Politically Incorrect Songs
Kaye - George
politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
Ubangi Stomp--Warren Smith
Jungle Superman--Individuals
Mr. Custer--Larry Verne
Rang Tang Ding Dong--Cellos
Ling Ting Tong--Five Keys
Speedy Gonzales--Pat Boone
Smoky Joe's Cafe--Robins
and whatever number of songs that might have used terms like "gals" and
"chicks".
I'd appreciate any help with the "Politically Incorrect Oldies Hall of Fame".
Thanx
George
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He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)-Crystals
My Wife Can't Cook-Lonnie Russ
What Is A Wife-Steve Allen
Treat Em Tough-Jimmy Soul
Wives And Lovers-Jack Jones
It's A Man's Man's Man's World-James Brown
I Got A Wife-Mark IV
Woman Helping Man-Vogues
Doug Jones
Steve_Coletti
gk...@csc.umd.edu (Kaye - George) wrote:
>It seems to me that many of the great songs of yesteryear would be deemed
>politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
>
>Ubangi Stomp--Warren Smith
>Jungle Superman--Individuals
>Mr. Custer--Larry Verne
>Rang Tang Ding Dong--Cellos
>Ling Ting Tong--Five Keys
>Speedy Gonzales--Pat Boone
>Smoky Joe's Cafe--Robins
>
Mexico - Rocketones
My Chinese Girl - Five Discs
Hong Kong - Quinns
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Doo-wop
deemed politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
Ubangi Stomp--Warren Smith
Jungle Superman--Individuals
Mr. Custer--Larry Verne
Rang Tang Ding Dong--Cellos
Ling Ting Tong--Five Keys
Speedy Gonzales--Pat Boone
Smoky Joe's Cafe--Robins
and whatever number of songs that might have used terms like "gals" and
"chicks".
I'd appreciate any help with the "Politically Incorrect Oldies Hall of
Fame".
Thanx
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Apache -------------------------- Jorgen Ingmann
Swingin' Little Chicky ---------- Belltones
My Babe ------------------------- Ron Holden
Snacky Poo ---------------------- Del-Mars
Rocka Conga --------------------- Applejacks
Wah Watusi ---------------------- Orlons
Little Latin Lupe Lu ------------ Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels
Tijuana Jail -------------------- Kingston Trio
Sukiyaki ------------------------ Kyu Sakamoto
Hanky Panky --------------------- Tommy James & Shondells
Penetration --------------------- Pyramids
Deeper & Deeper ----------------- Freda Payne
Black & White ------------------- Three Dog Night
Ebony & Ivory ------------------- Paul McCartny & Stevie Wonder
Indian Reservation -------------- Paul Revere & Raiders
Chain Gang ---------------------- Sam Cooke
I know that some of these are beyond our 1950-1969 timeframe.
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David J. Coyle
times have changed.
And after all he did to sanitize R&B and save America's youth from
Communism... :)
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"Having my baby,
What a wonderful way,
Of showing how much you love me"
Sounds kind of egotistical in any case.
Ed Chipp
but no objections because I guess it's intentionally funny. Same for "Say Man" by Bo
Diddley.
Tom Blumenthal
Remember Todd Rundgren's "We Got To Get You A Woman" (?)'
and the line that went something like: "...they're kinda dumb, but still fun.."
The Runt really got away with an major outrage here, with a major hit, and
his career was never ever suffered, but profited directly or indirectly
from it.
Also, Cat Stevens' "Wide World" from 1971 now seen as patronizing, but I don't
think he's referring to the whole female race, but it seems to raise the cackles
on some feminists' necks.
"Clementine" by Bobby Darin - these days he would never have released this
as a single; and even I think it's way over the
line in its assault on fat people, so I've
become
a little politically correct myself. But it does
sound like the subject hadn't been doing a damn
thing to take care of her figure, as if she would
soon have a heart attack if she hadn't fallen in
in the river and drowned. If she had a
glandular problem, these days she could take a
hormone prescription. The record buyers must
have included a lot of mean-spirited people.
"I Want A Girl" - The Mad Lads. - Think about it, with lyrics like:
"...I want a girl, just like the girl who
married my dad..." Girls are easier to
control than women?
"Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy" - Bing Crosby [if ever there was a white to black
condescension] If it is white to
black, I find it somewhat
offensive, only because generalize from the individual to the general
populace,
even though they shouldn't. It's not necessarily P.I., but it doesn't help
redress societal imbalances.
"Under My Thumb" - Stones
"Stupid Girl" - Jagger & Co.
"Black And Blue" - double-entendre album title, make no mistake. I'm sorry,
P.I.-ness goes with liking this band.
"Long Tall Girl" - The Carnations - makes fun of the shorter guy (with small
parts (?,!) with the taller girl; but heck,
if anyone can't abide having this kind of
song on the radio, now or back then, then
you're suffering from terminal
constipation. Either that, or you're not
getting any, and then more power to the
long tall girl and her meager-statured
main squeeze, who're doing a lot better
than you.
"First I Look At The Purse" - The Contours. Sure, Contours - these lyrics are
an out-and-out lie unless you're
referring to a purse-snatcher
(ouch!), in which case it would
branded as racist if the subject
of song is black.
"I'm A Girl-Watcher" - O'Kaysions - Doubly incorrect in some books, I guess.
Too d**n bad if it bothers you at all.
Ducking in sly enjoyment,
Tom
gl...@delphi.com
>It seems to me that many of the great songs of yesteryear would be deemed
girl singer loves it when her boyfriend gets mad at her, because
that's how she knows he really loves her? Is it "Johnny Get Angry" ?
"I want a brave man ... I want a cave man ..."
Sheesh.
Nancy G
never did want to get dragged around by the hair....
Tim Verthein
And dosen't Dion make some reference that would be violence against
women in "Little Diane"? I can't think of the line off hand, but I remember
thinking it should offend someone someplace...which, naturally, makes the
record all the better. Lets not forget Todd Rundgren "We Gotta Get You a
Woman" "...they're kinda dumb, but they sure are fun..."
personally, the Mark IV, I've Got a Wife is one of my all time favorites...
Tim
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>It seems to me that many of the great songs of yesteryear would be deemed
>politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
>I'd appreciate any help with the "Politically Incorrect Oldies Hall of Fame".
>
>Thanx
>
>George
How about "Society's Child" by Janis Ian and I can't remember the name but it
went like this: "if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make
a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view, get an ugly girl
to marry you".
Regards,
Eileen
MartinNathan
>Kaye - George <gk...@csc.umd.edu> writes:
>
>>It seems to me that many of the great songs of yesteryear would be deemed
>>politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
>
>
Did you ever hear Dumbhead by Ginny Arnell?
Margaret R Thomas
Hey, Tim...this is a *good* song!!...the title is a bit misleading, but
I don't find it offensive at all! 8*) ..."Punish her, blind her with kisses,
til she can't see why she let you go-o-o-o, then whisper,'Darlin', darlin',
darlin'...I still love you sooo.."
Margaret
RichZ
George), the following was written:
> I'd appreciate any help with the "Politically Incorrect Oldies Hall of
Bip Bam ... Drifters.
60 Minute Man ... Dominoes
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hit "I Wanna Be with You," where he sings, "if you believe what we're
doin' is right, close your eyes and be still..."
Definitely Politically Incorrect and Sexist. But also a great power-pop
song. --MFW
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Dale Randall
>
> How about Bobby Vee's "Punish Her'
Sandy Posey's "Born A Woman" ("'cause I was born a woman...I was
born to be hurt...") is my nominee.
John Becker
>How About:
>
>I Got A Wife-Mark IV
>
every time I play it. My wife (who is nothing like the wife
described in the song) likes it too. Let's face it-some wives are
like that. If the shoe fits...
Sorry! :-)
John
William Petrie
I doubt if "Ahab the Arab" would pass inspection today. Didn't all this start
with Paul Anka's "Having my Baby?"
Bill
Dan Cutrer
>> Fame".> .
Don't forget the song that was probably the MOST incorrect of
the early 60's ... "They're Coming to Take Me Away ....." ("to
the Funny Farm, where life is beautiful all the time, and I'll be
happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats,
and they're coming to take me away.....")
Lordy, don't let word get out I actually remember that turkey@!
Robert J. Boyne
>
>On Mon, 25 Mar 96 20:30:22 -0500, gl...@delphi.com wrote:
>
>>Kaye - George <gk...@csc.umd.edu> writes:
>>
>>>It seems to me that many of the great songs of yesteryear would be deemed
>>>politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
>>
"Flea Brain" by Gene Vincent.
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Bob Northcott
>
> Then there's "If You Wanna Be Happy", by Jimmy Soul, which gets a lot of oldie airplay
> but no objections because I guess it's intentionally funny. Same for "Say Man" by Bo
> Diddley.
I haven't heard "My Girl Bill" or even "Wildwood Flower" by Jim
Stafford on my oldies station EVER.
Bob
Douglas Greenberg
> >It seems to me that many of the great songs of yesteryear would be deemed
> >politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
> >
> >Jungle Superman--Individuals
> >Mr. Custer--Larry Verne
> >Rang Tang Ding Dong--Cellos
> >Ling Ting Tong--Five Keys
> >Speedy Gonzales--Pat Boone
> >Smoky Joe's Cafe--Robins
> >
>
> Mexico - Rocketones
> My Chinese Girl - Five Discs
> Hong Kong - Quinns
>
> --
How about these?
"Johnny Get Angry" by Joannie Sommers
"He Hit Me (and it felt like a kiss)" by the Crystals
"My Boomerang Won't Come Back" (esp. original version) by Charlie
Drake
"Ahab the Arab" by Ray Stevens
"Killing an Arab" by the Cure (even though they CLAIM it was meant to
be just the opposite, a LOT of people don't "get" their message)
"The Astronaut" (Jose Jimenez) by Bill Dana
Antman
>How about "Society's Child" by Janis Ian and I can't remember the name but it
>went like this: "if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make
>a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view, get an ugly girl
>to marry you".
>
>Regards,
>
>Eileen
>
My contribution: "Indian Giver" by 1910 Fruitgum Company, I think; at least
it's sung by Joey Levine and has all the Super K folks in it.
Antman
Robert J. Boyne
tblu...@cc.swarthmore.edu says...
>
>"Long Tall Girl" - The Carnations - makes fun of the shorter guy (with small
> parts (?,!) with the taller girl; but
heck,
> if anyone can't abide having this kind of
> song on the radio, now or back then, then
> you're suffering from terminal
> constipation. Either that, or you're not
> getting any, and then more power to the
> long tall girl and her meager-statured
>Tom
This reminds me that I was given a tape of a funny song that would appear to
be titled "Skinny Girls" does anyone know of such a song? I could post lyrics
if needed.
John Frank
Please Hurt Me by the Crystals and by Little Eva
"If you gotta hurt somebody, please hurt me."
It seems that almost any song of the period we deal with here is going
to be sexist when the lyrics deal with intersexual relationships.
That's the way it was then. (Some would say still is...)
Might be fun to think of songs that went _against_ that grain:
You Don't Own Me, by Lesley Gore
Too Strong to Be Strung Along, Orlons
Payback, Etta James
Pushover, Etta James
John Frank
>How about "Society's Child" by Janis Ian and I can't remember the name but it
>went like this: "if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make
>a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view, get an ugly girl
>to marry you".
>Regards,
>Eileen
Isn't "Society's Child" politically *correct* since she's her black
boyfriend's being rejected by her parents and by society. This, as I
recall, was considered a "brave" song for it's time.
BTW wasn't it profuced by Shadow Morton of Shangri-las' fame?
John
Guy Brummel
eil...@idirect.com writes:
>Subject: Re: Politically Incorrect Songs
>From: Eileen, eil...@idirect.com
>Date: 26 Mar 96 08:02:45 GMT
>>In article <4j48qm$1...@hecate.umd.edu>, gk...@csc.umd.edu says...
>>
>>It seems to me that many of the great songs of yesteryear would be deemed
>>politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
>
>>
>>
>>George
>
>How about "Society's Child" by Janis Ian and I can't remember the name but it
>went like this: "if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make
>a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view, get an ugly girl
>to marry you".
Much as I enjoy 'everything' politically incorrect,... i'd say 'Having My
Baby', "Wedding Bell Blues" and "Cherokee People" probably tie for the
best of the "Rush Limbaugh hall of fame"
Ed Chipp
> This reminds me that I was given a tape of a funny song that would appear to
> be titled "Skinny Girls" does anyone know of such a song? I could post lyrics
> if needed.
> --
You might be thinking of "Skinny Legs and All", by Joe Tex ca. 1968.
Lawrence Dunn
>went like this: "if you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never
>make
>a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view, get an ugly
>girl
>to marry you".
"If You Want to Be Happy." Jimmy Soul. Great song.
My brother sing it sotto voce at weddings when we're loaded.
Larry Dunn lrd...@usaor.net
"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
James Henderson
>How About:
Then again, there's always the sick psychedelic favorite, 'In Every
Home a Heartache' by Roxy Music... I think in 1973.
Not too many songs about an inflatable doll sung back then.
Other than the rather dark subject matter, a pretty good song.
Check it out if you ever have the chance. 8)
Jonathan Gowland
Robert J. Boyne <rjb...@direct.ca> wrote:
>>>Kaye - George <gk...@csc.umd.edu> writes:
>>>
>>>>It seems to me that many of the great songs of yesteryear would be deemed
>>>>politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
>>>
>Oh I just thought of one;
>
>"Flea Brain" by Gene Vincent.
You beat me to it! It has the lines:
If she wasn't good lookin'
She'd be better off dead.
Years ago, a friend and I put together "20 Male Chauvinist Hits" to
tease his then girlfriend. "Flea Brain" was in there, along with
Dion's "The Wanderer", "Tell Him" by The Exciters and "My Way" by
Eddie Cochran:
I'm an easy goin' guy
But I've always gotta have my way.
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Dennis McGee
Conservatively Correct Hit Parade"?
1. Armageddon It - Def Leppard
2. Billy, Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
3. Bloody Well Right - Supertramp
4. Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
5. Der Kommissar - After The Fire
6. For The Love of Money - The O'Jays
7. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. Girls With Guns - Tommy Shaw
9. Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan
10. Greenback Dollar - The Kingston Trio
11. Hysteria - Def Leppard
12. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
13. Illegal Alien - Genesis
14. I'm A Fool To Care - Joe Barry
15. In God's Country - U2
16. It Isn't Right - The Platters
17. It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World - James Brown
18. Ivory Tower - Gale Storm
19. Little Willy - The Sweet
20. Living In The Past - Jethro Tull
21. Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
22. Machine Gun - The Commodores
23. Macho Man - Village People
24. Material Girl - Madonna
25. Money - Pink Floyd
26. Money, Money, Money - Abba
27. Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
28. Money Honey - The Bay City Rollers
29. Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
30. Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens
31. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind - The Five Keys
32. Psychotic Reaction - Count Five
33. Rave On - Buddy Holly
34. Right Down The Line - Gerry Rafferty
35. Right Or Wrong - Ronnie Dove
36. Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
37. Swearin' To God - Frankie Valli
38. The Authority Song - John Cougar
39. The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro
40. The Ten Commandments Of Love - Harvey & The Moonglows
41. This Is Not America - David Bowie/Pat Metheny Group
42. Which Way You Going, Billy? - The Poppy Family
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Rainer Frilund
> Don't forget the song that was probably the MOST incorrect of
> the early 60's ... "They're Coming to Take Me Away ....."
> Lordy, don't let word get out I actually remember that turkey@!
I'm in trouble! I still have the single. ;-)
By the way, guess what's on the flip side of the single.
Rainer Frilund
Kokkola, Finland
Gail Thaler
If we're going back that far, and even removed from rock, how about the
polka, I don't want her you can have her, she's too fat for me.
How about that anti-alien song Purple People Eaters?
I Shot the Sheriff (politically incorrect to everyone except Gordon
Liddy) Also, the man who shot Liberty Valance
Short people (I know, it's tongue in cheek.) I Love You Just The Way
You Are (I just want someone I can "talk" to)
Cocaine, I Get A Kick Out of You, promote drugs. Naughty Naughty.
Folk is usually the most "sensitive" of the genres, but some of them are
the worst. But don't get me started.
Jk North
that was outreageous even then...that's the point of the song. It's not
one which has become politically incorrect with the changing times, which,
I believe, is what the original poster spoke of.
Actually, we could include hundreds of songs, depending on how "incorrect"
you want to get. Any of the songs which pose any variation of "be my girl"
(or likewise, of course, "be my boy.") can be said to make a "girl" an
object to be "possessed".
Marcie Blaine's "Bobby's Girl," for example, sings the praises of
"belonging" to Bobby. That's the most important thing to (Marcie).
But to go this far is to destoy any bit of romance we once had as
teenagers. And despite the (ever-changing) political climes, when the
Paris sisters whisper "be my boy," I am like putty in their hands!
Jack
John Frank
>Sandy Posey's "Born A Woman" ("'cause I was born a woman...I was
>born to be hurt...") is my nominee.
Oh, yeah...fab song for this thread, but you forgot to continue --
"I was born to be stepped on, lied to, cheated on and treated like
dirt."
Whew!
Milder, but still pretty weird is Lesley Gore's "That's the Way Boys
Are"
John
SUN 209
Jeff Gower
"David J. Coyle" <dc33...@oak.cats.ohiou.edu> wrote:
> Would "Having My Baby" count?
>
> "Having my baby,
> What a wonderful way,
> Of showing how much you love me"
>
Haha. I once used to post a "Bad Song of the Day" on the main bulletin
board every day at work. It was a real hit - people loved it. After
about 6 months (about 120 songs) later, I made a list of the bad songs and
let all of the employees vote on the absolute worst song ever. Guess what
won? This miserable Paul Anka tune. Thanks for the laugh!
Jeff
Peter J.Maurin
>>Sandy Posey's "Born A Woman" ("'cause I was born a woman...I was
>>born to be hurt...") is my nominee.
>Milder, but still pretty weird is Lesley Gore's "That's the Way Boys
>Are"
Speedy Gonzales by Pat Boone and Ahab the Arab by Ray Stevens make me
cringe. Larry Verne's Mister Custer runs a close third.
This has given me an idea for a poll of my listeners.....thanks. I
always get some great ideas from this group!
Peter
Researcher-Writer-Broadcaster
Brock University/CKTB Radio
pma...@spartan.ac.brocku.ca
pma...@freenet.npiec.on.ca
Guy Brummel
"All the waaaaaayyy,
That;s the way they goooooooooo
Every daaaaaay
And none of their mama's ever seem to know,........."
Gene or Brenda Greathouse
Birth of the Boogie - Bill Haley & the Comets
Tie Me Kangaroo Down - Rolf Harris
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can find"
In The Summertime--Mungo Jerry
Guy Brummel
writes:
>I don' t know that we should include "If you want to be happy"...
Politically Incorrect? I thought it was just good advice!
Douglas Greenberg
> >> I'd appreciate any help with the "Politically Incorrect Oldies Hall of
> >> Fame".> .
>
Dan Cutrer replied:
>
> Don't forget the song that was probably the MOST incorrect of
> the early 60's ... "They're Coming to Take Me Away ....." ("to
> the Funny Farm, where life is beautiful all the time, and I'll be
> happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats,
> and they're coming to take me away.....")
>
> Lordy, don't let word get out I actually remember that turkey@!
It was a 1966 "turkey." It's actually included, along with a bunch of
other non-PC songs, in the "Wacky Favorites" two-CD set that's
advertised (constantly) on cable TV.
Steve_Coletti
Rainer Frilund <rfri...@kokpoly.fi> wrote:
>Dan Cutrer wrote:
>> Don't forget the song that was probably the MOST incorrect of
>> the early 60's ... "They're Coming to Take Me Away ....."
>> Lordy, don't let word get out I actually remember that turkey@!
>
>
>By the way, guess what's on the flip side of the single.
Why, "yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT", of course! I've also got the stereo
version of the "A" side on a Dr. Demento album.
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Beyond the scope of today's 'politically incorrect' - I recall
one song that was changed because of global politics.
Anyone remember "Top 40, news, weather and sports".
I don't recall the exact line that was excised, but one of the
lines in the song was (close but many not be exact).
" .. there was Lumumba doin' the Rhumba .. "
Which was a reference to Patrice Lumumba - a dictator in one of
the African states.
Memory fades - but either he was asassinated or over-thrown -
and the line was deleted from further pressings ----
OR
there was another politcal statement about other African
problems - it was a hotbed of activity at that time - and the
other line was deleted.
That song exists for me only in my memory at the moment - maybe
someone can confirm the exact wording of the deleted line(s).
Bill
e
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Ed Chipp
>
> Dale Randall <da...@uslink.net> wrote:
>
> >Sandy Posey's "Born A Woman" ("'cause I was born a woman...I was
> >born to be hurt...") is my nominee.
>
>
> "I was born to be stepped on, lied to, cheated on and treated like
> dirt."
>
> Whew!
"I'm a single girl, all alone in a great big world...the single girl
needs a sweet lovin' man to lean on"
..."I Take It Back":
I forget the lyrics to this one, but I think she monologues to herself or
a friend and finishes with "I take it back, I'm sorry, I must have been
out of my head"
...anything she touched turned to nausea.
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the Allen Sisters-----"The Spider and the Fly", and On Mon, 1 Apr
1996 14:50:16 GMT, on a totally different subject, bi...@bilver.oau.org
(Bill Vermillion), wrote:
::: " .. there was Lumumba doin' the Rhumba .. "
:::
::: Which was a reference to Patrice Lumumba - a dictator in one of
::: the African states.
:::
::: Memory fades - but either he was asassinated or over-thrown -
::: and the line was deleted from further pressings ----
:::
::: OR
:::
::: there was another politcal statement about other African
::: problems - it was a hotbed of activity at that time - and the
::: other line was deleted.
:::
::: That song exists for me only in my memory at the moment - maybe
::: someone can confirm the exact wording of the deleted line(s).
:::
::: Bill
::: e
:::
::: --
::: Bill Vermillion - bi...@bilver.oau.org | bill.ve...@oau.org
I just took out my DJ copy of "Top forty, news, weather and sports" by
Mark Dinning (of "Teen Angel" fame) on MGM, and the line goes "Numumba
doin' the rhumba to the tune of the "Blue Tango".
I hope this is what you were looking for.
_________________________________
Norm Katuna
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Earl Gaines Can't keep from cryin' Excello 2063
Earl Gaines Long time ago Excello 2072
Roy Gaines Right now baby Groove 0146
jdw...@mcs.ogo.dec.com
if taken at surface value. Knowing that he always wrote his songs
from a "questionable point of view" negates this but I still think
Political Science
(which advocates dropping the big one) would fall in this category.
gary
Rainer Frilund <rfri...@kokpoly.fi> wrote:
>Dan Cutrer wrote:
>> Don't forget the song that was probably the MOST incorrect of
>> the early 60's ... "They're Coming to Take Me Away ....."
>> ...
>> Lordy, don't let word get out I actually remember that turkey@!
>
>I'm in trouble! I still have the single. ;-)
>
>By the way, guess what's on the flip side of the single.
>
>Kokkola, Finland
Could it be....." yawA eM ekaT ot gnimoC er'yehT?"
I used to lay in bed at night unable to fall asleep until I heard
WIFE AM play this song. Of course I was about 12 at the time...:)
Gary
Douglas Greenberg
>
>
> ::: " .. there was Lumumba doin' the Rhumba .. "
> :::
> ::: Which was a reference to Patrice Lumumba - a dictator in one of
> ::: the African states.
> :::
> ::: Memory fades - but either he was asassinated or over-thrown -
> ::: and the line was deleted from further pressings ----
> :::
>
independence from Belgium in 1960. There was a subsequent civil war in
which a rightist faction led by Joseph Kasabuvu triumphed. Lumumba was
killed during this conflict.
--Doug
J Rachansky
Like "Dawn of Correction" by the Spokesmen (answer to "Eve of
Destruction"). Or my personal fave "The Universal Coward" by Jan and Dean
(answer to "The Universal Soldier"). I can't think of any more right now
but I'm sure somebody can followup...
RICH
Lynda McCormick
jgo...@mhc.mtholyoke.edu (Jeff Gower) wrote:
>In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.96032...@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>,
>Jeff
I always thought that the lyrics to "Cocaine" were actually an anti-
drug message.
Anyhow, one of my top picks for offensive PC song would be;
"Lightening Strikes" by Lou Christie
I really hated and still HATE those lyrics..;)
Or how about; "Love The One You're With" by Crosby Stills and Nash..?
Lynda McCormick
Lynda McCormick
Gail Thaler <gth...@cs.com> wrote:
I always considered the lyrics of "Cocaine" as being Anti-Drug, not
promotion of them.
Anyhow, one of the songs I'd put at the top of my PC list is;
"Lightening Strikes" by Lou Christie
That song always made me angry..;)
Another PC song in my opinion is "Love The One You're With" by Crosby,
Stills and Nash..
Lynda McCormick
Kaye - George
I remember this song by Mark Dinning (of "Teen Angel" fame on MGM 12980.
Popular about Jan/Feb 1961. My only real recollection of the song was
the same as yours--"There was Lamumba doin' the rhumba"--I don't think I
could quote another line from the song.
I was not aware that there was any change of the lyrics.
George
Bill Vermillion (bi...@bilver.oau.org) wrote:
: Beyond the scope of today's 'politically incorrect' - I recall
: one song that was changed because of global politics.
: Anyone remember "Top 40, news, weather and sports".
: I don't recall the exact line that was excised, but one of the
: lines in the song was (close but many not be exact).
: " .. there was Lumumba doin' the Rhumba .. "
: Which was a reference to Patrice Lumumba - a dictator in one of
: the African states.
: Memory fades - but either he was asassinated or over-thrown -
: and the line was deleted from further pressings ----
: OR
Steve_Coletti
>If we're going back that far, and even removed from rock, how about the
>polka, I don't want her you can have her, she's too fat for me.
And the Beer Barrel Polka was also politically incorect for it's time, it
was first called "The Barrel Polka" when Lawrence Welk first recorded it.
Funny that there's no "beer" in the lyrics either.
>How about that anti-alien song Purple People Eaters?
But he only ate Purple People, not that was really pro discrimination when
you think about it. Not yet politically wrong back then, in some southern
states that is.
>I Shot the Sheriff (politically incorrect to everyone except Gordon
>Liddy) Also, the man who shot Liberty Valance
Not so, Liberty Valence was a bad guy, it is still politically correct to
see a gunslinger get his due, western movie or cop show.
>Short people (I know, it's tongue in cheek.) I Love You Just The Way
>You Are (I just want someone I can "talk" to)
I see you may have a problem with meaningful relationships. If love was
only the physical then there is nothing left but shacking up. Love
requires more the emotional and intelectual intertwining and respect of the
partners, something that can only be communicated at verbal and
reactionary levels, not during coitis. So much for the discussion of the
mystery of life, wanna get it on?
>Cocaine, I Get A Kick Out of You, promote drugs. Naughty Naughty.
But again, Clapton talked about it's evils and Cole Porter wrote about it
in passing when it was still legal. The next line had to do with getting a
kick in a plane. Today that's called hitting an air pocket at 50,000 feet,
after they've served dinner.
Alan Cockerill
I've always thought that 'He hit me, and it felt like a kiss' was the
least politically correct song I'd ever heard. It was by some 'girlie'
group like the Teddy Bears, memory fails.
Re: your list -
IMHO you can't count Ebony and Ivory as politically incorrect - it's the
opposite in fact.
Alan.
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Thomas D. Penfield
<gbru...@connect.reach.net> writes:
>
>In article <ragnaroek1996Ma...@news2.compulink.com>
Eileen,
>eil...@idirect.com writes:
>>Subject: Re: Politically Incorrect Songs
>>From: Eileen, eil...@idirect.com
>>Date: 26 Mar 96 08:02:45 GMT
>>>In article <4j48qm$1...@hecate.umd.edu>, gk...@csc.umd.edu says...
>>>
>>>It seems to me that many of the great songs of yesteryear would be
deemed
>>>politically incorrect today (it would be quite a tragedy.)
>>
>>>I'd appreciate any help with the "Politically Incorrect Oldies Hall
of Fame".
>>>
>>>
>>>George
>>
>>How about "Society's Child" by Janis Ian and I can't remember the
name but it
>>went like this: "if you want to be happy for the rest of your life,
never make
>>a pretty woman your wife, so from my personal point of view, get an
ugly girl
>>to marry you".
>
>Much as I enjoy 'everything' politically incorrect,... i'd say 'Having
My
>Baby', "Wedding Bell Blues" and "Cherokee People" probably tie for the
>best of the "Rush Limbaugh hall of fame"
Does, "In the Ghetto" qualify? How about "Cocaine" now that drug abuse
is passe. should it be "Rogaine" instead? Or, Sweet Home Alabama, we
could change the line from Watergate to: "Whitewater does not bother
me; does your conscience bother you?" If you want really polically
incorrect lyrics, try "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones, "gold coast
slave ship bound for cotton fields, sold in a market down in New
Orleans. Scarred old slaver knows he's doing all right; hear him whip
the women just around midnight." My wife just LOVES those lyrics...:-}
Doo-wop
Who was "Esther Navarro"? E-Mail me the answer, not the group.
Signed: doo...@ix.netcom.com
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tho...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
: >Short people (I know, it's tongue in cheek.) I Love You Just The Way
: I see you may have a problem with meaningful relationships. If love was
: only the physical then there is nothing left but shacking up. Love
: requires more the emotional and intelectual intertwining and respect of the
: partners, something that can only be communicated at verbal and
: reactionary levels, not during coitis. So much for the discussion of the
: mystery of life, wanna get it on?
Ah, but how about:
"I don't want clever conversatio,
You don't have to work that hard."
Really, being an intellectual speaker is HARD work? What's he expecting,
a disertation on Plasma Reactors or something?
I have always felt 'Just the way you are' to be misogynistic at some level.
Talking to you later...
--
email:"Ice Man" tho...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
RAS
It makes no difference if you're rich or poor
Or if you're smart or dumb
A woman's place in this old world
Is under some man's thumb
And if you're born a woman
You're born to be hurt
You're borne to be stepped on, lied to,
Cheated on and treated like dirt ......
<snip>
The last two line of the song are:
Yes, I was born a woman
I'm glad it happened that way.
WOW!!! Can you imagine someone singing
that nowadays? -OR- am I missing something?
No flames please ... I'm just a messenger.
Margaret R Thomas
>
>The last two line of the song are:
>
>Yes, I was born a woman
>I'm glad it happened that way.
**cringe!**...actually the last lines are:
Well I was born a woman,
I didn't have no say,
But when my man finally comes home
He makes me glad it happened that way
Because to be his woman..
No price is too big to pay.
**Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkk!**
Margaret ( hardly a Posey fan )
WWillis101
"I got a girl called Boney Maroney; She's as skinny as a stick of
macaroni."
WWillis101
Minute Man and Anna Had A Baby have got to be P.I.C. And let us not
forget:
Mammy, and Shortnen' Bread.
Norm Katuna
Bradshaw-----"I'm a hi ballin' daddy", and On 9 Apr 1996 20:42:09
-0400, on a totally different subject, wwill...@aol.com
(WWillis101), wrote:
::: There was a song called: Boney Maroney done about a skinny girl.
::: "I got a girl called Boney Maroney; She's as skinny as a stick of
::: macaroni."
Going along with this we also have: "Short Fat Fannie", "Skinny
Minnie", "Lean Jean"--And the all time weight complaint song "Too fat
Polka" by the Andrews Sisters(I think) and by Arthur Godfrey.
---"You can have her (him), I don't want her (him) she's (he's) too
fat for me".
_________________________________
Norm Katuna
------------------
Roscoe Gordon Three cent love Duke 129
John Greer Come back Maybelline Groove 0119
Tiny Grimes Flying saucer boogie Gotham 7285
James Bond
Austrailian narrator sang:
"I've waved the thing all over the place,
Practiced 'till I was black in the face..."
This was a reference to Aborigines, but the producer wisely decided that
it might be better to change the line (at least in the American release)
to "Practiced 'till I was blue in the face..."
James Bond
jbon...@earthlink.net
"Nobody Does It Better"
James Bond
Norm Katuna
If you want to talk about politcally incorrect songs, how about the
ultimate. The title was changed because it was too politically
incorrect..
From around 1953 or early 1954. J. B. Lenoir and "Eisenhower blues".
The title and some of the lyrics were changed due to some pressures.
The new title with altered lyrics was "Tax paying blues".
I think that Marc D. might even agree with me on this one.
Robert J. Boyne
>
>On 11/24/51 Billboard magazine reviewed King 4467, Tiny
>Bradshaw-----"I'm a hi ballin' daddy", and On 9 Apr 1996 20:42:09
>-0400, on a totally different subject, wwill...@aol.com
>(WWillis101), wrote:
>
>::: There was a song called: Boney Maroney done about a skinny girl.
>::: "I got a girl called Boney Maroney; She's as skinny as a stick of
>::: macaroni."
>
>Going along with this we also have: "Short Fat Fannie", "Skinny
>Minnie", "Lean Jean"--And the all time weight complaint song "Too fat
>Polka" by the Andrews Sisters(I think) and by Arthur Godfrey.
>---"You can have her (him), I don't want her (him) she's (he's) too
>fat for me".
>
>
>
>_________________________________
>Norm Katuna
In the same class I seem to remember a parody of "Poetry In Motion" titled
"Enormity In Motion"
--
Robert J. Boyne, N.Vancouver, B.C.,Canada
(rjb...@direct.ca)
*****************************************
"What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?"
Super-Tramp (1871-1940), British poet.
Steve_Coletti
rjb...@direct.ca (Robert J. Boyne) wrote:
>>Going along with this we also have: "Short Fat Fannie", "Skinny
>>Minnie", "Lean Jean"--And the all time weight complaint song "Too fat
>>Polka" by the Andrews Sisters(I think) and by Arthur Godfrey.
>
>"Enormity In Motion"
>
others, "She weighs one pound for every day of the year".
Ed Chipp
climate seems like an obvious slam on Indian chanting. Does anyone out
there have some insight as to the meaning of the chanted lyrics? Or, is
the whole thing nonsense? Oh yeah, they do imbed an English phrase twice
in the chorus that goes: "What a spirited feeling goin' round my head;
makes me feel glad that I'm not dead". I'm almost ashamed to write this
and admit I know the song, but its got a catchy tune that does go
'round my head. As I recall the artist(?) on the label is Everything is
Everything. Comments?
Leonard Blanks
>If you want to talk about politcally incorrect songs, how about the
>ultimate. The title was changed because it was too politically
>incorrect..
>From around 1953 or early 1954. J. B. Lenoir and "Eisenhower blues".
>The title and some of the lyrics were changed due to some pressures.
>The new title with altered lyrics was "Tax paying blues".
The story I heard was that the Eisenhower government forced the
label to withdraw the single from the shops soon after release
in 1952. Politically incorrect it was if one extends the notion
to include offending the sensibilities of those in power.
Len
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istr2198
"You've got to show him that you care just for him,
do the things he likes to do
wear your hair, just for him, girl
You won't get him, thinking and a prayin, wishin & a-hoping."
aaaaaaaack!!!!!!! Gag!!!!!!!!!
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Tom Blumenthal
How many of you really did enjoy, a whole lot, the late Joe Tex's:
"Skinny Legs And All" (if your local AM station was cool enough to play it).
Was a big hit here in Philadelphia.
Tom from Philly
Tim Allison
really is asking if the woman would acknowledge him as her
superior-following behind him, carrying his pots and would youj put me
above you?
And the horrible song whose title I have mercifully excised-Telling the
"little girl" to put on something pretty because there are "girls at the
office" and implying that she's been doing nothing all day. I believe it
was a Tom Jones song.
Carol Mitchell
Margaret R Thomas
In article <tallison-120...@tallison.pr.mcs.net>,
Carol..
I do believe this was, "Wives And Lovers" done by Jack Jones...such
"wise" advice!! **cough!**
Margaret (taking down her curlers)
Andrew Rogers
> "little girl" to put on something pretty because there are "girls at the
> office" and implying that she's been doing nothing all day. I believe it
> was a Tom Jones song.
> Carol Mitchell
That's "Wives and Lovers" by Jack Jones, written by Bacharach
and David for the movie _The Apartment_ but not actually used
in the film. (Second time that had happened to them; cf. "The
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".)
I actually crooned a bitingly sarcastic version of this when one of
the cutie-pies I used to work with got engaged:
Hey, little girl, comb your hair, fix your makeup
Soon he will walk through the door
Don't think because there's a ring on your finger
You needn't try anymore
For wives should always be lovers, too
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you
[1: I'm warning you 2: He's almost here]
Day after day there are girls at the office
And men will always be men
Don't send him off with your hair still in curlers
You may not see him again
(repeat chorus)
Hey, little girl, better wear something pretty
Something you'd wear to go to the city
Dim all the lights, pour the wine, start the music
Time to get ready for love
Time to get ready, time to get ready
Time to get ready for love
Andrew
Robert Roman
"Hold on to What You Got"? "... a woman who'll stay home for
you, and do your cooking..."
The there's "I Got A Woman" by Ray Charles: "You know a woman's
place, Right there in the home."
James Brown's "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" is self-defining.
But the topper of all time is Young Jessie's "Don't Happen No
More":
There used to be a time when a man was a king.
To work for a man was a woman's only dream.
Everything he did was totally all right.
He never had to worry about a-fussin' or a fight.
There used to be a time when a woman wouldn't smoke.
There used to be a time when a woman couldn't vote.
She used to stay at home while her man went out to play.
She was satisfied with life any old way.
It don't happen no more.
That was long time ago.
It's a pitiful shame,
How the world has changed.
Bob Roman
Tom Simon
Here comes Ernie K-Doe with his entry, Mother-In-Law:
She thinks her advice is the constitution
But if she would leave that be the solution
And don't come back no more ... Mother-In-Law
I remember reading somewhere that Ernie got divorced not long after this
song was released. Gee -- I wonder why?
Steve P.
Brewer and Shipley sang it.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
I hate Victor Hugo, said Les miserably.
Jessica Raine
Rabbit" with the lyrics changed to make it an anti-drug song. The oft-
repeated refrain became "Keep your head", as in, "use common sense".
In a related incident, when I told my dad about the attempted
re-wording of a certain verse in The Who's "Substitute" for recording by
Herman's Hermits, he laughed so hard he ran a red light by mistake.
--Jessica :)
Mary P Rasmussen
"He hit me, but it felt like a kiss" can't remember the artist though.
Hard to believe, but that was different times.
Mad
Paul Goldschmidt
: I recall a song around 1969 called "Witchi Tai To" which in todays pc
: climate seems like an obvious slam on Indian chanting. Does anyone out
: there have some insight as to the meaning of the chanted lyrics? Or, is
: the whole thing nonsense? Oh yeah, they do imbed an English phrase twice
: in the chorus that goes: "What a spirited feeling goin' round my head;
: makes me feel glad that I'm not dead". I'm almost ashamed to write this
: and admit I know the song, but its got a catchy tune that does go
: 'round my head. As I recall the artist(?) on the label is Everything is
: Everything. Comments?
It was on Vanguard records, and according to somewhat reliable sources,
the guy who sang lead vocals *was* a Native American (I believe his name
is Jim Pepper).
There's a jazz version of this tune on a later Jim Pepper album (don't
know the label. The album's name was "Pow Wow").
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HMO is a four-letter word! (Fact: deaths from infectious diseases are up
over 50% because HMO's *block treatment*).
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Paul Goldschmidt
XIV" briefly raised the hackles of civic-minded listeners because it "made
fun of the mentally ill". (Notice that these same people did absolutely
nothing for the legions of mental prisoners being drugged, electroshocked
or back-warded into oblivion...).
The same person made a record under his own name in the mid-70's which
went "I owe a lot/To Iowa pot". He also sold his own line of pot
paraphernalia in the late 70's. Kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it? :-)
Oh yeah, on the B-side of "...Away..." - the same track, recorded
backwards!
Gary Milliken
>> And the horrible song whose title I have mercifully excised-Telling the
>> "little girl" to put on something pretty because there are "girls at the
>> office" and implying that she's been doing nothing all day. I believe it
>> was a Tom Jones song.
>> Carol Mitchell
>
>That's "Wives and Lovers" by Jack Jones, written by Bacharach
>and David for the movie _The Apartment_ but not actually used
>in the film. (Second time that had happened to them; cf. "The
>Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".)
>
Not quite correct, Andrew, but close. It was written for the movie of
the same name: "Wives and Lovers" in 1963. I think the story about
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is accurate.
There are a number of other examples of Hal David lyrics to Burt Bacharach
melodies that are not admirable today, for any number of reasons, including
gender-based policital incorrectness. But the Bacharach part of the songs
is still great -- "Wives and Lovers" is a terrific song, but is probably
even better if you ignore the words (I've often wished that I could turn
on-and-off my understanding of English, so that I could really enjoy a
song whose words I can't stand).
Gary
Douglas Greenberg
Re "Wives and Lovers" in 1963. .
>
> There are a number of other examples of Hal David lyrics to Burt Bacharach
> melodies that are not admirable today, for any number of reasons, including
> gender-based policital incorrectness. But the Bacharach part of the songs
> is still great -- "Wives and Lovers" is a terrific song, but is probably
> even better if you ignore the words
That particular song was SO condescending to women, and featured such
incredibly moronic lyrics that it was offensive even within its original
1963 context. Combine this fact with Jack Jones' bland vocal track and the
Mantovani-esque orchestration, and what's left to like?
--Doug