# What is your favorite musical innuendo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897 "2006-01-07T15:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/1 "2006-01-07T15:54:29Z")
The [Meatloaf](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352587) thread got me thinking about some of his other songs. Meatloaf is the master of the musical innuendo, but there have been other artists with that talent. What are the best, or your favorites? Mine two favorites are: **Meatloaf** --Surfs Up **Bruce Springsteen** --Tunnel of Love Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/2 "2006-01-07T16:39:29Z")
Jerry Lee Lewis, _Great Balls of Fire_ Little Richard, _Good Golly Miss Molly_ (“You sure like to bawl”) Aretha Franklin, _Freeway of Love_ The B-52s, _Roam_ (“Take it hip to hip”) The Doors, _Back Door Man_ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/3 "2006-01-07T17:06:54Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > Little Richard, _Good Golly Miss Molly_ (“You sure like to bawl”) Let’s be clear about this - there is no innuendo whatsoever going on in this song. This is pure, unadulterated sex - it just so happens that people not “in the know” back in the day didn’t understand what Little Richard was saying: > [@](#): > > Good Golly Miss Molly - sure like to ball > Good Golly Miss Molly - sure like to ball > When you’re rockin’ and a rollin’, can’t hear your mama call which of course translates to “you like sex so much that when you’re in the middle of it, you can’t tear yourself away” or thereabouts. As for true innuendo, I would nominate **Peter Gabriel’s** Sledgehammer: > [@](#): > > show me round your fruitcage > 'cos I will be your honey bee > open up your fruitcage > where the fruit is as sweet as can be Is but one obvious example from that song. Of course, there are countless examples, not the least of which come of the Blues. Bessie Smith was infamous for a number of baudy songs - I can’t find the specific lyric I was thinking of quoting that has to do with “cooking cabbage” IIRC, but it will blow your hair back. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/4 "2006-01-07T17:10:26Z")
Chuck Berry–My Ding-A-Ling ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/5 "2006-01-07T17:25:00Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Chuck Berry–My Ding-A-Ling Which of course makes me think of **AC/DC’s** Big Balls… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/6 "2006-01-07T18:11:01Z")
Cole Porter: **Let’s Do It** The Byrds: **Chestnut Mare** (so subtle that few people have ever noticed the song’s all about sex) Melanie: **Brand New Key** ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/7 "2006-01-07T18:21:16Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Of course, there are countless examples, not the least of which come of the Blues. Bessie Smith was infamous for a number of baudy songs - I can’t find the specific lyric I was thinking of quoting that has to do with “cooking cabbage” IIRC, but it will blow your hair back. Was this the one you were thinking of? The complete lyrics can be found[here](http://lyrics.overtrend.com/default.php?view_lyrics_id=2099&song=Empty%20Bed%20Blues&lartist=207) He give me a lesson that I never had before He give me a lesson that I never had before When he got to teachin’ me, from my elbow down was sore He poured my first cabbage and he made it awful hot He poured my first cabbage and he made it awful hot When he put in the bacon, it overflowed the pot When you git good lovin’, never go and spread the news ---
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Walloon here’s another **B-52’s** song “ **Hot Lava** ”. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/9 "2006-01-07T18:32:49Z")
If I Were a Bell ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/10 "2006-01-07T19:39:28Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > The Doors, _Back Door Man_ Or Howlin’ Wolf. 😉 Robert Johnson’s _Dead Shrimp Blues_ is a personal favorite - just because it’s such a weird innuendo. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/11 "2006-01-07T21:04:03Z")
> [@Sgt Schwartz](#): > > Was this the one you were thinking of? The complete lyrics can be found[here](http://lyrics.overtrend.com/default.php?view_lyrics_id=2099&song=Empty%20Bed%20Blues&lartist=207) > He give me a lesson that I never had before > He give me a lesson that I never had before > When he got to teachin’ me, from my elbow down was sore > > He poured my first cabbage and he made it awful hot > He poured my first cabbage and he made it awful hot > When he put in the bacon, it overflowed the pot > > When you git good lovin’, never go and spread the news Oh yeah. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/12 "2006-01-07T21:11:49Z")
Country music women have had their share too Ways to be wicked– **Lone Justice** Shake the sugar tree– **Pam Tillis** ---
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[Dean Friedman](http://www.deanfriedman.com/) and his one hit from 1977, called “Ariel”. > [@](#): > > Standing by the waterfall in Paramus Park > she was working for the Friends-of-BAI > She was collecting quarters in a paper cup. > She was looking for change and so was I… > > She wore a peasant blouse with nothing underneath. > I said, “Hi”. She said, “Yeah, I guess I am…” > > We sat and we talked into the night, > while channel 2 was signing off the air. > I found the softness of her mouth. > We made love to bombs bursting in airrrrr…Ariel… ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/14 "2006-01-08T02:11:47Z")
**"My Handyman Ain’t Handy No More"** ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/15 "2006-01-08T02:20:16Z")
There’s also Cole Porter’s **Blow, Gabriel, Blow**. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/16 "2006-01-08T21:35:53Z")
Hey - I remember one: **The Telephone Man** - gosh who did that? Sillly novelty song with a cutesy-yet-seductive girl singing about how her phone needs fixing and so she calls her telephone man, who shows up and says: Hey baby I’m your Telephone Man I can put it where you want it, I can put it where I can YOu can have it in the bedroom you can have in the hall you can have it the bathroom or up against the wall you can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring but if you really want it you can have ding-a-ling… (I’m sure I got parts wrong - but it is something like this…) silly, but the singer actually does a pretty funny job… ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/17 "2006-04-09T08:19:22Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Hey - I remember one: **The Telephone Man** - gosh who did that? > > Sillly novelty song with a cutesy-yet-seductive girl singing about how her phone needs fixing and so she calls her telephone man, who shows up and says: > > Hey baby I’m your Telephone Man > I can put it where you want it, I can put it where I can > YOu can have it in the bedroom you can have in the hall > you can have it the bathroom or up against the wall > you can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring > but if you really want it you can have ding-a-ling… > > (I’m sure I got parts wrong - but it is something like this…) silly, but the singer actually does a pretty funny job… It was recorded by **Meri Wilson** , sorry for the delay in the response. Sgt Schwartz ---
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Another Doors one, here’s a lyric from the song **L’America** where Morrison breaks from the rhyme scheme to avoid using the word that everyone knows he wants to: “C’mon people, don’t you look so down you know the rainman’s coming to town he’ll change your weather, change your luck and then he’ll teach you how to… find yourself” ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897/19 "2006-04-09T12:44:12Z")
Billy Joel _Christie Lee_ : She didn’t need another, lover all she wanted was the sax. She didn’t need him as a man, all she wanted was the horn. ---
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Jimmy Buffett’s subtle _Why Don’t We Get Drunk_: So bar maid bring a pitcher, another round o’ brew Honey, why don’t we get drunk and screw [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-musical-innuendo/338897.md?page=2)