Posted on 12/05/2018 11:55:55 PM PST by dennisw
Commentary: Canada's CBC is the latest radio outlet to ban "Baby" as offensive. Who to believe — radio programmers, or actual feminists? There is one group, and one group only, that should be crusading against the performance of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” in public: vicious maiden aunts. These treacherous protectors of niece-ly chastity have no coalition in 2018, so far as we’ve heard. (Speak up and say your piece if you’re out there, Auntie Lame Society.). So the campaign against Frank Loesser’s 1940s classic has been left to others — not so much feminists, as rumored, since most who’ve thought much about the song in context at all know that “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” was actually a witty, ahead-of-its-time avowal of women owning their own sexual agency.
No, the would-be ban is being led by that most deeply progressive group of all: adult-contemporary radio programmers. A handful of them, at least, have decided it’s time to go out for a nice holiday troll by declaring “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” dead to them… followed by the inevitable online poll that will lead to a reversal and reinstatement. We can only hope some of them will stick to their guns and maintain the boycott: It’s been far too long since radio pulled any Beatles- or Dixie Chicks-smashing stunts; what could be more heartwarming for the holidays than a nice community bonfire with AC listeners burning their Michael Bublé/Idina Menzel duets?
This idiocy will all blow over once TWO GUYS record this song.
I will now go non-PC and post this link!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnjwW9aUn08
Buddy Ebsen was there. I don’t remember this airing, right off. But it obviously did. I just can’t remember if I saw it or not.
And then, the Partridge Family.
Barack and Larry?
Barry and Larry Sing America’s Favorite Banned Christmas Songs. Available wherever this record is sold.
https://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/frank-loesser/
...Oscar-winning “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,”
Frank Loesser wrote the lyrics to over 700 songs, wrote and composed the Pulitzer Prize winning musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, and the ultimate piece of American musical theater “Guys and Dolls, a Musical Fable of Broadway”. He won the Tony Award in 1951, as Best Composer and Lyricist. “Guys and Dolls” won for Best Musical. He was a tireless contributer to Broadway and Hollywood, and to the War effort in World War II. He was nominated for the Academy Award for “Thumbelina”(Hans Christian Andersen, 1952) and won the Academy Award for “Best Song” for “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (Neptune’s Daughter, 1949).
Frank Loesser | Songwriters Hall of Fame
https://www.songhall.org/profile/Frank_Loesser
Frank Loesser
(1910 - 1969)
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/frank-loesser
Frank Loesser | The Stars | Broadway: The American Musical | PBS
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/frank-loesser/
Baby, It’s Cold Outside” lyrics controversy continues: Backlash as more radio stations ban song over lyrics amid #MeToo movement - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baby-its-cold-outside-backlash-as-more-radio-stations-ban-song-over-lyrics-amid-metoo-movement/
and, the lyrics:
I really can’t stay (Baby, it’s cold outside)
I’ve got to go ‘way (Baby, it’s cold outside)
The evening has been (I’ve been hopin’ that you’d drop in)
So very nice (I’ll hold your hand, they’re just like ice)
My mother will start to worry (Hey beautiful, what’s your hurry)
And father will be pacing the floor (Listen to that fireplace roar)
So really, I’d better scurry (Beautiful, please don’t hurry)
Well, maybe just a half a drink more (Put some music on while I pour)
The neighbors might think (Baby, it’s bad out there)
Say, what’s in this drink (No cabs to be had out there)
I wish I knew how (Your eyes are like starlight now)
To break this spell (I’ll take your hat, your hair looks swell)
I oughtta say no, no, no sir (You mind if I move in closer)
At least I’m gonna say that I tried (And what’s the sense in hurting my pride)
I really can’t stay (Oh baby, don’t hold out)
Oh, but it’s cold outside
I simply must go (It’s cold outside)
The answer is no (Baby, it’s cold outside)
The welcome has been (So lucky that you dropped in)
So nice and warm (Look out the window at that storm)
My sister will be suspicious (Your lips look delicious)
My brother will be there at the door (I ain’t worried about you brother)
My maiden aunt’s mind is vicious (That ol’ biddy, she ain’t gonna bother me)
Well maybe just a cigarette more (You don’t need no cigarette, it’s smokin’ plenty up in here)
I’ve got to get home (Baby, you’ll freeze out there)
Say, lend me a comb (It’s up to your knees out there)
You’ve really been grand (I thrill when you touch my hand)
Oh, but don’t you see (How can you do this thing to me)
There’s bound to be talk tomorrow (Well, think of my lifelong sorrow)
At least there will be plenty implied (If you caught pneumonia and died)
I really can’t stay (Get over that hold out)
Oh, but baby it’s cold outside
Pretty much hate Leftists
:^)
Buddy Ebsen isn’t in that cut, BTW, but he’s in other versions of the video.
I didn’t make that clear.
Just the latest “flag burning” of the political class. GHWBush’s favorite campaigning technique. Make the election about something trivial right away. Then you can ignore the issues.
What the heck is wrong with people?
I don’t want to live in their utopia.
I like my world better.
The good old days.
Seinfeld has pretty much said that comedy is dead on college campuses.
As someone else said, leftists are humorless and bitter. I’ve worked in a male dominated industry my whole life and most of the men I’ve encountered are polite and supportive. Of course, I don’t mind if a man holds the door or helps me into the car! That’s just being a gentleman and that’s how we taught our boys to behave.
Grumpy old biddies - never married, never parents. I hate to say it because I consider myself a “feminist” but that was back in the day when it meant equal pay for equal work - not hating men! We love you men and we couldn’t live without you.
Thank you for all you do for us ladies.
The lyrics are seen by some as kind of date rape-y. I personally don’t see how it’s a Christmas song but there are some very well-done versions of it.
...if it was two guys they would have been stifled..
Feminism is as cold a mistress as death itself.
Did they ban Wake Up Little Susie??
This is one of my favorite tunes. Reminds me of when I was dating my husband and his behavior, like the guy in this tune, was evident of his devotion and love...One of the reasons I fell in love with him. The left cannot stand signs of love and devotion which other people enjoy because they seem to only practice hate 24/7 against real people who do not live fake lives but, instead, choose to live within the boundaries of reality. Merry Christmas, everyone. Give your significant other a big hug and kiss as you listen to “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”
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