Posted on 06/17/2024 2:45:19 PM PDT by DallasBiff
The '70s were half a century ago, and that fact is especially apparent when you look back at the media of the time. Watch a movie or TV show from that decade or listen to a song, and you won't just notice outdated fashion, interiors, and slang, but you'll also come across plots, characters, and words that are offensive, especially by the standards of 2023. When it comes to music in particular, there are plenty of songs from the '70s that are offensive to listeners now.
1 "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones (1971)
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Doctor Jimmy and Mr. Jim by the WHO.
“What is it, I’ll take it, who is she, I’ll rape it, he only come comes out when I drink my gin”.
Even in the 70s I could not believe they wrote that. Glad they did great song.
Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
AC/DC Big Balls & You shook me all night long.
Man goes off to the Civil War and becomes a hero. But his would-be wife throws the letter away.
I was so naive when I first heard Brown Sugar.
Only 7?
Today’s snowflakes would be offended by any 70s song.
Well, now it’s a non-white bleached blonde telling dirty little lies.
Fat bottom girls... Queen
Or any song with “MAN” or “WOMAN.”
She's just 16 years old
Leave her alone, they say
Separated by fools
Who don't know what love is yet
But I want you to know
If I could fly
I'd pick you up
I'd take you into the night
And show you a love
Like you've never seen, ever seen
It's like having a dream
Where nobody has a heart
It's like having it all
And watching it fall apart
And I would wait 'til the end
Of time for you
And do it again, it's true
I can't measure my love
There's nothing to compare it to
But I want you to know
If I could fly
I'd pick you up
I'd take you into the night
And show you a love ...
Oh, if I could fly
I'd pick you up
I'd take you into the night
And show you a love
Like you've never seen.
No--Dodie Stevens (1960)
"Don't you know that a girl means 'yes' when she says 'no'?"
Being an American patriot, I found that to be offensive and couldn't believe that it rose to #1 in America.
Offensive to who?
I love that song.
I think they censored a song by Dire Straits money for nothing
Suwannee Shore--Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra (1927)
Stay Out of the South--The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (1928)
I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain, aka Mississippi Mud--Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys (1928)
They muted all of it on You Tube.
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