Agree!
Did you miss that part of the 60s where people were encouraged to make sure that the folks they were making out with washed their hands before starting such sessions?
I don’t agree that this song is cringy. The victim is avenged, and the Bad Guy gets a taste of his own medicine. Thirty years on, we’re not supposed to laugh at Bad Guys who have happen to them what they did to others, but there you are.
Any examples? Other then “Lightning Strikes” I’ve never paid any attention to him.
Well, he made that poor Gypsy lady cry.
You don’t even have to wait, it’s right there in the beginning of the song. And the video makes it worse.
The other day I was listening to Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic,” in which the first line of the chorus is “I want to rock your gypsy soul.” In the song, of course, “gypsy” implies something like “wild and vagabond,” and it’s beautiful … but also a little cringey, since it’s no longer cool to refer to the Romani people as “Gypsies” and the word has become something of a slur.
Of course, Van himself has become a little cringey these days.
Styx – Fooling Yourself
It’s got such happy sounding keyboards and synthesizers fluttering all over the place, framing these cringe-o-matic lyrics:
Why must you be such an angry young man
When your future looks quite bright to me
How can there be such a sinister plan
That could hide such a lamb, such a caring young man
Rhapsody in the Rain got pulled from the radio because of lyric content, but it, like a lot of Lou Christie’s other songs, basically followed the theme of an adolescent boy whining in self-pity because he’s been dumped by a girl. Rhapsody gets an extra cringe note because it suggests he’s parked outside her house after being dumped .
From “A.D. 1928” by Styx:
Tonight’s the night we’ll make history
As sure as dogs can fly…
If you want to rid the world of Gypsy songs, you have a big job ahead of you. Here’s just a couple more:
Give the man a break, he’s 77.
Oof! Super cringe! And even without the horrible lyrics and the horrible video, you are still left with the garbage pile of a song. Nothing redeeming to be found at all.
Not to mention: http://www.gipsykings.com/
Well, here are just two more from Van Morrison’s catalog. (Caravan is my favorite Van Morrison song)
Stop it right now! You are not taking that song away from me.
Besides it’s much more cringey when he rhymes insight and granite in Tupelo Honey.
Would they play the whole song? That would be torturous.
It’s even worse now that it’s the official theme of the alt-right. One of the few songs that the original artist will even let them use.
All told, I think a business meeting that opened with Wango Tango would be more fun.
Of course not. The deputy was right there.