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Day 19: A song from the 70s

Frank had a lot of very explicit songs. This is one of them.

"Dinah-Moe Humm," Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention (1973)

+1 sexy
+1 kinky ("So I pulled on her hair/Got her legs up in the air")
+1 kiss
+1 use of the word sex or a euphemism for it.( "She was buns-up kneelin'/I was wheelin' an dealin'")


(4+4=8)
 
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A song from the 70s


Many bonus points, a song about and reeking of sex.
Kate Bush - Feel It

Kate had a strange image in the UK, she was weird, as a teenage boy, I fancied her, hell, still do, but it was different from Debbie Harry, et all... Kate was out there! She was scary, you knew she was wild, the image portrayed of the silly little girl (most of the early songs were written as she teetered on the edge of adulthood and were full of sexual yearning) and was treated as such in many TV interviews - which she went through with gritted teeth. Tracks like this one were ignored by many, too explicit.
The thing is, this shows the real Kate Bush, she is in control. She may have gone back to his place in the song, but she is in control, she knows "it could be just lust" but "it will be wonderful" she is having sex for sex' sake. Any notion she was just another female singer should be ignored, she did it her way, as she shows in this song. She wants it as much as he does. She is in total control.
 
Day 19: A song from the 70s

Take Me I'm Yours - Jobriath 1973


I'd do anything for you or to you
I'm a fool for you dear fantasy
I would love you to use me, amuse me
I'm chained to your insanity
Any day you could buy me or tie me up
A slave to your perversity


+1 sexy song
+1 mention of something kinky
+1 use of the word sex or a euphemism for it.

Total so far: 6
 
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Day 19: A song from the 70s
While the Stones could be deep, and wonderful, they could also be crass, and hilarious.

Well, i asked a young policeman
if he'd only lock me up for the night.
Well, i've had pigs in the farmyard,
some of them, some of them, they're alright.
Well, he fucked me with his truncheon,
and his helmet was way too tight.


Rolling Stones - Schoolboy Blues (also known as Cocksucker Blues)

+1 sexy song, +1 kinky song, +1 for "sex" = 5 total
 
Day 18: Song from the 60s

Full orchestra version. Love this song.

"Masochism Tango (with orchestra ,recorded 1960)," Tom Lehrer

+ 1 for sexy (tango!)
+ 1 for kiss
+ 1 for kinky
+1 for sex


(+4)
Wasn’t this song written and originally released in the 50’s?
 
Day 18: Song from the 60s

+1 sexy for rhythm, length, commentary (and softest hair red like mink’s, which I don’t think referred to her locks)
+1 kink for a girl who wants to be his devil’s child
+1 for multiple euphemisms for sex, my favorite being Camel Ride 🐪

No points for a kiss, though at 14+ minutes in her room, you’d hope he’d get a kiss before the camel ride.

 
Wasn’t this song written and originally released in the 50’s?
The original version was released in 1959, but there were several different versions recorded over the years. This version, with the full backing orchestra, was released in 1960.
 
The original version was released in 1959, but there were several different versions recorded over the years. This version, with the full backing orchestra, was released in 1960.
So by that explanation, is every Grateful Dead song from the 1990s?
 
So by that explanation, is every Grateful Dead song from the 1990s?
You picked a really bad example if you are trying to create precedent, heh. Talk to some Grateful Dead fans, and they can explain to you, in detail, why a bootleg recording of "China Cat Sunflower" made on June 21st is vastly different from the bootleg of "China Cat Sunflower" recorded on June 23rd. But to your question, absolutely "yes." A song recorded in the 1990s is different from one recorded in 1969, even when it is the same band. It isn't a reissue of the same recording of the same song, it is a different piece of music. That is my opinion as both a music lover and a musician, seeing it from both sides of the microphone.
 
Talk to some Grateful Dead fans, and they can explain to you, in detail, why a bootleg recording of "China Cat Sunflower" made on June 21st is vastly different from the bootleg of "China Cat Sunflower" recorded on June 23rd.
Same thing with Bob Dylan. I have this theory that he doesn't write songs, he experiences ideas. Then every time he expresses those ideas, they come out differently. I don't think he's performed one song in the same way twice, ever.
 
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