Ohio radio station bans "date-rape" Christmas song - Baby It's Cold Outside (holidays, compared)

[JackF]

Originally Posted by Delahanty

No, it can't be "read that way."

Baby, It's Cold Outside is a very old song, and has been recorded multiple times. I've heard at least 3 different couples singing this song this year, and the lyrics are innocuous. It's a very lighthearted, fun song. And the "what's in this drink?" comment by the woman is accompanied by a laugh. In every version, you can almost see the couple smiling throughout the give-and-take song.

Happily, saner minds have prevailed, and this still remains a very popular holiday song. Too bad Cleveland's 102.9 is catering to the men-hating, fringe element of the metoo movement. Oh, and no wonder they're saying that the poll results for whether to play this song are "unavailable."

But I bet they're still playing THIS one:

Fire--by The Pointer Sisters


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze86aR84eXc

Fire by the Pointer Sisters, written and recorded by ultra liberal Bruce Springsteen

[Delahanty]

Originally Posted by mpowering1

i guess that puts the kibosh on gary puckett's catalog of songs.

lmao.

[Delahanty]

Originally Posted by JackF

Fire by the Pointer Sisters, written and recorded by ultra liberal Bruce Springsteen

I did NOT know that.

But if these crazed groups are going to kvetch about an upbeat song like Baby, It's Cold Outside, they need to listen to Fire. It's the ultimate "No means yes" song.

[Delahanty]

Originally Posted by BOS2IAD

Did you all know that there is a version of this song with the woman singing this song to a man?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpDLpz88V-I

Is that Red Skelton?

And, yes, that's just another blithe and jaunty version of the song.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

It's a grown-up song, not for the under-40 set.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Originally Posted by Joe the Photog

It's their radio station. They can choose not to play it and we can choose not to listen to the station.

Banning stuff = freedom!

[Jacobo1]

if this song triggers you honestly you should pull the trigger on yourself. get a life

[Joe the Photog]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

Banning stuff = freedom!

What's been banned here?

[UrbanAdventurer]

Originally Posted by jacobo1

if this song triggers you honestly you should pull the trigger on yourself. Get a life

lol

[randomparent]

I'm not young, and I've never been sexually assaulted, but I have to admit that long before the "Metoo" movement I found the song unsettling. It's a little creepy.