Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones

I'm a great fan of the Rolling Stones but can't always make out the words. Next time I play that song, I'll be able to sing along!

But that's all ok, Chewbacca
It's when one word which is deemed offensive is sung by someone of white privilege that it's wrong.
No matter if the privileged white person was brought up in an under-privileged home.

Calendargirl

“ Only Sixteen” by Craig Douglas. (I think)

We’d laugh and we’d sing and do little things, that made my heart glow

To be fair, he was meant to be only 16 also.

I was younger than 16 but loved that song!

The thing was - she was only sixteen and she ditched him because she was too young to fall in love.
And he was too young to know that

So all was ok.

The Blacker the Berry by Kendrick Lamar is a good example POGS. It's filled with hate.

I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015
Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean
Been feeling this way since I was sixteen, came to my senses
You never liked us anyway, fuck your friendship, I meant it
I'm African-American, I'm African
I'm black as the moon, heritage of a small village
Pardon my residence
Came from the bottom of mankind
My hair is nappy, my dick is big, my nose is round and wide
You hate me don't you?
You hate my people, your plan is to terminate my culture
You're fuckin' evil I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey
You vandalize my perception but can't take style from me
And this is more than confession
I mean I might press the button just so you know my discretion
I'm caught in my feelings, I know that you feel it
You sabotage my community, makin' a killin'
^You made me a killer, emancipation of a real night

And the last verse

So why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street
When gang banging make me kill a n***a blacker than me?
Hypocrite!

POGS I totally agree with you on the Drill/Grime/Rap lyrics which also glorify gun/knife crime.

If you think these songs are bad you should listen to music of today!

Example, at the time of the Brit Awards the artiste 'Dave' was trumpeted as a some sort of social conscience that we should aspire to, agree with, even on GN.

When I pointed out his lyrics in some of his recordings and those of his musical genre GRIME/DRILL/RAP etc which include the word N****R, Hoe, F**K, sexual exploitation I was more called a racist apologist.

Music today can be outright offensive, meant to cause offence and perversely it is usually coming from artists /musicians/song writers who portray themselves as some sort of social conscience when they can and do in fact exploit racial hatred, be as offensive with their words as they choose whilst attacking others for using them.

If not leading by example what will teach kids and the wider society to not use words such as Hoe, N***ga? If it is normalised in music how do we expect kids not to follow suit. How confused they must be.

If musical artistes ' of the moment ' could use their
activism to stop sexism and racism in general then that would be a good thing but not if they hypocritically carry on using words like N****A, Hoe etc. they are merely creating an atmosphere which they 'claim' to be opposed to.

I put my hands up when I was younger I think my naivety at the time did not make me question lyrics, I never gave thought to mysogyny/mysandry/ sexual exploitation/racism because I didn't understand what they particularly were. Now I am older I obviously see things differently but by hell things certainly have not improved if you listen to some of todays lyrics and that is what I judge to be the bigger problem for society today probably.

All songs relating to colour can't be banned
I think it has all got too ridiculous now, and about the bra colours,OMG what next,and why did M&S apologise?
It''s never ending

Max Romeo. I had to Google him.

That's "Wet dream".

There was a track on the album Tighten up Volume 2 the lyrics went lie down girl I ant to push it up push it up lie down girl. Cannot remember the artist but can still see the topless girl on the album cover.

Hate to point it out but the 60'S are yesteryear!

I haven't found the lyrics of any of the songs referred to as being offensive. The actual son maybe a different matter. Cliff Richard - too goody goody - much preferred Elvis and Little Richard. Gilbert O'Sullivan? nahhhhhhhhh

Chewbacca

You'd go a long way to beat Blurred Lines by Robert Thicke for being offensive.

Robert Thicke is a sweet innocent compared to some songs of today

Hey Mister Mister by Kool J Rap is something of an eyeopener.

Now I understand why mum called it Devil music She said as she threw my " Livin' Doll " record in the bin----"we'll have none of this in this house she used to say ".

What she'd have thought of Eminem, I don't know.

You'd go a long way to beat Blurred Lines by Robert Thicke for being offensive.

A far cry from songs/lyrics of yesteryear.

Rod Stewart Tonight's the Night, Hot Legs etc are not quite the thing these days, even back in the day I think he had to alter the lyrics a bit. Apparently he has now dropped these from his show for fear of offending. Where will it end.

I think McCartney was commenting on the negative attitudes that were prevalent towards immigrants etc

Found this ...

The song began as a satirical and critical look at attitudes towards immigrants in Britain. Paul McCartney intended to parody the negative attitudes that were prevalent among politicians and the press.

you can see from the comments that others are upset about the deletion.

Brown sugar refers to the slaver whipping the girls.
I always thought it was written from that perspective.

The Beatles - Get Back.
I never thought of the words as racist until it disappeared from their rooftop concert.
But I found it on another link (I think)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkTglf7lbK8&pbjreload=101

Oh, OK then

I don’t find the lyrics to Brown Sugar offensive, he is describing how beautiful she is, how well she dances etc. I do find ‘Every Step You Take’ very creepy though.

I like the Divinyls' song . I don't find it offensive.

Explain?