Many of us ol' timers like to down the new generation of music artist for their risque lyrics. Well, even though I know I am guilty of it, deep down I know good and well that some of the songs from back in the day were just as raunchy...hell, we are all on a fan site dedicated to Prince, formerly the Prince of Raunch. So, as to not appear hypocritcal, let's shout out some of those nasty songs from back in the day, 1984 on back...

Do It Till Ya Satisfied - can't remember the artist

I Wanna Do Something Freaky Too You - artist escapes me

If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It - artist name escapes me

Love To Love Ya Baby - Donna Summers

Pull Up To My Bumper - Grace Jones (I was a grown woman before I new she was talking about anal sex )

Whip It - Dazz Band

Take Your Time - S.O.S. Band

Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye

In The Raw - The Whispers

Hot Stuff - Donna Summers

Bad Girls - Donna Summers

Slow Hand - The Pointer Sisters

In Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers

Inside My Love - Minnie Riperton(may she r.i.p., but that song is off the hook)

"Pillow Talk" - Sylvia
"U Sure Love 2 Ball" - Sylvia
"Sexy mama" - The Moments
It's Been A Long Time - New Birth
"Tonight" - RFTW
"Love U Down" - RFTW

gotta think of more... Im not no Old Timer but I know good enuff
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[This message was edited Fri Jul 23 20:30:41 2004 by paisleypark4]

the thing is, what seperates the raunch of most older songs from the raunch of newer stuff, is back in the day, they had to be clever about it. most of it was double-entendre, or delivered in a style that detracted from the downright nastiness of what the thinly-veiled lyrics were saying.


Prince is a major exception, of course. there is nothing obscured in the meaning of songs like Head or Jack U Off, but he was a master at that, and really was instrumental in the shift. but he could do the coy/vague thing well too.

PurpleCharm said:

...sexiest song of all time

psykosoul said:

Never heard that one

personally, i like my raunch the old-fashioned way. there's nothing clever or artistic about the raunch these days. it's all shock-factor. there was such a brouhaha over Justify My Love in 1990 (and i mean even the song, not just the video), but if you listen to it, there's nothing that risque in the lyrics. it's about the delivery. vice versa for a song like I Wanna Be Your Lover... he's talking about a woman cumming. but the clever part is that it's delivered in an innocent late disco/funk/pop song.

I never had a problem with raunch, it all depends on the methods. A song like that one released a few years ago titled "My Neck, My Back" or something like that was about the lowest point I've heard for a mainstream hit single.

GrayKing said:

Very true...the songwriters back then were very clever in how they crafted their lyrics. Now they are singing songs about sex dripping down their balls..

I didn't mean for this thread to get too technical..just want to have some fun in thinking about those sexy songs from way back when....most of us didn't even know what most of those songs were talking about when were singing them...

As far as Prince, he has used double-entendres in his lyrics. Songs like, Private Joy(didn't know that was about masturbation), Little Red Corvette even I Wanna Be Your Lover, as you mentioned.

psykosoul said:

Yep, Ms. Riperton put it down on that one...classic..

paisleypark4 said:

You must go hear this song by any means necessary!

Minnie Riperton ---Inside My Love
(M. Riperton, L. Ware, R. Rudolph)

Two people, just meeting
Barely touching each other
Two spirits greeting
Trying to carry it further
You are one and I am another
We should be one inside each other

You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?

Two strangers, not strangers
only lacking the knowing
So willing, feeling, infinite growing

While we're here the whole world is turning
We should be one
Fulfilling our yearning

You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me
Will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?

I never listened to the lyrics of Peter Gabriel's um, "Sledgehammer" till recent years, and found it was full of innuendo and metaphors.

Supernova said:

brb..going to read the lyrics to Sledgehammer

I just read the lyrics to Sledgehammer...Oh my...I never knew that was what he was singing about..

PurpleCharm said:

took me a while too with Grace Jones. Leon Haywood- "I wanna do something..." and I'm pretty sure it's Clarence Jackson-"If it Don't Fit..." BT Express-"Do it Til You're..."
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PurpleCharm said:

I'm rediscovering the album (So) it came from lately. 'Tis an EXCELLENT album. But I still don't see the big deal about the video for the song.

"Sledgehammer"

you could have a steam train
if you'd just lay down your tracks
you could have an aeroplane flying
if you bring your blue sky back

all you do is call me
I'll be anything you need

you could have a big dipper
going up and down, all around the bends
you could have a bumper car, bumping
this amusement never ends

I want to be your sledgehammer
why don't you call my name
oh let me be your sledgehammer
this will be my testimony
show me round your fruitcage
'cos I will be your honey bee
open up your fruitcage
where the fruit is as sweet as can be

I want to be your sledgehammer
why don't you call my name
you'd better call the sledgehammer
put your mind at rest
I'm going to be-the sledgehammer
this can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
let there be no doubt about it

sledge sledge sledgehammer

I've kicked the habit
shed my skin
this is the new stuff
I go dancing in, we go dancing in
oh won't you show for me
and I will show for you
show for me, I will show for you
yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you
only you
you've been coming through
going to build that powerr
build, build up that power, hey
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
going to feel that power, build in you
come on, come on, help me do
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
it's what we're doing, doing
all day and night

Supernova said:

C'mon now. It looks sorta cheesy now, but that video was some high-tech shit in the 80s. I still love that video.

HarrietWinslow said:

Thanks Harriet..I can never remember his name. Maybe because he was a one hit wonder..I think..

Supernova said:

'you could have a big dipper
going up and down, all around the bends'

psykosoul said:

Even back then when it was THE video I was

I'm that way about that video Jamiroqui made in the late '90s that was supposed to be a big deal.

uummm...can i admit i had no clue what that "your making it hard for me" song was all about....


it took me years to finally realize...

sosgemini said:

slow...

Pull up to the bumper....Grace Jones

More,More,More.....Andrea True Connection (I believe she was a porno star)

Strokin.....Clearance ????

Nasty girl....Vanity 6

Sugar walls.....Sheena Easton

boriquateddy said:

Clarence Carter

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theAudience said:

lol u see TA?.... Lawd... we need to school these chiilinz

TheRealFiness said:

I'm tryin' to learn from you...The Wizard of Wax

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From extreme to subtle...

Millie Jackson (the Queen of Old School Raunch) - Logs and Thangs
Betty Wright - Tonight Is The Night
Barbara Carr - Footprints on the Ceiling
Albert King - Crosscut Saw
Shalamar - Dancin' In The Sheets
O'Bryan - The Gigolo
Neneh Cherry - The Next Generation
Musique - In The Bush
The Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Peggy Lee - Fever
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Major Harris - Love Won't Let Me Wait
ZZ Top - Tube Snake Boogie

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PurpleCharm said:

whip it is about sex??? omg i feel so dumb!!! and more more more was bout sex 2!!!? damn i gotta stop just payin attention 2 beats!

oo i love btween the sheets! someone find out who sings if it don't fit don't force it. thank u.

the only ones i can think of r super freak , nasty girl, and anything from dirty mind, and i think erotic city was 80s right. oh yea and one of my faves by the time.. IF The Kid Can't Make U Come...ooo that song is hot..."whats my name...morris...nah whats my uh! real name mmooorrrriiiiis!!"..again it sux 2 b a 90's baby..
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[This message was edited Sat Jul 24 10:00:11 2004 by Moonwalkbjrain]

Don't remember all the lyrics, but my Aunt led me to believe that Bionic Boogie's "Cream (Always Rises to the Top) was a bit risque.

How 'bout Musique's "Push Push in the Bush?" I didn't think of it as raunchy back then, but now....

Of course, Donna Summer's "Love to Love you Baby." And I think all us kids thought "Do it Til You're Satisfied" was nasty.

Oh, and can't forget all the moanin' and groanin' in the Chakaka's "Jungle Fever."

BACK IN THE 70'S IS WAS A SONG CALLED "I'M YOUR TELEPHONE MAN" SONG BY A CHICK.
THE PARTS OF THE SONG I REMEMBER IS
MONDAY AT 1.....
TUESEDAY AT 2.....
WENESDAY AT 3 I CALLED THE PHONE COMPANY SAYING HEY BABY THERE'S A PHONE FOR ME
THURSDAY AT 4 HE CAME KNOCKING AT THE DOOR SAYING HEY BABY I'M YOUR TELEPHONEMAN

WE CAN DO IT BASMENT, WE CAN DO IT IN THE HALL, YOU CAN DO IT IN THE BEDROOM, OR YOU CAN HANG IT ON THE WALL

YOU CAN HAVE IT WITH A BUZZ,YOU CAN HAVE IT WITH A RING, OR IF YOU REALLY WANT IT YOU CAN HAVE A DING-A LING, SAYING HEY LODI-D-DODI,HEY LODI-D-DODI,HEY LODI-D-DODI
I'M YOUR TELEPHONEMAN!

I WAS 9 OR 10 YEARS OLD AND WHEN WE FIRST HEARD THIS SONG. MY FRIENDS AND I WAS LIKE !
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS!

UptownDeb said:

I already "hit" that honey.

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