Golden Goat Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills4everNY Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 "I'd Love to Change the World" by Ten Years After "Indian Lake" by The Cowsills 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed Turning Japanese - The Vapors (a bunch of white guys) Rape Me - Nirvana 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Bills4everNY said: "I'd Love to Change the World" by Ten Years After "Indian Lake" by The Cowsills 'Indigenous Lake' might work, if you can shoehorn an extra syllable into the following line of the song. No matter what you call it, the 'war cry' from the song has to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen ...Deep in the heart of Texas And 'round the 'Frisco Bay All over St. Louis And down in New Orleans All the cats wanna dance with Sweet Little Sixteen... Come a Little Bit Closer - Jay and the Americans In a little café Just the other side of the border She was a-sitting there a-givin' me Looks that made my mouth water So I started walking her way She belonged to bad man, José... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 20 hours ago, SDS said: I’m going to argue with the wording of the title. It’s one thing to say a song would not fly, but the implication is that songwriters still want to write about those things. I would suggest that in 2020 most artists would never write many of these songs in the first place. At the very least, public consumption of many of these songs would be greatly reduced making them unpublishable. I’ll add Gary Puckett “Young Girl” to the mix… While all those ***** bags like Jeffrey Epstein may enjoy the sentiment, there is no longer a mass audience for that song in 2020. In that vein, I will toss in "Younger Girl" originally done by the Critters, then by The Lovin' Spoonful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Doc Brown said: Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed Turning Japanese - The Vapors (a bunch of white guys) Rape Me - Nirvana Rape Me is about getting used and abused by record companies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 'Young Girl'; Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. Then again, it probably should not have been allowed back in the 60s, and we ain't talking subject matter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irv Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Indian Outlaw - Tim McGraw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Kip Winger was 27 when that song was released. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Never understood cny's obsession with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Goat Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) Ahab the Arab (pronounced Ay-Rab) -- Ray Stevens Edited June 23, 2020 by Golden Goat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 58 minutes ago, Golden Goat said: Ahab the Arab (pronounced Ay-Rab) -- Ray Stevens Ray seemed to make fun of everything and everyone, which was his style. A few serious songs thrown in, but at least he was an equal opportunity offender. Slack jawed yokels included. Acceptable today? Likely not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Ruby Tuesday - Stones Columbus landed in the New World on a Tuesday and, you know, spread around diseased blankets or something.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Prince - 1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 So, I don't remember exact lyrics, but here's the back story. Restaurants/stores will sometimes have Muzak subscriptions. What happens if you don't pay your subscription or it loses the signal? It records the last half hour and just repeats it, over and over. Anyways, we were working at a Wendy's overnight and hearing the same five 50's style songs over and over. One of the two I remember was a guy singing about a girl, and by the lyrics, he was stalking her. All "I'm here for you, if you'd just notice me" and "I see you in the park with that guy that isn't good for you". We called that one the Stalker song The other I remember was a girl singing about an older guy. How most people would think he was too old for her, and he was married, but she knew he was the one for her. That one we called The Pedophile song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 15 hours ago, Pete said: Rape Me is about getting used and abused by record companies It's actually about rape. "Have a Cigar" is about getting used and abused by record companies. But "Rape Me" was written by Cobain as an anti-rape song. It was edgy, but powerful. Wasn't a radio hit then, and certainly wouldn't be now. But I think it could be written and recorded today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills4everNY Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Bad Bad Leroy Brown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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