Nicko Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 ....Brown Sugar. Talking to out vocalist the other day, she said she woud never sing it because the lyrics were offensive (not that it would ever get on the setlist anyway) I'd never really listened to the lyrics but they are a bit, erm non PC. Any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 My Sharona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Last time I looked there were about 152 different(ish) versions of Relax - I always thought of Brown Sugar being slighltly risque, but of its time.......... this is, of course where art & populist sensitivety get shot with the same gun........ 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 What about Upside Down, by Diana ROSS ? 🙃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Roll over lay down - Status Quo? Centerfold - J.Geils Band? Some girls will - Racey? And for some balance - It’s raining men - The Weather Girls 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Deep Purple - Knocking On your Back Door 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Slade - Thanks for the memory ? 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Cool For Cats. 'I'm invited in for coffee and I give the dog a bone...' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 It was ever thus... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Banning songs in the radio is pointless and ineffective censorship. It brings more attention and success and is a comment on the sensibilities of the censor rather than the song. After about 55 years of broadcasting, I believe these days Walk On The Wild Side is "banned". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Maggie Mae - older woman seduces school boy. Wears him out etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I’ve never really listened to the words of any of these, mainly because, with the exception of walk on the wild side, they’re such god-awful songs 😁. But how many people do actually listen to the lyrics? Relax was only banned after a radio DJ did just that and realised what they meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Surely it's based on context at that moment in time. Most, if not all the others, were about heterosexual acts which weren't out of keeping with thoughts at that period, 70s and 80s TV were fine with hinting at underage sex at the time but Relax was blatantly about promiscuous homosexual sex at a time when the establishment couldn't handle it, not in public anyway. They wanted a reaction and they got one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 If songs get banned because the ‘might’ offend someone, shouldn’t some books also be banned for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 1968 'Wet Dream' - Max Romeo. Romeo claimed that it was about a leaky roof. Make your own mind up. https://genius.com/Max-romeo-wet-dream-lyrics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oZZma Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Nicko said: ....Brown Sugar. Talking to out vocalist the other day, she said she woud never sing it because the lyrics were offensive (not that it would ever get on the setlist anyway) I'd never really listened to the lyrics but they are a bit, erm non PC. Any others? And who is supposed to be "offended" by "Relax", exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Listen to the words of 'Downtown Train' - he's a stalker. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, geoffbyrne said: Listen to the words of 'Downtown Train' - he's a stalker. G. Wasn’t Every Breath You Take “i’ll Be watching you” by The Police a stalker tune too? Edited June 9, 2019 by AndyTravis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 As is "One Way or Another" by Blondie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, AndyTravis said: Wasn’t Every Breath You Take “i’ll Be watching you” by The Police a stalker tune too? It's a very clever bit of work. Ostensibly a simple love song, closer inspection suggests it's about a stalker. Indeed, Sting has at times suggested that it's based on his break-up with his then wife Frances Tomelty. Then years after its release he finally reveals that it's all about him as a child observing his mother's infidelities and betrayals. What to believe? Edited June 9, 2019 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 (edited) Unbelievable by EMF. The track has a sample running through it that repeats 'Whoah! What the F*ck' throughout the song. For the avoidance of doubt the wording of the sample was included with the lyric sheet that came with the CD. The unedited song received widespread nationwide airplay. Apparently no one noticed the naughty language. Edited June 9, 2019 by Cato 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 When you think about it, so many tunes ( Rock, reggae, rap etc etc) have lyrics which can maybe be interpreted in different ways. I remember seeing George Melly years ago singing 1920’s Bessie Smith songs which were full of double entendre and the audience ( including my mother embarrassingly enough!) loved him. It was the humour and clever innuendo that made it acceptable I think, unlike today’s more obvious and blatant references. ( Just realised I’m sounding like a Daily Mail reader, apologies...) Other songs which later fell into that category include ‘Shake rattle and roll’ ( “I’m like a one eyed cat peepin in a seafood store”) and The Coaster’s ‘Poison Ivy’, all about STD’s !! On a slightly different tack, not sure how ‘Little Children’ ( Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas ), ‘Clare’ ( Gilbert O’Sullivan ‘) or ‘Save all your kisses for me’ ( Brotherhood of Man’) would be viewed in these perhaps less innocent times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 No mention of Lou Reed yet? I think the grunts on relax may have been the tipping point for the beeb. Seems incredibly tame now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I recall a bit of a shouting match over in the Good Ole USof A over Ringo Starr doing a very passable version of 'You're Sixteen' (age of consent 'n' all that) 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Hey Jude has Paul McCartney audibly saying "Whoa! F**kin 'ell", after hitting a bum note. (2:56) 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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