On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > A conversation I've been having with people at work and elsewhere over the > past several months involves the number of songs that endorse what can -- > at best -- be called young love (at worst it is called statutory rape). We > can go for weeks without mentioning it, but then somebody will rush in > having just heard another song on the radio and quote the lyrics. > > "She was just 17 if you know what I mean..." > > "Little sister won't you do what your big sister won't..." > > "16 will get you 20, that's alright..." > > "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman..." > > The entire song "My Sharona" > > There are laws against it, as the former spokesman for Subway can attest, > but as a recent article I read about a 14-year-old model for Christian Dior > flatly states, it is still accepted and endorsed by all forms of media. > You missed what I thought was the obvious song, Ringo Starr's "You're sixteen, you're beautiful, and you're mine." What all these songs have in common is that they are aimed at teenage boys who are surrounded by all these girls, and not middle aged men. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
