https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:26:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1985268 Sun, 23 Dec 2018 02:42:50 +0000 rachylou 1985268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Course that how I saw it reported ... as a ban. I think we should ban the 24-hr infotainment cycle... :p </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1985208 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 21:02:56 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1985208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div><i> I clearly used "banning" as a relative term. Certain stations have<br /> stopped the play of the song, which has nothing to do with government or<br /> censorship. Of course private and for-profit stations will play what<br /> their listening public will allow.<br /></i></div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for coming clean on that. There is so much acrimony in the world today that added sensationalism is unhelpful, imo.<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1985035 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 09:19:07 +0000 rachylou 1985035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is on a tangent... but Echo, I have to tell you now about how my Gen Z work children and I discuss the tragedy that is music today... ‘You used to call me on the cell phone’... which is worse, ‘Strange Love’ (about dishing out pain) or Drake (no love)?</p> <p>!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1985026 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 06:28:52 +0000 Echo 1985026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I clearly used "banning" as a relative term. Certain stations have stopped the play of the song, which has nothing to do with government or censorship. Of course private and for-profit stations will play what their listening public will allow.</p> <p>However, coming from the late 80's and early 90's as far as my listening to radio goes, "Baby, It's Cold Outside" has nothing offensive going for it when compared to songs that were my contemporaries, like Used to Love Her by Guns n Roses or Sex Type Thing from Stone Temple Pilots. That's not to say that either of those songs should be normalized or accepted, just that "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was written by a husband and wife team, and the original parts were labeled "Cat" and "Mouse". It was clearly written as a "game" and intended to be funny. And FWIW, when the song was written, it was VERY common for people, when realizing they'd been speaking out of turn or acting out of character to exclaim, "What's in this drink?!" as a funny excuse for their behaviour.</p> <p>While I can see the "sinister" side of the song when viewed through today's lenses, I do NOT see it through those same lenses when hearing it. It was intended to be funny and fun, not sinister and date-rapey.&nbsp; Again, I guess it all has to do with what a station's listeners will allow. But, as a PP mentioned, then a whole lot of rap music, or even "popular" music from a different era (i.e. 70's and 80's) would have to not be played as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1984936 Fri, 21 Dec 2018 20:34:59 +0000 JAileen 1984936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I heard it at Macy’s yesterday, so ir’s obviously not banned. I liked the song before, but now I probably would listen to the lyrics very carefully. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1984118 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:55:17 +0000 MsMary 1984118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nobody is banning anything, BTW. It's just that certain radio stations are not playing that song because they have determined their audience doesn't want to hear it. It's the marketplace. Banning and censorship are concepts that implicate the government, not private actors like radio stations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1984099 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 19:52:12 +0000 texstyle 1984099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>So then will we soon be banning nearly all rap music too for similar reasons? I am really into music as I like to sing and play guitar so the lyrics have become more and more of an interest to me over the years. Many songs I choose not to learn because I read the lyrics and realize I don't like the message in the song and don't want it drilled into my memory. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>MANY songs have lyrics that someone will find either sad, offensive, rude, discriminatory, etc.<br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1984075 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:44:12 +0000 MsMary 1984075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tended to be a little "meh" about this but then I watched the video from the 1949 movie and it's creepy as can be!&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ProtQN0Rq2c">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ProtQN0Rq2c</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1984042 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:46:05 +0000 Sara L. 1984042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can see both sides of this debate.&nbsp; The song was written in the 1940's and it reflects a different era.&nbsp; However, I can see the the date rapey aspects when viewed through a modern lens.&nbsp; To be honest, I've never liked the song much and usually think it's sort of annoying so it doesn't bother me that radio stations aren't playing it.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1983958 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:28:35 +0000 Anonymous 1983958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She sounds like shes being flirty, but "whats in this drink"?!?! Yikes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1983546 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:49:48 +0000 Helena 1983546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess I am in the minority; I am not in favor of this ban. That said, I do understand how people are hearing it and why some people don't like it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1983400 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 05:05:48 +0000 Anonymous 1983400@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Music lyrics can be powerful to the young. I am glad that this creepy song is being called out and should not automatically be on holiday play lists. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1983386 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 03:38:00 +0000 Sal 1983386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is not a song I know but I did look up the lyrics.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I suspect like many others it will just fall out of favour as being dated - when written it possibly had the frisson of staying out late and breaking the rules....but it can be looked at in a more sinister fashion.</p> <p>There are many books/movies that I happily enjoyed that are problematic...</p> <p><b>Gone with the Wind</b> - the scene on the stairs with Rhett and Scarlett (to name one- I think there are several issues today)<br /><b>Trade Wind</b>- MM Kaye novel - I think the sex scene is actually a rape scene<br /><b>Flowers in the Attic </b>- Virginia Andrew - I read this series avidly as a teen, it is seriously sick.</p> <p>There are others and how do we judge them with today's eyes and views?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I personally am against most enforced censorship, but stations, stores are free to make their own choices about inappropriate materials.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I sometimes think it is easier to protest these matters rather than the big scary stuff that is happening that we ignore/put our head in the sand about. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1983195 Sun, 16 Dec 2018 18:24:48 +0000 Anonymous 1983195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's in a grey area for me. &nbsp;When I first heard it, I thought it sounded playful and flirtatious, and like the woman might really want to stay, but was worried about coming home late. &nbsp;Later, after first-hand experience with date rape, it took on a much more sinister tone. &nbsp;Ear of the listener, I guess. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1982965 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 20:06:17 +0000 Anonymous 1982965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wasn't this song in the movie Elf? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1982919 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 16:33:07 +0000 Janet 1982919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a shame because it's a darn catchy tune, but yeah, it's always had those overtones. I'm OK with radio stations choosing not to play it -- this is not censorship, it's choosing what you believe your market will accept.&nbsp;</p> <p>This year has been deeply affecting for many who experienced any kind of sexual assault in their lives. I'm not surprised or dismayed at all that some things that have previously gone unchallenged are now being questioned.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1982856 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:44:52 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1982856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think lots of news outlets have been very irresponsible about this, running headlines that claim there is a ban, then revealing somewhere deep in the article that that isn’t true, it’s simply music venues adjusting their playlists to their listeners’ preferences, which is *what they do* to stay competitive. </p> <p>That song has given me the creeps for a long time. I don’t know as I’d swear off a station for life because of it, but “what’s in this drink” cuts through any talk of her looking for excuses because she really wanted to stay. That's never happened to me, but “think of my lifelong sorrow” is too close to reality for me. This song and a few other uncomfortable things could lead me to choose a different playlist (because that’s how I listen to music anyway, not on the radio), especially if kids were listening with me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1982840 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 12:49:51 +0000 Bennett 1982840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup, a good ole classic date rape song. Force the drinks down her, block her attempts to leave, try to make it look charming....&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1982813 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 09:42:49 +0000 Jane 1982813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Goodness, I hadn’t heard about that ban...But yes Rachylou let’s abandon the rubbish! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1982807 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 08:45:40 +0000 rachylou 1982807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I heard that they gave up on the ban?</p> <p>Makes me think of Saturday Night Fever. I tried to watch that movie again: it’s simply unwatchable. And you know, it features a date rape that I don’t remember anyone identifying as a rape ever. Not even now. </p> <p>Anyways, I don’t think I’m on the ban bandwagon, but I do expect people to abandon cr*p. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/holiday-classic-banned-on-radio#post-1982760 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 02:17:47 +0000 Echo 1982760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, it is only certain stations that have discontinued playing the song, but still.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Baby, It's Cold Outside" has been labeled offensive in the Me, Too era. Many radio stations have experienced pressure to discontinue playing the song due to the lyrics.<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/arts/music/baby-its-cold-outside-history-facts.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/1.....facts.html</a></p> <p>While the first time this seems to have been mentioned in the media was in 2004, it seems to have really gained steam this year.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thoughts? Opinions?&nbsp;</p>