In my case I’ll say either Bloodhound Gang’s The Bad touch or Aqua’s Barbie Girl.
I mean… what the hell is “hanky panky”.
But for bonus points, I did also sing “take a walk on the wild side~” with no flying clue what “giving head” was supposed to be.
When I was a kid, Strokin’ by Clarence Carter was a super popular wedding song (at least where I grew up) and it had a fun line dance so we all knew every word and had no idea what it was about.
Dance Ten, Looks Three from A Chorus Line.
I’ll let you look it up. My relatives thought it was hilarious.
Clarence Carter - Strokin
My stepson was always singing I Will Survive. Mentioned that was sorta the gay anthem. He was horrified. So he started singing YMCA instead.
That punchline got me real good.
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
When I was a kid I had a few albums of french singer Renaud who was a bit of an anarchist. So naturally the first CD I got next Christmas was a live album of his, which starts with a song called “where did I put my gun”. It’s uh… Maybe his most savage ever, with gems such as :
- “navy blue makes me want to puke, I hate work, justice and army”
- “military marches screw me up, and I’ll fuck your republic”
Good times…
OPP. - Naughty By Nature
I had no idea what ‘OPP’ stood for as a kid, which is funny, because it’s right in the lyrics, but I was too young to understand what that meant. So I, too, would just belt that song out whenever it came on. Nobody stopped me, either.
Oh wow, I’m today years old when I found out what that means.
I’m pretty sure there’s never been an official definition for what it meant. I believe they claimed it stood for “other people’s problems” back in the day while other people said “other people’s pussy.”
The lyrics aren’t too ambiguous, I don’t think…
O is for Other, P is for People scratchin’ temple
The last P… well… that’s not that simple
It’s sorta like another way to call a cat a kitten
It’s five little letters that are missin’ here"
[…]
As for the ladies, OPP means something gifted
The first two letters are the same but the last is something different
It’s the longest, loveliest, lean- I call it the leanest
It’s another five letter word rhymin’ with cleanest and meanest
Yeah you know me!
Back when I took singing lessons my teacher (who mostly taught kids but I was an adult learner) shared that she often had to veto the songs kids wanted to sing. One in particular that stuck with me was a less than 10 year old who wanted to sing Lady Gaga’s Love Game. Which has the lyric “I wanna take a ride on your disco stick” among other very adult lyrics.
Those lyrics are more spoken than sung, so for music lessons, that makes sense.
Ring Around the Rosie
Independence Day by Martina McBride is about murdering an abusive husband by setting the house on fire.
For some reason I Don’t Like Mondays was popular with my parents when I was a kid and I remember singing it sometimes. Turns out it’s about an actual school shooting and not just disliking Mondays.
It did have a pretty catchy chorus.
Turns out it’s about an actual school shooting and not just disliking Mondays.
Back when a school shooting was actually something to write a song about.
Like “pump up kicks” though that’s more obvious.
Bobby Brown - Humpin Around
All the Linkin Park songs.
After he hung himself, it all makes sense.
Cum on Feel the Noize
Mezmerize was one of the first albums I ever owned around age 9. I knew almost every song by heart and would constantly sing along to them in the car. I have a vivid memory of singing this song in particular in the parking lot of the local mall when my dad finally decided to tell me what “cock” meant.
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