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Should this song be banned?

  • 18-06-2006 08:48PM
    #1
    homah_7ft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭


    It's just been pointed out to me what the lyrics of, I'm on fire by Bruce Springsteen are.

    "Hey little girl is your daddy home did he go away and leave you all alone.. Tell me now baby is he good to you? Can he do to you the things that I do? ".

    This is rather disturbing stuff yet I seem to hear it on the radio all the time. Any thoughts on this?


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  • #2
    grimloch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭grimloch


    Maybe it isn't a father. Maybe its the other sort.

    /Wink wink.


  • #3
    ChityWest
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭ChityWest


    I think its supposed to be sang by a 17 year old to his similair-aged girlfriend ? could be wrong tho.

    If he does a duet with gary glitter or michael jackson we will know for sure.


  • #4
    Matthewthebig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭Matthewthebig


    Wow what a sad uptight little man...

    Anyway Guana Batz cover is better

    Psycholbilly ftw


  • #5
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Yes, all shít songs should be banned.

    Regarding the "little girl" (etc)... I think they were written in more innocent times and you just need to chill out.


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    No, but "Baby Hit Me One More Time", about teenage spouse abuse, should def be banned.


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  • #7
    matu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭matu


    I think the meaning is just taken up wrong, I can see you could read into it his way tho. HMmmmmmmm
    nope I dont think it should be banned as Nirvana had a hit with "Polly" which is all about rape if I remember correctly but just because they didnt clearly say it in the song they got away with it.


  • #8
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:
    Yes, all shít songs should be banned.

    Regarding the "little girl" (etc)... I think they were written in more innocent times and you just need to chill out.
    lol, agreed


  • #9
    takola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭takola


    I find it hilarious how something like thats get explained away yet the likes of the "barbie girl" song created war!!! I remember the auld biddie's around my area going on about it for months!

    Yes it makes my skin crawl. Surely he realised what he was writing for god's sake!!!!! :(


  • #10
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,554 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    wow

    I think I have completely lost the ability to tell when people are trolling.


  • #11
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:
    Yes, all shít songs should be banned.

    Regarding the "little girl" (etc)... I think they were written in more innocent times and you just need to chill out.

    Agreed :)


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  • #12
    iFight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭iFight


    Sounds a little weird there alright but as said, was written in more innocent times


  • #13
    Huggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,408 ✭✭✭Huggles


    I always thought he meant the word daddy as the father of the girls child.


  • #14
    Chinafoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,894 ✭✭✭Chinafoot


    Oh my.

    Someone has waaaaay too much time on their hands tbh.

    "Little girl" is a term of endearment, like "baby" or "honey"
    and
    "daddy" means her significant other.

    If you listened to the rest of the lyrics and saw the video to the song you'd see that its not at all about paedophilia.


  • #15
    homah_7ft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭homah_7ft


    Well it is Sunday evening. :D


  • #16
    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    The OP has a disturbed mind.


  • #17
    matu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭matu


    It is a song written in happier times.

    on another note
    "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" = LSD a song by the Beatles amazing how that got pass the censorship.


  • #18
    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    matu wrote:
    It is a song written in happier times.

    on another note
    "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" = LSD a song by the Beatles amazing how that got pass the censorship.

    No it's not. check snopes.


  • #19
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    homah_7ft wrote:
    It's just been pointed out to me what the lyrics of, I'm on fire by Bruce Springsteen are.

    "Hey little girl is your daddy home did he go away and leave you all alone.. Tell me now baby is he good to you? Can he do to you the things that I do? ".

    This is rather disturbing stuff yet I seem to hear it on the radio all the time. Any thoughts on this?


    I don't like the way society is going. We are far too uptight and politically correct.


  • #20
    ThrownAway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 703 ✭✭✭ThrownAway


    Amazotheamazing wrote:
    The OP has a disturbed mind.

    In that case I do too cause it sounds sick to me :p


  • #21
    matu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭matu


    Amazotheamazing wrote:
    No it's not. check snopes.

    sorry what do you mean check snopes Im a little lost.


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  • #22
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,554 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/lucysky.htm


  • #23
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    homah_7ft wrote:
    It's just been pointed out to me what the lyrics of, I'm on fire by Bruce Springsteen are.

    "Hey little girl is your daddy home did he go away and leave you all alone.. Tell me now baby is he good to you? Can he do to you the things that I do? ".

    This is rather disturbing stuff yet I seem to hear it on the radio all the time. Any thoughts on this?

    All songs have hidden meanings in them. Therefore if this song on the surface appears to be about child abuse then we can breath easy that its hidden meaning is about nothing of the sort. In fact "I'm on fire" may be the the only song ever written that is NOT about child abuse.


  • #24
    Brian Capture
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 827 ✭✭✭Brian Capture


    No it should not be banned. Purely because it was released in 1984. And 1984 is the coolest year ever.


  • #25
    hiscan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭hiscan


    peachypants wrote:
    Oh my.

    Someone has waaaaay too much time on their hands tbh.

    "Little girl" is a term of endearment, like "baby" or "honey"
    and
    "daddy" means her significant other.

    If you listened to the rest of the lyrics and saw the video to the song you'd see that its not at all about paedophilia.
    true i agree 100 %


  • #26
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,009 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    matu wrote:
    "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" = LSD a song by the Beatles amazing how that got pass the censorship.

    What about "Ebenezer Goode" by the Shamen..... or Puff the magic dragon for that matter.


  • #27
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,554 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    !!!!

    i'd forgotten all about ebeneezer goode

    good man


  • #28
    matu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭matu


    Mordeth wrote:
    http://www.snopes.com/music/hidden/lucysky.htm

    well that explains that then, thanks Mordeth.


  • #29
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,554 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    all thanks must go to amazo..whatever, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that lucy in the sky with diamonds with a reference to LSD but then snopes crushed that little dream.


  • #30
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,760 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    What about "Smack my b*tch up" (the Prodigy if I remember right?). Though I have to admit it was one of the most original videos I've ever seen - love the "twist" at the end! :D


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  • #31
    matu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭matu


    HAHA women being smacked, thats not very nice but called bitches..... ah yeah sure why not LOL after all I dont want to look at a slapped up bitch when I wake up in the morning,


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