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Name A Song From Yesteryear That Would Cause Outrage Today

HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,985
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I'll start. 

GNR's Used To Love Her
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,527
    edited August 2018
    GNR - One in a Million
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,985
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    GNR - One in a Million
    well that one caused outrage at the time too. I was more thinking songs that were ok then, but now they'd be subject to higher scrutiny. 
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    Ringo Starr - You’re Sixteen 
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,513
    Most songs by Sir Mix-A-Lot!
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,527
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    GNR - One in a Million
    well that one caused outrage at the time too. I was more thinking songs that were ok then, but now they'd be subject to higher scrutiny. 
    Ah, okey. Ofc. Sorry.

    KISS - Going Blind
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  • ultrapigultrapig Posts: 166
    The Beatles - Run For Your Life 
    Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
    Faith No More - Edge of the World 
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,529
    Sexy and 17 - Stray Cats
    Vehicle - Ides of March (the first few lines are about a stranger in a black sedan with candy)
    Thank Heaven for Little Girls
    Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello for the n-word

  • thispureamericanriotthispureamericanriot Posts: 514
    edited August 2018
    I guess 1989 is now considered "yesteryear", but Stevie Ray Vaughan's version of Boot Hill is very morbid and misogynistic. Johnny Winter also did a great version of this song in 1984.

    "Look up on the wall baby....hand me down my shootin' iron
    Look up on the wall baby....hand me down my shootin' iron
    Call your mother long distance....tell her to expect your body home

    If the city don't bury you baby....lord knows the county will
    If the city don't bury you baby....lord knows the county will
    You made your last mistake....you going way out on that boot hill

    Lord I don't want to wax you darlin'....'cause you gave me my first thrill
    Lord I don't want to wax you baby....'cause you gave me my first thrill
    You did me so wrong....you're going way out on that boot hill"

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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ueI8NJA-8

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  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,448
    edited August 2018
    pjhawks said:
    Sexy and 17 - Stray Cats

    This one always comes to mind for me. I was maybe 10 years old when this came out and 17 seemed old then. Now...not so much.
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  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,448
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I'll start. 

    GNR's Used To Love Her
    Came up in the GNR thread but It's So Easy and Back Off Bitch might also fit the bill. Even the orgasm in Rocket Queen might raise a few issues?
  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    Dr. Hook - Only 16
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  • even flow - question markeven flow - question mark Posts: 1,568


    Bomb The Boats............

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-iqK0y4T4

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1YufGxw780
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  • lexicondevillexicondevil Posts: 2,062
    even flow - question mark said:


    Bomb The Boats............

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-iqK0y4T4

    I liked this band, but must have never really listened closely to the lyrics on that one. Wow! This will be leaving my collection.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,308
    How are we defining yesteryear?
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  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,448
    even flow - question mark said:


    Bomb The Boats............

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-iqK0y4T4

    I think we have a winner.
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,693
    Yeah Id love to see twitter kids deal with Used to Love Her by Gnr.  

  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,527
    cp3iverson said:
    Yeah Id love to see twitter kids deal with Used to Love Her by Gnr.  

    They played in on this european tour. No twitter tag trended :)

    Always felt like it was inspired by Down by the river.  Anyone know if GNR ever talked about being influenced by Neil Young?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Fat Bottomed Girls
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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,076
    I always thought Used to Love Her was about a dog. 
  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,448
    Brown Sugar 
  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,448
    Tim Simmons said:
    I always thought Used to Love Her was about a dog. 
    That's what Axl said when asked about it. Maybe it was a cover up. Maybe it wasn't.
  • Who PrincessWho Princess Posts: 7,305
    rummy said:
    Brown Sugar 
    That got some attention when it was released but I have a feeling most people didn't listen to the lyrics.

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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,985
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    How are we defining yesteryear?
    really just any song that would cause outrage today that didn't cause outrage when it was originally released. 
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkwD5rQ-_d4

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    Sticking with the "sixteen theme", John  Mayall, "She's Too Young"

    Sixteen, she is still in school
    I've got to learn to keep it cool
    She's too young but not for me
    So with a bit of luck
    She will find a way to come to me

    Why do people always intervene?
    Very soon she'll be seventeen
    She's too young to skip town
    She was born to be loved
    And I can't wait to bury her down
    She's beautiful and waits for me
    Will our plans ever come to be?
    She's too young so people say
    But with the opportunity
    She would run to me today


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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,038
    But now the question that comes to mind is, is there a category of song besides sexist/ misogynistic song of the 50's, 60's and 70's that would cause a negative reaction?  

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,527
    brianlux said:
    But now the question that comes to mind is, is there a category of song besides sexist/ misogynistic song of the 50's, 60's and 70's that would cause a negative reaction?  

    Would the satirical nature of Frank Zappa's Bobby Brown be understood on twitter today?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • redrawredraw Posts: 1,284
    Oingo Boingo  - Little Girls 

    Such a fun band - really wish they would do a reunion tour but Danny is probably too busy scoring every 2nd movie that gets released....
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,527
    redraw said:
    Oingo Boingo  - Little Girls 

    Such a fun band - really wish they would do a reunion tour but Danny is probably too busy scoring every 2nd movie that gets released....
    He should let Bridget Fonda free.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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