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Creepy Classic Rock Lyrics

Some of the more unsettling lines in some of rock's most popular songs.

“Sweet thing from Boston, so young and willing” – Steely Dan, “Hey Nineteen”

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“Sweet thing from Boston, so young and willing” – Steely Dan, “Hey Nineteen”

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"When your body's had enough of me and I'm laying spread out on the floor"--Dr Hook "A Little Bit More"

It has always conjured up an image of the vagina as rocket launcher to me.
Comment by UncleLijah on Aug 20th, 2008, 18:29 pm
Um... that's not "browning" all the time, that's "frowning" all the time.
Comment by Eddie from Orlando on Aug 20th, 2008, 18:36 pm
The line in "Blinded by the Light" is "Revved up like a Deuce, another runner in the night." It's referring to a car (as in Deuce Coupe).
Comment by citizen-steve from Clarksville, IN on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:23 pm
"They stabbed it with their steely knives but they could not kill the beast" The Eagles: Hotel California
Comment by Stephen J. Hage from Chatsworth, CA on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:26 pm
Seriously, no mention of Jethro Tull's Aqualung? The pedo on the park bench "watching pretty panties run". That's creepy.
Comment by BoneHead from PSU on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:27 pm
That's REV'ED up like a deuce, not wrapped up.
Comment by Wrong! on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:28 pm
"Blinded by the Light" was written by Bruce Springsteen.
Comment by Scott from Scottsdale on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:29 pm
Yes, it's frowning, not browning. That's stupid, this list is stupid. What does browning even mean?
Comment by frowningallthetime from Frowning city on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:30 pm
It's "REVVED up like a deuce" not WRAPPED.
Comment by guysmiley on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:32 pm
The line from Manfred Mann's Blinded by the Light is, "revved up like a deuce." A simple Google search would have told you that if you had taken the time to fact check.

Comment by Whipcord on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:34 pm
What a let down.
Comment by Tom on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:39 pm
The lyrics are "Revved up like a deuce" - the song is about motorcycles.

Don't you check your facts?
Comment by Dave from Beantown on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:45 pm
"revved up like a deuce" not "wrapped"

Comment by webbles on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:45 pm
And it's three days ride from Bakersfield
And I don't know why I came
I guess I came to keep from payin' dues
So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen
And a damned good case of the Mexicali blues

Mexicali Blues

Lyrics: John Barlow
Music: Bob Weir
Comment by Clix from SW Florida on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:48 pm
it's actually "reved up like a duece, another runner in the night." Not so creepy when you have the correct lyric. That line is about a duece coupe car. Research before reporting.
Comment by John on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:50 pm
It's "revved up like a deuce", actually.
Comment by Otto from Memphis, TN on Aug 21st, 2008, 12:58 pm
What about "Stranglehold" by The Motor City Madman Uncle Ted Nugent!?
Comment by Tony from Los Angeles on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:01 pm
I believe its revved up like a deuce, its a car
Comment by Jeff on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:08 pm
Its "revved up like a deuce" as in the car. Like in Beach Boys' "Little Deuce Coup."
Comment by Chris from Saint Louis on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:09 pm
I was pretty sure its "Frowning all the time"
Comment by Joe from NYC on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:09 pm
it's "i am frowning" you retards
Comment by bob from winnipeg on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:10 pm
the "squeeze my lemon ‘til the juice runs down my leg" line is originally from "traveling riverside blues" by robert johnson...
Comment by mr.wizard from Orange on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:12 pm
Jethro Tull's Aqualung has nothing on their "Velvet Green":

Walking on velvet green. Distant cows lowing.
Never a care: with your legs in the air, loving.
Walking on velvet green.
Comment by Chris from Saint Louis on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:15 pm
If you're going to take a creepy lyric from "Blinded by the Light" nothing is creepier than "and some fresh-sown moonstone was messing with his frozen zone reminding him of romance."
Comment by Keith from Charlotte on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:21 pm
Umm, that's "Revved up like a deuce".

As in a '32 Ford.

Or did you think the Beach Boys were singing about their "Little Douche' Coupe"?
Comment by mike on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:25 pm
Wrong, its "revved up like a deuce" not "wrapped up like a deuce" A Deuce Deuce or Deuce Coupe is a Ford Model B.
Comment by Benjamin Corcoran from Manhattan on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:25 pm
"Squeeze me lemon till the juice comes down my leg."

This is an olllllld blues lyric used my many...and I believe written by Muddy Waters of Willie Dixon....
Comment by Jack on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:27 pm
#4 on your list

you state deuce is said like "douche".
you are wrong on this folks, but there was a skit making light of how easily confused it can be heard as such by now extinct television show the Vacant Lot.

Hilarious sketch, but even they admit it is said deuce and not douche.
Comment by mac from seattle on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:34 pm
Well, hey, she IS nineteen!
Comment by randjf on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:34 pm
It's revved up like a deuce, not wrapped up, do you guys even
try to get the proper lyrics for these songs??
Comment by LD from ocala on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:35 pm
"People think I'm insane because I am FROWNING all the time."

not browning.

nice try, though.
Comment by Dave from Peterborough on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:37 pm
why don't you learn who the fuck is writing the lyrics. This is a bruce springsteen song. you are a DOUCHE.
Comment by The Boss from philadelphia on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:42 pm
This is a horribly immature and pointless list. You could find about a billion other song lyrics that are "creepy". Epic fail.
Comment by John from Alexandria, VA on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:43 pm
Best obscene line of all time...
"Like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a sea food store" --- if that's too obscure, think penis & vagina as the author did
Band names...
"10cc and Lovin' Spoonful"; the avg male ejaculate
"Steely Dan" dildo in novel "Naked Lunch"
Genre titles...
"Rock & Roll and Jazz" slang terms for copulation
Comment by Robert S Hedin from Granite Falls, NC on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:46 pm
Aqualung says "pretty pansies run" not panties. Being British, Ian Anderson would have written knickers instead of panties if that' what he was talking about.

Some of these lyrics are not creepy at all. Hey, Nineteen is talking about someone above the age of consent, after all.

Some of these lyrics are just typical rock style sexual innuendo. As for the young girls, well, 16 is the age of consent in a lot of places. These songs were written to appeal to teenagers, anyway.
Comment by Hugh Johnson from Portland on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:50 pm
Everybody's got something to do
I've got nothing but this empty room
Everybody's got some kind of job
Everybody's got someone to love
Not me, I'm fucking the dog
- Fuckin' the Dog, G.G. Allin
Comment by Bloot Pooner from Galveston on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:53 pm
i believe the lyric is: "REVVED up like a deuce"
(as in a deuce coupe)
Comment by anthony from l.a. on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:54 pm
Although Springsteen wrote "Blinded by the Light," he didn't write that line. The line in the Springsteen version is "cut loose like a deuce." The Earth Band changed it, god knows why.
Comment by Daniel from Houston on Aug 21st, 2008, 13:55 pm
Most of these are just about sex. Why do you think sex is "unsettling" and "creepy"? Perhaps you should stop listening to rock music.
Comment by Elle on Aug 21st, 2008, 14:05 pm
I believe the Black Sabbith lyric is "because I'm frowning all the time"
Comment by Mike Briggs from Coralville on Aug 21st, 2008, 14:20 pm
Very poorly written, doesn't the Houston Press have fact checkers? Several of these lyrics are just plain incorrect. Writers shouldn't get their "facts" from what they think they are hearing, especially in this age of the Internet where lyrics are often just a google search away. Embarrassingly inept.
Comment by Dr. Rock from Baltimore on Aug 21st, 2008, 14:28 pm
Frowning

not browning ! ! ! ! !
Comment by A from a on Aug 21st, 2008, 14:29 pm
It's frowning not browning.
Comment by Linda from Sacramento on Aug 21st, 2008, 14:42 pm
It will always be "wrapped up like a douche" to me....
Comment by Briggs from Atlanta GA on Aug 21st, 2008, 14:51 pm
well... for the beatles one.. please remember 17 is a fine age to have a shag coz its legal in england.. it may seem weird to u americans... and illegal.. but here they could write "well she was just 16 you know what i mean" but the syllables wouldnt fit and it would kinda suck... plus they wernt that old wen it was written.. prob old enough to be considered creepy to shag a 16 year old tho... oh well.. good song. plus whos to say they meant shag her?... coulda just meant for a nice cuddle :D
Comment by abbi from mk on Aug 21st, 2008, 15:14 pm
I think we need more people to protest that it's "revved" not "wrapped" and "frowning" not "browing."

Just in case anyone hasn't gotten it yet.
Comment by Jon on Aug 21st, 2008, 15:32 pm
People think I'm insane because I am FROWNING all the time.
Comment by Alex on Aug 21st, 2008, 15:39 pm
Seriously awful list, riddled with errors.

FAIL
Comment by teH i/\/t@rVV3b2 on Aug 21st, 2008, 15:40 pm
yeah.... its revved not wrapped... douchbag
Comment by haha from huston on Aug 21st, 2008, 15:40 pm
Shit article, you got quite a few of the lyrics wrong. Morons.
Comment by Jesus from Heaven on Aug 21st, 2008, 16:05 pm
Now, if the line had been, "people think I'm insane because I am douching all the time..." THAT would be creepy. Sharon, "Ozzy, what's that smell?" Ozz, "Uh, vinegar for me chips....!" Yeah, this list is extremely lame and poorly researched. And the fact that it ended up on my digg list makes me wonder about who diggs what.
Comment by rickblank from mipples on Aug 21st, 2008, 16:27 pm
You're an idiot. The line is "revved up like a deuce". Deuce, as in deuce coupe. Who approved this article if that's the best shit you can come up with?
Comment by e on Aug 21st, 2008, 16:29 pm
I can't believe you guys missed "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith. "I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder
Oh, the times I could reminisce
'Cause the best things of lovin' with her sister and her cousin
Only started with a little kiss"
Comment by Joe on Aug 21st, 2008, 16:33 pm
Paranoid lyrics is "... frowning all the time", not "browning"
Comment by GlenW from Houston on Aug 21st, 2008, 16:49 pm
They liric is "revved up like a deuce", as in Deuce Coupe (Ford Model B), a popular car for customizing by hot rod afficianados. Nothing perverted about that...
Comment by BeeDee from Houston on Aug 21st, 2008, 17:07 pm
The lyric is 'revved up like deuce', referring to a deuce coupe vehicle,
Comment by My on Aug 21st, 2008, 18:10 pm
There's this thing out there what is called "Google" and what has this box where you can type in wot you are looking for and it will correct your obvious mistakes (already mentioned a million times above: revved up and "frowning") How hard is that?
Comment by Mike from Auckland on Aug 21st, 2008, 18:58 pm
Because of The Eagle's opening line in "Take it Easy", I have always called that the constipation song. They have laxatives for that. Running down the road seems a little extreme.
Comment by Shawn from Elyria on Aug 21st, 2008, 19:05 pm
pretty sure its "revved up like a deuce" ...Revved
Comment by Johhny on Aug 21st, 2008, 19:19 pm
what happened to frank zappa-she's only 13-but knows how to nasty-or,can't think if the artist-but, she's old enough to repaint and young enough to sell-------
Comment by the master from nyc on Aug 21st, 2008, 19:49 pm
"squeeze my lemon..." is from a Blind Lemon Jefferson song, which predates Robert Johnson's.
Comment by chriz on Aug 21st, 2008, 20:32 pm
It's not wrapped you fucking assholes, it's revved.
Comment by antonio from Bay Area on Aug 21st, 2008, 20:45 pm
Loosen my load means getting rid of the "seven women on my mind"

This whole article is lame
Comment by David Ostrowski from Arlington on Aug 21st, 2008, 21:19 pm
It's not pronounced that way, it just sounds that way.
Comment by David Ostrowski from Arlington on Aug 21st, 2008, 21:22 pm
Well, if you are too much of a prude to enjoy these songs, go sing in a choir.
Comment by eric from sacramento on Aug 21st, 2008, 22:16 pm
"before you slip into unconsciousness, i'd like to have another kiss" the doors
Comment by Mike from Temple on Aug 21st, 2008, 23:01 pm
You missed Gary Puckett and the Union Gap's 'Young Girl'. "Young girl get out of my mind, my love for you is way out of line"

enjoy!
Comment by Raphael Segal from Adelaide SA Australia on Aug 22nd, 2008, 01:27 am
First:

Obvious people don't read comments before posting round here.

Second:

If you're talking Steely Dan, I think the subject of Cousin Dupree would have been more unusual than Hey, Nineteen, given that it's about a man who is obviously attracted to Janine, his younger cousin:

"I'll teach you everything I know
If you teach me how to do that dance
Life is short and quid pro quo
And what's so strange about a down-home family romance?"
Comment by Mark from Newcastle on Aug 22nd, 2008, 04:15 am
It's "revved up like a deuce," also known as a car from the 1930's.

Comment by Dave on Aug 22nd, 2008, 07:41 am
"Are you old enough, ooh-ooh-ooh
Are you old enough, oh-oh"
Dragon
Comment by Cam from Jakarta on Aug 22nd, 2008, 07:56 am
Um, first, Blinded by the Light was written by Springsteen, second, it is *not* pronounced "douche" it is pronounced "doos," third, it's "revved up" not "wrapped up," and finally, it's a CAR. (Think of the Beach Boys, "Little Deuce Coupe"...)

Whoever wrote this article is an idiot.
Comment by Retarded Article on Aug 24th, 2008, 07:53 am
"People think I'm insane because I am F R O W N I N G all the time." are the right lyrics.
Comment by Tvrtko from Zagreb on Aug 25th, 2008, 07:02 am
it`s "Frowning" all the time not browning.
Comment by pudintam from boston on Aug 30th, 2008, 21:58 pm
What about David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel"?

"You've got your mother in a whirl, cause shes
Not sure if you're a boy or a girl...
Rebel rebel, youve torn your dress
Rebel rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel rebel, how could they know?
Hot tramp, I love you so!"
Comment by James from Kentwood on Sep 24th, 2008, 14:05 pm
What about David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel"?

"You've got your mother in a whirl, cause shes
Not sure if you're a boy or a girl...
Rebel rebel, youve torn your dress
Rebel rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel rebel, how could they know?
Hot tramp, I love you so!"
Comment by James from Kentwood on Sep 24th, 2008, 14:05 pm

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