Head](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063049/) she choreographed this [piece which she dances with Davy Jones](http://youtube.com/watch?v=glwYXCOMKto), a great Harry Nilsson song- my favorite Davy Jones performance (I’m a Monkees fan, but Davy was never my favorite). Toni Basil is major super cute in this! This may have influenced her casting in _Easy Rider_ (Dennis Hopper worked on _Head_, Jack Nicholson co-wrote the screenplay) as well as her casting in _Five Easy Pieces_ (directed by Bob Rafelson, who directed _Head_). ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/44 "2007-08-18T01:56:28Z")
Also, many people don’t realize why Debbie Harry looks so old now, is that she was 34-35 when Heart of Glass hit. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/45 "2007-08-18T02:11:45Z")
[I believe this should make everything clear.](http://www.rathergood.com/mickey/) (Warning: NSFW; also, music) ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/46 "2007-08-18T02:15:49Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] [I believe this should make everything clear.](http://www.rathergood.com/mickey/) (Warning: NSFW; also, music) [/QUOTE] :eek: I obviously need to drink more before _that_ becomes clear. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/47 "2007-08-18T02:56:53Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] Other than the fact that the back-up cheerleaders look vaugely manish…or maybe the East German Women’s Wrestling Team. Seriously, them’s some fugly cheerleaders. [/QUOTE] For me this was funniest part of the video, that Toni tryied to look cute and waifish by dancing in front of oversized cheeleaders. I always wondered if the cheerleaders understood how they got the part. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/48 "2007-08-18T03:15:58Z")
FWIW, if Christgau is on crack, so am I (don’t; it would cheapen you). My impression at the time was the same. In fact, IIRC, at that point in the song, Basil pats her ass and gives the camera a “naughty” look. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/49 "2007-08-18T03:27:18Z")
“Hit Me With Your Best Shot” is about jizz in the face right? ---
**Author:** ![mks57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mks57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mks57)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/50 "2007-08-18T15:09:05Z")
[QUOTE=Sir Prize] For me this was funniest part of the video, that Toni tryied to look cute and waifish by dancing in front of oversized cheeleaders. I always wondered if the cheerleaders understood how they got the part. [/QUOTE] That’s just being cruel. IIRC, the cheerleaders were from a local LA high school. Since when is anorexia a requirement for being a cheerleader? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/51 "2007-08-18T15:35:57Z")
Yeah- remember that this was over 20 years ago. Most cheerleaders probably looked like normal teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/52 "2007-08-18T21:18:41Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] [ul] [li]Was that sort of “dancing” (or as I like to call it “twitching”) normal for the 1980s?[/li][li]Why is somebody’s mother wearing a cheerleader’s outfit?[/li][/ul] [/QUOTE] Toni Basil was a choreographer before she did this song. The moves at the beginning (during the music intro) are her take on little bits of old 60s dances, with some new wave-type moves thrown in. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/53 "2007-08-18T23:25:09Z")
Didn’t Toni Basil choreograph “Burning Down the House” by the Talking Heads? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/54 "2007-08-18T23:34:25Z")
[QUOTE=mks57] That’s just being cruel. IIRC, the cheerleaders were from a local LA high school. Since when is anorexia a requirement for being a cheerleader? [/QUOTE] Sorry. There is nothing wrong with the cheerleaders themselves. But this is a music video meant to highlight a 40-year old woman in a high school uniform. I don’t think the cheerleaders just happened to be so much bigger than her. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896/55 "2007-08-19T01:18:29Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] Yeah- remember that this was over 20 years ago. Most cheerleaders probably looked like normal teenagers. [/QUOTE] Well I went to a high school in LA almost 40 years ago and the cheerleaders looked just like normal teenage girls, nice and curvy. The cheerleaders in the Mickey video look more like the linebackers on our varsity football team. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-hey-mickey-lyrics-contain-an-offer-of-anal-sex/415896.md?page=2)