Even if they didn't mean it this way, I don't get why more people aren't reading innuendo into "#Lollipop" by the #Chordettes

#music #lyrics

TBH, it isn't even innuendo. It seems to just be a near-literal reading. (Like with "wand"->"penis" in #harrypotter)

According to the lyrics, the #lollipop is "Sweeter than candy on a stick". But a literal lollipop IS candy on a stick. So they must be talking about something else...

Crazy way he thrills me, tell you why
Just like a lightning from the sky
He loves to kiss me till I can't see straight

Thrill and kiss are obv code. "A" lightning makes no sense. But if code for a sex act?

@davidr Tsk tsk Dave. Lightning is obvious.
@lgeurts I agree, it is. What I'm marveling at is that there seems to be no discussion about it online. Or maybe it's SO obvious nobody bothers?
@davidr @lgeurts Maybe it's because the song is 65 years old? (Released in 1958). Besides, there are far more risquΓ© songs, e.g., 60-Minute Man, Rock Me Baby.
@SharonGibson3 @davidr Probably that's a reason too Sharon. PS. Don't know 60 minute man.

@lgeurts @davidr *60-Minute Man *is a 1951 song by Billy Ward and the Dominoes. (The late Ed Bradley, a correspondent for the CBS News magazine, 60 Minutes, frequently performed the song at various venues, incl. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and with Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band.)

The protagonist maintains he can last for an hour in bed and breaks down what happens and how long over the course of an hour.
https://youtu.be/cO-zHg3Q_Pc

Billy Ward and The Dominos - Sixty Minute Man

YouTube
@SharonGibson3 @davidr Damn, I never thought it was like that in the 50's.
@lgeurts @davidr Well, suggestive stories and songs are as old as mankind. Just take a look at Chaucer's *The Miller's Tale*. (It was hilarious when my high school English teacher read it aloud, in Middle English, yet.)

@SharonGibson3 @lgeurts Yeah, we learned about this in HS English as well. Our English teacher was Mrs Estes--fiery redhead with an amazing Southern accent exactly like Julia Sugarbaker.

She also told us the real meaning of some other Chaucerian and Shakespearean things that I thought I remembered, but apparently don't since the references I'm finding don't line up right. :(