Dated song lyrics

As I said, upthread - these are pop songs for goodness sake.

FannyCornforth

Grandyma

Lou Reed’s A Perfect Day was thought to be about Heroin. Danny Boyle included it in the film Trainspotting.

It’s about a day spent in Central Park with his wife to be.

Lots of Lou Reed / Velvet Underground songs are about drugs - but Perfect Day isn’t one of them

Like "I'm Waiting for the Man"- Velvet Underground. I didn't realise at the time 'the man' was his dealer!

Grandyma

Lou Reed’s A Perfect Day was thought to be about Heroin. Danny Boyle included it in the film Trainspotting.

It’s about a day spent in Central Park with his wife to be.

Lots of Lou Reed / Velvet Underground songs are about drugs - but Perfect Day isn’t one of them

Lou Reed’s A Perfect Day was thought to be about Heroin. Danny Boyle included it in the film Trainspotting.

FannyCornforth

Wow! I didn’t know about Ticket to Ride either!
That’s funny!

I lived on the Isle of Wight at the time and never believed for one moment it was about Ryde which was a popular explanation at the time.

Years later I remember reading that it was a play on words to make the song more family friendly. Ticket to Ride was slang for getting the all clear after treatment for an STD. In the song the girl is leaving her boyfriend with her ‘Ticket to Ride’.

I wouldn’t mind betting he gave it to her in the first place. 🤣🤔

dolphindaisy

I don't think we would get the "death discs" these days, remember:
Ebony Eyes , the Everly Brothers
Leader of the Pack, The Shangri Las
Honey, Bobby Goldsbrough
I'm sure there was many more, and we thought them romantic!

I always hated those and switched the radio off if one of them started.

I never liked Chestnut Mare by the Byrds.

"I'm going to catch that horse if I can
And when I do I’ll give her my brand
And we’ll be friends for life
She’ll be just like a wife
I’m going to catch that horse if I can"

I was about 15 when Young Girl came out and I knew some young girls who behaved in a risky way, like that.
I see no problems with the song.

FannyCornforth

Callistemon Sheena became a sort of protege to Prince.
He totally changed her image and she became a star in the US.
They duetted on U Got The Look

Oh, thank you.
I lose track 😁

Wow! I didn’t know about Ticket to Ride either!
That’s funny!

Callistemon Sheena became a sort of protege to Prince.
He totally changed her image and she became a star in the US.
They duetted on U Got The Look

Half the time I sang along not really knowing all the words or their meaning. Did any one care that Ticket to Ride was about a VD clinic? 😂

No, I only just found that out from your post merlotgran!

Scottiebear

I think we are over analyzing a lot of these lyrics. Whilst they seem inappropriate nowadays, back in the day most were just written as jaunty catchy pop tunes and not meant to be taken seriously or literally. In the Summertime is tongue in cheek.

This!

Half the time I sang along not really knowing all the words or their meaning. Did any one care that Ticket to Ride was about a VD clinic? 😂

I doubt anybody had a clue unless they were familiar with Liverpool vernacular.

Excuse typos!
Autocorrect only works when it wants to change words which are correct into something else.

What’s dodgy about that Sheena Easton song GrandmaDerby

I can't see anything dodgy about it but it makes her sound like a passive drip, which I an quite sure she is not!

Sheena Easton sang one of the Bond songs For Your Eyes Only, had No.1 in Ametica with 9-5, not sure what Prince has to do with anything?

I think we are over analyzing a lot of these lyrics. Whilst they seem inappropriate nowadays, back in the day most were just written as jaunty catchy pop tunes and not meant to be taken seriously or literally. In the Summertime is tongue in cheek.

What’s dodgy about that Sheena Easton song GrandmaDerby?

Welbeck I love absolutely everything by Cole Porter.

There is an absolutely brilliant album called Red Hot and Blue with interpretations of Porter’s work by contemporary artists. Thinking about it, it’s probably my favourite album ever.

It was made early 90s.
Kirsty McColl sings Miss Otis Regrets.

My Baby Takes The Morning Train was (written especially for Sheena Easton) after she won some sort of talent spotting thingy on BBC.
She was heavily championed by Esther Rantzen and the That’s Life team and featured in the documentary The Big Time about her rise to fame.🎤

This was all some time before she came within Princes’ (artist formerly known as) orbit
I thought it was all a bit naff at the time but …what did I know.
She was quite impressive on “You’ve Got The Look” with him, I watched it on YouTube t’other day😊

What about....Every breath you take, every move you make - I'll be watching you".
Ironically by "The Police"!

Mungo Jerry’s ‘In the Summertime’:
If her daddy’s rich take her out for a meal
If her daddy’s poor just do what you feel…..
WHAT???
Then there’s ‘My Baby Takes the Morning Train’ sung by Sheena Easton (shame on her - did Prince teach her nothing?) - lyrics on request
Any number of rock songs are pretty near - or way beyond - the knuckle - and what was innocent old Aunty BBC thinking when she broadcast ‘Lola’ by the Kinks (which I loved at the time and still do)? Right up there in relevance today.

I agree, "Young Girl" sounds dodgy but he's trying to do the right thing. In one way, I can understand the problem. Many underage girls dress, look and act much older and if a 15 year old girl tells a 21 year old guy that she's 18, and she looks 18, what's he to do? Hopefully, as the song implies, he finds out before it's too late.

"Stand By Your Man" was my mother's favourite song, and I could never understand why! Yes, it's a catchy tune but the lyrics are terrible!

There's a song by Reba McEntire called, "Whoever's in New England", about a wife who knows her husband is cheating on her, but she's telling him that when "Whoever's in New England" is fed up with him, she'll still be there to take him back. Another song with a catchy tune and terrible lyrics!

Doesn't stop me listening and singing along to them though! 🤦‍♂️

has anyone listened to the whole of
miss otis regrets .
i find it so poingnant, that even in such a situation, she has the manners to send a message via her maid regarding a social engagement.
i presume it's her maid, musing on the whole event.
it reminds me of traditional ballads; it sounds quite light at the beginning, until the whole story unfolds, then there is a kind of sad resignation.

I don't think we would get the "death discs" these days, remember:
Ebony Eyes , the Everly Brothers
Leader of the Pack, The Shangri Las
Honey, Bobby Goldsbrough
I'm sure there was many more, and we thought them romantic!

Come On, Eileen has some dreadful words in the verses, as l discovered recently. We all sing the chorus with relish as it is so catchy.
There are two more songs that are very dated but for a different reason. When I'm 64 suggests that anyone over the age of sixty is frail, feeble and ancient. This might have been the view of young people in the sixties but there are many ninety year ols who are more alert than the 64 year old of the song. The other dodgy lyric was sung by The Who as they have lived long enough to regret the line: "Hope l die before l get old."

Sting's "Don't stand so close to me"
And he was a teacher!

"Does your Mother know" by Abba?

There’s even ABBA’s When I Kissed the Teacher.