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

in the context of today...it is a rapey/pressure song. Context of the time it was made it wasn't... -- nm

Posted by Remlik (aka Remlik) Dec 4 '18, 11:31

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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

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