Unsubtle

[jennythereader]

Sometimes R&B lyrics can be beautiful, sexy, and subtle. Other times, not so much.

As the finest example of "hit you over the head" I've ever heard, I give you Smokey Robinson's "Let Me Be The Clock". Hear a sample of the song.

The key lyric:
Let me be the pendulum that strikes your chime
For the first time

Comments

[nounsandverbs]

Yup, nothing subtle about that. Like the original lyrics to "Tutti Fruitti," before they got cleaned up for "white" radio. ("Tutti fruitti/Good booty" -- and on in a similar vein.)

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

That's great. :-) I hadn't realized that "Tutti Frutti" had been changed.

[nounsandverbs]

Yup. If Wikipedia says so, it must be true: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutti_Frutti_(song)

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Must be.

[nounsandverbs]

OK, no, usually not. But THIS entry is true.