Suggestive (not explicit) lyrics

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

I'll start with this classic - let's try to keep it "classy" and/or "humorous":

 

 

 

"He took out his trusted drill and he told me to open wide
He said he wouldn't hurt me but he'd fill that hole inside
Long John, Long John, you've got that golden touch
You thrill me when you drill me, and I need you very much"

 

For those wanting to learn more about Dinah Washington, I recommend this a great documentary  (in four parts):

 

 

[sphinxsix]

Lots of diverse ..well - suggestions and associations, very little concrete lyrics substance, just love this classic!

 

 

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

16 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

Lots of diverse ..well - suggestions and associations, very little concrete lyrics substance, just love this classic!

 

 

 

As with many Beatles songs there are many possible interpretations, a source of endless debate for fans: 

 

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/159/

 

I don't think they were as "liberated" as D.Washington (she also wrote that song in 1948!) - they are English after all :) 

[sphinxsix]

26 minutes ago, hopkins said:

I don't think they were as "liberated" as D.Washington (she also wrote that song in 1948!) - they are English after all :) 

 

I believe that according to the standards of their times and of their home country they were quite liberated, e.g. I don't know anyone else in music who'd ask themselves questions like.. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

Naughty british schoolboys :) 

(don't take my comments seriously) 

[fas42]

Another couple of classics,

 

 

 

 

 

[sphinxsix]

8 minutes ago, hopkins said:

Naughty british schoolboys :) 

(don't take my comments seriously) 

 

Don't approach my comments in the same way either..

 

Speaking of naughty boys - this time American ones - a slightly similar to 'Come Together' approach to lyrics:

 

 

Errr.. sorry - wrong song  This one:

 

 

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

Turns out there's a blues genre for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_blues

 

This one is pretty funny:

 

 

"My man's out there in the rain and cold
He's got the right key, but just can't find the hole
He say, "Where's that thing
That ting-a-ling
I been pressin' your button, and your bell won't ring""

 

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

Am wondering whether this music got any airplay at the time. Probably not? 

Those songs certainly contributed to the idea that blues and jazz were the "devil's music". 

 

The debate on censorship is still with us today. Here is an amusing article by Nat Hentoff (famous jazz critic) in the Washington Post in 1985 about this:

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/08/23/the-devils-music/fc44795a-e9eb-4b38-a665-369b3fd1575f/

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

Looking up this topic I came across this article. Though not directly related, I find it  fascinating:

 

https://www.openculture.com/2017/04/the-only-instrumental-every-banned-from-the-radio-link-wrays-rumble-1958.html

 

Its not just about lyrics.

[DuckToller]

1 hour ago, hopkins said:

Its not just about lyrics.

 

Indeed, quite right , love that link below about "Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention". Hilarious ...
https://www.openculture.com/2016/07/when-frank-zappas-instrumental-album-jazz-from-hell-received-an-explicit-lyrics-sticker.html

 

Maybe an idea for @The Computer Audiophile who is for a reason on the pursuit of Zappa's delicate oevre ;-)

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

12 minutes ago, DuckToller said:

 

Indeed, quite right , love that link below about "Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention". Hilarious ...
https://www.openculture.com/2016/07/when-frank-zappas-instrumental-album-jazz-from-hell-received-an-explicit-lyrics-sticker.html

 

Maybe an idea for @The Computer Audiophile who is for a reason on the pursuit of Zappa's delicate oevre ;-)

 

That's funny !

Here's a look back at the "PMRC's Filthy 15": https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/pmrcs-filthy-15-where-are-they-now-60601/judas-priest-eat-me-alive-180934

The picture at the top is worth looking at - with a kid waving a "Rock music almost ruined my life" sign :)

[sphinxsix]

I read a study some time ago according to which this song is the most mood uplifting song ever. Freddie Mercury wrote the song during the period of his life when according to the band's guitarist Brian May he was taking lots of drugs and having sex with lots of man which in consequence led to his sickness and death..

 

 

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

30 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

I read a study some time ago according to which this song is the most mood uplifting song ever. Freddie Mercury wrote the song during the period of his life when according to the band's guitarist Brian May he was taking lots of drugs and having sex with lots of man which in consequence led to his sickness and death..

 

Not sure how to interpret what you just wrote, but to avoid any misunderstanding, he died due to complications from AIDS, at a time when there were no treatments available, and before "safe sex" was really understood. According to Wikipedia: "Between the time that AIDS was identified (in the early 1980s) and 2019, the disease has caused an estimated 32.7 million deaths worldwide" - so no link with music should be established :)

 

[jegreenwood]

Not sure where these fall within the range of suggestive/explicit - but it’s from a PG movie.

 

When I was young and simple,  I don't recall the date
I met a handsome captain of the guard
He visited my chambers one evening very late
In tandem with a husky Saint Bernard
At first I was astonished and tears came to my eyes
But, later when I asked him to resume
He said, to my surprise
My dear, it isn't wise
Where love is concerned one must freshen the bloom
Once, yes, once for a lark
Twice, though, loses the spark
One must never deny it
But after you try it you vary the diet
Said my handsome young guard
Yes, I know, that it's hard
But no matter how nice
I never do anything twice
unh unh unh unh unh unh unh

I think about the baron who came at my command
And proffered me a riding crop and chains
The evening that we shared was meticulously planned
He took the most extraordinary pains
He trembled with excitement; his cheeks were quite aglow
And afterword he cried to me, encore!
He pleaded with me so 

To have another go
I murmured carressingly, whatever for?
Once, yes, once for a lark
Twice, though, loses the spark
Once, yes, once is delicious
But twice would be vicious
Or just repetitious
Someone's bound to be scarred
Yes, I know that it's hard
But, no matter the price
I never do anything twice
unh unh unh unh unh unh unh

And then there was the abbot who worshipped at my feet
And dressed me in a wimple and in veils
He made a proposition which I found rather sweet
And handed me a hammer and some nails
In time we lay contented and he began again
By fingering the beads around our waists
I whispered to him then
We'll have to say amen
For I had developed more catholic tastes
Once, yes, once for a lark
Twice, though, loses the spark
As I said to the abbot
I'll get in the habit,
but not in the habit
You've my highest regard
And I know that it's hard
Still, no matter the price
I'd never do anything twice

Once, yes, once can be nice
Love requires some spice
If you've something in view
Something to do, totally new
I'll be there in a trice
But I never do anything twice
Except...
No I never do anything twice

 

Stephen Sondheim

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[AudioDoctor]

In theory, wouldn't that be almost all of them?

[Iving]

Dana Gillespie is pretty well known for re-circulating "Dirty Blues".

 

As an aside, she was a backing vocalist on "It Ain't Easy" [Ziggy Stardust], and her 1973 Album 'Weren't Born A Man' featured the song "Andy Warhol", written for her by David Bowie - has Mick Ronson on guitar.

 

Her up-beat R&B is right up my alley. I've got releases on ACE and BLUE HORIZON in my Library. Re-circulated ditties include: "Sixty Minute Man" [Billy Ward, 1951], "It Ain't The Meat (It's The Motion)" [The Swallows, 1951] and "Big Ten Inch Record" [Bull Moose Jackson, 1952].

 

Here's "Snatch And Grab It" [after Julia Lee, 1947]:

 

Julia Lee

 

Bonus: Dana Gillespie in nostalgic mode:

 

"Ugly Papa" is among my favourite Dana tracks. Doesn't have much to do with the words - just makes me want to dance.

 

[Iving]

My Handy Man - Ethel Waters piano accomp. by Jimmy Johnson (1928)

 

 

Whoever said a good man was hard to find,
Positively, absolutely sure was blind;
I found the best that ever was,
Here's just some of the things he does:
He shakes my ashes, greases my griddle,
Churns my butter, strokes my fiddle;
My man is such a handy man!
He threads my needle, creams my wheat,
Heats my heater, chops my meat;
My man is such a handy man!
Don't care if you believe or not,
He sure is good to have around;
Why, when my furnace gets too hot,
He's right there to turn my damper down!
For everything he's got a scheme;
You ought to see his new starter that he uses on my machine;
My man is such a handy man!
He flaps my flapjacks, cleans off the table, He feeds the horses in my stable; My man is such a handy man!
He's God's gift!
Sometimes he's up long before dawn,
Busy trimming the rough edges off my lawn;
Oooh, you can't get away from it! He's such a handy man!
Never has a single thing to say,
While he's working hard;
I wish that you could see the way
He handles my front yard!
My ice don't get a chance to melt away,
He sees that I get that old fresh piece every day;
Lord, that man sure is such a handy man