Lyrics you wouldn't get away with nowadays.....

Terrence ChantTerrence Chant Posts: 1,331,457
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I was listening to Gilbert O' Sullivans song 'Clare' the other day.........

Ostensibly a sweet paean to his four year old niece, it saddened me how some of the lyrics would be misconstrued as something else nowadays..........

Nothing means more to me
Than hearing you say
'I'd like to marry you,
will you marry me Uncle Ray'

(Gilbert's real name was Raymond)......

Y'know........it's the sort of thing my little son says to his mum........'when I grow up I want to marry you mummy'.......yet when I heard it I had to chuckle to myself at the thought of any aspiring musician today having the temerity to hand that lyric in to his record company.........

So.....lyrics that you wouldn't get away with nowadays......c'mon there must be loads!........should be good for a laugh..........:D
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  • ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    In The Summertime

    "Have a drink, have a drive
    Go out & see what you can find."
  • slappers r usslappers r us Posts: 56,131
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    Blue Mink.............Melting Pot (I Think)

    Take a pinch of white man
    Wrap him up in black skin
    Add a touch of blue blood
    And a little bitty bit of red Indian boy
    Oh like a Curly Latin kinkies
    Oh Lordy, Lordy, mixed with yellow Chinkees, yeah
    You know you lump it all together
    And you got a recipe for a get along scene
    Oh what a beautiful dream
    If it could only come true, you know, you know

    What we need is a great big melting pot
    Big enough enough enough to take
    The world and all its got And keep it stirring for a hundred years or more
    And turn out coffee coloured people by the score

    Rabbis and the friars
    Vishnus and the gurus
    We got the Beatles or the Sun God
    Well it really doesn't matter what religion you choose
    And be thankful little Mrs. Graceful
    You know that livin' could be tasteful
    We should all get together in a lovin machine
    I think I'll call up the queen
    It' s only fair that she knows, you know, you know

    What we need is a great big melting pot
    Big enough enough enough to take
    The world and all its got And keep it stirring for a hundred years or more
    And turn out coffee coloured people by the score
  • sparkideesparkidee Posts: 1,298
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    dance in your pants dance in your pants..........

    think that was vanilla ice

    No one sez that anymore lol
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,580
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    Y'know........it's the sort of thing my little son says to his mum........'when I grow up I want to marry you mummy'........

    So.....lyrics that you wouldn't get away with nowadays......c'mon there must be loads!........should be good for a laugh..........:D

    I'd be worried Terrence! :eek:

    I'm glad we've reached a point in our evolution where "Achey Breaky Heart" is no longer an acceptable rhyme. :)

    I'm sure "Sweet Sixteen" would have trouble being relased now, too.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,191
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    Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

    See the little **** with the earring and the makeup
    Yeah buddy thats his own hair
    That little **** got his own jet airplane
    That little **** hes a millionaire

    Guns N Roses - One In A Million

    Immigrants and ****
    They make no sense to me
    They come to our country
    And think they'll do as they please
    Like start some mini Iran
    Or spread some ****ing disease
    They talk so many goddamn ways
    It's all greek to me
  • major wintersmajor winters Posts: 340
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    way down in alabama where the darkies shovel coal, a darky shoved a shovel up another darkies hole. OH! said the foreman we're here to shovel coal, so he shoved another shovel up another darkies hole. They called for the doctor but the doctor couldnae come so they shoved another shovel up another darkies bum.:eek:




    These opinions expressed are in no way my own
  • nightporternightporter Posts: 981
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    way down in alabama where the darkies shovel coal, a darky shoved a shovel up another darkies hole. OH! said the foreman we're here to shovel coal, so he shoved another shovel up another darkies hole. They called for the doctor but the doctor couldnae come so they shoved another shovel up another darkies bum.:eek:




    These opinions expressed are in no way my own

    Is that from Ron Atkinsons sing a long album?
  • major wintersmajor winters Posts: 340
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    Thats hilarious, I wish it was. I think its some old rugby song?
  • Daisy BennybootsDaisy Bennyboots Posts: 18,375
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    "Thank heaven for the little girls / Those little eyes so helpless and appealing" :eek:
  • boxxboxx Posts: 5,335
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    I'm serious as cancer when i say Rhythm is a dancer.

    That really makes me cringe.
  • Daisy BennybootsDaisy Bennyboots Posts: 18,375
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    boxx wrote: »
    I'm serious as cancer when i say Rhythm is a dancer.

    That really makes me cringe.

    This make me cringe,Des'ree Life:

    I'm afraid of the dark,
    'specially when I'm in a park
    And there's no-one else around,

    Ooh, I get the shivers
    I don't want to see a ghost,
    It's a sight that I fear most
    I'd rather have a piece of toast
    And watch the evening news

    Argggghhhh!!!!:p
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,224
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    always a song that makes me laugh but crikey! :D:eek:

    Young girl, get out of my mind
    My love for you is way out of line
    Better run girl,
    You're much too young girl

    With all the charms of a woman
    You've kept the secret of your youth
    You led me to believe
    You're old enough
    To give me Love
    And now it hurts to know the truth, Oh,

    Young girl get out of my mind
    my love for you is way outta line
    better run girl, your much too young girl

    Beneath your perfume and make-up
    You're just a baby in disguise
    And though you know
    That it is wrong to be
    Alone with me
    That come on look is in your eyes, Oh,

    Young girl get outta my mind
    My love for you is way outta line
    better run girl, Your much too young girl

    So hurry home to your mama
    I'm sure she wonders where you are
    Get out of here
    Before I have the time
    To change my mind
    'Cause I'm afraid we'll go too far, Oh,

    Young girl get outta my mind
    my love for you is way outta line
    better run girl, your much too young girl
    (until fade)
  • ags_ruleags_rule Posts: 19,389
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    'One In A Million' by Guns N' Roses is fairly dodgy. Part of it was quoted up a bit, but there's another bit as well -

    "Police and n*ggers, get out of my way
    Don't want to buy none of your gold chains today"

    :eek:
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,224
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    axl rose, lyrical genius!!! hee hee lol
  • TarotTarot Posts: 11,983
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    I don't think the Fugees would get away with these lyrics today :D:

    I play my enemies like a game of chess,where I rest
    No stress
    If you don't smoke sess,lest
    I must confess, my destinys manifest
    In some Goretex and sweats I make treks like I'm homeless
    Rap orgies with Porgy and Bess
    Capture your bounty like Elliot Ness, YES
    Bless you if you represent the Fu
    But I'll hex you with some witch's brew if you're Doo Doo
    Voo Doo
    I can do what you do, easy, believe me
    Frontin' n*ggas give me hee-bee-gee-bees
    So while you're imitating Al Capone
    I'll be Nina Simone
    And defacating on your microphone
  • RicardodaforceRicardodaforce Posts: 8,576
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    Belsen was a gas I heard the other day. In the open graves where the jews all lay.
  • HaydenHayden Posts: 32,920
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    Seven Little Girls sitting in the back seat
    Huggin' and a Kissin' with Fred


    Timmy Mallet:eek::D
  • Terrence ChantTerrence Chant Posts: 1,331,457
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    DNR wrote: »
    I'd be worried Terrence! :eek:

    If he's still saying it when he's 16 we can always go on Jeremy Kyle............:p

    I always chuckle at Billy J Kramer's 'Little Children'.....favourite lines in bold..........:D

    Little children, you better not tell on me
    I'm tellin' you
    Little children, you better not tell what you see
    And if you're good
    I'll give you candy and a quarter
    If you're quiet like you oughta be
    And keep a secret with me


    I wish they would go away
    Little children, now why aren't you playin' outside
    I'm askin' you
    You can't fool me, 'cause I'm gonna know if you hide
    And try to peek
    I'm gonna treat you to a movie
    Stop your gigglin', children do be nice
    Like little sugars and spice

    You saw me kissin' your sister
    You saw me holdin' her hand
    But if you snitch to your mother
    Your father won't understand

    I wish they would take a nap
    Little children, now why don't you go bye-bye
    Go anywhere at all
    Little children, I know you would if you tried
    Go up the stairs
    Me and your sister, we're goin' steady
    How can I kiss her when I'm ready to
    With little children like you around
    I wonder what can I do around
    Little children like you
  • ayrshiremanayrshireman Posts: 9,279
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    'Good Morning Little Schoolgirl'

    'Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you'

    --Sonny Boy Williamson
  • ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    Al Jolson - Sonny Boy


    Climb up on my knee Sonny Boy
    Though you're only three Sonny Boy
    You've no way of knowing
    There's no way of showing
    What you mean to me Sonny Boy.

    When there are grey skies,
    I don't mind the grey skies.
    You make them blue Sonny Boy.
    Friends may foresake me.
    Let them all foresake me.
    I still have you Sonny Boy.

    You're sent from heaven
    And I know your worth.
    You made a heaven
    For me here on earth.

    When I'm old and grey dear
    Promise you won't stray dear
    For I love you so Sonny Boy......
  • nightporternightporter Posts: 981
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    I'll be Nina Simone
    And defacating on your microphone


    Pretty sure Nina Simone never did that.:eek:
  • Terrence ChantTerrence Chant Posts: 1,331,457
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    Birthday by The Sugarcubes...........

    She lives in this house over there
    Has her world outside it
    Scrapples in the earth with her fingers and her mouth
    She's five years old

    Thread worms on a string
    Keeps spiders in her pocket
    Collects fly wings in a jar
    Scrubs horse flies
    And pinches them on a line
    Ohhh..

    She has one friend, he lives next door
    They're listenening to the weather
    He knows how many freckles she's got
    She scratches his beard

    She's painting huge books
    And glues them together
    They saw a big raven
    It glided down the sky
    She touched it
    Ohh..

    Today is a birthday
    They're smoking cigars
    He's got a chain of flowers
    And sows a bird in her knickers
    Ohhh..

    They're smoking cigars
    They lie in the bathtub
    :eek:
    A chain of ... flowers
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 40,102
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    Skunk Anansie - On My Hotel TV:

    Skinny, kacka, para, para, dirty, dykie n*gger.
    Sellout whitey liberals, who hand with blackie sinners.

    ...

    They, they, they, gay, who the f*ck is gay?
    How dare I have a view and a Versace tattoo.
  • SgtRockSgtRock Posts: 11,302
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    The Knack - My Sharona

    "Such a dirty mind - I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind"
  • Ash_735Ash_735 Posts: 8,493
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    I love little girls they make me feel so good
    I love little girls they make me feel so bad
    When theyre around they make me feel
    Like Im the only guy in town
    I love little girls they make me feel so good

    :D
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