Adult lyrics & TV

Just listening to some oldies and thinking to myself about adult oriented songs and TV shows. When I was a kid (the 60s were my "formative years") I know there were shows and songs that were filled with double entendres and adult comments that went right over my head when I was 10. Now, many years later, I wonder how many of these things I would have actually looked at differently if I were a little older than I was.

Songs, especially, would have made a different impact: Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" was supposedly a drug song; "American Pie" would have made more sense to me; and I am sure there are tons of other lyrics I would have acknowledged sooner as being great.

But TV alone is one of my puzzlements--the shows of the day had absolutely no substance when it came to some things. Standards and Practices kept so much out of television that I still wonder why there were still babies being born, even when their parents slept in separate beds or gave a small peck on the cheek for couples that were married for years. Indeed, if I had been a man and Jeannie popped out of a bottle everytime I called her name, I wouldn't be worried about the consequences of luring her into bed and having sex with her. Or how about Napoleon Solo? Sheesh! He almost always got the girls, but then you had to wonder what he did with them! There weren't any kisses, no bedding them--just in case kids like me were watching them. If I recall my TV trivia right, Carol and Mike Brady were the first "couple" that actually slept in the **gasp** same bed!

Name some of your own observations about how lyrics, television and other things have changed since you were young. Are things better now, or was the age of innocence in the past actually a better time?

but I think the sexualization of young girls is waaay out of control. I hate the shorts with words printed on the ass. Im sorry, the intent of that is to have men stare at their asses.

because it makes me want to read what it says; and I don't want to stare at somebody's ass!

I am also amazed at how many people buy really skimpy (borderline thong) swimsuits for their elementary aged daughters. I had to go to an expensive children's boutique to find suitable swim wear for my going into first grade daughter this summer. I was not amused.

It seems to me they're used for their shock value rather than actually adding anything important to the songs.

In my mind, that's good.

The Brady Bunch et al did no one any favors by depicting life as a series of weekly "crises" — such as Jan getting glasses or Peter's voice cracking because of adolescence — resolved in 30 minutes.

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