Posted on 11/30/2018 11:10:33 AM PST by Red Badger
A radio station in Cleveland, Ohio, stopped playing “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” a song from the 1940s, amid the “Me Too” movement.
WDOK Christmas 102.1 said it pulled the song from its around-the-clock rotation of Christmas music this week after a listener complained, Fox8 reported.
The song includes a woman singing about leaving a man’s house as he implores her to stay.
The woman sings, “I really can’t stay” and he responds with “but baby, it’s cold outside.”
“Say, what’s in this drink?” she sings and “I simply must go… the answer is no.”
WDOK midday host Desiray told WJW: “It wasn’t really our decision. It’s the decision of our listeners.” He said the station’s lineup of music is decided by the listeners.
The station posted a poll about the song on its website, and a majority of people said it should be pulled from the station’s rotation.
“People might say, ‘Oh, enough with that #MeToo,’ but if you really put that aside and listen to the lyrics, it’s not something I would want my daughter to be in that kind of a situation,” Desiray explained. “The tune might be catchy, but let’s maybe not promote that sort of an idea.”
On the station’s website, however, the results of the poll aren’t available. It can be accessed here. PC Gone Amok?
The move drew backlash online from commenters around the United States and in Cleveland, accusing the station of giving into rampant political correctness.
“THIS IS NUTS! If we start ignoring or banning anything that is currently politically misaligned we will be doing our history a huge injustice. This is GOING TOO FAR!! Not only that but this is my FAVORITE Xmas song … and yes, I AM A WOMAN!!” wrote one woman in the USA Today comments section.
Said another, “These PC nuts have had their way for too long.”
Added another woman, “It’s a stupid song that was written 75 years ago when men were gentlemen.”
A woman in the comments section for WDOK 102 Cleveland also wrote: “If you guys start giving into this BS, I’m done. Tired of a bunch of snowflakes that get offended about EVERYTHING ruining EVERYTHING for everyone else. If you don’t like it … Turn. The. Channel. Obviously, these sensitive people keep on listening to pick the playlist apart.”
Said another: “Do we really have to make ourselves a victim at every turn? People need to stop teaching our future generations that every little thing is bullying or politically incorrect and that they are always a victim in some way. this is an innocent song about a gentleman that wants to snuggle his ladyfriend. NO ONE THAT LISTENS TO THIS IS A VICTIM. Come on 102… Can’t anything be taken for what it really is anymore?”
Here are the full lyrics to the song:
I really can’t stay (but baby, it’s cold outside) I’ve got to go away (but baby, it’s cold outside) This evening has been (been hoping that you’d drop in) So very nice (I’ll hold your hands, they’re just like ice) My mother will start to worry (beautiful what’s your hurry?) My father will be pacing the floor (listen to the fireplace roar) So really I’d better scurry (beautiful please don’t hurry) But maybe just a 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? (no cabs to be had out there) I wish I knew how (your eyes are like starlight now) To break this spell (I’ll take your hat, your hair looks swell) I ought to say, no, no, no sir (mind if I move in closer?) At least I’m gonna say that I tried (what’s the sense in hurtin’ my pride?) I really can’t stay (oh baby don’t hold out) But baby, it’s cold outside I simply must go (but baby, it’s cold outside) The answer is no (but baby, it’s cold outside) Your welcome has been(how lucky that you dropped in) So nice and warm (look out the window at this dawn) My sister will be suspicious (gosh your lips look delicious) My brother will be there at the door (waves upon the tropical shore) My maiden aunt’s mind is vicious (gosh your lips are delicious) But maybe just a cigarette more (never such a blizzard before) I’ve gotta get home(but baby, you’d freeze out there) Say lend me a coat(it’s up to your knees out there) You’ve really been grand (i thrill when you touch my hand) But don’t you see? (how can you do this thing to me?) There’s bound to be talk tomorrow (think of my lifelong sorrow) At least there will be plenty implied (if you got pneumonia and died) I really can’t stay (get over that old out) Baby, it’s cold Baby, it’s cold outside
Well, it’s creepy to me, and not in the spirit of Christmas. OTOH, it doesn’t call the woman a b$tch or a ho, or advocating shooting a cop...
People seem to assume it’s a man trying to keep a woman from leaving, but it’s also done with a woman trying to keep a man from leaving, depending on the scene you pick.
The most insipid line ever...
“War is over if you want it.”
Well, what if your enemy doesn’t want it?
It's infuriating. If I hear that Mariah Carey song again, I'll drive off the road.
Like you, I'm an avid collector of Christmas music - there is so much good stuff out there that NEVER gets played. The Loreena McKennitt album is great and I'm thinking you meant Mannheim Steamroller - not Manhattan Transfer!
I have "A Spaceman Came Travelling" by Chris Deburgh queued up to play next in my Christmas playlist. Celtic Women also cover it. There are hundreds of other tracks just as good in my collection.
“Well, it’s creepy to me, and not in the spirit of Christmas. OTOH, it doesn’t call the woman a b$tch or a ho, or advocating shooting a cop...”
People seem to assume it’s a man trying to keep a woman from leaving, but it’s also done with a woman trying to keep a man from leaving, depending on the scene you pick.
Not only that, it was written by a man for his wife so they could sing it at parties.
Wiki:
In 1944, Frank Loesser wrote “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” for his wife, Lynn Garland, and himself to sing at a housewarming party in New York City at the Navarro Hotel. They sang the song to indicate to guests that it was time to leave.
“Hah....beginnin rainen, we cannot looken for der sheepen in the rainen...”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnkPhK7tmhw
(Any wonder why you can’t find Benny Hill on TV, anymore)
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I'm not fond of that one, either; but the real turd (IMHO) is "Jingle Bell Rock".
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Karaite is not Judaism!
Karaites hold to the Tanakh, while judaism holds to the comic book called Talmud.
LOL! I meant to add Mannheim but forgot........
Manhattan Transfer: "An Acapella Christmas"
Manhattan Transfer – An Acapella Christmas
And here's another one by Roger Whittaker:
Roger Whittaker Christmas Album
There's so much wonderful Christmas holiday music out there that nobody has ever heard about.........Enjoy!
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Whose “New Testament” do you refer to?
Rabbi only means “Great man.”
Yeshua told his sheep NOT to be called Rabbi or Father.
He was the only man ever born that really was a Great Man. A sinless man.
Judaism is obviously a fraternity that has rules and traditions, and the chief tradition is to call those schooled in their own writings “Rabbi.”
Anyone raised in such traditions will obviously be inclined to call their teacher Rabbi.
To know what Yeshua and his sheep did and said to great certainty, one would be wise to obtain the original Hebrew NT writings. They are rare but they mostly are there to be found by those willing to search.
The Greek and English translations have much error and bias.
(Jeremiah spoke of this to great length “our Fathers have inherited lies wherein there is no profit”)
I tried to write a Christmas song once. The only lyrics I recall was a verse,
‘Well the kids next door their toys are broken
And Betty’s just found out her kids are smoking’
‘it’s a lonely, lonely Christmas
Since your love has gone away...’
Open strumming of an Asus chord, I liked the sound.
Somewhere in the attic I have an old LP copy of
The Slim Whitman Christmas Album.
You had better be sure that Grandma’s good crystal
is put away safely before Slim hits those high notes
on O Holy Night.
Just 3 years ago, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett did a duet in a television commercial for something (can’t recall what) with this song. It was cute and harmless.
Now it’s offensive rape culture and must be banned?
The stupidity of the left is racing too far too fast to keep up with what I’ve been banned from thinking, saying or listening to.
Guess I’ll just say and do what I want.
Don’t forget “White Christmas”...gotta go
There’s lots of “Christmas” songs that don’t mention Christmas at all, just cold weather or snow.
#BanEverything
The absolute WORST of all the Christmas songs out there is: “I Want a Hippopotamus...”
Drives me to distraction!
I have it by Dean Martin...part of a fairly extensive music collection.
Ah, yes, then let the Nazis or whatever overtake us... and to think his original middle name was Winston.
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