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whatever happened to "if you don't like it, just change the station!"

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Dec 4 '18, 11:29

I don't know why people want to make it all rapey.

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And if enough people change the station? - Reagen Dec 4, 12:05
Nowhere in this thread did anyone mention the song title and I missed the thread on B2, but I instantly know what everyone is talking about. - Mop Dec 4, 11:42
Mostly though, I don't understand how it is a Christmas song. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 11:38 4
- it's a winter song. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:39 3
  - So is the Winter Soldier theme. I propose a 1:1 swap. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 11:40
  - yes. It's not a Christmas song -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 11:40 1
    - like Frosty the Snowman -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:43
in the context of today...it is a rapey/pressure song. Context of the time it was made it wasn't... -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 11:31 26
- The times, they are a changin'. Think of all the art that has come before, which has had its underlying meaning changed by the shifting sands of time… -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 11:33 3
  - oh yeah no question. -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 11:36
  - see, now if you wanna say that Revenge of the Nerds is rapey, I will agree 100% -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:36 1
    - Yeah, that movie is...problematic. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Dec 4, 11:41
- dude just wanted the pretty girl to stay just a little bit longer. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:32 19
  - so he puts 'something' in her drink to make her inhibitions lapse? that's ok then? -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 11:35 14
    - maybe, "hey, this drink is good, what is in it" - groiny Dec 4, 11:36 8
      - *shrug* I know a few women who've had stuff put in their drinks here in town. At the time the song came out it was innocent... - Remlik Dec 4, 11:37 7
        
        Read this. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 4, 11:39 [Backboard] 3
        
        and in the context of it's time and for years afterward it's an innocent song (it still is really). But now...today people of a different age disagree -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 11:46 2
        
        People of a different age lacking skills in critical analysis, perhaps. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Dec 4, 11:49
        
        because people are too damn touchy. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:47
        
        well, if it were drugs, she would not be singing another 20 lyrics. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:38 2
        
        Maybe they were singin' drugs, huh? huh? heheh -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 11:39 1
        
        I mean, it would hold more water if the song ended after that lyric. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:41
    - She knew damn well it was an alcoholic drink. -- nm - Ender Dec 4, 11:36 4
      - Which she was drinking already...she asking about what he put in the drink... -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 11:36 3
        
        Spoils -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Dec 4, 11:39 1
        
        nm -- nm* - Will Hunting Dec 4, 12:25
        
        it could have been a different drink - groiny Dec 4, 11:37
  - Actually the girl wanted to stay longer but was worried about what others would think or say because it was against the societal norms of the time -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 11:34 3
    - right, the context of the song is lost if you just single out one or 2 of the lyrics of it. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:35 2
      - Exactly. They hear the "no" part and think she's trying to get away from him when it's not that at all. - Krusty Dec 4, 11:40 1
        
        I agree with both of you on this - eag Dec 4, 12:03
- #THICKE -- nm - Qale Dec 4, 11:32 1
  - Hey hey hey. -- nm - Shaun Dec 4, 11:37
ever since I heard the theory about it, I can't hear it otherwise. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 11:30 2
- I read the lyrics, while I can see it, it is a stretch. -- nm - groiny Dec 4, 11:31
- Read the article linked on B2. -- nm - Shaun Dec 4, 11:31
To your IM: some people live to be outraged. -- nm - Baron Gifts Dec 4, 11:30

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