{"id":11581,"date":"2011-01-26T12:28:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T17:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=11581"},"modified":"2011-01-26T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T17:28:31","slug":"take-me-back-to-the-60s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/take-me-back-to-the-60s\/","title":{"rendered":"Take me back to the '60s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I sank into a nostalgic haze while listening to some music that appealed to me when I was growing up: \u00a0These Were Our Songs: The Early <\/a>\"Add60’s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The lyrics seem preposterously naive by today\u2019s standards, of course. For example:<\/p>\n

You come on like a dream, peaches and cream,
\nlips like strawberry wine:
\nyou’re sixteen, you’re beautiful and you’re mine.<\/p>\n

You’re all ribbons and curls, ooh what a girl,
\neyes that sparkle and shine:
\nyou’re sixteen, you’re beautiful and you’re mine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, as a callow youth, listening to this did manage to sum up what seemed at the time to be the profound attachment I felt towards my fifteen year-old girlfriend. Alas, it turned out not to be true love, so my romantic gushing was soon to be transferred to her replacement.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, for the last 20 years or so, popular music has laboured mightily to dispel the sentimentality of its progenitor: romantic pretension has been expunged by a crass unrelenting assault on the sensibilities:<\/p>\n

Your bark was loud, but your bite wasn\u2019t vicious,
\nAnd them rhymes you were kickin were quite bootylicious,
\nYou get with Doggy Dogg oh is he crazy?
\nWith ya mama and your daddy hollin\u2019 Bay-Bee,
\nSo won\u2019t they let you know,
\nThat is you fuck with dre nigga you\u2019re fuckin wit Death Row,
\nAnd I ain\u2019t even slangin them thangs,
\nI\u2019m hollin one-eight-seven with my dick in yo mouth, beotch<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which, I have on good authority, could be roughly translated into the slightly less obtuse, but no less revolting:<\/p>\n

You talk a lot but you can\u2019t back it up,
\nYou can\u2019t rap well,
\nYou must be crazy to try and mess with me,
\nI will kill you. Your mum and dad will be crying at your funeral,
\nIf you mess with Dr. Dre you are messing with every rapper on our record label.
\nI don\u2019t sell drugs, I will yell murder as you perform oral sex on me. Bitch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If that wasn\u2019t bad enough, here is Me So Horny<\/em> from 2 Live Crew:<\/p>\n

It’s\u00a0true,\u00a0you\u00a0were\u00a0a\u00a0virgin\u00a0until\u00a0you\u00a0met\u00a0me
\nI\u00a0was\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0you\u00a0hot\u00a0and\u00a0wetty\u00adwetty
\nYou\u00a0tell\u00a0your\u00a0parents\u00a0that\u00a0we’re\u00a0goin’\u00a0out
\nNever\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0movies,\u00a0just\u00a0straight\u00a0to\u00a0my\u00a0house
\nYou\u00a0said\u00a0it\u00a0yourself,\u00a0you\u00a0like\u00a0it\u00a0like\u00a0I\u00a0do
\nPut\u00a0your\u00a0lips\u00a0on\u00a0my\u00a0dick,\u00a0and\u00a0suck\u00a0my\u00a0asshole\u00a0too
\nI’m\u00a0a\u00a0freak\u00a0in\u00a0heat,\u00a0a\u00a0dog\u00a0without\u00a0warning
\nMy\u00a0appetite\u00a0is\u00a0sex,\u00a0’cause\u00a0me\u00a0so\u00a0horny.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Romantic illusions have been replaced with pornographic illusions.
\nTake me back to the ’60s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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