Double meanings gone crazy
October 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
In general, I love that the lyrics in R&B soul songs from the golden era–the ’60s through early ’80s–are straightforward, while the accompanying music is often what makes the songs so emotional and personal. (My friend Joy pointed this out today, and I thought it was very well put and at variance to many songwriters today, who are more esoteric).
Of course, anything can go too far. Barry White, Isaac Hayes, the Isley Brothers, and so on, have maybe written a few too many songs about making love and being sexy. Eventually, they employ double meanings to make things interesting. Sometimes, these double meanings don’t even seem to mean anything.
Case in point. Joy and I were at Colony Records today and saw this, from Isaac Hayes:
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