Play that funky music, white boy / Play that funky music right, yeah.Ĥ7. You've got me turning up and turning down, I'm turning in, I'm turning 'round / I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.
I don't usually say things like this to girls your age / But when I saw you coming out of the school that day / That day I knew, I knew (Christine sixteen) / I've got to have you, I've got to have you. And I've seen that you're so far from home / But it's no hanging matter / It's no capital crime. I can see that you're 15 years old / No, I don't want your I.D. I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady / You know I caught her messin' 'round with another man. Hey, Joe, I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand? / Alright. If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life / Never make a pretty woman your wife / So for my personal point of view / Get an ugly girl to marry you.īeautiful, please don't hurry / (Well maybe just half a drink more) / Put some records on while I pour / (The neighbors might think) / Baby it's bad out there / (Say what's in this drink?) Yes, he hit me / And it felt like a kiss / He hit me / And I knew I loved him. He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) (1962) They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (1966)Īnd they're coming to take me away ha-haaa / They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa / To the funny farm / Where life is beautiful all the time. The first time that I got it / I was just 10 years old / I got it from some kitty next door / I went and see the doctor and he gave me the cure / I think I got it some more.ģ7. Why are you so weird, boy? / Johnny are you queer, boy? / When I make a play / You're pushing me away / Johnny are you queer? Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind / I always get it up, for the touch of the younger kind, Young girl, get out of my mind / My love for you is way out of line / Better run, girl / You're much too young, girl / With all the charms of a woman / You've kept the secret of your youth / You led me to believe you're old enough / To give me love / And now it hurts to know the truth. That's all I wanted / But sometimes love can be mistaken / For a crime. You're pullin' me close I just say 'no' / I say I don't like it / But you know I'm a liar / 'Cause when we kiss/ Ooooh, fire. It burned like a ball of fire / When the rebel took a little child bride / To tease yeah, so go easy yeah. Smokin' in the boys room / Teacher don't you fill me up with your rules / Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school. Well I left home just a week before / And I'd never ever kissed a woman before / But Lola smiled and took me by the hand / And said, 'Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man.'
In the lyrics, the following groups are denigrated:ĭo you know of a hit song from the 1960s-90s with lyrics that we'd find politically incorrect today? Leave a suggestion in the Comments Section below. The 1988 rock song describes Axl Rose's experience getting hustled at a Greyhound bus station when he first came to Los Angeles. What was Axl Rose smoking when he wrote this? Why wouldn't he respect the opinion of his fellow bandmate, Slash (whose mother is half-black), and think twice about releasing this song? The father figured that with a name like Sue, the boy with no dad would teach himself to fight. However, upon finding his old man, he is surprised to learn that there was a reason for his "sissy" name. The only thing his deadbeat dad gave him was the effeminate-sounding name, "Sue." The child was teased mercilessly for it growing up.Īs an adult, a life-hardened Sue is determined to find his father and kill him in revenge. This classic country song is about a boy whose father left him when he was three. Today we take a harder stance against deadbeat dads, bullying, and insinuated gay shaming, but in 1969, it was a different world. Seoulful Adventures via Flickr, CC-BY-SA 2.0 12. You may not have known the lyrics then, but here they are. The song features so many taboo subjects, including forced sex with an underage slave girl, that Jagger said that he would censor himself today. One of Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, this 1971 classic rock song was at least partially inspired by an African American actress who became the mother of one of Mick Jagger's children. The pop song caused controversy when it was released in 1977, but can you imagine today? These days we stipulate under the Americans with Disability Act that individuals who are 4'10" or less can be regarded as having a disability.īut this joke of a song took a different stance, saying that people of short stature didn't deserve to live! It also poked fun at them in other awful ways: Why pick on the vertically challenged? It's just so unnecessary.