rock songs rejecting casual sex

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Never wanted to be your weekend lover
Only wanted to be some kind of friend
I could never steal you from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end
Purple Rain, Purple Rain

Tracer Hand, Monday, 11 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I just realised, is it really legitimate to put in your question, Duane, 'and I don't mean songs sung by girls.' I think you're asking for pro-monogamy sentiments spoken 'in protest,' 'against expectation.' And not ALL girls, in ALL cultural circumstances, are EXPECTED to voice pro-monogamy sentiments. I thought that for instance the female reggae singers who sang pro-monogamy songs were doing so from a vantage point slightly outside of cultural expectation, or at least being a bit 'uppity.' For instance 'Melody Life,' by whom I've forgotten, and 'Take you for a ride' by Girl Satchmo; and 'Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls' by TLC, all these songs exemplify the kind of 'protest' voice I think you're asking for here.

Maryann, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Tracer Hand - That Prince song plays a lot on the radio, and it's bad to hear if something sad just happened to you. Not that that ever happened to me, or anything. That's funny about Prince; cos he has that song 'Head' which is about, oh, so you're just about to get married? Don't worry, just do this with me; and Sister, speaks for itself; but then he also has some kind of moralising, anti-modern- decadance thing; AND, a sort of realist, cinema-verite 'subtleties of a deep relationship' thing, reflected in Purple Rain and 'When You Were Mine' (When you were mine/you were all I ever wanted to do . . .)

sleazy moralising realist . . .

ms, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link


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