“Christine! Sixte- err . . Seven . . Eighteen!”
“When I saw you comin’ outta school that day - I mean, uh, out of . . your office complex . . . Where you’re a, uh, regional sales manager . . . I knew I got to have you!”
I am not trying to be edgy. Just a very recent revelation..I didn't know until that movie that Elvis was dating a 14 year old. So the only progress in this scenario we made as humanity from Mohammed to Elvis was one year. I guess that's progress?
But honestly, reading the lyrics of classic rock has really really hindered my ability to listen to some of my favorite bands.
Just a light example. The Animals. Love. Don't let me me misunderstood.... Comes off as domestic abuse apologist. Maybe I'm way off. I'll show myself out.
One of my favorite SNL sketches is about this. https://youtu.be/T9awpv5BnSc?si=hJ9doIUDzYof1Yt6
Into the Night by Benny Mardones wouldn't necessarily sound so bad, but then you see the video and hooooooo boy it is not okay, not okay at all.
There was a band that performed at Disneyland for just one summer in 1981 named Halyx that wrote the song "Jailbait" with lyrics like this:
I, I, I said hey little cutie, I caught that look in your eyes, yes I did
Ah, ah, ooh, you make me weak, ooh, you give me butterflies
I said hey little cutie, looking for somewhere to go
You know you make me feel wanted, but not like it's a honorable
Why don't you wait till you're older, yeah yeah, you'll understand
Interestingly, this was written by the female lead singer about the recent introduction of age of consent laws.
The little girl won't play with my ding a ling!
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap would like to have a word.... (Young Girl, 1968)
(Felt this post, so many songs I used to love, and with worse than questionable lyrics :( )
Mark Little had a good bit on this topic, and Van Morrison.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5rlK7gLK6o
I don't know how to link to specific times, but the bit is around the 6 minute mark.
his daughter, right ?
No no, see, it's gotta uhh, be ironic. It's ironic, they're ironically calling all the other pedo artists out, see. It's, no, see, it's because they're just being ironic and edgy as a tasteless kind of joke, see.
I dunno man. The point at which it becomes totally indefensible is the point at which the 30 or late 20's artist is sleeping or having romantic relationships with like, kids, basically. I dunno. I respect the right of artists to write songs about shitty or super insanely weird subject matter but goddamn these guys are just confessing that they're pedophiles straight up huh
Depeche Mode: Little 15
hey 19...
Well, now you're only fifteen, And you look good.
I'll take you under my wing, Somebody should.
They've persuasive ways, And you'll believe what they say.It's just a question of time, And it's running out for you.
It won't be long until you'll do, Exactly what they want you to…Stray Cat Blues, Rolling Stones (unfortunately; man it's a great song if not for the... Entire subject)
There's an old polish classic song where the signer in one fragment sings that "she's very underage".
Welp.
The beachboys: "What is this a crossover episode?"
I catch myself humming old songs every now and then and have this moment way too often.
David Bowie and Lori
