# Is The Song "Jailhouse Rock" About Homosexuality?

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**Created:** [May 28, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-song-jailhouse-rock-about-homosexuality/659564 "2013-05-28T18:17:35Z")\
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**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:** [May 29, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-song-jailhouse-rock-about-homosexuality/659564/21 "2013-05-29T13:13:40Z")

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It’s from Jailhouse Rock.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-song-jailhouse-rock-about-homosexuality/659564/22 "2013-05-29T13:53:34Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> It’s from Jailhouse Rock.

Yep, that’s what I meant. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-song-jailhouse-rock-about-homosexuality/659564/23 "2013-05-29T14:26:52Z")

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> [@solost](#):
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> …and how about the bondage reference in “Teddy Bear”-- “put a chain around my neck, and lead me anywhere”… Elvis’s whole catalog was sexually way ahead of its time 🙂

So was Elvis. That was part of his allure.

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