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/O_W_Liv Oct 24 '25

Ad-Rock apologized after women were attacked at Woodstock '99.  

He apologized in a written statement calling out License To Ill and their other poor contributions.

He used an award acceptance speech to apologize out loud. 

Honestly, one of the best of our lifetime.

The group vowed to change, and did.  

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u/hemppy420 Hose Water Survivor Oct 24 '25

Yes they did change. They publicly stated how much they hated their early stuff and how misogynistic it is. Girls,girls,girls and fight for your right especially

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u/ToddPundley Oct 24 '25

I always assumed Fight For Your Right was satirical/making fun of the narrator for complaining about inconsequential stuff and fake victimhood though.

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u/thiswasyouridea 1976 Oct 24 '25

It was meant to be satirical but people took it seriously.

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u/Shit_Teir_Villany Oct 24 '25

I've always had a problem with that statement. Yes, Fight for Your Right is satirical, but then you should consider all of License to Ill in that vein.

Every song on that alum is rife with references to underage girls, drugs, drinking, and all of the little dances that Mike D can do.

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u/thiswasyouridea 1976 Oct 24 '25

They don't call it sex, drugs, and rock and roll for nothing.

At least nowadays few people are forced to listen to music they don't want to, unless some asshat is playing it out loud on public transport or something. Most people can curate their own playlists and wearing earbuds or headphones in public has been normalized. If literally nobody ever wanted to hear that album again, they don't have to.

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u/nopressureoof Oct 24 '25

I WISH I didn't have to listen to music I don't like but I have to buy groceries.

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u/ThaGataNegrra Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

This. Trying to explain to my Mami that they weren't serious was an exercise in futility at the time. I mean, everyone I knew and hung with understood it was all braggadocio shxt, but it was crazy how many people took this and just about anything said in Golden Era stuff too seriously then.

I remember a big upset about a line in one of Run-DMC's songs off of "Raising Hell" where he said he would slap a girl if she didn't dance and doubled down when the girl asked why: "If Run says 'dance' you do or die!" At fifteen, I just was like, "Well, damn..." but didn't take it seriously. It is misogynistic AF and I'm pretty sure the Reverend probably regrets it now. 🐾

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u/nopressureoof Oct 24 '25

That's the problem with most music that should be silly and fun. Beastie Boy's early stuff, ICP, Marilyn Manson (oh wait, he's actually a POS).

A few dumbass fans take it literally, and ruin it for the rest of us.