# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/61 "2019-01-20T20:57:09Z")
Hank Ballard and the Midnighers: “Work With Me, Annie,” and its sequel, “Annie Had a Baby” (can’t work no more). Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac: “Long Grey Mare.” (“I got a long grey mare, but she won’t let me ride.”) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/62 "2019-01-21T16:18:26Z")
“Pass the meat, and pour the wine, I’ll pull yours, if you pull mine, I’m gonna boogie til I go blind, Freakin’ at the Freakers’ Ball!” Dr. Hook ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/63 "2019-01-21T20:11:06Z")
Pass that roach, please, and pour the wine, I’ll kiss yours, if you kiss mine. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/64 "2019-01-21T20:19:01Z")
“We’re an American Band” by Grand Funk Railroad: \*Sweet, sweet Connie, doin’ her act She had the whole show and that’s a natural fact… Four young chiquitas in Omaha Waitin’ for the band to return from the show… Now these fine ladies, they had a plan They was out to meet the boys in the band They said, come on dudes, let’s get it on And we proceeded to tear that hotel down…\* “Centerfold” by the J. Geils Band: _I hope that when this issue’s gone I’ll see you when your clothes are on Take your car, yes, we will We’ll take your car and drive it We’ll take it to a motel room And take 'em off in private…_ ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/65 "2019-01-21T23:07:46Z")
I’m okay alone, but you got something I need Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates You got a brand new key I think that we should get together and try them out, you see I been looking around awhile, you got something for me Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates You got a brand new key ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/66 "2019-01-21T23:29:50Z")
Jefferson Starship, Miracles: “When I start dancin’ inside ya” Not rock and roll, but Mississippi John Hurt, Candyman “He’s got a stick o’candy that’s nine inches long, he sells it as fast as a hog can chew his corn., All heard what sister Johnson said She always takes a candy stick to bed…” ---
**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 21, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/67 "2019-01-21T23:39:16Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > “Give you my dull surprise” “I’ll stay with your 'till my seeds have dried up.” How about this: Meri Wilson, “[Telephone Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTDzFUlrDYM)” > [@](#): > > Hey, baby, I’m your telephone man > You just show me where you want it > And I’ll put it where I can > I can put it in the bedroom > I can put it in the hall > I can put it in the bathroom > I can hang it on the wall ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/68 "2019-01-22T14:01:54Z")
She put the lime in the coconut… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/69 "2019-01-22T14:20:10Z")
“You Make Me Feel…” by Cobra Starship: \*Everything you want so let me get up there I’m the baddest baby in the atmosphere Tell me what you want so we can do just what you like… Everything you know I’m flipping upside down Take you 'round the world You know I like it loud Tell me what you want 'cause we can do just what you like… \* ---
**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 22, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/70 "2019-01-22T14:33:49Z")
“As he rises to her apology…” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/71 "2019-01-22T16:31:16Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > “As he rises to her apology…” I always took that literally - he was just standing politely as she was saying her excuses before leaving. ---
**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 22, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/72 "2019-01-22T19:28:08Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > “As he rises to her apology…” Funny, I’d always heard “as _she_ rises to her apology,” as in, she’s rising above the situation to be kind and spare his feelings. A quick google check confirms that “he” is indeed the correct pronoun, but it makes less sense to me now. Perhaps you are right about what’s doing the rising. ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/73 "2019-01-24T16:05:20Z")
Switchboard Susan by Nick Lowe “When I see you, girl, I get an extension And I don’t mean Alexander Graham Bell’s invention.” ---
**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 24, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/74 "2019-01-24T17:27:48Z")
_Oh, Arnold Layne It’s not the same Takes two to know Two to know_ Also, what exactly does “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” mean? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/75 "2019-01-24T17:39:39Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Jefferson Starship, Miracles: “When I start dancin’ inside ya” > > " Or the even less subtle line from the same song: “I had a taste of the real world when I went down on you” I think the award for most cringeworthy - both the line and the song in its entirety is the line " . . . we walked in the garden; we planted a tree" from Heart’s drecky _All I Wanna Do_ ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/76 "2019-01-24T18:11:15Z")
Pretty much all of “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel, but especially: \* show me round your fruitcage 'cos I will be your honey bee open up your fruitcage where the fruit is as sweet as can be\* ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/77 "2019-01-24T18:13:29Z")
_Giving the dog a bone_, one of the many gems in AC/DC’s catalogue. ---
**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 24, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/78 "2019-01-24T19:43:42Z")
> [@Jack\_Burden](#): > > _Giving the dog a bone_, one of the many gems in AC/DC’s catalogue. \*But I made her cry, and I made her scream, when I curdled her cream - from the live version (If You Want Blood) of “The Jack”. ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/79 "2019-01-24T21:00:01Z")
I think [Billy Squire’s _Stroke Me_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69fPof-ZTnU) might fit into the spirit of this thread. Not 100% sure, however a sampling of the lyrics below seems to be hinting at something. _Stroke me, stroke me Give me the reason this is all night long Stroke me, stroke me (Stroke) Stroke me, stroke me Get yourself together boy Stroke me, stroke me Say you’re a winner but man you’re just a sinner now (Stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke)_ Maybe Billy’s just into rowing or possibly painting. Yeah, nothing to see here. ---
**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 24, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009/80 "2019-01-24T21:26:26Z")
> [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](#): > > Maybe Billy’s just into rowing or possibly painting. He is merely serenading the blood vessels in his brain. It is like a reverse psychology type of thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009.md?page=3)