Sunday, May 30, 2004

TO THE WINDOW, TO THE WALL: A few weeks ago, we were discussing songs that were being foolishly taken off the radio out of fear of FCC reprisal, and in the comments we got into the songs that, um, maybe shouldn't be on the air, like the popular "Get Low" by Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz.

Well, on the ride to Connecticut this afternoon, Jen and I were reminded of one that got on the radio a few years ago, completely unbleeped, and I believe it's the only song to receive mainstream radio attention for the topic of trying to dance while inappropriately erect.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's the R&B hit "Too Close", by Next. How a song featuring a woman singing "Step back you're dancing kinda close/I feel a little poke coming through/On you" made it onto the radio is beyond me.

There's a place for sex in popular music. But how about a little subtlety? What happened to Prince wondering if he had enough gas?

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