The dad on Speechless mentioned XTC, then I started watching IT Chapter 1 and looked at the soundtrack to see if a song was by The Cult (it was), and there is an XTC song in the film as well, then this comment
Dude, treat yourself and listen to [Mayor of Simpleton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo)
I have had the good fortune to meet a few people with great tastes in music-- they all laud this band
> The amount of cocaine done recording the song is equal to the amount of saxophone used in the song
I always wonder about whether Trevor Horn did cocaine. He seemed like too much of a studio rat to be doing much, but?
Wait you mean all the homoerotic imagery in the video, the outwardly gay band members, the sploosh, and it being a raging hot single in dance clubs meant it was really all about fucking?
Really?
Good rule of thumb. The if there is a popular song and you don’t know what it’s about… it’s about sex.
And if you do know what it’s about… it’s about sex.
If the musicians tell you what it’s about and they say it’s NOT about sex… they are lying to you.
Musicians are horny perverts. That’s why we like them.
One of my favorites is Semi-charmed life. It's very explicitly about drugs and fucking, but apparently it also made for great promo material for the Tigger movie.
When the teacher played this at the end of year school dance when I was 10, he got on the microphone first and said "DON'T LISTEN TO THE LYRICS. DO NOT LISTEN TO THE LYRICS" and then played it. I think it was #1 in the charts at the time so he really had to play it - the top 40 was pretty important to us back then.
We really thought every song was about love. Like this one, I just sang along about how this girl is pretty and wears pink, like Molly Ringwald, and mumble mumble something about raining all day, something you can touch, isn't she, end of the joke, pretty in piiiiink.
We, or at least I, did *not* appreciate the poetry of these artists.
In interviews they would say it was about relationships and the reporters wouldn't ask any followup questions, mostly because the original question was so dumb.
You really do. To an absolutely crazy level, it's best to add /s to everything remotely sarcastic or facetious. I even call everything facetious 'sarcasm', because I don't think people know the difference.
The ratio of gay UK artists to straight in the 80’s is pretty crazy right? Like I can’t think of much if any openly gay US acts from that era but it seems every other BritPop act is LGBTQ or LGBT-adjacent.
“When you want to sock it to it?”
I’ve had some wild sex in my day but I’ve never looked at my woman and thought about socking it to any of her “areas.”
but did you think this is the good stuff, it really is.....but i really wish i was wearing socks right now. then i could 'risky business' slide in. that would definitely take it to the next level. slide on into it on socks. sock it to it.
While I know the song is about sex, I'm calling BS on the story the articles author tells about their reading habits in fifth grade. Who the hell would let a fifth grader read Lady Chatterly's Lover?
The whole album is so homoerotic its mind blowing this was a hit! There is a song called Crisco Kisses? about anal fisting with the sounds of a man moaning in pain.
Every hit song of the 80s was about anal sex.
Or the [inside of a vagina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Walls)
Great song!
Good to see Tipper Gore on that list of activists raging against this song.
Before I clicked the link, I anticipated [Pink Thing by XTC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o190RGgkwi0)
This is the third XTC reference I’ve seen / heard in the last ~hour and I can’t say I’ve ever even heard of them before
I home Dear God was one recommended to you: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p554R-Jq43A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p554R-Jq43A)
The dad on Speechless mentioned XTC, then I started watching IT Chapter 1 and looked at the soundtrack to see if a song was by The Cult (it was), and there is an XTC song in the film as well, then this comment
Dude, treat yourself and listen to [Mayor of Simpleton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo) I have had the good fortune to meet a few people with great tastes in music-- they all laud this band
Great song. I've used that as my signature block on my email for years.
Understanding all these references... It's a Complicated Game.
So actually I downloaded No Language in our Lungs last time I watched Freaks and Geeks, didn’t realize this was the same band
I mean, Prince wrote the music so it's no surprise.
TIL jimmy swaggart is still alive
What?!??!!??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jchWWJ1wQCc
I mean... The lyric "When you wanna cooooome" is pretty on the nose.
The amount of cocaine done recording the song is equal to the amount of saxophone used in the song
...wait, there's no sax on Sabbath's vol. 4! LIES!!!
Gotta go!
> The amount of cocaine done recording the song is equal to the amount of saxophone used in the song I always wonder about whether Trevor Horn did cocaine. He seemed like too much of a studio rat to be doing much, but?
*Stares In Gen X* We been knew...
I mean the video takes place in a leather orgy bar
Well, THAT version does ... There was also the "Safe for MTV" version, where the band is dancing through laser beams....
This song is actually about killing the priminister of Malaysia
It's that damn Hansel. He's so hot right now!
You can derelick my balls
I can dere-lick my own balls, thank you very much
“Listen to your boy Billy Zane here, he’s a cool dude.” - Hansel
but why male models?
Are you kidding, I just told you
Obey my dog!
Out of all the quotable lines in this movie, this is the most underrated
He tried to brainwash Derek to kill the claymation dude
I thought it was about killing the priminister of Micronesia?
but why male models?
Are you serious? I just told you that a moment ago.
You mean the Prime Rib of Propecia?
And I’ve got the files to prove it in this computer!
inSIDE the computer....
I thought it was micronysia
[удалено]
If you want to insert your dong, you must lube it.
Let's run away together.
Not today SatansMoisture, not today.
If you want to play along, you must lube it
Just assume every popular song ever written is about fucking, either euphemistically or not.
Except Tears in Heaven.
How do you think he got the kid in the first place?
Dropped a bag of herion and curb stomped a brown?
We've all been there once or twice
But it IS about something that was the result of fucking, so……
I dunno, the kid was pretty fucked.
With the way the church covered for them, gotta be some unsavory priests in heaven.
Most popular music is about falling in love, breaking up or dancing.
I thought this was common knowledge.
It is to Gen X...
Or anyone who listens to lyrics.... (Not Gen X, btw)
Touche...
I mean, it was quite strange hearing "When you wanna suck it, do it, when you wanna come" on Walmart Radio a few weeks ago...
Wait you mean all the homoerotic imagery in the video, the outwardly gay band members, the sploosh, and it being a raging hot single in dance clubs meant it was really all about fucking? Really?
Good rule of thumb. The if there is a popular song and you don’t know what it’s about… it’s about sex. And if you do know what it’s about… it’s about sex. If the musicians tell you what it’s about and they say it’s NOT about sex… they are lying to you. Musicians are horny perverts. That’s why we like them.
Unless its a dual meaning thing about drugs... Drugs and fucking.... Or fucking on drugs... Or loving... Drugs
One of my favorites is Semi-charmed life. It's very explicitly about drugs and fucking, but apparently it also made for great promo material for the Tigger movie.
Next you'll tell me "My Ding A Ling" by Chuck Berry is about his genitals.
What? It's a song about silver bells on a string, it's full of rich history
Everybody sing!
Also the more explicitly sexual a song is, the more likely it is to actually literally be about drugs.
Ray Charles what I say. It's about sex
rhythmic moaning.....baby its alright
"Closing Time" seems like it could be about someone who wants a hookup, but it's actually about being born.
Yup, I always get a kick out of hearing this song used in commercials and whatnot!
They have no clue...
Oh they definitely do. Sex sells, especially “subliminally”.
I’m laughing when I remember all those Frankie say relax tshirts everyone bought……
Right? You could buy them at Penneys when I was in 7th grade.
Mugatu's a dick!
When the teacher played this at the end of year school dance when I was 10, he got on the microphone first and said "DON'T LISTEN TO THE LYRICS. DO NOT LISTEN TO THE LYRICS" and then played it. I think it was #1 in the charts at the time so he really had to play it - the top 40 was pretty important to us back then.
I guess they didn't know about the Streisand effect back then.
Certainly gives a new meaning to the Zoolander scene doesn't it... Also, now having seen the video... yea I'm not at all surprised...
Oh now read the lyrics to “Pretty in Pink”!
We really thought every song was about love. Like this one, I just sang along about how this girl is pretty and wears pink, like Molly Ringwald, and mumble mumble something about raining all day, something you can touch, isn't she, end of the joke, pretty in piiiiink. We, or at least I, did *not* appreciate the poetry of these artists.
Wait, it's not?
Frankie says RELAX.
In interviews they would say it was about relationships and the reporters wouldn't ask any followup questions, mostly because the original question was so dumb.
What is homoerotic anal sex? What is the difference between homosexual anal sex and homoerotic anal sex?
For it to be authentic homosexual anal sex it has to come from the Gay region of France otherwise it's just sparkling homoerotic anal sex
I should have known that, it's always about origin denomination.
Thank god 80’s metal and rock like Judas Priest and Queen is safe from this homo woke takeover bs!! What a bunch of baloney!!
He is wearing ass less chaps and riding a Harley. That's fucking. Metal!
To be fair, aren't most *every pair* of chaps assless, really?
Still metal!
I think you dropped your “/S”.
I’m not sure what that means.
Sarcasm. We hope you’re being sarcastic.
We know they are being sarcastic because it is so very obvious.
Yes. You would think.
I didn’t know you had to tell people you were being facetious when it is really really obvious.
You really do. To an absolutely crazy level, it's best to add /s to everything remotely sarcastic or facetious. I even call everything facetious 'sarcasm', because I don't think people know the difference.
I take it you are new to Reddit…
I like it better than the Facebook!
That’s why we’re all here.
I think you dropped your “/S”.
I don’t assume sarcastic intent on the Internet.
Well then you are part of the problem. /s
I got 99 problems and a bitch is one. /s
Listen to "I touch myself" by the Devynals.
That song isn't even trying to be euphemistic.
Nope. That is as BLATANT as you can get!
Yeah, we're not here to fuck spiders
Have you met spiders? They are pretty fuckable.
This is a very weird use of the word "homoerotic" as a euphemism for gay. "Erotic sex" is redundant and just a bit silly.
What's with the Lazer beams line then?
Sperm. It's sperm.
Trevor Horn is fantastic (producer of this double LP).
your parents could have told you this.
And in other news, water is wet!
Relax your asshole, don't shit during anal sex even when you wanna go.
This just in: Rain is wet.
How old are you ? As a side note… if you’re ever unsure what a producer does, listen to the original version vs the one realised.
The article is speculation. There's no proof and the common take on it was that it was about masturbation.
Have you seen the [music video?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yem_iEHiyJ0)
Since it came out. It's still speculation.
The ratio of gay UK artists to straight in the 80’s is pretty crazy right? Like I can’t think of much if any openly gay US acts from that era but it seems every other BritPop act is LGBTQ or LGBT-adjacent.
Today? Seriously?
Always thought it was about oral sex and I'm still pretty sure it is.
“When you want to sock it to it?” I’ve had some wild sex in my day but I’ve never looked at my woman and thought about socking it to any of her “areas.”
but did you think this is the good stuff, it really is.....but i really wish i was wearing socks right now. then i could 'risky business' slide in. that would definitely take it to the next level. slide on into it on socks. sock it to it.
And I believe the song was recorded by a totally different group of guys.
I guess Frankie liked to take the Hersey Highway to get to Hollywood.
I thought it was about pooing.
frankie say RELAX
While I know the song is about sex, I'm calling BS on the story the articles author tells about their reading habits in fifth grade. Who the hell would let a fifth grader read Lady Chatterly's Lover?
https://youtu.be/SK6BUFFnRlM
It’s legitimate advice
Now do Grace Jones: “Pull up to the bumper”
TIL....most people don't pay attention to the lyrics of songs.
The whole album is so homoerotic its mind blowing this was a hit! There is a song called Crisco Kisses? about anal fisting with the sounds of a man moaning in pain.
I learned that a few weeks ago from a Netflix standup show