And as I was listening to it, I was also thinking about what should I write about today, and it gave me an idea. As in "songs that are actually about sex". (Read on mom!)
You know, as a kid my literature teachers kind of pummeled into me to try to analyze things and look behind them. I know, these things are probably bullshit most of the time, but sometimes it's actually quite fun to try to give something a totally different meaning.
Or am I the only one who thinks it's fun?
Aaaanyways, I searched up a couple of songs that you might know - that aren't exactly what you thought they were.
1. Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
Yeah, everyone knows this song, and everyone interprets it as a good old nostalgic song about older times. Guess again.
Bryan Adams has a totally different interpretation for it (and who would you believe more than the guy who sings it, right? Here's the quote from him, it speaks loud and clear:
"I think 'Summer of '69' -- I think it's timeless because it's about making love in the summertime. There is a slight misconception it's about a year, but it's not. '69' has nothing to do about a year, it has to do with a sexual position... At the end of the song the lyric says that it's me and my baby in a 69. You'd have to be pretty thick in the ears if you couldn't get that lyric".
Well, there you go boys and girls.
2. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Awwww, come on. Really?
Yep.
This song is about sex. In prison. Between two men. What, you don't believe me?
Look at the following segment of the lyrics:
Numer Forty-Seven said to number one/"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see/I sure would be delighted with your company,/ Come on and the the jailhouse rock with me."
As far as we know, jails are not coed. Enough said.
Oh, not dirty enough? Let me add the following:
The sad sack was a sittin' on a block of stone/ way over in the corner weepin' all alone/ The warden said, "Hey, buddy, don't you be no square./ If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair."
3. Vengaboys - Boom Boom Boom Boom
All right, this one is only here because I was about 10 years old when I actually listened to it (and loved it). And when I was 10 years old I didn't really think about the lyrics - I don't even think I knew a word in English at ten.
Kind of funny, really.
Anyway, it's clearly about sex when you listen to it now (and I don't think that knowing this ruins it).
Really, I don't even know why I chose this song for it. I don't think there was ever a song by Vengaboys that wasn't about sex.
4. Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
All right, besides the obvious part where the guy sings about different girls (Sue and Daisy), who not only "know what to do" but who also drive him crazy, there is another thing about this song... one that you probably didn't know about.
"Tutti frutti, all rooty" wasn't the original lyrics of the song (all rooty is slang for all right). The original lyrics go like this: "Tutti frutti, good booty/If it don't fit, don't force it/ You can grease it, make it easy".
Catch it?
It's not only about sex, it's a song about anal sex.
You can thank me later.
5. Cyndi Lauper - She Bop
This one is a pretty weird song, but hey... it's effing funny when you come down to understand what it's about (Kind of like old and young people dancing together to YMCA at a wedding, when they clearly don't understand that it's basically about young boys having sex with older men).
Just listen to the first few verses of the song.
If you don't get it, here's an explanation. Blueboy Magazine was a gay porn magazine.
"They say I better stop - or I'll go blind". What does that remind you of? If you said masturbation, bingo. In those times kids were told that so they would try to refrain themselves.
Soooo. Yeah. Cyndi Lauper sang a song about girls masturbating. Hehehe.
Also, to make this post complete, here's something extra. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
