# Songs that reveal amazing dickitude from the singer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 25, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104 "2022-02-25T15:26:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/141 "2022-02-27T15:44:54Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > While I’ve always thought the girl was a small-town wet blanket, the singer admits late in the song that while he has nothing to show for his rambling ways, he is never coming back, but plans to keep on leading her on through letters or phone calls, giving her false hope and never allowing her to move on with her life. He is a dick. What I hear is that he can’t give up on his dreams and she won’t follow him on the road. He keeps hoping she’ll join him in these cities and she keeps hoping he’ll rejoin her in Tennessee. I don’t think he’s a dick though, nor do I think she’s a wet noodle. Both should read the writing on the wall and let go. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/142 "2022-02-27T15:52:14Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > _“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere_ > _I want it more than I can tell_ > _And for once it might be grand_ > _To have someone understand_ > _I want so much more than they’ve got planned.”_ Those are not the lyrics of the original song, on which I’ve based my opinion. (Was there a longer version?) I think they are both flawed people, in their own ways, but in consciously stringing her along, he’s still a dick. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/143 "2022-02-27T16:09:26Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > Those are not the lyrics of the original song, No, they’re from “Belle”, in Beauty and the Beast, but they fit for the singer as well. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/144 "2022-02-27T19:27:36Z")
From the reprise, more specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/145 "2022-02-27T20:03:19Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Ted Nugent - “Stranglehold” I am surprised it took over 120 posts before this was mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![mmmiiikkkeee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/146 "2022-02-27T20:12:10Z")
“Visions of Paradise” has Mick Jagger bossing some new girl he met around, not letting her have any of her own opinions, and ordering her to tell him only what he wants to hear. Oh, and flat out telling her he doesn’t want to commit to her anyway and that she’s just here for his entertainment/satisfaction. "Don’t tell me when something is beautiful, And don’t tell me how to talk to my friends … Don’t put your arms around me And don’t hold me tight … And don’t ask me where all of the pain goes 'Cause you make me feel that I don’t know myself …Just use your heart not your head …So don’t tell me when I should come on home There might be a time you don’t want me around So don’t build your world around me And don’t hold me tight How about instead you go hire a hooker to be your lapdog for a few hours and then just leave… Dick ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/147 "2022-02-27T20:50:58Z")
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Imaginary Lovers I hope they washed their hands afterwards. 😏 > [@](#): > > Imaginary lovers never turn you down > When all the others turn you away, they’re around > It’s my private pleasure, midnight fantasy > Someone to share my wildest dreams with me > Imaginary lover, you’re mine anytime > Imaginary lovers, oh yeah ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/148 "2022-02-27T23:53:25Z")
Or do THIS and spare a woman the misery. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U59z_KhAbnI/hqdefault.jpg "Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl Of My Dreams") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U59z_KhAbnI) TL : DW - This was probably the only song ever to make the American Top 40 that is about an inflatable sex doll. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/149 "2022-02-28T02:03:35Z")
All this talk about John Lennon, and nobody mentions Mick Jagger? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yBdKMv9_vPE/maxresdefault.jpg "Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBdKMv9_vPE) And let’s not forget Escape (The Pina Colada Song) where BOTH the husband and wife were looking to cheat. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zROIlspgOjM/maxresdefault.jpg "Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) • TopPop") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zROIlspgOjM) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/150 "2022-02-28T02:14:44Z")
Anerica’s “Sister Golden Hair” shows plenty of dickitude.Guy in the song whines about how _“I aint ready for the altar, but I do agree there’s times, when a woman sure can be a friend of mine.”_ In other words he’s willing to screw her but not commit. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/151 "2022-02-28T02:24:32Z")
By this time the birth control pill was widely available. ISTM the woman can dump him for better prospects if marriage is what she has in mind. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/152 "2022-02-28T02:40:50Z")
Anyone mention the Stones’ “Back Street Girl” (recorded late ‘66)? Gorgeous French-style waltz, but nasty lyrics — “Don’t try to ride on my horse…you’re rahhhther common and coarse anyway…don’t you be part of my world…just you be my back street girl.” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/153 "2022-02-28T02:50:53Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > He [David Loggins, second-cousin of Kenny] keeps hoping she’ll join him in these cities and she keeps hoping he’ll rejoin her in Tennessee. I don’t think he’s a dick though, nor do I think she’s a wet noodle. Both should read the writing on the wall and let go. Preferably before he writes a song about it… ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/154 "2022-02-28T02:54:07Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Anyone mention the Stones’ “Back Street Girl” (recorded late ‘66)? Gorgeous French-style waltz, but nasty lyrics — “Don’t try to ride on my horse…you’re rahhhther common and coarse anyway…don’t you be part of my world…just you be my back street girl.” Excellent example. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/155 "2022-02-28T02:55:22Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Preferably before he writes a song about it… Meaning? Don’t bug us with your suffering? Hamlet’s soliloquy—? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/156 "2022-02-28T05:32:44Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > “High on You” by Survivor. > > Smart and coy, a little crazy > The kind of face that starts a fight > Let me tell you about the girl I had last night I don’t understand what’s dickish about this song or these lyrics in particular. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/157 "2022-02-28T06:11:54Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Meaning? Don’t bug us with your suffering? Just “I wish he’d resolved his relationship BEFORE he recorded “Please Come To Boston”\*… the second-most repetitive song of Top-40-Pop-Folk.” The first being “The Edmund Fitzgerald”… quick, how does the chorus go (or the intro, or the bridge, or the outro)? TRICK QUESTION: There is none! It’s just those verses, one after another…same chords, same intonation, verse after verse after depressing verse… . \*I may be biased… Dave Loggins wanted to play at our college, and did an audition video. Still shot of him on a stool, playing Almost The Same Song ten times. Seriously, his whole repetoire sounded like “Please Come To Boston”… … which, to get back on topic, is insensitive at best, but probably dickish on both sides of the relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/158 "2022-02-28T06:20:25Z")
I actually kind of respected the narrator of “Brand New Lover” for owning up to the fact that he and his partner really aren’t right for each other and it’s time to part ways. The narrator might be thrilled one day to find someone safe. At the moment, though, he’s got some wildness to get out of his system, and he’s going to go chase those thrills instead of wasting more of his partner’s time. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/159 "2022-02-28T06:35:48Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > All this talk about John Lennon, and nobody mentions Mick Jagger? Actually, a bit of chatter about “Under MyThumb” in posts, 79, 120 and 127. 😉 Cousin Kevin ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-reveal-amazing-dickitude-from-the-singer/960104/160 "2022-02-28T06:40:43Z")
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