And Ted Nugent with Jailbait, and Gary Puckett with “Young Girl.”
I don’t understand how artists go through the entire process of writing, arranging, producing, rehearsing and releasing a song like these and nobody at any point stops to say “Hey, isn’t this a monumentally bad idea all around?”
I got harassed back in high-school for dating a 15 year old freshman because I was a senior, but I was 16 most of my senior year, I was the second youngest senior and she was old compared to the average freshmen so we were a little over a year and a half apart. This was back in 2007, which feels now, like a more flippant time for this kind of thing. Anyway, I always thought it was odd how much shit I got for that when I hear about 30 year Olds dating 18 year Olds way too frequently, and then there's dudes literally singing about it. To be fair, I think most of the hate came from a guy who was trying to date her after, so he tried making it into a big deal. At the time, I didn't know about Romeo and juliet laws though, so I actually got really freaked out about it all.
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u/Brekldios 4d ago
Frank there is no quicker way to make people think you diddle kids than to write song about it.