Homework for you!
Ok music snobs and know-it-alls. I am co-teaching an AP English class next week, and we will be discussing a poem about some dude trying to get laid. I forget what it’s called, but a flea bites this dude and this chick, and he uses that as an excuse that they should get in bed together. She rebuffs him, and he keeps trying, and it’s kind of funny.
What I need from you is…
some song(s) that also hit this theme of a guy trying to get with a girl SUBTLY. I’m not looking for that put my dick in your mouth song that was big a few years back. Something subtle and school apropriate-ish (you can get away with some liberties in an AP class that you can’t with regular ed. Strangely enough, you can get away with those same liberties in Special Ed too, proving that middle america is too uptight).
Any ideas, suggestions, et cetera?
Comments
Pink Triangle?
How subtly?
- “I Got A Man” by Positive K
- “Debra” by Beck
- Sexual Healing and/or Let’s Get it On by Marvin Gaye
- “Love To You” or “Why don’t we do it in the road?” by The Beatles (not too subtle, but rated PG?)
Not so subtly that the kids won’t get it, but not so obvious that the line “Let me pound yo pussy wif mah dick” can be clearly heard.
It’s a holiday song so I’m not sure it qualifies but the first thing I thought of based off of your description is that “Baby It’s Cold Outside” song.
Some poetry class favorites:
- Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan
- All Stripped Down by Tom Waits
You could teach an entire class on this subject as conveyed using the double entendre in the entirety of AC/DC’s catalog.
See also: the entirety of The Faint’s Blank-Wave Arcade.
You could teach an entire class on this subject as conveyed using the double entendre in the entirety of AC/DC’s catalog.
The same can be said for Whitesnake.
Gimme Some Head by GG Allin
Paradise By The Dashboard Light – Meatloaf
Face down, Ass up (this is how I like to fuck) – no idea who sings it.
My Neck, My Back – Khia
“Funky Cold Medina” Tone Loc
Clapton’s ‘Lay Down Sally’
minus the bear “when we escape”? i don’t think it’s subtle enough.
and google tells me your poem is “the flea” by john donne. it’s kind of funny.