Songs with lyrics that would never fly today
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Anonymous
How was that Magdalena song ever okay? It is absolutely one of the most disturbing song lyrics I’ve ever read. |
Anonymous
Yeah, Lennon said he hated that song and wishes he’d never written it. |
Anonymous
Who are the kinks? Never heard of it. |
Anonymous
If that creeps you out, look up the lyrics for “Memphis” by Johnny Rivers. It could be read as a song about a divorce and a kid who went with her mother or it could be read as a mother who figured out her boyfriend was a creep and took her six year old daughter to safety. Even as a little kid in the 80s (it was played frequently on the oldies station) it sounded creepy as hell to me even though I didn’t have any personal experience or knowledge of that. |
Anonymous
I just posted the Memphis song; this one also used to make me gag! Just god awful. |
Anonymous
| I never liked Zappa's music and now I know why. He's a freak. |
Anonymous
| “Indian Outlaw” by Tim McGraw. |
Anonymous
I mean, yeah: I'm an Indian outlaw Half Cherokee and Choctaw My baby, she's a Chippewa She's a one of a kind All my friends call me Bear Claw The Village Chieftain is my paw-paw He gets his orders from my maw-maw She makes him walk the line You can find me in my wigwam I'll be beatin' on my tom-tom Pull out the pipe and smoke you some Hey and pass it around 'Cause I'm an Indian outlaw Half Cherokee and Choctaw My baby, she's a Chippewa She's a one of a kind I ain't lookin' for trouble We can ride my pony double Make your little heart bubble Lord, like a glass of wine I remember the medicine man He caught Running Water in my hands Drug me around by my headband Said I wasn't her kind 'Cause I'm an Indian outlaw Half Cherokee and Choctaw My baby, she's a Chippewa She's a one of a kind I can kill a deer or buffalo With just my arrow and my hickory bow From a hundred yards don't you know I do it all the time They all gather 'round my teepee Late at night tryin' to catch a peek at me In nothin' but my buffalo briefs I got them standin' in line 'Cause I'm an Indian outlaw Half Cherokee and Choctaw My baby, she's a Chippewa She's a one of a kind Cherokee people Cherokee tribe So proud to live So proud to die |
Anonymous
Yeah this is gross. I've only ever known one major fan of Frank Zappa. He was a super fan. And while I can't imagine him being crude at all (he was the lyrics writer for his band, and none of the songs were gross). I think he liked anything counter-cultural, and Frank Zappa was the king of counter culture. But yuck. These lyrics are awful. |
Anonymous
Leave Missy out of this! |
Anonymous
But...it’s Lou Reed. |
Anonymous
The Kinks. They were hugely popular during the 80s. Their music was kinda rock and roll, kinda punk rockish. They had songs that you may have heard or heard of. Like “Destroyer” (Paranoia Big Destroyer.) Or the tune Lola (Lo Lo Lo Lola.) Their song “Come Dancing” was possibly their biggest hit single. |
Anonymous
| Short People |
Anonymous
To me, Stray Cat Blues is worse: I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs I know you're no scare-eyed honey. There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs But it's no hanging matter It's no capital crime I can see that you're fifteen years old No I don't want your I.D. And I can see that you're so far from home But it's no hanging matter It's no capital crime Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat I bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that I bet your mother don't know you can spit like that. You look so weird and you're so far from home But you don't really miss your mother Don't look so scared I'm no mad-brained bear But it's no hanging matter It's no capital crime Oh, yeah Woo! I bet your mama don't know that you scatch like that I bet she don't know you can bite like that. You say you got a friend, that she's wilder than you Why don't you bring her upstairs If she's so wild then she can join in too It's no hanging matter It's no capital crime Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat I bet you mama don't know you can bite like that I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back |
Anonymous
The Kinks were more of a 60s band. Or rather, they started out with big UK hits in the 60s. Once the 70s and 80s came around, their success switched a bit more over to the US. |