What’s Wrong With Being Sexy?

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Tim Hall

Listening to “Lovehunter” and “Ready an’ Willing”, I’d forgotten just how crass some 80s Whitesnake lyrics were. Probably the only thing that saved Whitesnake from Robin Thicke-style student disco bans was that the worst stuff was never put out as singles.

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3 Responses to What’s Wrong With Being Sexy?

  1. The Other Tim Hall says:
    August 19, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    Well, if you choose to listen to the lyrics of songs by a band whose very name is slang for a gentleman’s equipment, then I think you shouldn’t expect anything else…

  2. Tim Hall says:
    August 19, 2014 at 1:15 pm

    Fair point. I wasn’t aware of that slang usage back in the early 80s when I first heard the albums….

  3. Ian Almond says:
    August 19, 2014 at 7:37 pm

    I remember my girl friends reaction to the come and get it album cover,check out the snakes mouth. How they got away with that, I have no idea,
    At the time they got widely slated for their crass sexist lyrics (slide it in, spirit it out, would I lie to you , e.t.c.) don’t think Coverdale cared at all though and his attitude was summed up with the song,Wine women and song .
    However, they were brilliant live in the late 70s and early 80s before he discovered hair metal