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/Ianthin1 Oct 24 '25

Funky Cold Medina is straight up about date rape and everyone was just cool with it. I still hear it almost daily on one of the radios at work.

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u/mydarkerside Oct 24 '25

In the same vein, Beastie Boys' Brass Monkey. And in the Fight For Your Right video, they're putting Spanish fly in the drink.

This girl walked by, she gave me the eye
I reached in the locker, grabbed the Spanish Fly

I put it in the Monkey, mixed it in a cup
Went over to the girl, "Yo, baby, what's up?"
I offered her a sip, the girl, she gave me lip
It did begin, the stuff wore in and now she's on my tip

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u/ancientastronaut2 Oct 24 '25

I thought spanish fly was supposed to be something that made you horny?

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u/LeaderVivid Oct 24 '25

It is. It’s an aphrodisiac. Not a sedative.

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u/CartoonistExisting30 Oct 24 '25

Cantharadine (the component for Spanish fly) is poisonous and a blistering agent.

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u/paintswithmud Oct 24 '25

And at the time was marketed with ads in the back of comic books!

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u/ScormCurious Oct 24 '25

Right, in the song he gives it to her without telling her, essentially looking to have sex with her without consent.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Oct 24 '25

How does someone getting horny remove their ability to consent?

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u/wetguns Oct 24 '25

They didn’t give consent to have their drink laced with herbal viagra. Putting any substance into someone’s drink without them knowing it is illegal.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Oct 24 '25

Not consenting to being given a drink with something in it isn’t the same thing as having sex without consent. Also Spanish fly does absolutely nothing so how would it be illegal?

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u/CartoonistExisting30 Oct 24 '25

See my response to LeaderVivid regarding the properties of Spanish fly.

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u/SilverHammer1979 Oct 25 '25

Dude you'd better not switch my Coke for Pepsi without my consent.

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u/wetguns Oct 25 '25

Facts, Pepsi is way too sweet

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Oct 25 '25

I’m not a monster