# Euphemisms for sex in Rock & Roll **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009 "2019-01-18T22:54:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/21 "2019-01-19T06:30:09Z")
“Let’s Misbehave”–"…spring means just one thing for little lovebirds/We’re not above birds, let’s misbehave" “Midnight At the Oasis” – “kick up a little dust” etc. Amy Winehouse “thinking of you in the final throes, that is when my buzzer goes” The term “rock and roll” itself ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/22 "2019-01-19T06:36:52Z")
Oh, how about Tori Amos’ _Raspberry Swirl_? “_If you want inside the well, boy, you better make her raspberry swirl_”. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/23 "2019-01-19T08:23:48Z")
Pretty much the entirety of [Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo](https://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bloodhound+gang/foxtrot+uniform+charlie+kilo_20527067.html) by Bloodhound Gang. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/24 "2019-01-19T12:09:58Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I don’t think Velvet Green is disgusting at all. > Now, Hunting Girl, _that’s_ kinky. Heh, when I saw the title and artist, I first thought it was a Hunting Girl reference. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/25 "2019-01-19T12:25:11Z")
_I’m like a one eyed cat peeping in a seafood store…_ The sole pleasure to be derived from that fat, kiss-curled buffoon Bill Haley is watching him sing Shake, Rattle and Roll with no clue as to what it means. j ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/26 "2019-01-19T13:38:32Z")
Elvis Costello: _“I wanna know about the mystery dance…”_ ---
**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:** [January 19, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/27 "2019-01-19T14:05:19Z")
“Hokey Pokey” - Richard and Linda Thompson ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/28 "2019-01-19T14:17:03Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Well at least that verse is euphemistic. That track includes such peaks of trope as “I’m gonna give you every inch of my love” and “I wanna be your back door man”. “Back Door Man” in the context of the blues has the meaning of being the lover-on-the-side you’d sneak in through the back door as opposed to a direct euphamism for anal sex (ETA: actually, I don’t know if that’s what you intended or not, but I know we used to think the phrase meant that when we were teenagers.) Now, this is Zep, so it may also have that meaning, but just wanted people to know that there is a different, though I guess still sexual technically, meaning to it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/29 "2019-01-19T15:44:49Z")
From _Jaded_ by Aerosmith: “We’ll slip into the velvet glove, and be jaded.” ---
**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:** [January 19, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/30 "2019-01-19T15:57:11Z")
Or Aerosmith’s “You ain’t seen nothing 'til you’re down on a muffin” ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/31 "2019-01-19T17:23:01Z")
“Now I don’t know how many girls you’ve dated, But you ain’t never 'till you’ve had your tyres rotated By a red-headed woman” Bit of Springsteen there. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/32 "2019-01-19T17:28:54Z")
I get the feeling there is something intensely sexual about [this song](https://youtu.be/CyGv_Pf7XEI), not sure what it is, though. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/33 "2019-01-19T17:32:17Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > From _Jaded_ by Aerosmith: “We’ll slip into the velvet glove, and be jaded.” > [@Spud](#): > > Or Aerosmith’s “You ain’t seen nothing 'til you’re down on a muffin” Or you could just “whip out your big ten inch…” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/34 "2019-01-19T18:08:05Z")
Aretha’s “We’re going riding on the freeway of love in our pink Cadillac.” ---
**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:** [January 19, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/35 "2019-01-19T18:11:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I get the feeling there is something intensely sexual about [this song](https://youtu.be/CyGv_Pf7XEI), not sure what it is, though. This one too. > [@](#): > > Come on angel my hearts on fire > Don’t deny your man’s desire > You’d be a fool to stop this tide > Spread your wings and let me come inside ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/36 "2019-01-19T19:44:46Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > “Back Door Man” in the context of the blues has the meaning of being the lover-on-the-side you’d sneak in through the back door as opposed to a direct euphamism for anal sex (ETA: actually, I don’t know if that’s what you intended or not, but I know we used to think the phrase meant that when we were teenagers.) Now, this is Zep, so …so it’s odds-on they put in that lyric fully knowing \*exactly \*what a large segment of their fans were going to make of it. It’s a skill. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/37 "2019-01-19T19:46:09Z")
“_Anaconda_” by Nini Minaj I read somewhere that “rock and roll” was an old blues/jazz slang term for sex. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/38 "2019-01-19T19:52:08Z")
> [@EscAlaMike](#): > > “I’m gonna send ya back to schooling” - Led Zeppelin, Whole Lotta Love I don’t think I’ve ever considered that line a reference to sex. But like, literally, the entire rest of the song, yeah. Aerosmith - Big 10 Inch. Tommy Jones - My Baby Does the Hanky Panky. Just about every line from the musical Grease. I’ve seen it dozens of times and each time I hear something I had never noticed before. Lyrically, it’s a pretty filthy movie. So much so that even with most everything buried in euphemisms and happy music, I’m surprised most people know the entire thing by they finish high school. I know I did. I know my daughter has seen it plenty of times as well. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/39 "2019-01-19T20:05:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “Rosie” - Jackson Browne > > “Rattlesnake Shake” - Fleetwood Mac > > “Turning Japanese” - The Vapors > > - For one particular act of love, anyway > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Elvis Costello: _“I wanna know about the mystery dance…”_ [Pump It Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y71iDvCYXA) - Elvis Costello and the Attractions ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/40 "2019-01-19T20:06:10Z")
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