To think it's not fluffy 90s pop, but creepy asf?

[stellenbosch]

So, 'You're Gorgeous" (Babybird) was on the radio today in the car. Naturally, I turned it up.
Was singing along, (dc in back) and it struck me that it's actually a very creepy song and not a happy 90s pop tune.. got me thinking, what other songs that were acceptable back in the day probably wouldn't make the cut today?

The 80s song, 'I touch myself', comes to mind... lol

AIBU Or what other old songs do you think are, in retrospect, creepy asf? 🤔🤣

Kings of Leon “Sex on Fire”- just makes me think of cystitis every time I hear it!
And The Weekend’s “I feel it Coming” just completely grosses me out every time I hear it. It’s a horrible song -horrible, horrible lyrics:

Yeah, uh
Tell me what you really like
Baby I can take my time
We don't ever have to fight
Just take it step-by-step
I can see it in your eyes
'Cause they never tell me lies
I can feel that body shake
And the heat between your legs
You've been scared of love and what it did to you
You don't have to run, I know what you've been through
Just a simple touch and it can set you free
We don't have to rush when you're alone with me
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
You are not the single type
So baby, this the perfect time
I'm just trying to get you high
And faded off this touch
You don't need a lonely night
So baby, I can make it right
You just got to let me try
To give you what you want
You've been scared of love and what it did to you
You don't have to run, I know what you've been through
Just a simple touch and it can set you free
We don't have to rush when you're alone with me
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
You've been scared of love and what it did to you
You don't have to run, I know what you've been through
Just a simple touch and it can set you free
We don't have to rush when you're alone with me
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe (I know what you feel right now)
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe (I know what you feel right now)
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe (I know what you feel right now)
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, babe
I feel it coming, babe

Recent-ish but Shape of You by Ed Sheeran is about the creepiest thing I have ever heard.

^How is it creepy?????

And those songs aren’t 90s but more recent!

The shape of you-these lyrics perhaps?

Girl, you know I want your love
Your love was handmade for somebody like me
Come on now, follow my lead
I may be crazy, don't mind me
Say, boy, let's not talk too much
Grab on my waist and put that body on me
Come on now, follow my lead
Come, come on now, follow my lead

Mr Big-Be with you

Hold on little girl
Show me what he's done to you
Stand up little girl
A broken heart can't be that bad
When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to show you
I'm the one who wants to be with you
Deep inside I hope you feel it too (feel it too)
Waited on a line of greens and blues (waited on a line)
Just to be the next to be with you
Build up your confidence
So you can be on top for once
Wake up, who cares about
Little boys that talk too much

Err yuck!

Anyone remember Blue - Too Close?

Baby when we're grinding, I get so excited, ooh how I like it.... something something can't remember. Then it says 'you're making it hard for me'

Argh don't ruin Mr Big for me never thought of anything perverse in those lyrics.

Agree about the Mungo Jerry one. Drink driving and don't spend money on women if you can get away with a quick shag in the back seat for free instead.

The Beatles had their dodgy moment as well:

I'd rather see you dead little girl
Than be with another guy
You'd better keep your head little girl
Or you won't know where I am

You'd better run for your life if you can little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, little girl.

The final 'little girl' is genuinely really creepy imo, although the whole song is nasty.

"Run for your life" by the Beatles is pretty creepy too.

You'd better run for your life if you can little girl...

Cause if I catch you with another man, that's the end, little girl...

No one has mentioned James Blunt - you're beautiful yet.
Stalker. With a plan.

Harold - snap!!

WittyJack.

I thought he hid it from the public but I thought he was very open about it with her. Wasn't her name Mary or something?

@paisleyblue yep!!

@73kittycat73 if you find the documentary anywhere it was brilliant, it was about 2hrs long and on channel 4 or channel 5...

Lol sorry @paisleyblue I used to absolutely love that song until a mate of mine was like wtf are you singing?? Then we looked at the lyrics properly

Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave and Kylie M is brutal!! Why did he kill her??? Whhhyyyyyyy?????

@Procrastination4 - I've always maintained that "your sex is on fire" is about catching UTIs! We actually used to sing "you've got cystitis" to it at uni .

I love "chantilly lace" because the woman runs rings round him- he takes her out despite having "nooooo money, honey" because she's persuaded him and he appears to be in thrall to her. She calls the shots/uses what he wants to get what she wants.

I always wondered quite what cousin Billy got up to in "son of a preacher man" though. Could be innocent hand holding in the garden or could be more furtive!

*catching utis? Developing!

I always found Craig David's Fill Me In kinda creepy/annoying. How old was this girl to have a curfew and parents who were watching her every move?
I think I'd be annoyed too if someone stole my nice red wine and left my hot tub switched on (and probably didn't clean it either) lol.

paisley, I vaguely remember Blue being very pervy in their lyrics.

Didn't the female voice go something like

"Stop dancing kinda close. I feel a little bump, coming through on you?"
Blurgh!

Mambo No. 5, I remember my Mum hating it as it was just pure objectification.

YANBU. I’ve alwats found cliff richards living doll lyrics creepy and perpetuate date rape and Emotional abuse

Has anyone said Mungo Jerry In the summertime
...
If her daddy's rich, take her out for a mèal, if her daddy's poor just do what you feel...

Also has the immortal line "have a drink, have a drive"

Surely most of these aren’t creepy, just explicit?!

‘Brown Sugar’ is pretty appalling even if you don’t know that it was originally called ‘Black Pussy’:

Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in the market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doin' all right
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should
Drums beatin' cold, English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doin' all right
You should have heard him just around midnight
Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good
Brown Sugar, just like a young girl should
Brown Sugar, how come you dance so good
Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should
I bet your mama was a Cajun Queen,
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no school boy but I know what I like
You should have heard them just around midnight
Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good
Brown Sugar, just like a black girl should
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo
How come you, how come you dance so good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo
Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wooo

@toseland sorry you got there first , i also forgot the bit about speeding