# Non-PC songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820 "2008-11-15T05:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/1 "2008-11-15T05:09:17Z")
I heard a story on NPR today that mentioned a guy who dressed as Superman on an airplane (because he felt like it). That reminded me of The Brothers Four song _Superman_. The song starts out with a ‘Swedish’ guy (‘so we won’t offend anyone’) who has a towel concession for drying off wetbacks. Yikes! They got away with that? Then I thought of another song, _Jump Jim Crow_ by Michelle Shocked. According to the liner notes (going by memory here), it is a tribute to minstrelsy (and is based on a 19th Century song) that aims to point out the stupidity of racism. Only without knowing the intention, it might be pretty offensive. Any other examples? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/2 "2008-11-15T05:23:32Z")
Well, typing \ into the iTunes Store nets 150 songs or bands (“spud nigger?”), so your search may yield much. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/3 "2008-11-15T06:39:20Z")
Smack My Bitch Up - The Prodigy ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/4 "2008-11-15T06:51:14Z")
“Short People” by Randy Newman. ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/5 "2008-11-15T07:49:46Z")
“In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry…“If her daddy’s rich, take her out for a thrill. If her daddy’s poor just do what you will.” Yuck Phil ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/6 "2008-11-15T10:02:32Z")
Fat-Bottomed Girls? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/7 "2008-11-15T10:22:34Z")
Starting Up a Posse - Anthrax ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/8 "2008-11-15T10:26:00Z")
Asshole - Denis Leary. “Sometimes I park In handicapped spaces While handicapped people Make handicapped faces” ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/9 "2008-11-15T13:24:52Z")
Three words Stephen stinkin’ Foster! ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/10 "2008-11-15T14:12:57Z")
Mott the Hoople - All the Way from Memphis _Some spade said “Rock’n’rollers, you’re all the same”_ ---
**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:** [November 15, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/11 "2008-11-15T14:14:52Z")
Paul Anka’s “Having MY Baby” ---
**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:** [November 15, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/12 "2008-11-15T14:17:25Z")
“Sail Away” – Randy Newman “That’s Why Darkies Are Born” – recorded by Lol Coxhill ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/13 "2008-11-15T14:18:23Z")
Take the Pinheads Bowling, Take Them Bowling… Takin’ Retards to the Zoo by the Dead Milkmen? I think? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/14 "2008-11-15T15:20:48Z")
> [@phil417](#): > > “In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry..“If her daddy’s rich, take her out for a thrill. If her daddy’s poor just do what you will.” Yuck > > Phil “Have a drink, have a drive, go and see what you can find.” Sage advice. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/15 "2008-11-15T15:24:22Z")
“Just as happy as a cow chewing on a cud, when the darkies beat their feet on the Mississippi mud!” from “Mississippi Mud”, a popular dance tune of the twenties. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/16 "2008-11-15T15:35:01Z")
It took this long to mention Money For Nothing by Dire Straits? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/17 "2008-11-15T15:35:05Z")
The Crystals “He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)” Written by, get this, Gerry Coffin and Carole King (!) And produced by Phil Spector. Sample lyrics: He hit me and I knew he loved me When I told him I’d been untrue He hit me and I was glad ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/18 "2008-11-15T16:43:24Z")
[QUOTE=Bonnie Raitt] Struck by the moon, rising too soon I feel a pain deep inside me Cold northern winds, a fist in my chin Makin’ me wild for you, baby [/QUOTE] – “(Goin’) Wild For You Baby” from **The Glow** ©1979 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/19 "2008-11-15T17:20:07Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Take the Pinheads Bowling, Take Them Bowling… Do you mean _Take The Skinheads Bowling_ by Camper van Beethoven? ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820/20 "2008-11-15T17:20:17Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > “Have a drink, have a drive, go and see what you can find.” > > Sage advice. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IGpSh4vRklM/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/IGpSh4vRklM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-pc-songs/472820.md?page=2)