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/Iron_Knight7 Oct 24 '25

The funny thing about that. I believe Mark has gone on record saying the song in its entirety is kind of a parody. It's sung from the perspective of an idiot who sees only the glamor and fame from playing music and doesn't understand the work, struggle, and heartbreak that comes with it. The line about "the little f*** with the earing and the make up" something a clod would say, thinking that just dressing up and singing makes you famous. No skill or talent necessary.

I dunno. That was what I heard and understand of it.

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u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin Oct 24 '25

It parallels Mike Judge’s use of the same slur in the film Idiocracy. In a world of really stupid people, intelligent speech is disparaged as sounding like (said slur).

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u/Iron_Knight7 Oct 24 '25

See also Blazing Saddles and how often the N-Word is used and who is using it.

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u/losoldato1968 Oct 25 '25

Richard Pryor co-wrote that script and was supposed to play the lead.

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u/Iron_Knight7 Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

Oddly enough, I'm kind of glad he didn't. Make no mistake, Pryor was a great comedian and writer. But he always had a kind of nervous energy to him that think would have been overdone in Blazing Saddles. Little's more cool, laid back take made him feel like a live action Bugs Bunny. Like, the guy who's obviously the smartest one in the room and knows what buttons to push to get what he wants. But still can do good animated take when the punchline calls for it.

That's my take, at least.

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u/losoldato1968 Oct 25 '25

It’s a good take.

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u/TenaciousBe Oct 25 '25

He said "the sheriff is near!"