Favorite Lyrical Double Entendre

Don Allen · Sep 1, 2010

The rules:
The song title at least, artist optional.
The line in which the "entendre" takes place.
What did it meant to you when you figured it out.

One of my favorites,

Papa was a rolling stone, and when he died, all he left us was "A Loan" alone.

I still get chills hearing that phrase, it just says so much.....

Don Allen · Sep 1, 2010

The Beatles of course, and John Lennon in particular loaded their songs with D.E'S.

I think Strawberry fields is one long Double Entendre after another.

"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see"

robeiae · Sep 1, 2010

AC/DC: Big Balls

Well I'm upper upper class high society
God's gift to ballroom notoriety
And I always fill my ballroom
The event is never small
The social pages say I've got
The biggest balls of all

I've got big balls
I've got big balls
They're such big balls
And they're dirty big balls
And he's got big balls
And she's got big balls
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)

And my balls are always bouncing
My ballroom always full
And everybody comes and comes again
If your name is on the guest list
No one can take you higher
Everybody says I've got
Great balls of fire

I've got big balls
Oh I've got big balls
And they're such big balls
Dirty big balls
And he's got big balls
And she's got big balls
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)

Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress
But when they're held for pleasure
They're the balls that I like best
My balls are always bouncing
To the left and to the right
It's my belief that my big balls
Should be held every night...

rugcat · Sep 1, 2010

But rosie you’re all right -- you wear my ring
When you hold me tight -- rosie that’s my thing
When you turn out the light -- I’ve got to hand it to me
Looks like it’s me and you again tonight rosie

-- Jackson Browne

Don Allen · Sep 2, 2010

I'm thinking I should have put this thread in Erotica, 95% of the DE'S got to be sexually orientated. Good picks Rug and Rob...

How can I leave out "Come Together" Lennon was so bad....

rhymegirl · Sep 2, 2010

How about "If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?"
by the Bellamy Brothers.

Maryn · Sep 2, 2010

Bob Dylan's "Where Are You Tonight?" includes:

I bit into the root of forbidden fruit with the juice running down my leg...

Aerosmith's "Big Ten-Inch Record":

Got me the strangest woman
Believe it, this chick's no cinch.
I tried to get her goin'
I wanna whip out my big ten inch...

Record of the band that plays the blues.
Well, the band that plays the blues
She just loved my big ten inch...
Record of her favorite blues

Most of the double entendres in lyrics aren't really all that clever, IMO. We're grown-ups who know about sex. The typical Frasier script is further up the wit scale.

Maryn, snooty elitist

Shadow_Ferret · Sep 2, 2010

Maryn said:
Bob Dylan's "Where Are You Tonight?" includes:

I bit into the root of forbidden fruit with the juice running down my leg...

Hmm. That sounds a lot like Led Zepplin's line: Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg.

Don Allen · Sep 2, 2010

Maryn said:
Bob Dylan's "Where Are You Tonight?" includes:

I bit into the root of forbidden fruit with the juice running down my leg...

Aerosmith's "Big Ten-Inch Record":

Got me the strangest woman
Believe it, this chick's no cinch.
I tried to get her goin'
I wanna whip out my big ten inch...

Record of the band that plays the blues.
Well, the band that plays the blues
She just loved my big ten inch...
Record of her favorite blues

Most of the double entendres in lyrics aren't really all that clever, IMO. We're grown-ups who know about sex. The typical Frasier script is further up the wit scale.

Maryn, snooty elitist

You're toooo funny, DE"S aren't that clever, then you whip out "the big ten inch".... The lamest DE ever!!!! I love it.

poetinahat · Sep 2, 2010

Maryn said:
ost of the double entendres in lyrics aren't really all that clever, IMO. We're grown-ups who know about sex. The typical Frasier script is further up the wit scale.

Yeah, I'm witchoo. And sometimes metaphors or euphemisms are mistaken for double entendres.

One I love is Lyle Lovett's Pantry. A sample:

I hate that I am leaving
And leaving you behind
But soon I'll be returning
With a healthy appetite
Oh and if you are not hungry
as you once were before
I'll know you have betrayed me
behind that kitchen door

Keep it in your pantry ( x 8 )

Oh, and to answer the question, Don - there wasn't anything to figure out. First time I heard this song was at a Lyle Lovett concert, and I burst out laughing at the first chorus.

What it meant to me is that, well, I was reminded of two things. One, there's writing and there's *good* writing; the "pantry" thing could have been a throwaway gag, but Lovett's made it into a great lyric.

Two, you've got to watch the gentlemen. They'll surprise you.

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robeiae

Touch and go

rugcat

Lost in the Fog

Don Allen

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rhymegirl

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Maryn

I Tried

Shadow_Ferret

Court Jester

Don Allen

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poetinahat

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