I just heard Ram Jam's "Black Betty" on the radio

[dolo amber]

Who plays that anymore?! :o

I remember when that song came out...my parents would always turn off the radio whenever it came on. I of course would listen endlessly to the radio under my blankets at night trying to catch it to see what was so very awful about it...I figured it must just be the most filthy thing ever. :D

Anyone remember songs from when you were a kid that were *verboten*?

[MissMillie]

1. it's on my iPod

:shrug:

[sundog]

2. uh d

i was just litening to that last night :o

no i'm *not* making this up

in fact i listened to the original & then the early 90's club version that just repeated the chorus

[dolo amber]

7. Stop trying to copy me

:eyes:

[sundog]

8. you forgot donna summer's "bad girls" HITLER

:eyes:

i was forbidden from this record till i went & got it anyway

[jpgray]

10. Giorgio Moroder 4 eva

[dolo amber]

12. Damn skippy, fetus

:bounce:

[sundog]

16. if you were going to bring up moroder, you could have -at least-

cited more clear examples of his pioneering techniques...

i mean, "chase" or even the full 15 minute version of "love to love you baby" at minimum

-minimum-



c'mon man

please

i bet you're one of those types when you overhear someone say "moroder" you quick shout out "bad girls!" :eyes:

i bet when someone says "devo" you shout out "whip it!"

or "echo & the bunnymen" you jump up & down "i know i know!lips like sugar!"

or someone says "os mutantes" you go "ando meio desligado!"

:eyes:

"i'm very familiar with the number one hits!" :eyes:

this is exactly why i stopped talking to you

[dolo amber]

17. That would be a window slamming shut, I do believe

SNAP!

:bounce:

[sundog]

20. he's fucking with me

i already alerted

[dolo amber]

21. You should hear what he's saying about you to me in PMs

:o :blush: :spank:

[CanuckAmok]

30. And yet who sprang to defend "Billy Hyena" by Wild Boy Awake...

...a few months ago?

I'm calling "Shennanigans" on you.

Shennanigans! Shennanigans! Shennanigans! Shennanigans!

[arwalden]

3. Squeezebox

My mom would have a FIT whenever that song came on the radio.

[dolo amber]

6. My friend's mom used to do that too

That was a wee bit before my time...in fact, I heard that one regularly around the house. My parents probably didn't think I'd *get* that. (And to be fair they were probably right. :D)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. The The Who song?

Momma's got a squeezebox; Daddy never sleeps at night!

:rofl:

[Gato Moteado]

35. i was in grammar school when that one came out and my mom....

...would also roll her eyes when it came on the radio (WCFL - the voice of labor) but i loved it so much i didn't care.

years later, my mom has finally succombed to the power of rock and roll. she digs clapton and even the stones. i guess she got pelted with so much loud rock when i was in grammar school and high school, she finally gave in.

she used to get grossed out when i would crank up the black sabbath and judas priest when i was in 5th grade. i think she finally realized she's not qualified to be an art critic. hell, nobody is qualified.

[jpgray]

4. I'm so glad I was born when I was born

:P

[dolo amber]

11. Ageist

You probably think people over 30 should wear yellow stars, too. :grr:

[WCGreen]

5. I remember that song.....

There was a girl...

Her name was Candi, with the i not the y...

She loved that song...

I think her lesbian lover was named Betty...

With the y, not the i....

[dolo amber]

13. Was Betty black?

(You could say that in the 70s. ;))

[WCGreen]

24. I believe she was....

black, as in evil sexy slinky black....

[sundog]

18. i don't remember those lyrics

[WCGreen]

23. Those weren't lyrics man....

That was real life...

[sundog]

25. oh

[Pool Hall Ace]

14. Oooh -- a verboten song

D.O.A. by Bloodrock! :scared:

[eyesroll]

15. I wanted to use the Nick Cave version as my ringtone.

I think that might have been fun if, say, it had gone off in the screening line at the airport.

[TrogL]

19. What's wrong with it?

Besides being incomprehensible.

[CanuckAmok]

22. Betty's on my iPod. Ram-Jam's and Nick Cave's versions.

Plus "Lumberjack", by Jackal.... just 'cuz.

[Kat45]

29. I love Jackyl's "Lumberjack"

Saw it live, complete with chainsaw. It was cool.

[flamingyouth]

26. For some reason "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer

My mom didn't want me listening to that song. :D

[sundog]

27. thank you

that whole album was BAD NEWS

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

32. My mom was a huge Donna Summers fan

So I heard it too much.

[smtpgirl]

28. I have that on an MP3

Love it

[devilgrrl]

31. The radio stations in my area played that song to death!

On regular rotation for all of 1977! :eyes:

[HEyHEY]

33. The Tom Jones version rocks

[tigereye]

34. no

I mean, my parents got us the Beatle's Sergeant Pepper album when we were 10 when it first came out here. I don't think they paid any attention to lyrics, subtle or otherwise, that might have affected our tender ears. They were either somewhat naive, or more sophisticated than I realized.

[Arkansas Granny]

36. When I was in high school, it was "Louie, Louie". Nobody could

understand the lyrics so it was assumed that they were vulgar.

[Fenris]

37. "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails

The appeal of that song was tied into the fact that it was naughty and I shouldn't be listening to it.

[Magrittes Pipe]

38. You're a fetus.

x(

[Phillycat]

39. "The Bitch is Back" by Elton John.

I used to run around the house singing it, heh. NOT allowed.

Also, for years and years, the "who the fuck are you?" line in "Who are you?" was NOT bleeped on the radio and we all used to sing along.