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Can’t believe these lyrics I heard on Radio 1

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MangetoutsaysGetOutMan · 16/05/2024 11:08

I was listening to Radio 1 with children in the car and I had to turn it off.

Attracted to your status, maybe your a* (sounds like a planet)

Who is this H? I’m surprised the BBC let it through.

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CaveMum · 16/05/2024 17:22

@PrettyFlyforaMaiTai Come on Eileen isn't "rape themed" but if you listen to the lyrics it's a bloke basically begging a girl to have sex with him. Whilst not rapey, it's pretty coercive and grubby:

[Chorus]
Come on, Eileen
Oh, I swear (Well, he means)
At this moment
You mean everything
You in that dress
My thoughts, I confess
Verge on dirty
Oh, come on, Eileen

and

[Chorus]
Come on, Eileen
Oh, I swear (Well, he means)
Ah, come on, let's
Take off everything
That pretty red dress
Eileen (Tell him yes)
Ah, come on, let's
Ah, come on, Eileen
That pretty red dress
Eileen (Tell him yes)
Ah, come on, let's
Ah, come on, Eileen
Please

You in that dress / My thoughts, I confess / Verge on dirty

?

https://genius.com/18160759/Dexys-come-on-eileen/You-in-that-dress-my-thoughts-i-confess-verge-on-dirty

imgoodthanks · 16/05/2024 17:20

pinkyredrose · 16/05/2024 17:11

Just say the words!

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As a previous poster said, an*l looks like a filthy visual pun

imgoodthanks · 16/05/2024 17:18

MangetoutsaysGetOutMan · 16/05/2024 11:49

So I didn’t mishear, he did it on purpose?

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I doubt so. It doesn't sound that much like anus to me. You just had anus attraction on your mind. Just Google the song and have a listen in the time you're using to post this question on MN!

TinkerTiger · 16/05/2024 17:18

MangetoutsaysGetOutMan · 16/05/2024 11:49

So I didn’t mishear, he did it on purpose?

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No, you misheard. HTH.

BustyLee · 16/05/2024 17:17

OperationPushkin · 16/05/2024 14:31

What? Of course you misheard the lyrics. And in a quite hilarious way as well. 😄Just admit your mistake and laugh about it.

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mingetoo - sorry Mangetout is embarrassed because of what she thinks the mistake says about her but I too think she should get over it (this is not a double entendre).

imgoodthanks · 16/05/2024 17:14

They say we hear what's on our mind!

pinkyredrose · 16/05/2024 17:11

MangetoutsaysGetOutMan · 16/05/2024 11:32

Thank you for your validation. There are threads on here about the rise in anl sx on girls as a standard part of sx which is why I took it at face value.

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Just say the words!

JabyJay · 16/05/2024 17:10

There are few if any boundaries now. Anything goes. Sexual crudeness on tv or radio passes no comment, however vile. But that where extreme liberalism has brought us, unfortunately. If you question it you’re uptight or judgmental in some way. Ironically it is women who are often the target of this.

OneTC · 16/05/2024 17:07

PrettyFlyforaMaiTai · 16/05/2024 16:51

Come on Eileen is a rape themed song?! 😯

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No

WitchWithoutChips · 16/05/2024 17:02

@petermaddog and @mitogoshi yes, I realised later the reference to the summer of love, but he has also confirmed that the title is a reference to the sex position - hence the ad lib ‘my and baby in a ‘69’ at the end of the song!

Nevermind91 · 16/05/2024 17:01

Radio 1 does seem to have some iffy stuff on it these days. I haven't listened willingly for many years.
On a long car journey a couple of years ago, our daughter requested Radio 1, so on it went. They were reading out 'would you rather' choices.
The first one we heard was "Would you rather walk in on your parents having sex and join in, or masturbate in front of them?" This was early evening.

GB81 · 16/05/2024 17:00

I didn't read that properly and was trying to find a swear word that rhymed with planet!

mitogoshi · 16/05/2024 16:54

@WitchWithoutChips

Summer of 69 is the so called summer of love. He was 10 I believe!

RosaBaby2 · 16/05/2024 16:53

Sat here far too long trying to work out what begins with A and rhymes WITH planet 😂

mitogoshi · 16/05/2024 16:53

(Starts swotting up on Taylor Swift lyrics as also thought it was Starbucks lover, dc will not forgive getting words wrong at concert next month!)

PrettyFlyforaMaiTai · 16/05/2024 16:51

NosyJosie · 16/05/2024 15:07

Come on Eileen, Blurred Lines, and other rape themed songs are all over the place.

I feel like a lot of songs are pushed onto artists and they didn’t write them.

My all time misheard line remains “Just let me staple the vicar” in We Are Family

Come on Eileen is a rape themed song?! 😯

Namerchangee · 16/05/2024 16:48

Alright Mary Whitehouse! 😂

Rachelsthorns · 16/05/2024 16:48

I think it was Mike Read that once had a caller who thought Abba were singing "Take your teeth out" and not "Chiquitita".

"Fix your radio!" Mike said, and was inundated with callers who claimed they, too, had misheard it.

FrenchandSaunders · 16/05/2024 16:46

@NosyJosie what!! Come on Eileen is rapey!! I didn't know that, love that song. It's not 'cum on Eileen'.

MsCheeryble · 16/05/2024 16:46

MangetoutsaysGetOutMan · 16/05/2024 11:32

Thank you for your validation. There are threads on here about the rise in anl sx on girls as a standard part of sx which is why I took it at face value.

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But what did you take at face value? The line very clearly refers to A list, it means what it sounds like. Not the BBC's fault that you have a filthy mind.

JaneAustensCat · 16/05/2024 16:45

AlltheFs · 16/05/2024 11:27

They really wouldn’t. Veiled references within the genre are within the Ofcom code. Overt sexual references aren’t.

You can say anus. You can’t say Fuck me in the arse.

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Thank you for that clarification 😂 I laughed so loud I woke the cat up (he says you owe him an apology).

GirlOfThe70s · 16/05/2024 16:38

@useruserna and @MumblesParty - that UB40 song is 'Food For Thought'

KAT0779 · 16/05/2024 16:37

Laiste · 16/05/2024 12:00

A few years ago now i was a bit puzzled about what runtering was. Brian sounded very determined it should happen ...

Brian Adams.
I'm Gonna Runter You

😳

😂love it

FluffyJellyCat · 16/05/2024 16:36

Ah another "the freckles on my arse spell out name" moment 🤣

MumblesParty · 16/05/2024 16:31

useruserna · 16/05/2024 16:26

"Exodus, move you funky people" is what I always heard (not "Exodus, movement of Jah people").

Also, I thought UB40 were singing "I'm a prima donna.."

@useruserna thats a good point - what are the UB40 lyrics, I’ve never known , and I can’t google as I don’t know the title.

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