How many of us really listen to music and understand the message?

Another song with deep meaning.
You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore.
When listening to this song I hear a woman finally saying, "Enough"
She has had it up to here being told what to do by the men folk in her life.

You don't own me
I'm not just one of your many toys
You don't own me
Don't say I can't go with other boys

This song came after so many previous songs portrayed women fawning around after their menfolk.
About getting men to like them, getting dumped by men, getting approval from men.
As if a woman could not live without a man showing her the way.

The song is about a woman telling off those men who think they own women.

And don't tell me what to do
Don't tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display 'cause...

You don't own me
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me
Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay

The song could also be used by guys who are in a similar situation.
We all see those relationships where the woman rules over her man.

The song is also about raising self esteem. Taking a stand. Showing that people can make it on their own without a prop supporting them.

I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please

The song was at the time, an anthem for women, of all classes who were at times made to feel inferior.
The song was released in 1963 but it is still very relevant today.
Sure, there has been change, but suppression still abounds. On both sides.

I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free

A great song with deep meaning.

You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
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How about this one?
Come a little bit closer - Jay and the Americans
In a little café
Just the other side of the border
She was a-sitting there a-givin' me
Looks that made my mouth water
So I started walking her way
She belonged to bad man, José

So, he knows this woman is taken, she "belongs" to José - a bad man.

He knew that to get involved there would be much trouble

But he was weak. All she had to say was

"Come a little bit closer
You're my kind of man
So big and so strong

I'm all alone
And the night is so long."

Playing on his ego, knowing that man is weak when titillated by an alluring woman.

So we started to dance
In my arms, she felt so inviting
And I just couldn't resist
Just one little kiss, so exciting

Exactly the same as Gene Pitney, couldn't resist...

But this guy is saved from what? A beating? Death?

He heard the guitar player say
"Vamoos, José's on his way!"

Oh poop, I know I should run but the alluring siren sang once again...

"Come a little bit closer
You're my kind of man
So big and so strong

I'm all alone
And the night is so long"

I think the lady enjoyed a little dangerous excitement.

The music stopped
the customers were the ones to vamoos, the café was empty

Then José entered saying
"Man, you know you're in trouble plenty"

What did the pseudo wannabe lover do?

He dropped his drink and jumped out the window
And as he rode away he heard her say to José, yeah

Come a little bit closer
You're my kind of man
So big and so strong
Come a little bit closer
I'm all alone
And the night is so long

What is it with men, can they only think with their ******s?

I might, sometimes. When I listen to music I'm drawn towards the playing of instruments first and then lyrics

I love just reading the lyrics of songs, makes you appreciate them. Poetry set to music.

The thing that sticks in my mind about that song is the final two notes on the piano. They add an air of finality to it, a signal that there's no going back.

I once knew someone who worked as a DJ in hospital radio. I asked him about his attitude to talking over the final seconds of records. '24 Hours from Tulsa is one that you never talk over, because of those two notes on the piano'.

I do.....but i obviously hadn't listened to this song that closely before!!
What a git!!! Lol.