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- From: alan@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Alan S. Mazer)
- Subject: Reading too much into lyrics (was Re: Extreme)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.004906.10801@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:49:06 GMT
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- In article <blah blah blah> marshall1198@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
- [regarding Extreme's More Than Words]
- >I don't think that "have sex with me" was the message they were trying to give.
- >I've heard that look at it many times from Christians, but NEVER from
- >non-Christians.
- >
- >Perhaps the song is more innocent? Maybe? Maybe not?
-
- I've noticed that sometimes we tend to assume the world is being perverse
- when it actually isn't. When Amy Grant did "Stay For Awhile" a Christian
- friend of mine complained that the song was clearing describing an illicit
- affair that she was remembering fondly. Give me a break already!
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- -- Alan # Mountain Dew and doughnuts...
- ..!ames!elroy!alan # because breakfast is the most important meal
- alan@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov # of the day.
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