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Manners in songs.
Posted by Simon Hoyle on 18 September 2009 - 11:48am.
Driving back from swimming with my son (age 5), with "Abba Gold" playing. He suddenly pipes up with "Daddy – this is wrong. It should be 'Please give me a man after midnight' shouldn't it ?". I'm torn between wanting to laugh and being hugely impressed that he's applying what he's learned about good manners to different situations.
I'm now wondering whether I need to vet the whole iPod for other similarly ill-mannered songs. Obviously "Please Please Me" will be okay...
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I've posted this before
but I'll have to do it once again given your topic:
More Polite Songs/Titles
The High Fidelity - I Thank You
U2 - Please
Alanis Morissette - Thank You
James - Pleased To Meet You
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
The Smiths - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Kaiser Chiefs - Thank You Very Much
The Kinks - Days
The Beatles - Thank You Girl
The Flaming Lips - Thank You Jack White (For The Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)
Thank You for Being a Friend (The Golden Girls Theme Tune)
I'm sure I can think of more.
The Smiths'
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want kind of falls between two stools, don't you think? Despite the pleases, it's still being a little demanding.
Yeah I'd agree with that
I think it's called Pester Power.
There's The Rolling Stones'...
...."If it's no trouble, could you get off my cloud."
On a related subject ...
Not neccesarily politeness but was it Reef who sang 'I Don't Think Kindness Is A Weakness'. A good song, I seem to recall, and a commendable sentiment.
James Brown:
Please, Please, Please
The Scaffold : Lily the Pink:
Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron , thank you very much, thank you very very very much