And what’s his sister’s name?
Sue.
Sue?
Sí.
NOW CUT THAT OUT!
It actually should have creeped everyone out at the time: A few years ago, Neil Diamond revealed that the “Caroline” in “Sweet Caroline” was JFK and Jackie’s daughter, Caroline. Now, I’m a few years older than she is, and I was about 14 when that song came out. You do the math.
Yeah, I miss being able to sing along with
*
That little Clampett’s got his own cement pond,
that little Clampett is a millionaire!*
Al Yankovic-style.
Christine Sixteen - KISS, including the creepy monologue in the middle of it:
“I don’t usually say things like this to girls your age,
but when I saw you coming out of the school that day,
that day I knew, I knew,
I’ve got to have you, I’ve got to have you.”
*Wang Dang Sweet Poontang *- The Nuge.
Cat Scratch Fever - The Nuge.
Stranglehold - The Nuge.
Pretty much every Ted Nugent song, actually.
There was a wonderful little love song by Gilbert O’Sullivan called Clair, which was sweet and nice and it creeped me out even as a pre-teen. It might fly today, but it may be too darn goopy.
It gets played occasionally on our local, classic country radio show. The DJ’s got his finger on the trigger and when that line comes up it’s, “Workin’ like (silence) an’ board”.
They let the “First rate whore” lines and story (from that song) ring out w/o any censorship, though.
Unfortunately, it’s an attitude that exists. Years and years ago I was dating a girl (who, admittedly, was mentally ill) who would go out and cheat on me, tell me about it afterwards, and then blow up at me for not getting angry at her. “You just don’t even care enough about me to get mad!”
You left out “Jailbait”. I went looking for the lyrics to that one a while back, to see if I was remembering them correctly, and all of the lyric sites had a note that said, “These lyrics are unavailable by request of the author.”
China Girl - David Bowie
Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
I find it hard to understand the contention that songs with problematic lyrics “wouldn’t fly” today.
It’s a pretty ahistorical notion. You think there aren’t songs with problematic lyrics today? Songs that are deliberately offense? Songs that are cluelessly offensive? Songs where the narrator of the song isn’t supposed to be the same person as the performer of the song?
Yeah, Ethel the Frog did a song called Why Don’t You Ask, where the singer is complaining “why didn’t you tell me that you’re jailbait?” Not sure how well that would go over today, but it was kind of just another song on an obscure album.
I also have my doubts about how Wimoweh would fare these days. Lion hunting is kind of frowned upon.
I don’t know if there are, as I am out of touch with popular music these days. Do you have any current examples of songs about underage girls?
Anyone remember The Cure’s ‘Killing an Arab’?
mmm
Of course! Their first single. I was going to mention it, but assumed by now it already had been. ETA: Apparently, it has not.
19 years old and sweet as she can be. big difference.
16 or 17 is fine if you’re a 17 YO boy, you should be attracted to 17 yo girls. You should wait a bit tho…
And whats wrong with wanting to dance with a 16yo at a High school dance- if you’re High schooler?
None of these, with perhaps the exception of stray cat strut have sexual meanings.
Supposedly, it was about his niece, who he was babysitting. But I agree, it’s too darn goopy.
Load up on guns
And bring your friends
It’s fun to lose
And to pretend
She’s overboard
And self assured
You know I know
The dirty word
Free form lyrics that barely make sense are not going going to make the cut.
“Homecoming Queen has a gun” - after columbine, well…
Old Folks at Home… Oh, wait…