![]() ![]() This ‘60s hit endures as an oldies classic, despite the fact that it’s about an adult man who finds out his paramour is underage, with the chorus, “Better run girl / You’re much too young girl. This one-hit wonder is mostly a swingy summer favorite, save for the unabashedly problematic line “If her daddy's rich take her out for a meal / If her daddy's poor just do what you feel.” "Young Girl," Gary Puckett & the Union Gap (1968) Released three years after “Goin’ Blind,” “Christine Sixteen” takes the band’s depravity a step further, about a sixteen-year-old who’s “young and clean,” featuring a groaner of a spoken-word interlude: “I don't usually say things like this to girls your age, but when I saw you coming out of school that day, that day I knew I've got to have you.” "Goin’ Blind," Kiss (1974)Īnother rock song dedicated to a sixteen-year-old, “Goin’ Blind” has a particularly creepy backstory, its lyrics co-written by former Kiss member Stephen Coronel, who was convicted in 2014 of possession of child pornography and is currently serving a six-year prison term. The borderline fetish-ization in John’s chart-topping ode to a New York City prostitute who’s “black as coal but she burn like a fire” is cringe-worthy. Jimmy Soul’s biggest hit is almost hilarious in its bad taste, with its indelible chorus, “If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life / Never make a pretty woman your wife / So from my personal point of view / Get an ugly girl to marry you.” "Island Girl," Elton John (1975) “If You Wanna Be Happy," Jimmy Soul (1963) “Hey Joe” is simultaneously one of Hendrix’ iconic tracks that nevertheless sees him threatening violence and death against an allegedly-cheating woman, with the lyrics, “I'm going down to shoot my old lady / You know, I caught her messing around with another man.” "Hey Joe", The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1966) ![]() (“They talk so many (expletive) ways / it’s all Greek to me.”) But using derogatory language for gay and black men certainly doesn’t help his case, nor do his wildly xenophobic lyrics about immigrants. "One in a Million,” Guns 'N Roses (1988)Īxl Rose attempts to win our sympathy with his story of a “small-town white boy” feeling lost when he moves to Los Angeles. Even with all that reverb, theres still enough bigness to the sound to do some major crowd control. But the racist video puts the song in a whole different light, with stereotypical imagery of mariachi horns, ponchos, sombreros and oversize mustaches. ![]() Its message and story are seemingly well-intentioned, detailing a Mexican immigrant's struggle to cross the border in search of a better life. ![]()
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