# Once-popular songs that are no longer socially acceptable

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
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**Created:** [August 20, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-popular-songs-that-are-no-longer-socially-acceptable/1005956 "2024-08-20T20:18:39Z")\
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“Young Girl” by Gary Puckett. Actually, a lot of songs by Gary Puckett.

And don’t even get me started on [“Civilization” by Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEyDNTLlRgU).

> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> What’s wrong with those songs? Sure, they’re about trans people, and some of the first ones, but they aren’t denigrating but rather neutral about them.

These days “Walk on the Wild Side” may be more problematic for the reference to “the colored girls”.

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