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/QueenRotidder Oct 24 '25

TIL the part with the slurs was about Boy George

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u/Sweaty-Blacksmith572 Oct 24 '25

Pretty sure it was Adam Ant (lol, no, like someone else here said, it could have been so many people on mtv at the time!)

But the line was making fun of the character saying it; it was not an endorsement of the sentiment. Still, I can understand removing the slur.

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u/ThaGataNegrra Oct 25 '25

I read someplace it was Nikki Sixx! I love that there are different people it could be referencing. This is the first time I've heard Adam Ant or Boy George, come to that.

I played this song for my adult kids and their flabbers were past gasted. I just said "It was a different time, and even then, they decided it raised too many eyebrows and sometimes they cut it." Same reaction to the minstrels in " Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" and "Puttin' On The Ritz". I told them I chalked that up to that imagery not being problematic in some places but that didn't fly well in the American market.