Shawna Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Once again, I was listening to some music and realized the song's subject is very outdated. I'm not talking about just the fact that the song is old, it's the subject matter - they were singing about something that is almost silly by today's standards. My example is "Love Child" by Diana Ross, about having a child out of wedlock. Love Child, never meant to be Love Child, (scorned by) society Love Child, always second best Love Child, different from the rest Any more good ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhivko Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 I have one Pink - Get the Party Started I'm your operator, You can call anytime. I'll be your connection to the party line. Seriously, when was the last time you had to use operator to place a call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 This one almost goes without saying. Wrong for today in so many ways. Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette You'll have bad times And he'll have good times Doin things that you don't understand But if you love him You'll forgive him Even though he's hard to understand And if you love him Oh, be proud of him Cause after all he's just a man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 "He Hit me(and it felt like a kiss)" The Crystals He hit me and it felt like a kiss He hit me but it didn't hurt me He couldn't stand to hear me say That I'd been with someone new And when I told him I had been untrue He hit me (da-da-da-ah) and it felt like a kiss (felt like a kiss) He hit me (da-da-da-ah) and I knew he loved me If he didn't care for me, I could have never made him mad But he hit me (da-da-da-ah) and I was glad (Da-da-da-ah) (Da-da-da-ah) Yes, he hit me (da-da-da-ah) and it felt like a kiss (felt like a kiss) He hit me (da-da-da-ah) and I knew I loved him And then, he took me in his arms With all the tenderness there is And when he kissed me (da-da-da-ah), he made me his (Da-da-da) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 The Day before You Came - ABBA I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two And at the time I never even noticed I was blue I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away Smoked 7 cigarettes by 230 PM? That's not trendy anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 "Telegram Sam" by T. Rex and its cover by Bauhaus. Nobody has used or gotten a telegram in a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 on Zhivko's theme: "Operator" ~ Jim Croce Operator, won't you help me place this call? The number on the matchbook is old and faded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Run For Your Life, By John Lennon. I don't think it was Lennon's finest. You better run for your life if you can, little girl Hide your head in the sand little girl Catch you with another man That's the end'a little girl Let this be a sermon I mean everything I've said Baby, I'm determined And I'd rather see you dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 on Zhivko's theme: "Operator" ~ Jim Croce Operator, won't you help me place this call? The number on the matchbook is old and faded. Same song: Thank you for your time You've been so much more than kind And you can keep the dime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabadak Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Pretty Green - The Jam No pound notes anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumboXL Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I've always felt uneasy with these lyrics of messieurs Jagger and Richard. Under my thumb The squirmin' dog who's just had her day Under my thumb A girl who has just changed her ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Same song: Thank you for your time You've been so much more than kind And you can keep the dime... ...and the operator says forty cents more for the next three minutes, please Mrs. Avery... ("Sylvia's Mother") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Run For Your Life, By John Lennon. I don't think it was Lennon's finest. I love that song but Lennon, in fact, used to say that he hated it... I've always felt uneasy with these lyrics of messieurs Jagger and Richard. Or "Backstreet Girl"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 The Letter Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home My baby, just-a wrote me a letter Nobody writes letters anymore .... but then, my baby just texted me doesn't quite have the same ring, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 "My baby just wrote me an email..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabadak Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 My baby just Twittered me! Telegram Sam - ain't nor more telegrams, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 And it goes a little somethin' like this..... Funky Cold Medina Tone Loc Cold coolin' at a bar, and I'm lookin'for some action But like Mick Jagger said, "I can't get no satisfaction" The girls are all around, but none of them want to get with me My threads are fresh and I'm looking def Yo, what's up with L-O-C? The girls I saw jockin'at the other end of the bar Havin' drinks with some no-name chump when they know that I'm a star So I git up and strolled over to the other side of the cantina I asked the guy, "Why you so fly?" He said, "Funky Cold Medina" Funky Cold Medina This brother told me a secret on how to get more chicks Put a little Medina in your glass and the girls will come real quick It's better than any alcohol or aphrodisiac A couple of sips of this love potion and she'll be on your lap So I gave some to my dog, when he began to beg Then he licked his bowl and he looked at me And did the Wild Thing on my leg He used to scratch and bite me before he was much, much meaner But now all the poodles run to my house For the Funky cold Medina You know what I'm sayin'? I got every dog in my neighborhood Brekin'down my door, I got Spuds McKenzie, Alex from Stroh's They won't leave my dog alone with that Medina, pal Went up to this girl, she said, "Hi, my name is Sheena" I thought she'd be good to go with a little Funky Cold Medina She said, "I'd like a drink, " I said ok, I'd go get it Then a couple of sips, Cold licked her lips And I knew that she was with it So I took her to my crib, and everything went well as planned But when she got undressed It was a big old mess Sheena was a man So I threw him out, I don't fool around with no Oscar Meyer weiner You must be sure That your girl is pure For the Funky Cold Medina You know, ain't no playin'with a man This is the 80's and I'm down with the ladies, ya know? Break it down Black in the saddle, lookin'for a little affection I took a shot as a contestant on the Love Connection The audience voted and you know they picked a winner I took my date to the Hilton for Medina and some dinner She had a few drinks, I'm thinkin' soon what I'll be gettin' Instead she started talkin'about plans for a weddin' Said wait, slow down, love, not so fast, says "I'll be seein'ya" That's why I found you don't play around With the Funky Cold Medina Ya know what I'm sayin', that Medina's a monster, y'all Funky Cold Medina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Harper Valley PTA Jeannie C. Riley I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play She said, "Mom, I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A." The note said, "Mrs. Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high It's reported you've been drinking and a-runnin' 'round with men and going wild And we don't believe you ought to be bringing up your little girl this way" It was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley P.T.A. Well, it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon They were sure surprised when Mrs. Johnson wore her mini-skirt into the room And as she walked up to the blackboard, I still recall the words she had to say She said, "I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A." Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he's asked me for a date Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away And Mr. Baker, can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town? And shouldn't widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down? Well, Mr. Harper couldn't be here 'cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath, you'll find she's had a little nip of gin Then you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fit Well, this is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites No I wouldn't put you on because it really did, it happened just this way The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A. The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 These days the daughter would be part of a reality show on MTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Theses days the daughter would be standing next to Gloria Allred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Don't Cry Joni by Conway Twitty & his daughter "You're just 15 and I'm 22... signed with love forever true" Today that's statutory rape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDivineMrsM Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 "Big Ten Inch Record" by Aerosmith "I get her really going When I whip out my big ten inch Record of the band that plays the blues...." Many of today's kids don't even know what a 'record' is,they buy CDs or get their music from itunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 "Bust A Move" by Young MC "The movie's showing, so you're going Could care less about the five you're blowing" Today $5 barely even buys you the popcorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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