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Author:  pcernie [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Blurred Lines song banned at Edinburgh students' union
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/24071219

I could understand banning it because people are sick of it, but this is just nonsense.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 3:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Blurred Lines song banned at Edinburgh students' union
I played it on Youtube with the Lyrics and it does not seem to hint at rape at all.

www.azlyrics.com wrote:
"Blurred Lines"
(feat. T.I. & Pharrell Williams)

[Intro: Pharrell]
Everybody get up
Everybody get up
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey

[Verse 1: Robin Thicke]
If you can't hear what I'm trying to say
If you can't read from the same page
Maybe I'm going deaf,
Maybe I'm going blind
Maybe I'm out of my mind
[Pharell:] Everybody get up

[Pre-chorus: Robin Thicke]
OK now he was close, tried to domesticate you
But you're an animal, baby, it's in your nature
Just let me liberate you
Hey, hey, hey
You don't need no papers
Hey, hey, hey
That man is not your maker

[Chorus: Robin Thicke]
And that's why I'm gon' take a good girl
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me
You're far from plastic
Talk about getting blasted
I hate these blurred lines
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty
Go ahead, get at me
[Pharell:] Everybody get up

[Verse 2: Robin Thicke]
What do they make dreams for
When you got them jeans on
What do we need steam for
You the hottest bitch in this place
I feel so lucky
Hey, hey, hey
You wanna hug me
Hey, hey, hey
What rhymes with hug me?
Hey, hey, hey

[Pre-chorus: Robin Thicke]
OK now he was close, tried to domesticate you
But you're an animal, baby it's in your nature
Just let me liberate you
Hey, hey, hey
You don't need no papers
Hey, hey, hey
That man is not your maker
Hey, hey, hey

[Chorus: Robin Thicke]
And that's why I'm gon' take a good girl
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me
You're far from plastic
Talk about getting blasted
[Pharell:] Everybody get up
I hate these blurred lines
I know you want it
I hate them lines
I know you want it
I hate them lines
I know you want it
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty
Go ahead, get at me

[Verse 3: T.I.]
One thing I ask of you
Let me be the one you back that ass to
Go, from Malibu, to Paris, boo
Yeah, I had a bitch, but she ain't bad as you
So hit me up when you passing through
I'll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two
Swag on, even when you dress casual
I mean it's almost unbearable
In a hundred years not dare, would I
Pull a Pharside let you pass me by
Nothing like your last guy, he too square for you
He don't smack that ass and pull your hair like that
So I just watch and wait for you to salute
But you didn't pick
Not many women can refuse this pimpin'
I'm a nice guy, but don't get it if you get with me

[Bridge: Robin Thicke]
Shake the vibe, get down, get up
Do it like it hurt, like it hurt
What you don't like work?

[Pre-chorus: Robin Thicke]
Baby can you breathe? I got this from Jamaica
It always works for me, Dakota to Decatur, uh huh
No more pretending
Hey, hey, hey
Cause now you winning
Hey, hey, hey
Here's our beginning

[Chorus: Robin Thicke]
I always wanted a good girl
(Pharell: Everybody get up)
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
You're a good girl
Can't let it get past me
You're far from plastic
Talk about getting blasted
I hate these blurred lines
(Pharell: Everybody get up)
I know you want it
I know you want it
I know you want it
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty
Go ahead, get at me

[Outro: Pharrell]
Everybody get up
Everybody get up
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Blurred Lines song banned at Edinburgh students' union
Amnesia10 wrote:
it does not seem to hint at rape at all.

That's because it largely doesn't make any sense at all, about anything. But then song lyrics often don't. However you'd have to assume the people complaining at least presented some justification for the prohibition. We've only heard the public statements which might not include all of that. Plus the video has been a tad controversial, which is associated with the song without being expressed in the lyrics. It could also be a University group making a statement at the start of term to set the standard for the coming year.

If it makes enough people uncomfortable, it would end up being a floor clearer and DJs would stop playing it anyway.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Blurred Lines song banned at Edinburgh students' union
The lyrics sound more like a chat up line in a night club, about her not being married and the blurred lines as to being with one person or another or in the process of switching affection.

A lot of lyrics make no sense at all. Even if you are on drugs. :lol:
Author:  davrosG5 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Blurred Lines song banned at Edinburgh students' union
It may not explicitly mention or imply rape but some of the lyrics can certainly be interpreted as heading in that direction.
"I know you want it" and/or "Must wanna get nasty" for example could be considered a bit to close to 'she was asking for it' which is much more in the rape camp.
When I listened to the lyrics I thought it sounded a bit creepy/wrong so I can certainly see where the Union is coming from.
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