Songs by Jerks #3 - The (Supposed) Boss

Fire - Bruce Springsteen

Bruce always seems to get a pass on this one. I'll just say... he's lucky he wrote it in 1977, before the "no means no" slogan came about. And he's lucky the Pointer Sisters covered it, moving the perspective from a male one...

I'm pulling you close
You just say no
You say you don't like it
But I know you're a liar

To  a female one...

Late at night you're taking me home
You say you wanna stay
I say I wanna be alone
I say I don't love you
But you know I'm a liar

Look: Just as you can't rely on an erection or a girl being wet to tell you whether someone's actually turned on, you can't kiss them and think: "Ooh! Hot hot hot! She wants it!" The hotness might be all in your head.

It really is the rape-culture-iest song in history. There are no blurred lines here. She is saying no, and he knows she's lying. Oh buddy. The 70s were a different time alright.



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 Was I being tongue in cheek with this series? Yes. But amIright? Yes.