though, things took a“ turn” and album covers began to display men peeing on a stone structure and there was the image of a man with skin tight jeans with a functional zipper. And even the lyrics themselves began to test the boundaries of parental tolerance.
I remember when Elton John released“ Bitch is Back”. This was pretty racy stuff. Little did I realize that in actuality, Elton was speaking about himself. Yet, by today’ s standards, this particular song is practically a nursery rhyme. I am sometimes in shock and awe at what is aired by radio stations and television. Take the TV show“ Naked and Afraid”, for instance. I recently turned to my better half and said,“ Who’ d have thunk … bare booty trotting around on prime time television?” I can still recall viewing the shower scene from Psycho and imagining that I saw a flash of“ nip” and feeling embarrassed because my father was watching it too. Back to albums …