# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/41 "2019-01-19T20:39:09Z")
A lot of these are covers. “Whole Lotta Love” was stolen from Willie Dixon; he sued their white boy asses and won. “Big Ten Inch” was written by Bull Moose Jackson, and credited by Aerosmith as the writer. ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/42 "2019-01-19T22:04:15Z")
There is one Budgie song that has a salacious line/title that it took me embarrassingly long to grasp, \_\_\_\__You’re the biggest thing since powdered milk, baby you know it’s true_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/43 "2019-01-19T22:11:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > There is one Budgie song that has a salacious line/title that it took me embarrassingly long to grasp, > \_\_\_\__You’re the biggest thing since powdered milk, baby you know it’s true_ I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/44 "2019-01-19T22:31:37Z")
“Mama’s got a squeeze box, Daddy doesn’t sleep at night.” No one’s mentioned this one yet. Huh. ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/45 "2019-01-19T22:36:08Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I don’t get it. It helps to have a stronger response to the convexities than I do. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/46 "2019-01-19T22:37:44Z")
> [@Civil\_Guy](#): > > “Mama’s got a squeeze box, Daddy doesn’t sleep at night.” > > No one’s mentioned this one yet. Huh. He couldn’t sleep because she wouldn’t stop playing that damn accordian. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/47 "2019-01-19T22:40:38Z")
“Chestnut Mare” by the Byrds > [@](#): > > Damned if I don’t land right on top of her > Well she takes off, runnin’ up on to that ridge > Higher than I’ve ever been before > She’s runnin’ along just fine, till she stops > Something spooked her > It’s a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike > She doesn’t know what to do for a second > But then she jumps off the edge > Me holding on ---
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/48 "2019-01-19T22:48:39Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “Chestnut Mare” by the Byrds Really? I’ve always thought that it was really a literal song about catching a horse. Bob Dylan’s [New Pony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQaonAVT88g&index=5&list=PLefdT7W2gIKR5dDwWxMAY5DQWVCG23ZQW) on the other hand is pure sexual Blues innuendo, with some original phrases nonetheless: _I got a new pony, she knows how to fox-trot, lope and pace Well, I got a new pony, she knows how to fox-trot, lope and pace She got great big hind legs And long black shaggy hair hanging in her face_ […] _Come over here pony, I, I want to climb up one time on you Come over here pony, I, I want to climb up one time on you Well, you’re so bad and nasty But I love you, yes I do_ ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/49 "2019-01-19T22:58:30Z")
> [@Civil\_Guy](#): > > “Mama’s got a squeeze box, Daddy doesn’t sleep at night.” > > No one’s mentioned this one yet. Huh. > [@P-man](#): > > He couldn’t sleep because she wouldn’t stop playing that damn accordian. 🙂 “It goes in,and out, and in, and out, and in, and out, playing all night, and the music’s all right, Momma’s got a squeezebox, Daddy never sleeps at night!” Sheena Easton invited someone to “come spend the night inside my sugar walls”. The video implied that she was talking about her apartment. I don’t think so. Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back”: “My anaconda don’t want none, Unless you got buns, hon!” ---
**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:** [January 19, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/50 "2019-01-19T23:41:42Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > 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. The film was based on [a stage musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_(musical)), which, in its original form, was apparently substantially raunchier than the toned-down (but still naughty) movie version. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/51 "2019-01-19T23:45:04Z")
[Keep on Churnin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8swz7WFgrU)– Wynonie Harris ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/52 "2019-01-19T23:59:34Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > “It goes in,and out, and in, and out, and in, and out, > playing all night, and the music’s all right, > Momma’s got a squeezebox, Daddy never sleeps at night!” ‘Course she keeps him up, she doesn’t even know how to play it. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/53 "2019-01-20T01:54:54Z")
A few more by The Who: _I’m dreaming from the waist on down I’m dreaming but I feel tired and bound I’m dreaming of a day when a cold shower helps my health I’m dreaming… dreaming - of the day I can control myself_ * * * _Pictures of Lily made my life so wonderful Pictures of Lily helped me sleep at night Pictures of Lily solved my childhood problems Pictures of Lily helped me feel alright_ * * * _I kissed a few and once did sit On Ivor the Engine Driver’s lap And later with him, had a nap_ ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/54 "2019-01-20T02:09:19Z")
“Give you my dull surprise” ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/55 "2019-01-20T02:29:56Z")
Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” ---
**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 20, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/56 "2019-01-20T03:15:44Z")
Speaking of Seger, _They do respect her butt They love to watch her strut_ My cousin said, no, no, no, it’s “but”, it says so right in the lyrics on the sleeve; I said listen to the damn song, he listened and conceded, yeah, it’s “butt”. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/57 "2019-01-20T17:15:08Z")
> [@Civil\_Guy](#): > > “Mama’s got a squeeze box, Daddy doesn’t sleep at night.” > > No one’s mentioned this one yet. Huh. My son’s School of Rock band played this song. A bunch of 12-13 year olds. I thought it was a questionable song choice. Of course, I just laughed since they didn’t really understand what they were singing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/58 "2019-01-20T17:15:28Z")
There’s this Canadian dude named David Wilcox, with a song called “Laying Pipe.” It’s a pretty good tune! You can google the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/59 "2019-01-20T18:44:24Z")
Steve Miller Band, “The Joker” _Really love your peaches Wanna shake your trees_ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/60 "2019-01-20T18:52:41Z")
From Prince’s “Little Red Corvette”: _I guess I must be dumb 'Cause you had a pocket full of horses Trojan and some of them used_ Ew. And then: _I guess I should have closed my eyes When you drove me to the place Where your horses run free 'Cause I felt a little ill When I saw all the pictures Of the jockeys that were there before me_ Kind of a mixed metaphor there, as horses running free would tend not to have jockeys. Still, we get that she’s not actually running a horse stable. That whole song, really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009.md?page=4)