(December 2, 2018 at 7:35 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: You're right, Boru, I read the lyrics, not the article. Definitely changes my view a bit, but I still am okay with it not being played on a radio station.
Regardless of what it meant in the 30's, (and I agree it's much more innocuous now I know the meaning of "what's that in my drink?") I think the tone of the lyrics is still enough for it to be a retired song. I'm certainly not going to protest anything, but it is 2018, and I still think a song in which 98% of the context is gone from the zeitgeist and sounds like a woman repeatedly rebuffing a man can be removed from one radio station's playlist and we'll all be okay.
It’s more than just the drink. The ONLY objection the woman has to spending the night is how it will affect her reputation - what I’ve always heard is a woman actively looking for an excuse to sleep with this man.
But if we start banning music based on interpretation or based on pressure from action groups, where does it stop?
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
