# Ordinary songs that no one notices are actually creepy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639 "2004-03-11T04:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/281 "2005-02-01T16:35:32Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > This little Gary Puckett ditty always kind of makes me gag: > > Young Girl > > Young girl, get out of my mind > My love for you is way out of line > Better run, girl, you’re much too young, girl Ugh. That song has always creeped me out. It’s vile. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/282 "2005-02-01T16:53:31Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > (sigh) I always end up defending Gary Puckett. Sheesh, I oughta get a retainer or sumpin’. > > “Young girl get OUT…” > > See, she was passing herself off as older. Teenage girls do that. Trust me. > He was NOT impressed. In fact, he was pretty upset. He’s telling her to LEAVE! Because he does NOT want to mess around with an underage girl. He’s already about half in love with her, but he REALIZES its WRONG! :rolleyes: Nice of you to defend him, but in what reality is it normal for him to sit there effectively saying ‘oh, don’t tempt me, you little minx!’ instead of just moving on? It’s the creepy ‘better run, girl’ that settles it for me. He’s not saying ‘back off’ he’s saying 'run while you can, ‘cos you’re not safe with me’. And that is \*anything \* but appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Augie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Augie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Augie)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/283 "2005-02-01T16:58:27Z")
He recognizes there is a physical attraction but cautions the girl because she’s too young for him. I wish more adults would do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/284 "2005-02-01T18:11:39Z")
I am surprised no one has mentioned the creepy, oldies standby "Happy Together’ by The Turtles _Imagine me and you I do I think about you day and night It’s only right And think about the one You love And hold her tight So happy together … … Me and you And you and me No matter how they toss the dice It had to be The only one for me is you And you for me So happy together … … How is the weather? …_ That line about the weather always seems really creepy to me. Annother one is “Lovefool” by The Cardigans: - Dear, I fear we’re facing a problem you love me no longer, I know … … Love me love me say that you love me fool me fool me go on and fool me love me love me pretend that you love me … … I don’t care if you really care as long as you don’t go \* ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/285 "2005-02-01T20:45:19Z")
> [@Augie](#): > > How about when a creepy geezer like Maurice Chevalier sings “Thank Heavens For Little Girls”? But in the lyrics (or as I hear them) he’s really thanking heaven for women who were once little girls (“they grow up in the most delightful ways”), and he’s leaving the little girls to little boys. So the song itself is not that bad. “Gigi” the movie as a whole was incredibly icky. But that particular song, I have no problem with. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/286 "2005-02-01T21:18:59Z")
I’ve always loved Meatloaf’s **Paradise By The Dashboard Light**. About a guy who, in the heat of passion, promises to love forever the girl he’s trying to hump, then regrets it: …and now I’m prayin’ for the end of time to hurry up and arrive 'Cause if I have to spend another minute with you I don’t think that I can really survive I’ll never break my promise or forget my vow but God only knows what I could do righ now I’m prayin’ for the end of time so I can end my time with you G ---
**Author:** ![Zelski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@Zelski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zelski)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/287 "2005-02-01T23:14:46Z")
Someone asked for some references about the Norwegian Wood thing, so I had to post. I had the same argument with a friend of mine a year ago. He thought it was just a little love-gone-wrong ditty about John trying to get some girl but not succeeding, followed by him lighting a fire in the fireplace. I didn’t think it was about John at all and I thought the protagonist burned down the apartment. So, I did some research. The upshot seems to be that John wrote most of the song about an affair he tried to have, but the woman bagged on him. At some point he asked Paul for help finish the song and Paul suggested having the protagonist burn down the apartment. Here are two references: [http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/6797/songs/norwegianwood.html](http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/6797/songs/norwegianwood.html) [http://www.beatles-discography.com/index.html](http://www.beatles-discography.com/index.html)? On this one, you’ll need to hit ‘N’ in the upper left to see the N songs including Norwegian Wood. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639/288 "2005-02-02T08:03:40Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > 99 Red Baloons. Cheerful Europop ditty about nuclear war. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for posting this. I used to hate this song with a passion. I said the only thing that kept _Grosse Pointe Blank_ from being a perfect movie was the presence of this song. But I never had a clue what it was actually about (I suppose I thought it was pretty much about nothing). Because you wrote this, I looked up the lyrics and listened to the song again, and now I love it. Can’t stop listening to it. Sings it to myself constantly. “every one’s a super hero, every one’s a captain Kirk” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordinary-songs-that-no-one-notices-are-actually-creepy/233639.md?page=14)