Songs that people think are about sex, but arent

[wildojinx]

What are some songs that people claim are about sex, but actually arent? Two 80s songs come to mind:

The Stroke by Billy Squier: Actually about record companies "stroking" the ego of rock musicians (which explains the "spread your ear pollution" line).
Under the Blade by Twisted Sister: Tipper Gore famously claimed this was about bondage, but its actually about throat surgery.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Turning Japanese isn't about O-faces

[Milkman Norm]

While it was originally thought to be about an all male orgy "Abraham, Martin and John" is actually about the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy, Rev.Dr.Martin Luther King Jr and Sen. Robert Kennedy.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

I thought The Stroke by Billy Squier was about Jeff Jarrett?

[Milkman Norm]

The Musical Box by Genesis is about the spirit of a young boy who is killed when his young female friend knocks his head off with a croquet mallet whose spirit is trapped in a musical box that the girl opens one day which releases the boy's spirit which then ages, attempts to molest the now teenage girl,turns into an old man spirit and then dies. It is not about sex.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Not sex and I can't say as it's true, but "Think About You" by Guns N' Roses isn't to a girl, it's to drugs.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Celine Dion's hit "Please Stick it in my Poop Chute" is not about sex

[Surfer Sandman]

Jun 20, 2015 21:22:34 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

What are some songs that people claim are about sex, but actually arent? Two 80s songs come to mind:

The Stroke by Billy Squier: Actually about record companies "stroking" the ego of rock musicians (which explains the "spread your ear pollution" line).
Under the Blade by Twisted Sister: Tipper Gore famously claimed this was about bondage, but its actually about throat surgery.

Are you sure about the first one? The video and hearing the song on the radio make me uncomfortable. 

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Jun 20, 2015 22:18:47 GMT -5 Brood Lone Wolf Funker said:

Turning Japanese isn't about O-faces

Tell that to Liz Phair, who covered it all too well.

[Jiren]

*Language*

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Jun 21, 2015 4:09:31 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Not sex and I can't say as it's true, but "Think About You" by Guns N' Roses isn't to a girl, it's to drugs.

On a similar note (although, he reveals the actual subject of the song at the very end), "I Used To Love H.E.R." by Common isn't about a girl. It's a metaphor for hip-hop and how dissatisfied he was with the direction that the genre was taking thanks to the rise of gangsta rap.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

puff the Magic Dragon

[Mozenrath]

I forget if Leonard Cohen intended Hallelujah as being about sex or not. I am pretty sure Jeff Buckley considered his interpretation about sex, but obviously there have been so many covers, it's going to be all over the place, from some having it be about relationships, sex, actual religion, etc.

[SAJ Forth]

Summer of 69 always gets accused of this.

[anticonscience]

I've read that "I Get Off" by Halestorm is about performing music live

[ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul]

Jun 21, 2015 15:27:49 GMT -5 SAJ Forth said:

Summer of 69 always gets accused of this.

Not falsely... except Bryan Addams, sued AllMusic to get any info of his stuff taken down. SO... f*** that guy.

[AFN: Judge Shred]

Jun 20, 2015 22:55:24 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

The Musical Box by Genesis is about the spirit of a young boy who is killed when his young female friend knocks his head off with a croquet mallet whose spirit is trapped in a musical box that the girl opens one day which releases the boy's spirit which then ages, attempts to molest the now teenage girl,turns into an old man spirit and then dies. It is not about sex.

Isn't molestation kinda a sex type thing? So yeah, the song is at least partially about sex. Also, every one knows croquet is the sexiest of ball and mallet activities.

[Milkman Norm]

Jun 21, 2015 17:16:49 GMT -5 AFN: Judge Shred said:

Jun 20, 2015 22:55:24 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

The Musical Box by Genesis is about the spirit of a young boy who is killed when his young female friend knocks his head off with a croquet mallet whose spirit is trapped in a musical box that the girl opens one day which releases the boy's spirit which then ages, attempts to molest the now teenage girl,turns into an old man spirit and then dies. It is not about sex.

Isn't molestation kinda a sex type thing? So yeah, the song is at least partially about sex. Also, every one knows croquet is the sexiest of ball and mallet activities.

Honestly I never thought of that. Kudos.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Jun 21, 2015 11:19:21 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

Jun 21, 2015 4:09:31 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Not sex and I can't say as it's true, but "Think About You" by Guns N' Roses isn't to a girl, it's to drugs.

On a similar note (although, he reveals the actual subject of the song at the very end), "I Used To Love H.E.R." by Common isn't about a girl. It's a metaphor for hip-hop and how dissatisfied he was with the direction that the genre was taking thanks to the rise of gangsta rap.

On a similar note, I've heard Guns N' Roses "Used to Love Her" is actually about a dog that had to be put down.

[ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul]

Jun 22, 2015 3:09:18 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Jun 21, 2015 11:19:21 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

On a similar note (although, he reveals the actual subject of the song at the very end), "I Used To Love H.E.R." by Common isn't about a girl. It's a metaphor for hip-hop and how dissatisfied he was with the direction that the genre was taking thanks to the rise of gangsta rap.

On a similar note, I've heard Guns N' Roses "Used to Love Her" is actually about a dog that had to be put down.

I am pretty sure that was that one song, "Shannon" by that high pitched bearded dude from the 70s.