# Songs you can't play today **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-cant-play-today/1031799 "2026-07-20T03:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-cant-play-today/1031799/2 "2026-07-20T04:41:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _[Baby It’s Cold Outside](https://www.npr.org/2018/12/05/673770902/baby-it-s-cold-outside-seen-as-sexist-frozen-out-by-radio-stations)_ We more than one discussions about this song several years ago: > [@In defense of "Baby, It's Cold Outside"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-baby-its-cold-outside/775155): > > Every year (in recent years at least), there seems to be an increasingly loud chorus of PC voices insisting that this song is “rapey” and should, I dunno, be banned or something? Now, this year we’ve even got a [PC replacement version](http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/us/baby-its-cold-outside-cover-trnd/index.html) penned by an earnest young singer and her boyfriend (whether he’s also a singer is more of an open question). Hoo boy. Here’s the thing. The woman singing \*is \*being oppressed, but not by the man singing! He’s not the bad guy. She’s having a lovely time hang… > [@Baby It's Cold Outside - date rapey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside-date-rapey/774546): > > Sorry if this is discussed elsewhere, but search was being uncooperative. Saw an article in the paper the other day about some folk who wrote new lyrics to the song Baby It’s Cold Outside to remove the “date-rapey” elements. Characterized the original as simply unacceptable today. Never crossed my mind. So whaddya think? I think such an attitude is silly. What next - Deck the Halls is about some homosexual named Donald? wink Also sorry if this is better suited somewhere other than CS. … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-cant-play-today/1031799)._