I was just listening to Cyndi Lauper’s She Bop for the first time in about 16 years (Ahh - I must be getting old!). I remember loving She’s So Unusual as a pre-teen, and singing along with this song, and today I realize it is so painfully obvious that it is an ode to masturbation! (Not that I have a problem with that - just very weird that I never noticed it before.) I am reeling here - how could I be so obtuse?
Took me a long time to realize it, too. That song, and Turning Japanese by The Vapors.
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Just put on some Jackson Browne and relax.
Or that oh-so-obvious “(When I Think About You) I Touch Myself”.
In case someone doesn’t know the lyrics (or couldn’t figure them out): “She Bop” lyrics.
Take it from a man who played She Bop in small clubs for about 5 years.
Yes it’s about that.
And you wouldn’t believe the dances some people do to it.
Masturbation:
She Bop
Turning Japanese
Oral Sex:
I eat Cannibals
Necrophelia:
Code Blue
Any others?
She’s conjugating the verb “to bop”. The rest has been covered.
Masturbation:
“Imaginary Lovers” by Atlanta Rhythm Section
“Rosie” by Jackson Browne
“The Stroke” by Billy Squier
One of my new favorites, by The Average White Band:
CUT THE CAKE
CUT THE CAKE-
give me a little piece
let me lick up the cream
CUT THE CAKE-
well, just a little piece
baby you know what I mean
CUT THE CAKE-
give me a little piece
a little lovin’ on the side
CUT THE CAKE-
I need a little piece
just to keep me satisfied
Chorus
gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme,
gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme that cake
Well it tastes so good don’t pass it all around
gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme,
gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme that cake
You got to cut it-down!
Lets not forget:
{i]Dancin’ with myself*, Billy Idol
Lets not forget:
Dancin’ with myself, Billy Idol
“Heeeey, they say I better get a chaperone
‘cause I can’t stop messin’ with the danger zone …”
Icicle, Icicle where are you going?
I have a hiding place where spring marches in
Will you keep watch for me? I hear them calling
Gonna lay down, gonna lay down
Greeting the monster in our Easter dresses
Father says bow your head like the Good Book says
I think the Good Book is missing some pages …
Gonna lay down, gonna lay down
And when my hand touches myself I can finally rest my head
And when they say take of his body I think I’ll take from mine instead
Getting off, getting off,
While they’re all downstairs singing prayers!
Sing away, he’s in my pumpkin PJs.
Lay your book on my chest feel the word, feel the word, feel the word, feel it …
I could have I should have I could have flown
You know I could have I should have I didn’t so …
And then there’s Longview by Green Day:
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I’m so damn bored I’m going blind!!!
And I smell like sh___!!
Actually that’s not quite it. Way back in the early '80s when the song was released as a single and became a hit, I remember hearing a report about Squier, referring specifically to this song. Asked whether this song had to do with the “obvious,” (meaning masturbation), Squier had said something about how the song was about the large record companies, and how the artist is exploited when signing record contracts. “Stroke me” refers to the record company executives who get their egos stroked by the struggling artists. It also refers to the artist having to bed the devil (so to speak) to get a contract:
“Put your right hand out, give a firm handshake
Talk to me about that one big break
Spread your ear pollution both far and wide
Keep your contributions by your side and …”
Yes, it COULD be interpreted as maturbation. But according to the artist it’s definitely more than just that.
Yeah, Baglady, I heard the same thing about Billy Squire. And also “I touch myself” the lead singer (I don’t remember her name) said it’s about her inner feelings and that people have dirty minds. She seemed very amused by the whole thing. Hmmm…
How could I forget Big Hands by The Violent Femmes?
I remember the music video of “I Touch Myself”, and let’s just say it did nothing to discourage the obvious interpretation. 
Johnny L.A. - to add to your list, there’s:
you and me baby we ain’t nothin’ but mammals
so let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
which is talking about (genital) sex where the man takes the woman from behind. Quite specifically, if you listen closely.