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July 2, 2007
best of the 80's
So, there I was, watching yet another 80's countdown on VH1, and my fellah says to me "is *THAT* what Little Red Corvette is about?"
After the hysterics died down, I realized that Prince had made one of my many Top 5 lists. Here is is folks, Top 5 euphimism songs:
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1) She-Bop, Cyndi Lauper
Leave it up to the hippy wild child of the 80's to write a song about female masterbation. At 14, I had no idea that's what this song was about, but now, after countless Pop-Up Video's and Interviews with the Laup, we're all really clear on the meaning. How did we miss it with lyrics like these?
"Do I wanna go out with a lion's roar
Huh, yea, I wanna go south n get me some more
Hey, they say that a stitch in time saves nine
They say I better stop - or I'll go blind
Oop - she bop - she bop"
2) Little Red Corvette - Prince
Again, we must have been hypnotised by George Michael's ass to not realize how very about sex this song is. If further proof is needed, just take a look at this euphamism right here, baby:
"Move over baby (move over baby)
Gimme the keys (gimme the keys)
Im gonna try 2 tame your little red love machine
(Im gonna try 2 tame your little red love machine)"
3) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
I've never been a huge beatles fan, so I caught on to this one pretty late in life. You have to admire the band for being able to sing so blatently about drugs and getting it past every.single.censor.
Snippet:
"Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high."
4) Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol
I realized during the making of this list that I am pretty clueless. This song invokes images of bad 80's dancing - we're talking high kicks and hands waving wildly. Come to think of it, I guess that really does fit in with the whole masterbation image. Guilty lyrics:
"When there's no-one else in sight
In the crowded lonely night
Well I wait so long
For my love vibration
And I'm dancing with myself"
5) Pink -Aerosmith
I'm so used to Steve Tyler making up words like sasafrass in order to sneak "ass" pass the censors that I didn't even consider this next song - then I read the lyrics.
"Pink it´s my new obsession
Pink it´s not even a question
Pink on the lips of your lover, ´cause
Pink is the love you discover "
Sure, he's talking about the color.
Runner's Up:
Relax - Frankie goes to Hollywood
Light my Fire - the Doors
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
You have any?
* borrowed from:
http://whatever21.up.269g.net/image/cyndi_lauper.jpeg
Posted by lysa at July 2, 2007 10:09 AM
Comments
After decades of innocently belting it out, I might not have known what "Pour Some Sugar On Me" was about until 2006 but I thought Brown Sugar was about drugs? Or maybe we just all see what we want to see. You know, like how the eskimos have like 450 words for snow...
Posted by: Kbee at July 2, 2007 2:29 PM
Im apparently a dimbulb, but theres some songs that were so obviously wrong that i just missed the ball completely on:
1. I Want Candy. - holy crap finally a song that perfectly describes me. Wait..its not about Lemonheads and Swedish Fish??
2. Benny Mardones - Into the Night. Wow dropped the ball on this one. First friggin line: "Shes just 16 years old, leave her alone..THEY say" Perv.
3. Hurts so Good - Mellencamp. "Sometimes love dont feel like it should." and "Sink your teeth right through my bones, baby. Let´s see what we can do. Come on and make it a HURT so good". Uhhhh huhhh. Perv (not that i have a problem with that).
Posted by: Booboo at July 2, 2007 5:01 PM
what's scary is, as much as i LOVE and WORSHIP Cyndi, she's actually 6 months older than my mom. If i heard my mom singing She-Bop, i'd freak.
Posted by: scottie at July 2, 2007 5:34 PM
Wow. Hurts so good.
Who knew.
Posted by: kbee at July 5, 2007 1:09 AM