Bryce Harper

[Snapolit1]

A little lame to start dissecting someone's walk up music and proof of their character. Kids today listen to music that shocks their parents with bad words. And guess what. Their parents listened to music with words that shocked their parents. And their grandparents listened to Elvis and we all know how evil and subversive that guy was.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

A little lame to start dissecting someone's walk up music and proof of their character. Kids today listen to music that shocks their parents with bad words. And guess what. Their parents listened to music with words that shocked their parents. And their grandparents listened to Elvis and we all know how evil and subversive that guy was.

There is a world of difference IMO between some sexual suggestiveness and blatant misogyny, sorry.

[sbfinley]

Next time I see you guys playing checkers outside the Cracker Barrel make sure to say hi.

[Pilot172000]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

Next time I see you guys playing checkers outside the Cracker Barrel make sure to say hi.

You will probably miss us because we get up before noon. JK

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by Pilot172000

You will probably miss us because we get up before noon. JK

Burn.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

Burn.

Ignorance is bliss. Everyone knows old people can't sleep.

[Pilot172000]

Originally Posted by Leon

Ignorance is bliss. Everyone knows old people can't sleep.

Their backs hurt too much and their prostates do too!!

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

There is a world of difference IMO between some sexual suggestiveness and blatant misogyny, sorry.

Agreed. But the prior comment about The Beatles is still germane. Song lyrics that threaten homicide against a woman (or rather "little girl") out of sexual jealousy are at least as misogynistic as lyrics that objectify women as in Harper's walk-up song.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Agreed. But the prior comment about The Beatles is still germane. Song lyrics that threaten homicide against a woman (or rather "little girl") out of sexual jealousy are at least as misogynistic as lyrics that objectify women as in Harper's walk-up song.

Calling someone a little girl in the context of the 60s is not the same, to me, as calling someone a bitch or ho today when it is universally understood that such terms are degrading. It's intentional.

We can be PC and cool and say oh it's all relative and it's just the times etc. but I strongly disagree.

[Bliggity]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Calling someone a little girl in the context of the 60s is not the same, to me, as calling someone a bitch or ho today when it is universally understood that such terms are degrading. It's intentional.

We can be PC and cool and say oh it's all relative and it's just the times etc. but I strongly disagree.

The offending lyric isn't the "little girl" part.

"I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man...catch you with another man, that's the end. ...I mean everything I've said. Baby, I'm determined and I'd rather see you dead."

Let's see that get played in an NFL stadium today.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Bliggity

The offending lyric isn't the "little girl" part.

"I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

Let's see that get played in an NFL stadium today.

It's an honest lyric about jealousy, it's not degrading women in general.

It came from an Elvis song, no?