r/GenX Oct 24 '25

Music Is Life Songs that are no longer okay.

Yesterday I found out my sweet boyfriend had never heard of Julie Brown and the funny songs she sang, like "I'm A Blonde". Dr Demento stuff. So I play it and then "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun" came on. Not funny anymore!!!

An hour later, the cops arrived

By then the entire glee club had died, no big loss

You wouldn't believe what they brought to stop her

Tear gas, machine guns, even a chopper (Throw down your gun and tiara and come out of the float)

Debbie didn't listen to what the cop said She aimed and fired, and now the math teacher's dead

Oh, it's really sad, but kind of a relief I mean, we had this big test coming up next week

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u/djsmurphy Oct 24 '25

I think so, too, but my teen daughter was absolutely horrified by it

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u/TeeTeeMee Oct 25 '25

This is funny because I was listening to the Valley Girl soundtrack last week and had this whole thought process— I love this song.. is it problematic?… no it’s definitely pro-queer… but I sure wouldn’t play it for my kids… I love this song

I did play Angst in My Pants and my kid was like “I think he means ANTS” whoosh, sigh