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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (49882)	6/10/2002 10:20:26 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I was 15 or 16 (assuming it came out in 71 or 2) when that song was being played a lot. That may explain why we ALL got it. <g> Afternoon Delight was one of those songs that made me cringe, so I never listened past the opening bars. How common was it to think it was about sex? Did others you talked to share this interpretation?

To: Lane3 who wrote (49882)	6/10/2002 10:24:25 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

My daughter told me last night that that song is on our Disney car tape sing along tape. I had no idea it was so questionable, or actually, that it was there. I am shocked, shocked I tell you. I'm wondering what other sexual menaces may be lurking on my sing along songs tape.

To: Lane3 who wrote (49882)	6/10/2002 10:34:14 AM
From: Constant Reader	Respond to of 82486

When that song came out, I thought it insipid as well. I also remember kids talking about the double-meaning.

To: Lane3 who wrote (49882)	6/10/2002 11:21:59 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I'm reminded of the people who claim "Puff the Magic Dragon" was about drugs. At the time I had no clue about that. I just thought it was a nice children's song. I was into a combination of classical and folk music then, and hardly listened to any pop music at all. When I was in college I didn't have either a radio or a stereo (or a TV) in my room, and after I got out I don't think I even owned a radio until the 1980s, and I bought my first TV when I moved to NYC, which was when I was 33. Up 'till then I never owned one. I just never was into contemporary culture, so I missed a lot of the references everybody is supposed to have known all about.