[net.music] She Bop

merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) (09/17/84)

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Okay, okay, maybe it's not the ONLY song dealing with masterbation.
I think we can say, though, it's the only Top 10 pop song dealing
with the topic.                  

Which reminds me: What about Rick Springfield's new single from his
   "Hard To Hold" soundtrack:  "Bop 'til you Drop"?
   Maybe it's really hard to hold...
--
"Don't stop 'til you get what you want"                     Peter Merchant

kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (Ken Olsen) (09/17/84)

And while we're talking about songs on this subject,
what about 'Rosie' by Jackson Browne?

Ken Olsen
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rsk@pucc-h (Rich Kulawiec) (09/19/84)

	I dunno 'bout that one..."Messin' With The Kid" always came
off as a "don't fool with me, I'll break your legs" type tune...
where are the autoerotic overtones?

Rsk
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Not fade away...

msw@browngr.UUCP (Mark Wachsler) (09/20/84)

[bug lunch]

Another song on the same subject as "She Bop" which no one
seems to have mentioned is "Turning Japanese", by the Vapors.
I'm not sure if it reached the same heights in popularity as "She
Bop" has, but it certainly was in the top-40's.

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bob@anwar.UUCP (09/22/84)

And how about "How Can You Do it Alone" by The Who - Face Dances

merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) (09/22/84)

{ Uh uh }

Sorry.  "Turning Japanese", while it was a single, never reached the top 40.
--
                                           Peter Merchant

gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (09/26/84)

> Sorry.  "Turning Japanese", while it was a single, never reached the top 40.


> 					Peter Merchant

Turning Japanese did reach the top 40 -- it reached something like number 37
in November or early December 1980.
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steve@tellab3.UUCP (Steve Harpster) (09/28/84)

And by the way... what does "S.W.A.T." stand for? It's on the front
of the jeep in the beginning but it goes by too fast for me to read
(sorry, I don't have a VCR). I suspect S.W. is Suburban Wives.
Anyone know?
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Steve Harpster
Tellabs, Inc.

lgondor@utcsrgv.UUCP (Les Gondor) (09/28/84)

There exists another song on this particular topic, namely "I'm a Wanker"
by Ivor Biggen(sp?) and the Red-nosed Burglars.  This group has an album
entitled "More Filth Dirt Cheap", so this isn't an isolated example.

Les Gondor, U of Toronto CSRG
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gm@trsvax.UUCP (09/28/84)

But what about that new all-female group who have the Top-10 single
"Cruel Summer". Their name? 
	"Bananarama" 
I guess the name wouldn't be so bad if they weren't an all-female group.

George Moore				      Tandy System Software
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merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) (10/01/84)

{ Don't stop 'til you get what you want... }

Okay, okay.  We can all rattle off songs about masterbation until we 
are blue in the face.  Let's narrow it down: How many TOP 40 songs
can you think of that are on this topic?

By the way, thanks Gregbo.  I checked it out and you're right: "Turning
Japanese" peaked at about 37.  So there's one other.
--
                                     Peter Merchant

as@brunix.UUCP (Alex M. Stein) (10/05/84)

Isn't the point about "She Bop" that it is the first popular song
about FEMALE masturbation, not the first popular song about masturbation?

ag5@pucc-i (Henry C. Mensch) (10/09/84)

<<Fresh Aire>>

	I don't think that anybody cares anymore.....  If you're that
concerned about masturbation, then *do it yourself*, but not here in
net.music.


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