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mknod  ·  3835 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My Dad's Record collection - Mungo Jerry - Mungo Jerry

I've been using #mydadsrecordcollection as a way to go through music I grew up with and reflect on it. My primary thesis for this album was to simply display the goofiness that Mungo Jerry seems to have and how it related to growing up.

You're right that if I heard this song today, I would totally see the song as sexist, I recognize the sexism and I certainly don't endorse it.

Please feel free to tear the song apart, it's great to hear different perspectives on music and culture especially things that are older where these ideas weren't as taboo as they are today.

"In the Pines" is a fantastic example of this

  "Black girl, black girl, don't lie to me

  Where did you stay last night?
  I stayed in the pines where the sun never shines
  And shivered when the cold wind blows"