Imagine my mortified embarrassment as I realised, midway through a rendition of When You Come to the End of a Lollipop to a group of four-year-olds, that it was a song stuffed with doubles entendres and not a cute song about sweeties as I had previously assumed.
The fearsome vibes emanating from their Montessori teacher were what did it.
Oh no! That's really funny though even so!
ReplyDeleteI read this today and thought of your "Lollipop" blindness:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/feb/26/broadcasting-regulations-offensive-language
I think the Swedish author of the article may have not been the best person to spot inuendo; she seems to miss some in the quotes she used. Personally I find Zappa's "Bobby Brown" totally offensive; he degenerated into poop jokes, misogyny and homophobia. Wanker.
Phil.
I am sure I am not the only person in the world who is or was totally naive about these things.
ReplyDeleteEven five years ago, a shocked (and experienced in more ways than one) lecturer at the University of the West told me that 'Rock'n'roll is slang for sex, you know!'.
I was equally shocked that he'd go so far through his rock'n'roll life without realising!