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dibbydooby November 1 2020, 13:01:09 UTC
i love this song idgaf
sorry the melody and harmonies slap

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xtinkerbellax November 1 2020, 13:11:19 UTC
I still can't believe people thought the guy in the song was literally drugging the woman's drink tbh. I always think of this when I hear it:

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martha_cf November 1 2020, 14:00:21 UTC
I think it's one of those songs that is very rooted in a cultural moment and codes that are not perceptible to the younger generations.

I always interpreted it as the woman wanting to stay but cultural perceptions have changed and the song as it is interpreted by our own cultural experiences has become wildly innapropriate.

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tanglespiders November 1 2020, 15:14:39 UTC
Yeah, most of the criticism I've seen is that the song has a "no means yes" narrative because of its contemporary morals. She wants to stay, and women who wanted to fuck back then had to play coy or be called loose, or have it assumed you'd fuck any guy who asked, or whatever, but that also means there were plenty of women who said "no," meant it, and were ignored.

So it's fine if you like the song, and it's fine if it just reminds you that social mores in the 1950s were really fucked up, and I can't believe I'm giving in to op's obvious attempt to start this fight before we've even started eating our leftover Halloween candy.

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xtinkerbellax November 1 2020, 15:32:00 UTC
I wasn't even talking about the song in general or any other part of the song but that one specific line.

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martymcfly85 November 1 2020, 13:59:28 UTC
Um Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel in Elf will always be my fav even though its a minute long in the movie. They should have recorded it and put it on the soundtrack.

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piratesswoop November 1 2020, 14:03:58 UTC
i love the leann womack/harry connick jr. version, it’s always the one on my christmas playlist. it’s just so flirty and playful

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trendsnational November 1 2020, 14:10:03 UTC
Was that Gaga/JGL performance from an Awards show? I've never seen it.

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izzzzy23 November 1 2020, 14:35:53 UTC
A muppets holiday special iirc

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