Or super creep, super creep, he’s super creepy now
Benny Mardones – Into the night
She’s just sixteen years old
Leave her alone, they say,
Separated by fools
Who don’t know what love is yet
Can you say statuatory rape? And why is a 16 year old dressed like that in the video? (Note: real video here, I had to take it out because it kept auto-playing even after I disabled it. Urgh)
On the other hand, Winger’s Seventeen doesn’t give me that ewww icky perv feeling. I mean, yeah it is pervy but not creepy like your consumer math teacher wrote you a love song creepy. Just standard older guy in a band who lives with 4 other guys in a digusting apartment creepy.
Wild World – Cat Stevens
Don’t be a bad girl
But if you wanna leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware
So fellas if your lady friend tries to leave, convince her she can’t take care of herself! And her clothes are probably not up to par!
Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart
Has she got control of me? – I turn to her and say:
Don’t switch the blade on the guy in shades
oh no.
Okay if you know she’s lying, why are you still talking to her? What exactly are you planning on doing? This is one of those songs that wooshed me, you can see some more of them here. I thought wearing sunglasses at night was something Corey Hart did because he was just.that.cool but no, it was because of that and because he was trying to catch his girlfriend in a lie. I wonder if they were magic lie detecting shades?
Lucille by Kenny Rogers
After he left us, I ordered more whiskey
I thought how he made him look small
From lights of the bar room to a rented hotel room
We walked without talking at all
Just one screwed up situation, full stop. Some guy in a bar is going to pick up a married woman and then her husband shows up and tells his tale of woe and so bar guy goes to the hotel room with her but then can’t do it because Lucille is a scandalous wench. I kind of would like to have heard her side of the story.
Gosh I love country music, for reals.
I’ve Never Been to Me by Charlene
Sometimes I’ve been to crying for unborn children that might have made me complete
But I took the sweet life, I never knew I’d be bitter from the sweet
I’ve spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free
Hey lady……
I’ve been to paradise, (I’ve been to paradise)
But I’ve never been to me
Wow! This song makes me really glad to be barefoot in the kitchen!
Cheesy Bonus!
No lie, while I was doing this post, my husband was listening to We Are the World and Do They Know It’s Christmas. No explanation. I find this intriguing.
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Lucille is a strange song. Speaking of Kenny Rogers it wasn’t until last year that I really listened to the lyrics of “Coward of the County”, a song I sang joyfully as a child. Poor Becky was gang-raped! I still haven’t fully recovered from that realization.
I’ve always loved “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” and not only because it features a subtitle, I love subtitles, but that is one messed up song. Nice message. Bored in your relationship? No problem, just post a random personal ad looking for some strange. Meet up with your match made in print only to discover it’s the person you were cheating on trying to cheat on you. Giggle, drink a pina colada, take a walk in the rain and all is forgiven.
I mean, Cory Hart, really? Speechless…
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@Travit – Holy cow woman, I didn’t want to believe you, but I looked up the video and you are right! I remember that song from Hee Haw!
@Matt – I decided I forgive him the unintentional creepiness because he gave me the gift of “Never Surrender”That song got me through some rough times, man.
Tracy! Darn you! You’ve ruined these songs for me. Except for Lucille which I always hated anyway. I hear the words of songs, but for the most part I don’t try to decipher what they mean. I just like them! Stop it!
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Now that I think about it I can’t believe you didn’t go after one of my favorites. Every Breath You Take. It’s a stalker song.
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@Stephen how could you hate Lucille? It’s Kenny Rogers! Who doesn’t love Kenny Rogers?
I left out a few songs so people would have things to post in comments. I am sneaky that way. ;-p
Hey, I liked Corey Hart, sunglasses at night and all!
You forgot Winger’s “She’s Only 17″ and Chuck Berry’s My Ding A Ling and nearly anything by Jim Nabors.
Oh, my gaw. It may be statutory rape-y, but I love that Benny Mardones song. And you can’t possibly think “I’ve Never Been to Me” is creepy if you’ve seen it performed by drag queens in the awesome The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert “Wild World” is the first song I ever learned how to play on my guitar! Hmmm. I was 10 and had a huge crush on my guitar teacher, so maybe there’s a creepiness factor. Corey Hart and Kenny Rogers are creepy by default.
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I remember Lucille being played during my childhood. I always liked it. The Comic Sans font on the song just sends it into the surreal, though.
it’s a wonder we all turned out “normal.” Or did we?
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@Stephen – Rat Race Trap: How true! Every Breath You Take is quite the stalker song! Should be added.
@BloggerDad I didn’t forget Winger! I mentioned them even. They just didn’t make my creepiness cut off.
@JD That’s true, I forgot about that scene. However, if you’re going to need drag queens to make your song less creepy, well I don’t think that says much for your song writing ability.
I’m going to go ahead and admit it here, I am completely besotted by drag queens.
@Blogger Dad hey that reminds me of what I’m going to make myself for my birthday: a t shirt with “my life coach thinks I’m ” in comic sans and underneath that “Awesome” in some sort of script.
@KoolAid we’re turned out more normal than our kids will! All that listening to “Who Let the Dogs Out” can’t be good for their developing brains.
@Online Colleges heh, it is very much a stalker song but no way am I going to indulge $71n9′s ego by mentioning him on my blog. Do you want him here in the comments section blathering on about his tantric sessions with 7rµÐ¥? Didn’t think so.
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Your right I don’t want him in here running his mouth! lol
You nailed these, Tracy! I was going to suggest adding “Lola” by The Kinks to the list, but that one’s blatant. Not hiding a creepy message behind rhythm and a nice catchy hook.
But, for a (straight) guy, I do find Lola a bit creepy! No disrespect to “The Family”, ok guys? Really.
Fun post. Thank you!
I actually look up various lyrics all the time, and enjoy the slightly creepy. I remember my mom not wanting me to listen to “I’ve never been to me.”
Kenny Rogers has always been a favorite – and yes, I knew what happened to Becky early on, and felt horrible for Lucille’s husband, figuring it all out in my early teens. Listen to “Ruby, Don’t take your love to town” sometime – he’s been seriously wounded in war, and his wife leave him daily to meet her lover, so he’s singing about how he wishes he could kill her, but is unable to.
Country music is ripe with these creepy songs, I have to say.
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Don’t judge me, but Into The Night was one of my most favourite songs when I was an angsty pre-teen. And I would lip sync it–with angst! Feeling! Verve! Clenched fists, closed eyes, bent knees! Emote!
I actually sing a lot of songs like that still. Usually in the car at full volume at a stoplight while idling next to one of my many nemeses.
@travit: How about Ruby, the whorey wife of a crippled war veteran who, if he could, would get his gun and put her in the ground. Oh Ruby, don’t take your love to town.
@Online Colleges see, I’m always looking out for my readers!
@Nuggets I have no idea what Lola is about. Just Cherry Cola. Please don’t tell me that’s slang for something, a no no a no no-uh.
@R C I love Kenny Rogers, too even before he came out with his delicious chicken! The man can tell a story. A hideously morbid story with no happy ending, but a damn fine story nonetheless.
@MadFab oh me too! I like doing the Star Search throw your head back and one hand up shaking move when I try to hit a high note. I think it’s glamorous!
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Ah, I see someone had already plumbed the depths of Kenny Roger’s pre-stretched-face misogyny.
I just realized, did anyone mention “Don’t stand so close to me,” by the Police?
Young school girl in love with the teacher – creepy, especially with the number of teacher/student relationship cases in the media over the last decade. Creepy – although still one of my favorite songs.
Now I need to go listen to some Police….
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Great Post I have had fun reviewing everyone’s response.
When I was in high school I was walking down the street near school. I was wearing a leather jacket even though it was about 100 out. Some other kids drove by and yelled “Never Surrender” at me. It still cracks me up and has left me with a bizarre fondness for Corey Hart.
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Has George Michaels ‘Father Figure’ made the list? That whole song is just so wrong! I never really listened to it before until last weekend. It was being blasted from the rafters in a shopping arcade in Northern Ireland. I was waiting for my husband to finish at the cash and was thinking how the hell did this song get released???
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