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[Ruby Laine]

@Its Me LuLuBelle2, I meant to add that I heard 90% of listeners wanted to keep the song on the playlist. I didn’t read who made the decision to stop it. 

[candys mine]

IF she was cooerced then WHY was SHE singing along at the end?  Perhaps one should continue to hear it as a cautionary tale?

THe song I NEVER can get over hearing on the radio is "Under My Thumb"  If you're going to get all fussy then How in the world is that one still being played?  Get a grip people.  Don't erase the past because you don't like it. Strive to change the future.

[ValuSkr]

I heard about this - the radio station that won't play the song because it sounds manipulative.  Whenever I hear the song, I think of the time Lisa Robertson and Dave King sang it - you can find it on YouTube.  Now I'll wonder if Dave had bad intentions. 

[sunshine45]

i just love hearing this song.....no matter who is singing it.

the ORIGINAL with ricardo montalban and esther williams, betty garrett and red skelton

(1949 neptune's daughter)

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

[DJP]

Who thinks this way? These idiots are from the Twilight Zone. If one person complains then everyone else has to accept it? 

[GenXmuse]

I’ve never associated this song with sexual misconduct but with all the uproar they sure have ruined it for me. 

[Sooner]

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@ValuSkr wrote:

I heard about this - the radio station that won't play the song because it sounds manipulative.  Whenever I hear the song, I think of the time Lisa Robertson and Dave King sang it - you can find it on YouTube.  Now I'll wonder if Dave had bad intentions. 

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When I hear this nonsense about the song I just think "OH GROW UP!"  Take responsibility for what you do and quit carping about stupid stuff like this.  

The Beatles consistently denied the song was about LSD.  It was supposedly about a drawing Julian Lennon, John's son, brought home from school.  He was asked who the girl in the picture was and he said "Lucy" I believe she was maybe a classmate.  He was asked what's that in the sky and he said "Diamonds!"  Julian has told the story.

But really, the rap world of music and people are terrified about Baby It's Cold Outside?  Boo hoo. 

[threecees]

 I just watched the video for the first time today.

They are ruining these old songs and taking it way too far.

Everything under the sun is being scrutinized. Let's enjoy them not destroy them.

[Janey2]

The song was written by Frank Loesser who wrote it to sing with his wife. They were a big success at parties. “What’s in this drink” was a common idiom used during this time. All innocent.