Discussion»Questions»Current Events and News» New "Baby It is Cold Outside". The old Dean Martin version has been banned on many Christmas stations due to complaints. What do you think?
If you take the whole context it is not at all a rape song. The woman is looking for a reason to stay.... "Say 'What's in this drink?'" (I cannot drive) He says "There's no cabs to be had out there."
Yes, reading much to much in to it. (Darn Bill Cosby ruining everything)
I think there's nothing wrong with the song. I also think that there are far too many people who wake up each morning and specifically ask themselves, "What can I find offensive today?" How is it they aren't creating a furor over the really, truly disgusting lyrics in some of the hip hop songs?
I find there are more and more getting on the band wagon in local government offices...give a menial power and they'll find a way to miss use it to justify there jobs....:(
Along those same lines, there's another song that from the very first time I heard the lyrics, I've considered it a child-molester song. The shame of it is that I love the artist and I love a lot of his other music, I just don't understand why no one else sees the underlying message in the lyrics. The song in question is "Get Out of my Dreams, Get Into my Car" by Billy Ocean (1988). It's not even the entire song that concerns me, it's the opening lines and the refrain, the chorus. I imagine a pedophile trolling the streets around an elementary school or high school with this song blasting through the speakers and dangling a bag of candy out the window as he looks for his next victims.
OPENING LINES: Hey you, get into my car! Who me? Yes you, get into my car Woooooooooh. Wah! Hey
REFRAIN: Get outta my dreams Get into my car Get outta my dreams (Get into the back seat, baby) Get into my car (Beep Beep, yeah) Get outta my mind Get into my life (Ooooooh) Oh I said hey (Hey) you (You) Get into my car
I never thought about it that way. I remember the video it shows him shouting to a grown woman. So never thought about it in terms of pedophilia. Could apply to any kidnapper....of kids or adults.
You're right about the reference to a grown woman, even the full lyrics have it that way, which is why I stated the underlying message is what concerns me. ~
This post was edited by Randy D at December 13, 2018 6:04 AM MST
Had no idea Dean Martin recorded that song. I associate it with Ray Charles and Betty Carter. Looking it up I see that it was a hit, long before I was born, by Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark, and Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer. Banned because of the cold temperatures in some parts of the country?
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