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Old 21-03-2016, 11:57
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On the first album they do two covers both with similarly dodgy lyrics.

First "Alabama (Whisky Bar)" with the lyric:

Well, show me the way
To the next little girl
Oh, don't ask why
Oh, don't ask why
And then "Back Door Man":

I'm a back door man
Whoa, baby, I'm a back door man
The men don't know
But the little girls understand
Couldn't get away with that these days thankfully.
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Old 21-03-2016, 11:59
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Very tame compared to a lot of rap music
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Old 21-03-2016, 12:02
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They were still a great band, though.
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Old 21-03-2016, 12:48
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The Doors didn't write the Alabama Song, it was written for Bertolt Brecht by Elisabeth Hauptmann. Originally it was sung by a women prostitute about 'pretty boys' not 'little girls'. Morrison changed it but Bowie kept the 'little girl' line in his version. I think something is lost in translation.

Back door man is also used by Led Zeppelin in "Whole Lotta Love'.

'Shake for me girl, I want to be your backdoor man'.

I guess that age isn't the issue in the Led Zepp song but then The Stones 'Brown Sugar' has the lines

'Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good, Brown Sugar, Just like a young girl should".....
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Old 21-03-2016, 13:08
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I know they didn't write them but they chose to cover them, plus they changed the lyrics to the first one (which I didn't know actually).
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Old 21-03-2016, 13:12
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I know they didn't write them but they chose to cover them, plus they changed the lyrics to the first one (which I didn't know actually).
Morrison just didn't fancy singing 'Well, show me the way to the next pretty boy'.
Because that might have been considered 'dodgy' at the time?
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Old 21-03-2016, 14:34
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If you think they're dodgy then there's loads more similar.

How about "Run For Your Life" by The Beatles? "Set Me Free" by The Kinks? "Young Girl" by Gary Pucket and The Union Gap? "Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)" by Pulp? The list goes on.
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Old 21-03-2016, 14:42
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If you think they're dodgy then there's loads more similar.

How about "Run For Your Life" by The Beatles? "Set Me Free" by The Kinks? "Young Girl" by Gary Pucket and The Union Gap? "Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)" by Pulp? The list goes on.
Not to mention "Baby Let's Play House" by Elvis Presley, which contains the lyrics:-

"I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man".

These words can be heard in "Run For Your Life" by the Beatles too. So not only is John Lennon using well dodgy lyrics in a song, he is also stealing them! Shame on you John.
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Old 21-03-2016, 15:18
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What's the problem exactly?
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Old 21-03-2016, 15:25
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It's the little girl references.

Most dodgy of all "Thank heaven for little girls".

The French accent make it seem even more sleazy.
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Old 21-03-2016, 15:31
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It's the little girl references.

Most dodgy of all "Thank heaven for little girls".

The French accent make it seem even more sleazy.
I think you may be reading too much into it.
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Old 21-03-2016, 15:49
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How about "Save all your kisses for me?"
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Old 21-03-2016, 15:52
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What about Baby it's Cold Outside which I always thought was a sweet festive favourite but once you listen to it more intently sounds like a seedy rohypnol anthem.
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Old 21-03-2016, 15:53
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Neil Sedaka, Happy birthday sweet sixteen.
'Tonights the night, I've waited for, cause you're not a baby, anymore'

Worrying.
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Old 21-03-2016, 16:41
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Neil Sedaka, Happy birthday sweet sixteen.
'Tonights the night, I've waited for, cause you're not a baby, anymore'

Worrying.
Not really, the songs are of their time.
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Old 21-03-2016, 16:58
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Billy J Kramer was on dodgy ground as well

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
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Old 21-03-2016, 17:11
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Don't forget Back Door Santa:

"I ain't like old Saint Nick
He don't come but once a year... ho ho ho!
I come running with my presents
Every time you call me near"
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Old 21-03-2016, 17:17
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Most of those lyrics come from old Blues numbers. Led Zep had the Lemon Song which had old lyrics from Robert Johnson. "Squeeze my Lemon untll the juice runs down my leg".
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Old 21-03-2016, 17:34
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Billy J Kramer was on dodgy ground as well

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
That's the worse one yet
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Old 21-03-2016, 17:47
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That's the worse one yet
To be fair though the song is about the children annoying him. He's going out with their older sister.

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 go 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
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Old 21-03-2016, 18:19
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To be fair though the song is about the children annoying him. He's going out with their older sister.

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 go 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
You just had to go and spoil it didn't you?
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Old 21-03-2016, 18:54
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You just had to go and spoil it didn't you?
I knew what you were doing . Wasn't sure if Moleskin knew what it was really about
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Old 21-03-2016, 19:27
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It did sound very dodgy!

Heard another one on The Simpsons earlier, My Sharona:

"Always get it up for the touch of the younger kind", what was wrong with rock stars in the past?
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Old 21-03-2016, 19:39
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It did sound very dodgy!

Heard another one on The Simpsons earlier, My Sharona:

"Always get it up for the touch of the younger kind", what was wrong with rock stars in the past?
No different to other genre's Juliet was only 14.
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Old 21-03-2016, 19:49
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It's the little girl references.

Most dodgy of all

The French accent make it seem even more sleazy.
Most of your outrage stems from either not understanding the lyrics, or not listening to the entire songs.

"Thank Heaven For Little Girls" is really about falling for adult women.

Thank heaven for little girls
For little girls get bigger every day!
Thank heaven for little girls
They grow up in the most delightful way!


I get so tired of this nonsense.
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