Lyrics you wouldn't get away with nowadays...

[irocfan]

Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:

Dire Straits, Money For Nothing.

See the little faggot with the earring and the make up
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he's a millionaire

they actually blank that now in Canada

[CrossMember]

steveo3002 said:

cher- gypsies ,tramps and thieves

Not offensive in the context of the song. The line is lamenting those prejudicial monikers.

"Gypsies, tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people in the town
They'd call us Gypsies, tramps and thieves
..."

So I think you'd get away with that today.

[Nezquick]

Pretty much all of Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke.

Pharrell Williams recently apologised for having anything to do with it.

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

Nezquick said:

Pretty much all of Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke.

Pharrell Williams recently apologised for having anything to do with it.

I'm sure he's not sorry enough to give up the $5,000,000 it's made him mind

[spyder dryver]

Not a chart topper admittedly. The lyrics were actually written over a hundred years ago in what was a very different world.

Ry Cooder- Shine

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

[jhiker]

I give you Gary Glitter and 'Happy Birthday' from the album 'Touch me'.

Eleven fifty-nine
Almost time, one more minute to go
I can hardly wait, in this state, don't my feelings show
All we gotta do, me and you, see it through, when we do
What a big surprise I've got for you

Then I am gonna do, things to you, I've never done before
When you're old enough, ha, I do my stuff, till you beg for more
Now the time has come, have your fun, bang you come, give me some
Look out birthday baby, here I come

Happy birthday, I've got to give you such a happy birthday
You're gonna get it on your happy birthday
And now you're grown up it's a happy birthday
So tired of waiting for your happy birthday
I'll make you happy on your happy birthday
I'll light a candle on your happy birthday
You're just too ready for today

Just you and though didn't know, days could be so long
Sticking to the roof like a fool, hanging on and on
Now a million home, you're alone, almost grown, on your own
Move a little closer what I say

Happy birthday, I've got to give you such a happy birthday
You're gonna get it on your happy birthday
And now you're grown up it's a happy birthday
So tired of waiting for your happy birthday
I've got to give you such a happy birthday
You're gonna get it on your happy birthday
And now you're grown up it's a happy birthday
So tired of waiting for your happy birthday
I'll make you happy on your happy birthday, aw
I'll light a candle on your happy birthday
You're just too ready for today

[Dave.]

Always grates when Radio 2 play Christina Agulera's Candyman.... It's mostly blanks and sound effects to hide the perversion... Why bother playing it at all?

Candy man, candy man
Sweet, sugar, candy man
I met him out for dinner on a Friday night
He really got me working up an appetite
He had tattoos up and down his arm
There's nothing more dangerous than a boy with charm
He's a one stop shop, makes the panties drop
He's a sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man
A sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man
He took me to the Spider club on Hollywood and Vine
We drank champagne, and we danced all night
We shook the paparazzi for a big surprise (a big surprise)
The gossip tonight will be tommorow's headlines
He's a one stop shop, makes my cherry pop
He's a sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man (oh yeah)
A sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man
He's a one stop shop, makes my cherry pop
He's a sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man (oh)
A sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man
Well, by now I'm getting all bothered and hot
When he kissed my mouth, he really hit the spot
He had lips like sugar cane, oh
Good things come for boys who wait
Candy man, candy man
(Sippin' from a bottle of vodka double wine)
Candy man, candy man
He's a one stop, gotcha hot, makin' all the panties drop
(Sweet, sugar, candy man)
He's a one stop, got me hot, makin' my (uh) pop
(Sweet, sugar, candy man)
He's a one stop, get it while it's hot, baby, don't stop
(Sweet, sugar)
He got those lips like sugar cane
Good things come for boys who wait
He's a one stop shop with a real big (uh)
He's a sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man
(Say what) a sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man
(Say) a sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man, woo
A sweet talkin' sugar coated candy man
Candy man, candy man
Candy man, candy man
Candy man, candy man
(Tarzan and Jane were swingin' on a vine
Tarzan and Jane were swingin' on a vine
Sippin' from a bottle of vodka double wine
Sippin' from a bottle of vodka double wine
Jane lost her grip and down she fell
Jane lost her grip and down she fell
Squared herself away as she let out a yell
Squared herself away as she let out a yell)

[Pericoloso]

I wonder if Mike Read has listened to his Frankie goes to Hollywood album lately.

[dudleybloke]

Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc.

"I went up to this girl, she said, "Hi, my name is Sheena"
I thought she'd be good to go with a little Funky Cold Medina
She said, "I'd like a drink, " I said, "Ehm - ok, I'll go get it"
Then a couple sips she cold licked her lips, and I knew that she was with it
So I took her to my crib, and everything went well as planned
But when she got undressed, it was a big old mess, Sheena was a man
So I threw him out, I don't fool around with no Oscar Meyer wiener
You must be sure that the girl is pure for the Funky Cold Medina

You know, ain't no plans with a man
This is the 80's, and I'm down with the ladies
Ya know?"

The alphabet mafia would go spare!

[Nexus Icon]

I don't think Elvis Costello would get away with this part of Oliver's Army nowadays...

"Only takes one itchy trigger
One more widow, one less white ni**er"

Everyone knows it should be "fewer," not "less."

[BugLebowski]

dudleybloke said:

Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc.

"I went up to this girl, she said, "Hi, my name is Sheena"
I thought she'd be good to go with a little Funky Cold Medina
She said, "I'd like a drink, " I said, "Ehm - ok, I'll go get it"
Then a couple sips she cold licked her lips, and I knew that she was with it
So I took her to my crib, and everything went well as planned
But when she got undressed, it was a big old mess, Sheena was a man
So I threw him out, I don't fool around with no Oscar Meyer wiener
You must be sure that the girl is pure for the Funky Cold Medina

You know, ain't no plans with a man
This is the 80's, and I'm down with the ladies
Ya know?"

The alphabet mafia would go spare!

On a similar note Lola by the Kinks and Dude looks like a lady by Aerosmith would likely cause similar 'offence'

[daddy cool]

Songs like Sam Smith's "Fire on Fire" with its out-dated use of gender pronouns. I have corrected his verse so that no-one reading on here is triggered (im sure Sam wouldn't mind):

"My mother said I'm too romantic
SheThey said, "You're dancing in the movies"
I almost started to believe herThem
Then I saw you and I knew
Maybe it's 'cause I got a little bit older
Maybe it's all that I've been through
I'd like to think it's how you lean on my shoulder
And how I see myself with you"

[Pastor Of Muppets]

Hard to imagine anyone on here wouldn't know this little light salad type of a number....

Dragged on a table in a factory
Illegitimate place to be
In a packet in a lavatory
Die little b... screaming

Body screaming f....... bloody mess
Not an animal it's an abortion

Body I'm not an animal
Mummy I'm an abortion

Throbbing squirm, gurgling bloody mess
I'm not a discharge
I'm not a loss in protein
I'm not a throbbing squirm

[JuniorD]

Aerosmith seemed to get away with this in 1993

"The buzz that you're gettin'
From the crack don't last
I'd rather be O.D.in' on the crack of her ass"

However my favourite is "Dinah-Moe Humm" by Frank Zappa. Nothing is sacred in that

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/frankzappa/dinahmo...

[Riley Blue]

"Hold on, I'm comin!" by Sam and Dave was the song I had played on BFBS in Germany for my girl friend of the time. Whether they twigged I really don't know but we knew...

[WinstonWolf]

I doubt I'd get Friggin in the Riggin past the swear filter on here these days...

[CAPP0]

BugLebowski said:

On a similar note Lola by the Kinks and Dude looks like a lady by Aerosmith would likely cause similar 'offence'

Halmyre said:

Lou Reed - A Walk on the Wild Side

"But she never lost her head, even when she was giving head"

All in the same vein.

It amuses me somewhat that Seat are currently using Walk on the Wild Side in a TV commercial and specifically they play out the first verse where "Holly" transitions. Did anyone listen to that first?

Or perhaps they have a specific target market/demographic in mind.

[Johnnytheboy]

Gwar:

"With a push and with a shove, I'll show you just how grown-ups love."

[chrisp84]

NOFX - See Her Per:

She got lips like stereo
With the bass and treble down
She's got tits like microwaved
Burritos that explode
What I wouldn't give to see her pee
Between two parked cars
On a well lit street
5th and Main

Always makes me chuckle

[The Hypno-Toad]

Pastor Of Muppets said:

Hard to imagine anyone on here wouldn't know this little light salad type of a number....

Dragged on a table in a factory
Illegitimate place to be
In a packet in a lavatory
Die little b... screaming

Body screaming f....... bloody mess
Not an animal it's an abortion

Body I'm not an animal
Mummy I'm an abortion

Throbbing squirm, gurgling bloody mess
I'm not a discharge
I'm not a loss in protein
I'm not a throbbing squirm

I seem to remember that Mr J.Rotten esq claimed that song was written after one of his ‘fans’ turned up at his flat with a foetus in a jar claiming that it was his baby.

Lovely.