# Inappropriate music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341 "2017-01-04T23:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/21 "2017-01-07T05:02:18Z")
I’d hate to step into an elevator and hear a Muzak version of “Free Fallin’”. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/22 "2017-01-07T05:19:43Z")
> [@SpeedwayRyan](#): > > There was also one where Maggie was missing and Homer called the missing child hotline and “Baby Come Back” was playing. And “Cat’s In The Cradle” was the hold music when Homer called the Fatherhood Institute (which didn’t help his mood any). ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/23 "2017-01-07T06:06:30Z")
The Roots caused a controversy when they performed the instrumental intro of obscure song “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” by Fishbone as Michelle Bachmann was walking onto the _Late Night_ stage to the interview with Jimmy Fallon. Cite: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/22/jimmy-fallon-apologizes-for-roots-michelle-bachmann\_n\_1108996.html](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/22/jimmy-fallon-apologizes-for-roots-michelle-bachmann_n_1108996.html) * * * I sometimes try to stir up trouble. I check every jukebox for “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw” by Jimmy Buffett. I usually do not find it, but once in a while…yep ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/24 "2017-01-07T15:22:22Z")
For a long time, Philadelphia Cream Cheese used “New York, New York” in their commercials. Or at least, the first bar: “Start spreading the news…”. It doesn’t matter, anyway, because the stuff is made in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/25 "2017-01-07T16:18:38Z")
[Casey Kasem’s “Snuggles” meltdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYK2H0ldbo) ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/26 "2017-01-07T17:29:38Z")
Had an online acquaintance complain about a local news story about a police station shooting, which as I recall signed off with the backing track to “Don’t Fear The Reaper” as an outro. There’s really no way to describe it that causes it to sound like a thing you’d expect a news station to do. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/27 "2017-01-07T18:09:15Z")
Back in my prehistoric commercial radio days, the hourly network news unexpectedly had a final feature story on the dangers of alcohol abuse. Unfortunately I had [this song](https://play.google.com/music/preview/Trcweg7m5wg3yhrclcnvgg4k2ue?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics&u=0#) already cued up to start coming out of the news and it was too late to substitute another one. :(🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/28 "2017-01-07T18:39:18Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Back in my prehistoric commercial radio days, the hourly network news unexpectedly had a final feature story on the dangers of alcohol abuse. > > Unfortunately I had [this song](https://play.google.com/music/preview/Trcweg7m5wg3yhrclcnvgg4k2ue?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics&u=0#) already cued up to start coming out of the news and it was too late to substitute another one. :(🙂 hmmm, darn… I was really kinda hoping it was gonna be [this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIdjROQvTOw) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/29 "2017-01-09T23:09:32Z")
My go-to example of this occurred when I was in High School (and may have been deliberate): at a high school dance, Warren Zevon’s _Excitable Boy_ was on the playlist. The song is very boppity and danceable. But the lyrics were as inappropriate to the occasion as humanly possible … “He took little Suzie to the Junior Prom Excitable boy, they all said And he raped her and killed her, then he took her home Excitable boy, they all said Well, he’s just an excitable boy After ten long years they let him out of the home Excitable boy, they all said And he dug up her grave and built a cage with her bones Excitable boy, they all said Well, he’s just an excitable boy” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/30 "2017-01-10T01:32:16Z")
Years ago, I attended a bowling banquet for the 8 year old son of the woman I was seeing. Held at the bowling alley, the kids could bowl as much as they wanted, for free, and there was cake and ice cream and punch and trophies. And a DJ. Who played [“The Rodeo Song.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX6ggRByE8g) At headache-inducing volume. “Are you out of your mind?” I hollered across the room, but he couldn’t hear me. He pissed me off, the f\*%^ing jerk. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/31 "2017-01-10T02:24:57Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Years ago, I attended a bowling banquet for the 8 year old son of the woman I was seeing. Held at the bowling alley, the kids could bowl as much as they wanted, for free, and there was cake and ice cream and punch and trophies. > > And a DJ. > > Who played [“The Rodeo Song.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX6ggRByE8g) At headache-inducing volume. > > “Are you out of your mind?” I hollered across the room, but he couldn’t hear me. > > He pissed me off, the f\*%^ing jerk. Just stood there with his pecker in his hand, eh? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/32 "2017-01-10T02:58:14Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Just stood there with his pecker in his hand, eh? 😃 (You’re my new best friend.) ---
**Author:** ![jrbor76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/33 "2017-01-12T22:26:19Z")
> [@SpeedwayRyan](#): > > There was also one where Maggie was missing and Homer called the missing child hotline and “Baby Come Back” was playing. Let’s not forget the scene in “Deep Space Homer” where the shuttle is floating around in orbit, out of commission, and James Taylor is singing “Fire and Rain” to Homer and the other astronauts. He gets to the line about flying machines in pieces on the ground, and suddenly he gets this _oh crap, did I just sing that line?_ look on his face, and quickly substitutes a more positive line. Not that it helped. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/34 "2017-01-13T01:54:30Z")
A few years back, there was a television commercial for something travel-related (I think it might have been a cruise ship company). The music was Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life.” I mean, were they really advertising a cruise where the passengers could shoot heroin and drink all the time? And watch strippers of various genders? Who knows, maybe they were and they were just carefully coding it to stay out of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/35 "2017-01-13T02:39:50Z")
Years ago I listened to a DJ announcing the death of actress Margaret Hamilton. In the background, the Munchkins were singing Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/36 "2017-01-13T02:55:32Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Years ago I listened to a DJ announcing the death of actress Margaret Hamilton. In the background, the Munchkins were singing Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead… While it can be regarded as ridiculously disrespectful, it was at least relevant, making it _some_-what appropriate, ultimately? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/37 "2017-01-13T03:29:09Z")
I was at a post office the day before taxes were due, and “Taxman” by The Beatles played. _Let me tell you how it will be There’s one for you, nineteen for me 'Cuz I’m the tax man Yeah, I’m the tax man_ ---
**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 13, 2017, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/38 "2017-01-13T08:49:42Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Years ago I listened to a DJ announcing the death of actress Margaret Hamilton. In the background, the Munchkins were singing Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead… I’ve heard that that song gained some massive popularity after Margaret Thatcher died. ---
**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 13, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/39 "2017-01-13T17:56:46Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > [Casey Kasem’s “Snuggles” meltdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYK2H0ldbo) Wow. Not a good day in the studio for ol’ Casey. ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341/40 "2017-01-14T05:59:53Z")
I was once visiting a convent, and I was surprised to hear For The Good Times -“hold your warm and tender body close to mine” over the Musak. Sort pf tough on a community of celibates! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341.md?page=3)