Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond is a huge one

{@originnone] 🤷‍♂️ fair enough they sang about them but unlike that sick ba@ta@d gary glitter the never actually acted out the sick fantasies

It's better than Jerry Lee Lewis who actually married a 13 year old.

Never really considered [i]that[/i]. Mostly, I figured the songs were marketed to teenagers who bought the records.

No. Men are disgusting.

They weren't considered under-aged back then. 16 was looked upon as becoming a woman. And over in the UK I think the age of consent is still 16. Heck, it was pretty common to get married right out of high school and starting a family back then.

Nah.

This isn't what it seems. Ok so maybe the KISS one is a little borderline..

But this happened because at the time, the number one buyer of single records was teen girls. So the singers of the era catered to them and wrote and sang songs that would sell to them.

Noticed you didn't mention this one...

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Don't forget [i]My Sharona[/i].

Nah, it doesn't bother me, it was another time and we can't undo the damage. We can only make sure it doesn't happen again.

Sixteen was legal back then. You could get married without your parents' permission. You were an adult at 16.

I dont think highly of men so thats not shocking to me.

Guarantee the age of consent, in most areas, was well below those ages at the time

Ringo Starr

I'm pretty sure they were written that way to appeal to the new teenage music market of the time.
Weird how sensibilities change.
Those on this page saying they're creepy.....etc. I wouldn't mind betting their great Grandparents said exactly the same at the time

She's only 17 by Winger

Nope why, what's wrong with that

This post fuels my misandry

Here's ten songs.

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good point

A little bit.

Winger - 17

The song "Young Girl" bothered me even though I was a kid at the time. I found it insulting somehow. 🤭 Otherwise, I didn't overthink the rest of them, probably interprted them as a nostalgic look back at the singers' HS days.

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It's gross, and wasn't 16 legal then? Idk maybe in their minds.

Younger girl by the critters, is another one

I already got blocked for saying that Elvis was a predator today.

It’s all disgusting.

Yeah that Gary Puckett sounds like a pedo song

Not to mention Elvis Pressley started dating Priscilla when she was 14 and he was 26 while stationed in Germany with the US Army, her father was the base Commander, and Jerry Lee Lewis married his cousin, who was 13 at the time.