Dodgy morals in pop songs

[Gahhhhereheisagain]

I'll start...
Escape (the pina colada song)
I'd be leaving that Irish bar without him. What a tit.

Read the back story on this and you’ll see it’s not the weird thing you are making it out to be. In fact I think there’s a short interview with ‘Claire’ herself on YouTube - there’s nothing dodgy about it.

Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong?
You know it's gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together
Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new?
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through
Happy times together we've been spending
I wish that every kiss was never ending
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray
It might come true
Baby, then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do
Oh, we could be married (oh, we could be married)
And then we'd be happy (and then we'd be happy)
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But let's talk about it
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby

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As far as I can see, this song is LITERALLY about two teenagers who believe in sex before marriage, probably having a 'you put the phone down first' conversation in 1968 California. It's hard to imagine anything more wholesome.

why are songs about cheating posed as huge romantic songs?? Songs i really loved at the time!

Like Me and Mrs Jones

Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now

"And why do so many “I wanna rock you baby” type songs seem to be meaning “fuck” rather than “rock" "

That's AC/DC all over. It's their one joke!

@TedWilson it's a song about wanting to have sex with someone !

I think if people aren't careful here - the list of songs they find 'immoral' or 'dodgy' will be longer than the list of acceptable songs!

I can’t imagine saying “how you’ve grown” to someone I grew up with who was the same age as me - to me that’s something an older person says to a younger person. But you may well be right - I guess I just find a song celebrating a sexual relationship with someone who is young enough to be noticeably still growing a bit weird either way 🤷‍♀️

@ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea I know but he just sounds like a sleazy old man talking about his "virgin" 🤮

As far as I can see, [Wouldn't it be Nice] is LITERALLY about two teenagers...

Yes, it's a sweet song about two teenagers in love who have an idealised and romantic view of what it would be like to be grown up and married.

Not sure if it’s an urban myth, but I was told the lyrics were originally “girl I want to make you hurt” but the record company said that was too extreme. The video has a lot of hip thrusting etc so I wouldn’t be surprised.

Bruno Mars- ‘I just wanna get you high’ ‘I can feel the heat between your thighs’

Unhealthy by Anne Marie. I was very surprised when I heard it on the radio that it's a new song

Young Girl by Gary Puckett. Was listening to this on the car radio and was thinking how did it managed to get radio time…..

Bruno Mars- The lazy song’ gonna throw my hand in my pants.’ Why would he think we want to know or hear that?

Tom Jones Delilah- about murdering a cheating partner. Lyrics are horrendous but only just realised when saw it in the paper! I had been parroting those lyrics for decades not realising what they meant!

I absolutely hate this song. It makes me so embarrassed when I hear it that I can barely bear it. The singers voice just adds that extra bit of sleaze. If DH ever put this song on to romance me, I’d divorce him. I have that much of a visceral dislike to the overt sleazy sexualmess of it.

I also hate that reggae song ‘Girl I’m gonna make you sweat, sweat till you can’t sweat no more, and when you cry out, I’m gonna push it some more, a la la la long…’. Ah it’s so cringingly sexual and embarrassing!

That’s The Weeknd and Daft Punk ‘I feel it coming’.

Daniel Bedingfield's whiny If You're Not The One is a masterclass in adolescent male guilt tripping. The video should have been someone trying to walk away out of shot while Daniel clings to their disembodied leg for the entire song.

@Crapsummer2023 oh is it? Sounds like Bruno! Thanks, still hate it.

Sorry but what about brown sugar?

Jagger/Richards:
Under my thumb
The girl who once had me down
Under my thumb
The girl who once pushed me around
It's down to me
The difference in the clothes she wears
Down to me, the change has come
She's under my thumb
And ain't it the truth babe?
Under my thumb
It's a squirmin' dog who's just had her day
Under my thumb
A girl who has just changed her ways
It's down to me
Yes it is
The way she does just what she's told down to me
The change has come
She's under my thumb
Ah, ah, say it's alright
Under my thumb
Is a Siamese cat of a girl
Under my thumb
She's the sweetest, hm, pet in the world
It's down to me
The way she talks when she's spoken to
Down to me, the change has come
She's under my thumb
Ah, take it easy babe
Yeah
It's down to me, oh yeah
The way she talks when she's spoken to
Down to me, the change has come
She's under my thumb
Yeah, it feels alright
Under my thumb
Her eyes are just kept to herself
Under my thumb, well I
I can still look at someone else
Etc etc

Brown Sugar/
Lyrics

Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver, know he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, uh huh
Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wond'ring where it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doing alright
You shoulda heard him just around midnight
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, now?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, now
Ah, get along
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, babe?
Ah, got me feelin' now
Brown sugar, just like a black girl should, yeah
Now, I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy, but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight
Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, babe?
Ah, brown sugar, just like a young girl should, yeah
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
How come you, how come you taste so good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo

Squeeze's Cool for Cats beng invited in for coffee and then giving the dog a bone. Bustards.

This is why I like heavy metal, the lyrics are mainly about elves, historic wars, history, magic, the downside of religion, dystopia, the climate and biblical tales bit of fantasy/sci fi and corruption

Didn't know the lyrics but that is fucking vile😱

Only The Good Die Young is basically four minutes of Billy Joel saying "surely you wouldn't want to die a virgin, why not sleep with me?". Very catchy though.