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Title: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: Denn Forever on August 13, 2018, 05:22:40 PM
A song that is creepy.

Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen - Neil Sedaka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h2zp96Hzhg

Title: Re: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: Tony Baloney on August 13, 2018, 06:26:49 PM
I remember a couple of years ago a man rang in to Drivetime on Radio 2 to get Perfect 10 by the Beautiful South played for his daughter's 10th birthday. Simon Mayo was dumbfounded.
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Post by: theskull1 on August 13, 2018, 07:21:07 PM
I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
Bessie Smith from close to 100 years ago

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Post by: gallsman on August 13, 2018, 07:27:30 PM
I'm on Fire by Springsteen is kind of the opposite of this.

It's about unrequited love/lust for a girl who's out of his league but on the surface sounds like an anthem for paedos.
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Post by: Cunny Funt on August 13, 2018, 07:58:09 PM
I don't think the song Peaches is about a fruit.
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Post by: JoG2 on August 13, 2018, 08:01:36 PM
Nor The Cult's song 'Rain' talking about the weather!
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Post by: Captain Obvious on August 13, 2018, 08:18:12 PM
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
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Post by: Oldhacker on August 13, 2018, 10:02:37 PM
Mungo Jerry's In The Summertime was a massive hit in 1970 but there are a number of reasons why a major label would be unlikely to release it today. Shaggy changed the lyrics when he re-recorded in in 1995.

In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find
If her daddy's rich take her out for a meal
If her daddy's poor just do what you feel
Speed along the lane
Do a ton or a ton an' twenty-five
When the sun goes down
You can make it, make it good in a lay-by
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Post by: weareros on August 13, 2018, 10:41:47 PM
Bunch of Thyme by Foster & Allen. When they first played that on TOTP, I thought they were singing about a lad who had a lot of time on his hands. Then I realised, it's not "Time" at all but "Thyme" the herb they are singing about. Upon hearing it some years later, realised it's not even "Thyme" they are singing about and it most certainly wasn't even a rose that the sailor gave the poor lass. To keep her reminded. As if she'd ever forget.
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Post by: Jell 0 Biafra on August 14, 2018, 03:01:27 AM
The Beatles, Run For Your Life, is definitely the catchiest song about domestic abuse.
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Post by: Tony Baloney on August 14, 2018, 09:14:32 AM
Little Red Corvette DEFINITELY isn't about a car.
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Post by: Applesisapples on August 14, 2018, 09:33:57 AM
Oh Carole by Smokie...she was not 16 if you know what I mean....should been recorded by Gary.
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Post by: johnnycool on August 14, 2018, 09:38:17 AM
Quote from: gallsman on August 13, 2018, 07:27:30 PM
I'm on Fire by Springsteen is kind of the opposite of this.

It's about unrequited love/lust for a girl who's out of his league but on the surface sounds like an anthem for paedos.

This...

It's a good song but the lyrics on the face of it are a bit paedo-esque alright!
Title: Re: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: gallsman on August 14, 2018, 09:54:08 AM
Quote from: johnnycool on August 14, 2018, 09:38:17 AM
Quote from: gallsman on August 13, 2018, 07:27:30 PM
I'm on Fire by Springsteen is kind of the opposite of this.

It's about unrequited love/lust for a girl who's out of his league but on the surface sounds like an anthem for paedos.

This...

It's a good song but the lyrics on the face of it are a bit paedo-esque alright!

The video adds some helpful context!
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Post by: armaghniac on August 14, 2018, 02:29:33 PM
Quote from: Applesisapples on August 14, 2018, 09:33:57 AM
Oh Carole by Smokie...she was not 16 if you know what I mean....should been recorded by Gary.

Mexican girl by Smokie is a bit suspect too

Juanita came to me last night and she cried over and over
Ooh, Daddy I love you you know and I think it's the moonlight
She looked so fine, well she looked alright and she moaned
Ooh, Daddy move over
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Post by: Esmarelda on August 14, 2018, 03:51:31 PM
Puff the Magic Dragon.
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Post by: Armamike on August 14, 2018, 03:58:02 PM
Anything with 16 in the title!

Perfect day by Lou Reed had a darker undertone (drug taking).
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Post by: easytiger95 on August 14, 2018, 04:20:15 PM
What about " We Don't Need Nobody Else" by Whipping Boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2NqJ8t02Y0

Great tune but incredibly dodgy lyrics (in today's context)

I hit you for the first time today
I didn't mean it
It just happened
You wouldn't let me go to the phone
You wanted to make love and I did not
Now I know the distance between us
Christ we weren't even fighting, I was just annoyed
Silence and you started to cry, that really hurt you said
Yeah and you thought you knew me


At the time they were critical darlings, I remember a big article in the Melody Maker praising their honesty. I don't think you would get away with writing a song from the point of a domestic abuser today. I don't know if that is an advance or not, because it is a great (but difficult) song.


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Post by: GalwayBayBoy on August 14, 2018, 04:31:27 PM
https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/9-creepy-pop-lyrics-youd-never-get-away-with-today-763043 (https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/9-creepy-pop-lyrics-youd-never-get-away-with-today-763043)
Title: Re: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: omagh_gael on August 14, 2018, 04:34:50 PM
Hot Chocolate's 'It started with a kiss' is pretty dodgy if you cut it off here...

It started with a kiss, in the back row of the classroom
How could I resist the aroma of your perfume
You and I were inseparable, it was love at first sight
You made me promise to marry you, I made you promise to be my bride
But you were only eight years old
Title: Re: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: armaghniac on August 14, 2018, 05:46:47 PM
Quote from: omagh_gael on August 14, 2018, 04:34:50 PM
Hot Chocolate's 'It started with a kiss' is pretty dodgy if you cut it off here...

It started with a kiss, in the back row of the classroom
How could I resist the aroma of your perfume
You and I were inseparable, it was love at first sight
You made me promise to marry you, I made you promise to be my bride
But you were only eight years old

In fairness, one more line would have made things clear.
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Post by: manfromdelmonte on August 14, 2018, 06:59:23 PM
Young Girl

Gary Puckett & Union Gap

https://youtu.be/qJFVPxBpezk
Title: Re: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: trileacman on August 14, 2018, 08:40:32 PM
We Are Young by Fun is only a few years old. It's about a guy who sees his girlfriend talking to a police officer about a scar he gave to her a few months back.
Title: Re: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: mouview on August 15, 2018, 01:55:14 PM
Quote from: JoG2 on August 13, 2018, 08:01:36 PM
Nor The Cult's song 'Rain' talking about the weather!

The Cult's 'Go Outside' is a catchy dreamy summer song, but the video, cleverly interwoven with old actual footage of the Jonestown cult, is touching and quite creepy, showing as it does people who would shortly be dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAM9diyVRiM

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Post by: Upthecut on August 15, 2018, 04:04:13 PM
Run DMC & Aerosmith - Walk this way
https://youtu.be/4B_UYYPb-Gk

:o :o :o
Title: Re: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: Denn Forever on August 28, 2018, 05:30:20 PM
Somebody -Depeche Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYrF_E6-V-Y
Title: Re: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: Main Street on August 28, 2018, 09:58:35 PM
Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl,  leaves dodgy in the dust

"I wanna ball you all night long
tell your mama and your papa
baby, baby, doing nothing wrong, child
i'm doing nothing wrong, yeah"
Title: Re: Songs that are well dodgy when you really listen to the lyrics.
Post by: Billys Boots on August 29, 2018, 10:13:16 AM
Quote from: easytiger95 on August 14, 2018, 04:20:15 PM
What about " We Don't Need Nobody Else" by Whipping Boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2NqJ8t02Y0

Great tune but incredibly dodgy lyrics (in today's context)

I hit you for the first time today
I didn't mean it
It just happened
You wouldn't let me go to the phone
You wanted to make love and I did not
Now I know the distance between us
Christ we weren't even fighting, I was just annoyed
Silence and you started to cry, that really hurt you said
Yeah and you thought you knew me


At the time they were critical darlings, I remember a big article in the Melody Maker praising their honesty. I don't think you would get away with writing a song from the point of a domestic abuser today. I don't know if that is an advance or not, because it is a great (but difficult) song.

I don't think they were talking about their point of view there, to me it is pretty obvious that they are portraying a pretty screwed-up person (and their particular view of their relationship) in the song.  Incidentally, they toured that album with Lou Reed in Europe, and Lou Reed thought that they (on the basis of that song) were going to become the biggest band in the world. 
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Post by: Denn Forever on February 07, 2019, 04:53:00 PM
A kiss with a fist.....  Florence and the machine
I suppose the title says it all but when you're listening to it on the radio and don't hear it introduced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZOBRbVCJL4
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Post by: ziggy90 on February 07, 2019, 06:31:20 PM
You don't have to listen too hard to find these lyrics dodgy.
https://youtu.be/C79spWeuakU