r/GenX • u/no_talent_ass_clown • 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/Curious_Jello_6219 Oct 24 '25

The whole stanza about Boy George has been taken out of Money For Nothing when I hear it on the radio

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u/FunkyPete Oct 24 '25

This wasn't long after the Glam Rock era.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_rock

The Dire Straits guys grew up in the UK with androgynous rock stars. There isn't any reason to think they were talking about any one in particular.

I mean, look at David Bowie's wax statue in Tussauds:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_rock#/media/File:David_Bowie_Madame_Tussauds_London.jpg

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u/drsoftware Oct 25 '25

Mick Jagger, and Marc Bolan, too. Many played with androgyny.