Ignorant or Innocent?

I just bought Glee's version of "Afternoon Delight" off of iTunes and am struck so much by how sweet and wonderful it sounds, definitely my favorite cover so far from this eccentric and lovable show.

 I remember hearing the original (by Starland Vocal Band) on the radio when I was a little girl and having no clue what the song was about...much like fully adult Emma didn't on Glee's "sex episode" a few weeks back.

I love how, after she and her husband (played by John Stamos) finished performing the song with some of the members from the Celibacy Club, she said she thought a "nooner" was when she went out during the middle of the day to grab some dessert...most likely, cherry pie!: )

During that particular episode of "Glee" Will Schuester was alarmed to discover how little his students really knew about sex. That kind of concern is certainly understandable and realistic.

Not knowing much about sex can be dangerous, of course, but not knowing everything about it can also be sort of sweet, which may be one reason Emma (often played with wide-eyed innocence by Jayma Mays) is so endearing. I have always found those not jaded by life to be very appealing.

It is, however, very disconcerting when Emma's husband reveals in their therapy session that they have been married four months and she's still a virgin. Underneath all the humor surrounding her character lurks a rather scary attitude about love and sex...which can be summed up best in her use of the words "hose monster" to refer to a certain part of male anatomy.

Poor Emma!! But to be fair to her....Afternoon Delight" (no matter which version) has always had a certain innocence to it that belies its sexy side!:)

"And Then I Dreamt of Yes"...really dreamy song that calmed me down last night when I was restless. The video for it is something else...very, very odd and haunting:


watch here

..at last!...


Below is a link I looked for for so long and couldn't find I thought I had remembered it wrong...I like this little article because while it still insists homosexuality is wrong (or rather, "acting" on it is) the writer at least acknowledges one very, very important thing:

you can't make yourself heterosexual!!

One line i just love: "Singleness isn't a sin, immorality is."

"Ex Gay Therapy" so often stresses conversion that it expects near-impossible results. Surely, if groups behind such therapy are truly sincere, they would be just as happy with those who remain celibate and single!

I still don't believe being gay is wrong, but I also believe the other side is entitled to their opinion, especially if they are civil about it and don't support hate!

just my two cents...


http://www.christiananswers.net/q-cross/cross-gaychange.html

 

 
"And She Was" (by the Talking Heads) is supposedly about a girl on an acid trip, but I like to think of it more as a song about a girl who is so in tune with the world she can leave her body at will, in perfect peace. Of course, the LCD theory is probably more likely, since David Byrne himself has explained it as such (see below!)

The great thing about great music (or great art, in general) is that you can put your own spin on it. That's why I like song facts, where (especially with more provocative tracks) people will actually debate the meanings of various song lyrics. Reading the comments can be quite entertaining!!!

This is just one of the many you'll often find:


In David Byrne Live at Union Chapel (on DVD), just before performing this song, David says, "This is a song I wrote about a girl I knew in high school in Baltimore, Maryland who used to take LSD and lie out in a field behind the Yoohoo chocolate drink factory." Astral travel experiences aren't uncommon with LSD. But I always thought of this song as being about an experience of astral travel induced by young woman's stumbling accidentally upon powerful Tantric sexual techniques, perhaps (quite extraordinarily) during her first sexual experience.
- Patrick, Portland, OR

And some songs (such as "A Horse With No Name") can generate very heated discussions that you make want to double check you haven't landed in the middle of a Sunday morning news show.:)

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