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

[traffman]

Rythym is a dancer , its a source of cancer. Snap

[OldSkoolRS]

JustALooseScrew said:

They [Macc Lads] are touring again, though I doubt it is quite the drunken debauchery it once was, probably more of a nostalgia trip for most I would assume.

I always liked their line (possibly paraphrasing slightly):

'She bangs like the st house door when the plague's in town'.

EDIT to add; I fancied playing 'Oliver's Army' at an open mic, but remembered there is a line with the 'N' word in it, so would either have to skip that verse or change the lyrics...

[droopsnoot]

traffman said:

Rythym is a dancer , its a source of cancer. Snap

I hadn't realised that was the lyric. It does include the charming couplet "I'm serious as cancer, rhythm is a dancer", though. Which is a bit worse than "You're about as easy as a nuclear war" (Duran Duran, The Reflex, flex, flex, flex, flex, flex).

[12TS]

Not heard this, but it's a blues standard. Doesn't sit well with me

Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you?
Tell your mama and your papa I'm a little schoolboy too
Come on now pretty baby I just can't help myself
You're so young and pretty I don't need nobody else
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you?
Don't you hear me crying?
I'm gonna leave you baby about the break of day
On account of the way you treat me, I got to stay away
Come on now pretty baby darling come on home
You know I love you baby, I got to get you all alone
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you?
Can't you hear me crying?
I'm gonna buy me an airplane and fly all over your town
Tell everybody baby, lord knows you're fine
Come on pretty baby now, I just can't help myself
You're so young and pretty I don't need nobody else
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you?
Don't you hear me crying?
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you?
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you?
Tell your mama and your papa I'm a little schoolboy too
I'm a schoolboy, too. Hey, I'm a schoolboy, too
I want to be your chauffeur, I want to ride your little machine
I want to be your chauffeur, I want to ride your little machine
I want to put a tiger, baby I want to put a tiger, baby
I want to put a tiger, baby, hey in your sweet little tank
Hey baby now yes I do ha, yes I do
Hey I got to hey, I got to come on home with you
Tell your mama, tell your papa, tell your mama and your papa
Hey, I'm a schoolboy, too, hey, hey, I'm a schoolboy, too
Ha oww, I'm a schoolboy, too, ow, I wanna keep your company
Hey I wanna keep your company

[Lotus 50]

droopsnoot said:

I hadn't realised that was the lyric. It does include the charming couplet "I'm serious as cancer, rhythm is a dancer", though. Which is a bit worse than "You're about as easy as a nuclear war" (Duran Duran, The Reflex, flex, flex, flex, flex, flex).

I'm pretty sure the lyric is actually something like: 'rhythm is a dancer it's a soul companion' but yes the 'I'm a serious as cancer when I say rhythm is a dance' is dire...

[glazbagun]

As kids we sang "Rhythm is a Dancer, smoking gives you cancer", but the cancer bit is really in the rap where the dude says:

"I'm serious as cancer when I say...

... Rhythm is a Dancer"

I think it may have been mildly controversial in a Daily Mail outrage at everything kind of way, but you'd certainly get away with it today. If you rapped it.

[kowalski655]

Heard "Whole lotta love" today, reminded me that
"Shake for me girl,I wanna be your back door man" sounds a bit rude

[K12beano]

kowalski655 said:

Heard "Whole lotta love" today, reminded me that
"Shake for me girl,I wanna be your back door man" sounds a bit rude

Did you get as far as “The Lemon Song”??

[glazbagun]

K12beano said:

Did you get as far as “The Lemon Song”??

That is the best. Would totally Still be allowed btoday though.

[MikeT66]

No mention yet of 'Closer' by NIN?

"You let me violate you, you let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you, you let me complicate you

Help me I broke apart my insides, help me I've got no soul to sell
Help me the only thing that works for me, help me get away from myself

I wanna fk you like an animal
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna fk you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God

You can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith, you can have my everything

Help me tear down my reason, help me it's your sex I can smell
Help me you make me perfect, help me become somebody else

I wanna fk you like an animal
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna fk you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to God

Through every forest, above the trees
Within my stomach, scraped off my knees
I drink the honey inside your hive
You are the reason I stay alive"

It was probably never radio-friendly anyway, but would it still be written today? Perhaps it doesn't offend modern 'woke' sensibilities like referencing race/religion, etc... although someone might find it misogynistic (which would be wrong - the songs sexual degradation is aimed at the singer - the man).

[droopsnoot]

kowalski655 said:

"Shake for me girl,I wanna be your back door man" sounds a bit rude

I guess it depends on how you look at it. I sometimes have a light snigger at

"I'm gonna get some concrete mix,
fill your back door up with bricks."

but it probably doesn't mean anything rude.

[Halmyre]

droopsnoot said:

kowalski655 said:

"Shake for me girl,I wanna be your back door man" sounds a bit rude

I guess it depends on how you look at it. I sometimes have a light snigger at

"I'm gonna get some concrete mix,
fill your back door up with bricks."

but it probably doesn't mean anything rude.

It's possible 'back door man' originally meant just a lover who would sneak in the back door while the husband left by the front door. But who knows!

[anonymous-user]

K12beano said:

kowalski655 said:

Heard "Whole lotta love" today, reminded me that
"Shake for me girl,I wanna be your back door man" sounds a bit rude

Did you get as far as “The Lemon Song”??

Bit of a cringe hearing the lyrics now, it might of cut ice at Earls Court or Knebworth in the 70s but it's on par with Big Bottom by Tap hearing it now.

[Troubleatmill]

I liked Bill Hailey - he was classy. ( he didn't include this bit )


I said, shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul

I'm like a one-eyed cat peeping in a seafood store
I'm like a one-eyed cat peeping in a seafood store
Well, I can look at you and tell you ain't no child no more

Edited by Troubleatmill on Wednesday 29th January 18:51

[Frank7]

Raygun said:

Bit of a cringe hearing the lyrics now, it might of cut ice at Earls Court or Knebworth in the 70s but it's on par with Big Bottom by Tap hearing it now.

“Have” cut ice.

[Johnspex]

Frank7 said:

Raygun said:

Bit of a cringe hearing the lyrics now, it might of cut ice at Earls Court or Knebworth in the 70s but it's on par with Big Bottom by Tap hearing it now.

“Have” cut ice.

Blast! There goes Frank making me agree with him again. This will not do.
But, I think he means 've rather than have.

[anonymous-user]

Johnspex said:

Frank7 said:

Raygun said:

Bit of a cringe hearing the lyrics now, it might of cut ice at Earls Court or Knebworth in the 70s but it's on par with Big Bottom by Tap hearing it now.

“Have” cut ice.

Blast! There goes Frank making me agree with him again. This will not do.
But, I think he means 've rather than have.

Blast with lashings of lemonade.

[Frank7]

Johnspex said:

Frank7 said:

Raygun said:

Bit of a cringe hearing the lyrics now, it might of cut ice at Earls Court or Knebworth in the 70s but it's on par with Big Bottom by Tap hearing it now.

“Have” cut ice.

Blast! There goes Frank making me agree with him again. This will not do.
But, I think he means 've rather than have.

Sorry for making you agree with me John, but you’re right, might’ve would have (would’ve),
fitted, but does it look right, is it in regular use?
I’ll agree that it’s something you could say, but is it something that you’d write?

[SCEtoAUX]

"If I was" by Midge Ure

Should be "If I were".

Also, have we had Brotherhood of Man's "Kisses for Me" yet?

[kowalski655]

SCEtoAUX said:

Also, have we had Brotherhood of Man's "Kisses for Me" yet?

Thats about his 3 year old daughter FFS! perfectly cute & innocent