As the Christmas season ends & the New Year approaches, I find myself nostalgic hearing the final plays of Christmas songs on the radio, knowing their cheerful tunes will soon come to an end. I love Christmas music & am always very excited the day after Thanksgiving when 95.5 begins to play these songs non-stop.
One holiday song in particular that has never made me feel all warm & fuzzy inside is "Baby it's Cold Outside". Why is this song not among all the other feel good songs of the season? Let me answer this by going over some of the lyrics:
Line 5: "My mother will start to worry"
Line 6: "My father will be pacing the floor"
This song is obviously being sung by a girl that is under 18, someone who still lives at home with her parents
Line 13: "I ought to say no, no, no, sir"
The man in this song is being called "sir" by the girl & seems to have his own place, giving the sense that he is an adult, an adult seducing a young girl
Line 8: "Well maybe just a half a drink more"
He's providing the young girl with alcohol
Line 10: "Say, what's in this drink"
Lines 11-12: "I wish I knew how....to break the spell"
A drink with a roofie perhaps?
Line 14: "At least I'm gonna say that I tried"
Lines 17-18: "I simply must go...the answer is no"
She told him no...around 15 times actually
His lines?
Line 21: "Man, your lips look delicious"
Line 23: "Gosh your lips are delicious"
Line 27: "I thrill when you touch my hand"
Creepy
Line 28: "How can you do this thing to me?"
Line 29: "Think of my life long sorrow"
Talk about pressure
Line 31: "Get over that hold out"
A song about date rape of a minor should not be turned into a happy warm & fuzzy Christmas song...case closed
One holiday song in particular that has never made me feel all warm & fuzzy inside is "Baby it's Cold Outside". Why is this song not among all the other feel good songs of the season? Let me answer this by going over some of the lyrics:
Line 5: "My mother will start to worry"
Line 6: "My father will be pacing the floor"
This song is obviously being sung by a girl that is under 18, someone who still lives at home with her parents
Line 13: "I ought to say no, no, no, sir"
The man in this song is being called "sir" by the girl & seems to have his own place, giving the sense that he is an adult, an adult seducing a young girl
Line 8: "Well maybe just a half a drink more"
He's providing the young girl with alcohol
Line 10: "Say, what's in this drink"
Lines 11-12: "I wish I knew how....to break the spell"
A drink with a roofie perhaps?
Line 14: "At least I'm gonna say that I tried"
Lines 17-18: "I simply must go...the answer is no"
She told him no...around 15 times actually
His lines?
Line 21: "Man, your lips look delicious"
Line 23: "Gosh your lips are delicious"
Line 27: "I thrill when you touch my hand"
Creepy
Line 28: "How can you do this thing to me?"
Line 29: "Think of my life long sorrow"
Talk about pressure
Line 31: "Get over that hold out"
A song about date rape of a minor should not be turned into a happy warm & fuzzy Christmas song...case closed
