slave ship bound for cotton fields didn’t tip you off?
Never been a fan of the Rolling Stones. Don’t think I could have quoted a single line from that song other than the chorus.
Music Songs you didn’t realise were dodgy…
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Never been a fan of the Rolling Stones. Don’t think I could have quoted a single line from that song other than the chorus.
It’s a great song, but not a huge fan of the stones personally.
Iris, Black Balloon and Slide were definitely the standouts from Dizzy Up The Girl, I liked All Eyes On Me too.
Shame you missed them but they'll be no doubt back soon enough!
Ah that’s fair.
Now that one’s about heroin addiction.
They're on my bucket list. John is a New Yorker so they're always playing somewhere close by. One day.
I'd like to thank you for putting a fresh spin on some of the songs that were the soundtrack to one of the happiest summers of my life
Shocked to see Bill Wyman, romancer/defiler of 13 year old Mandy Smith, being involved in some shady shit.
I do what I canI'd like to thank you for putting a fresh spin on some of the songs that were the soundtrack to one of the happiest summers of my life
She's got me dizzy
She sees me through to the end
She's got me in her hands
And there's no use in pretending
Christine, sixteen
Christine, sixteen
She drives me crazy
I want to give her what I've got
And she's hot every day and night
There is no doubt about it
I don't usually say things
Like this to girls your age
But when I saw you coming
Out of the school that day
That day I knew, I knew
I've got to have you, I've got to have you
She's been around
But she's young and clean
I've got to have her
Can't live without her, whoa no
Christine, sixteen
Christine, sixteen
Christine
(Christine)
Sixteen
(Sixteen)
Christine, yeah
(Yeah)
This one's a banger but the term dominicker hen seemed a bit off when I first heard it. Turns out it was once used to describe mixed race women. The title could be controversial, too I suppose.
Way down in Virginia
Amongst the tall growin' sugar canes
Lived a simple man and a dominicker hen
And a rose of a different name.
Well, the first time I felt lightnin'
I was standing in the drizzlin' rain
With a tremblin' hand and a bottle of gin
And the rose of a different name
Well, the devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord put a handle on a simple headed man
And help me leave that black rose alone
When the devil made that woman
Lord he threw the pattern away
She were built for speed with the tools
You need to make a new fool every day
Way down deep and dirty
On the darker side of shame
I caught a cane cuttin' man and a bottle of gin
With a rose of a different name
The devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord put a handle on a simple headed man
And help me leave that black rose alone
The devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man
And help me leave that black rose alone
Way down in Virginia
Amongst the tall growin' sugar canes
Lived a simple man and a dominicker hen
And a rose of a different name.
Well, the first time I felt lightnin'
I was standing in the drizzlin' rain
With a tremblin' hand and a bottle of gin
And the rose of a different name
Well, the devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord put a handle on a simple headed man
And help me leave that black rose alone
When the devil made that woman
Lord he threw the pattern away
She were built for speed with the tools
You need to make a new fool every day
Way down deep and dirty
On the darker side of shame
I caught a cane cuttin' man and a bottle of gin
With a rose of a different name
The devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord put a handle on a simple headed man
And help me leave that black rose alone
The devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man
And help me leave that black rose alone
Platypus is also about celebrating Tim Yohannan being diagnosed with cancer. He died a few months after Nimrod came out.
Brutal.
Ohhh! Yes good catch. He’s who banned them from the club they started at. 86 is about him banning them.
"Ha ha you're dead" is supposedly about him too. Quite the grudge they held against him. They were probably too big to play Gilman Street from the point they were banned anyway.
Looks like they finally caved, but I definitely remember this being brought up before.
Probably not but Slayer aren’t mainstream now, never mind back in 1986.
1) Oh I completely forgot that song existed.
2) You’re probably right about that. I guess it was just the principal of the thing for Billie Joe.
I think it's fair to say that a lot of musicians living the lives of rockstars, usually out of their minds and far away from what's socially acceptable would have a bunch of edgy/inappropriate/provocative/downright pathetic content in their discographies. I mean like for a lot of them that was pretty much their MO.
I mean like for a lot of them that was pretty much their MO.'Pumped up Kicks' by Foster the People is about a kid shooting up his school.
Robert's got a quick hand
He'll look around the room he won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette
Hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid
Yeah, he found a six shooter gun
In his dad's closet, in a box of fun things
And I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
Daddy works a long day
He's coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late
And he's bringing me a surprise
Cause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice
I've waited for a long time
Yeah, the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger
I reason with my cigarette
Then say your hair's on fire
You must have lost your wits, yeah
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
He'll look around the room he won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette
Hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid
Yeah, he found a six shooter gun
In his dad's closet, in a box of fun things
And I don't even know what
But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
Daddy works a long day
He's coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late
And he's bringing me a surprise
Cause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice
I've waited for a long time
Yeah, the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger
I reason with my cigarette
Then say your hair's on fire
You must have lost your wits, yeah
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run, outrun my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You better run, better run faster than my bullet
I remember an interview with the band Living Colour where they were playing on the same bill and asked Axl not to play that song.
However they played it a couple of times out of spite. Never understood how they were given a pass for that in their heyday
Yep. It’s actually in a playlist that I play during class while kids are doing school work. I tell them I know what it’s about, but the song is great so I play it.
Erm? Not sure if serious.
It's true. I'll try to dig it up.
Jon B has a song with 2Pac called ‘Are You Still Down’ from the 90s. Recently I clocked the line where he sings ‘I remember you were too afraid to go all the way. But you did it to please me, crying as you gave it to me’. Thought ‘hmm, but dodgy that’, coming to think of it.
New to the game, eh?
Every breath you take
And every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
And every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
[Chorus]
Oh, can't you see you belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take?
I'd say its meaning was fairly obvious from the very beginning.
I meant I wasn't sure if they were serious that the meaning of that song wasn't known by everyone. The lyrics are fairly explicit and hugely publicised and discussed at the time.
I suppose younger audiences may have only heard it occasionally and not really listened to the lyrics.
And not dodgy in that it was lamenting the pointlessness of her actions. That said Grldof did later say he regretted that writing the song made the murderer more infamous.
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You can't be serious about this?
Ah, they didn't say that, although it's impled by the thread title. Anyway. Understandable confusion. As you were.
Not sure if serious or not as It has a dodgy underage schoolgirl vibe but I'm fairly sure itvisn't anything to do with domestic violence.
Polly by Nirvana is pretty dark
Billy Ocean Hey you get into my car
Get in the backseat baby
A lot of people didn't get it and was played over and over again and sang quite openly. U,S number one too. Probably in top 100 driving songs.
Get in the backseat baby
A lot of people didn't get it and was played over and over again and sang quite openly. U,S number one too. Probably in top 100 driving songs.
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Beatles: "Cum together, right now, over me."
I bring you, Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones…
Fecking hell. I always thought it was about heroin
wow...
Still a catchy song though
Tonight’s the night, Rod Stewart
“Don’t say a word, my virgin child, just let your inhibitions run wild”
“Don’t say a word, my virgin child, just let your inhibitions run wild”
I would have to say no one touches the Stones when it comes to taboo lyrics. Not even Led Zeppelin who had their share. Star Star by the Stones still hasn’t been played on terrestrial radio I believe since the lyrics are so obscene. But to me that’s why they are one of the top 3 bands of all time.
Of course I’m not counting rap with all of the cursing and gun and drug references. Just rock bands.
Of course I’m not counting rap with all of the cursing and gun and drug references. Just rock bands.
Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams was not actually about the year 1969 which we should have known as he would have been too young then to do all the things he was talking about