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* The Crystals' "[[Domestic Abuse|He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss)]]" is more likely to raise hackles now than it was back in the '60s. What's interesting is that contemporary reactions may be more in line with songwriter intent. Goffin and King wrote the song in shocked reaction to learning that Little Eva was getting beaten up by her boyfriend and didn't object. More [[wikipedia:He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)|details]] on [[Wikipedia]].
* The Christmas classic "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" gets this reaction from more than a few people who actually bother to focus on the lyrics. Sure, the underlying message is that the father is dressed as Santa, which the mother finds cute enough to kiss him over, and the child just so happens to catch them in the act and find it comical. However, the song leaves a number of things open to interpretation, such as infidelity, and a Broken Home situation.
* Similarly, "Baby It's Cold Outside" is not well-liked in feminist circles, because at a superficial hearing it depicts a man pressuring a woman into sex.
** In a world with date rape drugs, the woman's line "what's in this drink?" is much harsher than it would have been in the Forties.
** What's funny is that, at the time, the song was supposed to imply that the woman was ''voluntarily'' staying the night with the man, which was very daring for that era. At the time the song was written it was still somewhat unacceptable that a unmarried couple were left alone without a chaperon, lest the woman's reputation took a dive; most of the lyrics are the typical "acceptable" excuses that could be used in such circumstances and the lady's protests are supposed to be nominal (in a "I have to go but I really don't want to" sort of way), hence the lines about the drink and the cigarrete.
* [[ABBA]] isn’t immune to this either. When one listens to “Does Your Mother Know”, it would be deemed inappropriate due to the subject matter, even though the [[Jail Bait Wait| singer refused to go along with the girl in question due to her age]].
** “When I Kissed a Teacher” would also fall under this due the recent controversy with [[Teacher-Student Romance]], even if it was the student who stated it.
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