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The #MeToo movement has claimed their first scalp in the music business with allegations that indie rocker/alt country darling Ryan (not Bryan) Adams has been abusive towards females.

But is Adams' behavior any different from those of rock stars from the 60s, 70s, and 80s that many music fans continue to idolize? And if not, how far do music fans need to go in purging their music collections?

Or do we give a pass to the rock stars of yesteryear?

1 posted on 02/15/2019 5:35:38 PM PST by Drew68
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Somehow I screwed up the link:

How Ryan Adams is making me rethink my rock collection

2 posted on 02/15/2019 5:37:19 PM PST by Drew68
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John Lennon crooning about wife-beating on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,"

Can someone explain this to me? I plead ignorance.

3 posted on 02/15/2019 5:38:38 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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It’s only Rock and Roll.


4 posted on 02/15/2019 5:40:17 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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What’s this about John Lennon crooning about wife abuse on
Srgt. Pepper? What song or songs did you see that in?

Most the lyrics on that album were so abstract and purposely vague, they could be referring to many subjects.
Even Day In The Life was obviously a collection of metaphors.
Pauls lyrics were, as usual for him, more cartoony and light;
Lovely Rita, for instance.


5 posted on 02/15/2019 5:41:23 PM PST by lee martell
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6 posted on 02/15/2019 5:42:17 PM PST by Repeal The 17th
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All good reasons to keep these in your music collection.

If feminists hate em, cant be all bad.


8 posted on 02/15/2019 5:43:19 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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They always let Carol King slide for her lyrical faux pas -

He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me but it didn't hurt me
He couldn't stand to hear me say
That I had been with someone new
And when I told him I had been untrue
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew he loved me
'Cause if he didn't care for me
I could have never made him mad
And he hit me and I was glad
Baby, won't you stay
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew I loved him
'Cause when he took me in his arms
With all the tenderness there is
He hit me and he made me feel
Baby, won't you stay

9 posted on 02/15/2019 5:44:19 PM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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Pat Benatar:
“Hit Me With Your Best Shot!!”
Fire away!


18 posted on 02/15/2019 5:50:46 PM PST by lee martell
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She would have a heart attack if she heard Ted Nugent singing Wang Dang Sweet Poontang.


19 posted on 02/15/2019 5:52:12 PM PST by aomagrat (Brains have been washed. Wheels have been greased. Fear has been mongered.)
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What? No Rolling Stones???


22 posted on 02/15/2019 5:54:48 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Yeah, best go back to that street rap.


24 posted on 02/15/2019 5:56:14 PM PST by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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She left out maybe the most rock & roll of all rock & roll songs - Stay with Me - Faces

In the morning
Don't say you love me
'Cause I'll only kick you out of the door
I know your name is Rita
'Cause your perfume smelling sweeter
Since when I saw you down on the floor, guitar

You won't need to much persuading
I don't mean to sound degrading
But with a face like that
You got nothing to laugh about
Red lips hair and fingernails
I hear your a mean old Jezebel
Let's go up stairs and read my tarot cards, c'mon

Yea I'll pay your cab fare home
You can even use my best cologne
Just don't be here in the morning when I wake up, c'mon honey

Sit down, get up, get down

32 posted on 02/15/2019 6:07:05 PM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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puleeze spare me.... female rockers like Janis Joplin or even the the Go-Gos would do things with the “guys” just to ‘have fun’. It’s sex, drugs and rock and roll.....

I love the pearl clutching by the liberals eating their own.


34 posted on 02/15/2019 6:11:10 PM PST by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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Stupid Girl
38 posted on 02/15/2019 7:08:19 PM PST by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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She could always start listening to rap "music".
39 posted on 02/15/2019 7:17:48 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Q = Quidam)
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Pretty soon, the only thing we'll be "allowed" to listen to is hyper-sensitive folk songs...


42 posted on 02/15/2019 7:40:10 PM PST by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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Rape, murder!
It’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away


43 posted on 02/15/2019 8:11:23 PM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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This lesbian needs a life. She gets so many things wrong. And, they are just songs idiot.


47 posted on 02/15/2019 9:47:31 PM PST by Fledermaus (Republicans - As Usless As Democrats)
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And yet all of those look tame compared to much of todays music. Where is the metoo movement on rap lyrics? Must be a cultural thing.


50 posted on 02/15/2019 10:25:56 PM PST by robel
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She can always take a walk “down by the river”, maybe say “Hey” to Joe.


54 posted on 02/15/2019 11:38:52 PM PST by printhead (I need a new tagline. Happy days are here again.)
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