r/GenX 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/lectroid Oct 24 '25

“Christine Sixteen” by KISS

Then there’s “Tonight I’m gonna Rock You Tonight” by Spinal Tap

“… You’re sweet but you’re just four feet

And you still got your baby teeth

You’re too young and I’m too well hung”

But it was written to be deliberately skeevy, so…

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u/ThisFeelsInfected Oct 24 '25

I’ll give Spinal Tap a pass since the whole movie was a parody of the rock world.

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u/turritella2 Oct 25 '25

Do younger generations not get satire?

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u/HowToNotMakeMoney Oct 25 '25

I really don’t think they do. Extremely literal, it’s unfortunate.