Jolene, and other anti-feminist anthems

All I want to do is make love to you (so I can get up the duff but I'm actually with someone else so k thx bye)

Oh, and the Pina Colada song. But its soo catchy

I've said before on here that I credit my feminist awakening age about 5 to Soldier Soldier. She goes and gets him all this stuff of her grandfather's on the basis that he will marry her, and he's already married, the fucker.

Oh a really bad one “In The Summertime”

As well as “have a drink, have a drive” it also contains the following:

If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal
If her daddy's poor, just do what you feel

Niiiiice

Has no-one mentioned the vile 'Young Girl' by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap?

Filled with such nuggets as 'Young girl, get out of my mind, my love for you is way out of line'

Followed up with 'Better run girl, you're much too young girl'

Bleurgh, what a great example of victim blaming

Oh yes, and Blurred Lines

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby !. I've got the moves too.

"Hit me baby one more time" is just absolutely the worst lyric ever. I really felt upset when I once heard my DD then aged around 10 singing it.

But we would stay away from crowds
With signs that said "No dogs allowed”

And

Love me, love my dog

What about Blurred Lines-that is awful!

I like more than words, but never interpreted it that way 🤷‍♀️

The you don’t know you’re beautiful one was 1Direction

The Beautiful South- don't marry her.
I hate it so much!

In contrast, does anyone know that other country song about the woman called in to the pta cos her clothes are inappropriate? But she turns it round in the last verse and calls out their hypocrisy.

I nominate 'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town', popularised by Kenny Rogers. In it a crippled war veteran fantasies about putting his unfaithful wife ‘in the ground’.

Dub be good to me

Lyrics include “I don’t care about your other girls” and “I won’t tie you down, when you need me, I’ll be around”

Similar to You don’t have to say you love me

And you'd better run girl you're much too young girl, you had me believe you're old enough to give me love....grim and it still sometimes gets played (on radio 2)

“More Than Words” is basically a man sex-pesting a woman, presented as a love song. It’s sung by a bloke so was never going to be feminist but is one that always grinds. So many supposedly romantic songs are actually quite rapey when you listen to the lyrics.

Yes! I was trying to remember the song! If you touched me you wouldn't have to say that you love me (that's not good enough) cos I'd already know.

I've always found drove all night a wee bit creepy. Crept in your room, woke you from your sleep to make love to you, is that alright? Erm no

I've Been to Paradise, but I've Never Been to Me is terrible: travelling the world and having amazing life experiences counts for nothing besides being a housewife and mother

Anyway Dolly Parton is a feminist icon whatever one might think of some of her lyrics! Great woman.

Surely ‘Who let the dogs out’ takes the medal?

I wish someone would come up with a catchy tune about actual canines, for all the radio and tv producers to use whenever there’s a segment relating to doggies. I can’t tell if they don’t know the meaning behind WLTDO, or do know and don’t care. Both are depressing.

I get very stabby when it’s played, or when I hear little kids singing it.

Think I’ll start composing a contra-version ‘Who invited all these micropenis guys to the party?’ in my head next time.

I was watching an old TOTP when a song came on sung by a sad woman crooning to the camera, and it left me feeling cold. I thought it must have been written by a man, yep it was, these are the lyrics to
'I've never been to me'

Hey lady, you lady
Cursing at your life
You're a discontented mother
And a regimented wife
I 've no doubt
You dream about the things you'll never do
But I wish someone had a talk to me like I wanna talk to you

Ooh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preacher man
And we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces
Because I had to be free

I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

Please lady please lady
Don't just walk away
'Cause I have this need to tell you
Why I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me
Still living in your eyes

Won't you share a part
Of a weary heart that has lived a million lives

Ooh, I've been to Nice and the Isle of Greece
When I sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
And showed them what I've got

I've been undressed by kings
And I've seen some things that a woman ain't s'posed to see
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie
A fantasy we created about people and places
As we like them to be
But you know what truth is?

It's that little baby you're holding
And it's that man you fought with this morning
The same one you are gonna make love to tonight
That's truth that's love

Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children
That might have made me complete
But I, I took the sweet life
I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet

I spent my life exploring
The subtle whoring
That costs too much to be free
Hey lady I've been to paradise
But I've never been to me...

I've been to paradise - never been to me
(I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
I've been to paradise - never been to me
(I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
While I sipped champagne on a yacht)
I've been to paradise - never been to me

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