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guess it’s just a case of not reaaaaally listening to the lyrics. i certainly didn’t, until you mentioned it in that thread earlier.

i was day drinking in a boring sort of bar many many years ago, not really paying attention to anything. “turn your love around” by george benson started playing. the bartender, who hadn’t really said much to me up to that point, passed close to me, leaned in and said “this song’s about butt sex”.

i laughed until i cried.

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I used to enjoy putting on Dr Dre’s The Chronic in the car on a hot day, with the windows down, elbow out, for the trip to the supermarket for the weekly shop. Great, great tunes, but I didn’t pay any attention to the lyrics. It was fine when the first child wasn’t talking yet. But once children start picking up words, the lines about big fat dick and bitches and all the fuck words are just too much. Obviously the general meanings are deeply unpleasant too, it wasn’t just about the words used. I tried skipping Fuck Wit Dre Day, but even without that track, there were too many bitch words all over, so just can’t play it now.

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Yep, his album ‘2001’ just feels a bit dated these days. The production levels on that album are ridiculously good but the lyrics just seem to be of a different time now and it’s lost it’s initial magic.

I’d say this just sounds out of date with the porno moaning… Great at home though. : )

The “Give me a child at an impressionable age” line in this has always sounded a bit dodgy…

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I had the same issue with the kendrick Lamar album To Pimp a Butterfly when it came out. After first hoping the kids wouldn’t notice it then became quickly apparent that it wasn’t suitable car listening :grinning:

yeah, too many "motherfucker"s

I called this one out on the ‘what don’t you get’ thread. Maurice Fulton (who I really enjoy) dropped it at Spiritland and I stopped dancing and went to the bar!

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Many years ago Ken Bruce played this on daytime Radio 2 and made the same insinuation… I did lol.

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Playin HH one night in a bar gig as the staff asked for some, so played ATCQ Sucka N**** and half way through cut it off as I didn’t really think properly.

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I was out for drinks with the workmates the weekend after the R Kelly documentary was first aired. We weren’t anywhere special - just a local bar, a nice place for cocktails for 20-yr-olds. I was actually enjoying the music, just a local lad playing contemporary r&b… who then decided that we needed “Ignition” “Bump & Grind” and “Happy People” in succession. I’m not sure the reaction to the documentary should have been to remind yourself of the peaks of his catalogue.

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