Songs about ... aaaaaugh! ... sex diseases

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Weird topic, I know.
I've almost finished penning a short, albeit warped article regarding songs about STDs. I'm racking my brain for references throughout music history, such as ...

AC/DC "The Jack"
Sean Paul, "Safe Sex"
The Darkness "Growing on Me"
Frank Zappa "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?"
M.O.D. "Aids" (an awful song, by the way)

Can anybody donate any other suggestions here?
Hip-hop? Grunge? '80s hair-metal?

Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 08:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Kool Moe Dee: "Go See the Doctor"
Killer Mike's "A.D.I.D.A.S. (All Day I Dream About Sex)" isn't exactly about STDs, but it has the following line:

"When I drill, I don't spill, even if she's on the pill
keep my weapon covered, concealed, and in a shield
cause I dont need that A-I-D-S
a D and an A missin' out my ADIDAS."


Also:
E-Rotic: "Billy Put a Condom On Your Willy"
Sin With Sebastian: "Put It On"

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 08:47 (twenty-one years ago)

There's bound to be more rap songs dealing with the subject, I just can't recall any more at the moment.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 08:50 (twenty-one years ago)

There was a dumb tune sung 'round the schoolyard by giuliani and me and my classmates, that went by tune of "scrambled eggs" my P-Mac, as follows:

"STDs,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
there's a finger falling off of me,
Oh I believe,
I've caught an STD

Syphilis....
I contracted it with just a kiss....
Now it hurts to even take a piss....
Oh I believe I have syphilis."

....but you don't have to take my word for it!

Adding real liquid nitrogen to the fire,
Ween: "The HIV Song"

Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Um, isn't that a mock version of "Yesterday" by the Beatles? I remember hearing it like this:

"Lepracy,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
there are pieces falling off of me..."

Etc.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

redgum "roll it on robbie"

the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, man, P-Mac=Paul McCartney, and Scrambled Eggs=Original working title for "Yesterday". Otherwise, yeh, if you ask Sofia, the basics are lost in translation. Leprosy=STD'S!!! Groening's got * good one summ*rising the plegde of *llegi*nce he r*n in life is hell..

Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I've Been Tired:

"And while we're at it, baby, why don't you tell me one of your
biggest fears?"
I said, "Losing my penis to a whore with disease."
"Just kidding," I said. "Losing my life to a whore with disease."
She said, "Excuse me, please?!"
I said, "Losing my life to a horrible disease."
She said, "Please."
Well, I'm a humble guy with healthy desire
Don't give me no shit because...

Philip Alderman (Phil A), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)

The king of them all:

Frisco Kid - "Rubbers" (joyride riddim)

"Die out like flowers, die out like flowers"

Recently posted on this weblog

Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:38 (twenty-one years ago)

crust - chlamydia is not a flower
necro - std

and i'm gonna go out on a limb and guess anal cunt has a song or two about stds...

brian badword (badwords), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Wu-Tang Clan, "Shame on a Nigga":

Burn me, I get into shit
I let it out like diarrhea
Got burnt once
But that was only gonorrhea

Jeremy (Jeremy), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"Easy E got aids from me"

Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:45 (twenty-one years ago)

In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same

Jeremy (Jeremy), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)

gg allin "i have aids because i fuck every day"

the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:52 (twenty-one years ago)

"Easy E got aids from me"

it's actually "Easy E. Got AIDS From Freddy Mercury"

the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:53 (twenty-one years ago)

also "I Made Your Kid Get AIDS So You Could Watch It Die"

if it wasn't obvious these are anal cunt songs

the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Eminem ft. Obie Trice - "Drips"

-_- (-_-), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"And I'm hotter than my dick is when I piss and it burns"
-an Eminem line on some Rawkus compilation i believe.

djdee2005, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Easy E. Got A.I.D.S. From F. Mercury

EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE BLACK, YOU LISTENED TO QUEEN
YOU THOUGHT FREDDY WAS THE CUTEST GUY YOU'VE EVER SEEN
YOU WENT BACKSTAGE AND GOT FUCKED IN THE ASS
YOU TOOK A HIV TEST

EASY E. GOT HIV FROM FREDDY MERCURY
EASY E. GOT HIV FROM FREDDY MERCURY
EASY E. GOT HIV FROM FREDDY MERCURY
EASY E. GOT HIV FROM FREDDY MERCURY

YOU WENT TO DINNER, FREDDY WORE A LEASH
YOU ATE FRIED CHICKEN, FREDDY ATE QUICHE
NOW FREDDY'S DEAD AND HE'S IN HEAVEN
AT HIS WAKE YOU ATE WATER MELON


I Made You're Kid Get AIDS, So You Could Watch It Die

A FEW YEARS AGO, I SNUCK F.MERKURY INTO YOUR SONS ROOM
I GAVE HIM ANESTHESIA SO HE'D NEVER REMEMBER GETTING RAPED
YOU SPENT YOUR LIFE SAVINGS PUTTING YOUR KID THROUGH COLLAGE
THEN HE DIED OF AIDS, SO YOU WASTED YOUR MONEY FOR NOTHING

I MADE YOUR KID GET AIDS, SO YOU COULD WATCH IT DIE
I MADE YOUR KID GET AIDS, SO YOU COULD WATCH IT CRY

YOU THOUGHT YOUR SON WAS ON A DIET, SO YOU DIDN'T WORRY TO MUCH
AT THE FUNERAL, I TOLD YOU WHAT HAPPENED, AND LAUGHED AT YOU
I DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU SUFFERED ENOUGH
SO I SHOT YOUR WIFE IN FRONT OF YOU

I MADE YOUR KID GET AIDS, SO YOU COULD WATCH IT DIE
I MADE YOUR KID GET AIDS, SO YOU COULD WATCH IT CRY

BRACS, SUMMER CAMP, COLLAGE YOU WASTED ALL YOUR MONEY
FOOD, CLOTHING, TRIPS TO DISNEY WORLD, YOU WASTED ALL YOUR MONEY
BIRTHDAYS, CHRISTMAS, THE TOOTH FAIRY, YOU WASTED ALL YOUR MONEY
LUNCH MONEY, FIELD TRIPS, TOYS, YOU WASTED ALL YOUR MONEY

DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, aren't about 20% of Primal Scream songs all about Bobby Gillespie singing about syphillis?!?!?!

Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

"exterminator" probably is

the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 11:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Three Jamaican examples off the top of my head:

Diseases by Michigan and Smiley
Kiss Somebody by Johnny Osbourne
Gun In A Baggy by Little Lenny

Tim away from home, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't forget "Medical Love Song" by Monty Python

dwayne dibley (frownland), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 11:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Emma Bunton, "Maybe"

"Love isn't funny, when it is burning inside"

Kate Jane Connolly (fixitgirl), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

then one day he takes a look in the mirror and he doesn't recognise his own face,
his body's fading and he doesn't know why, 3
letters took him to his final restin place.

T.L.C Waterfalls

lukey (Lukey G), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

neneh cherry's rendition of cole porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin"...

m.

msp, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 12:50 (twenty-one years ago)

"clap for the wolfman" by the guess who

unknown or illegal user (doorag), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Eminem - The Real Slim Shady;

"Show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD!"

Nick H (Nick H), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 12:55 (twenty-one years ago)

j-zone - "the trojan war"

cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 13:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Noel, "Silent Morning"; Seal, "A Prayer for the Dying"; and Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia" are all about AIDS, if less directly spoken ...

... and of course there's the Supremes' "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart": "a burning sensation," indeed ...

p.s. don't forget the Salt-N-Pepa PSA, "Let's Talk About AIDS"

Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"Poison Ivy" the Coasters (a band named after lots of AOL cdroms)

mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

A Tribe Called Quest - "Pubic Enemy"

Maciej, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Does the intro to the first ODB solo record count?

"Yeah, I got burnt by gonorrhea TWICE!"

original bgm, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

"Burnin' For You" BOC

The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Gwen Guthrie, "Can't Love You Tonight" ("...love is no longer free/The price is high, I don't want no AIDS or herpes"--lots of AIDS songs, obviously, but herpes songs?) (I would like to point out that this was a SINGLE)

Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Leather Nun, "Slow Death"
Senyaka, "Aids"
TLC, "Waterfalls" (I think)

chuck, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Gloria Jones/Soft Cell/Coil/etc, "Tainted Love"

chuck, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

more eminem:

"so fuck it, I've got herpes while we on the subject (uh-huh)
And if I told you I had AIDS y'all would play it
cause you stupid motherfuckers think I'm playin when I say it
-- Well, I do take pills, don't do speed
Don't do crack (uh-uhh) don't do coke, I do smoke weed (uh-huh)
Don't do smack, I do do shrooms, do drink beer (yup)
I just wanna make a few things clear
My baby mama's not dead (uh-uhh) she's still alive and bitchin (yup)
And I don't have herpes, my dick's just itchin
It's not syphilis, and as for being AIDS infested
I don't know yet, I'm too scared to get tested"

and yet more eminem:

Shit I got full blown AIDS and a sore throat
I got a wardrobe with an orange robe {*wolf whistle*}
I'm in the fourth row, signin autographs at your show
(Yo can you sign this right here?)
I just remembered that I'm absent minded
Wait, I mean I've lost my mind, I can't find it
I'm freestylin every verse that I spit
cause I don't even remember the words to my shit (umm, one two)
I told the doc I need a change in sickness
and gave a girl herpes in exchange for syphilis

chuck, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Dillinger, 'Crabs in my pants'

stevo (stevo), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Cabaret Voltaire - Spread the Virus?

Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tainted Love" didn't start off as a song about sexual disease, though.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

They Must Be Russians, a sheffield based band, recorded at Cabaret Voltaire's studios w/ Haydn Boyd Weston of 2:3, the Cabs, Clock DVA etc, wrote the best song about VD-

"Don't Try to Cure Yourself"

It's as if it goes along with a slide-show.

I'll post it online when I get home tonight.

Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Kenny Rogers "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town"

john-paul (john-paul), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

"Herpes" by Killer Pussy.

Deric W. Haircare, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Elton John, "Social Disease"

chuck, Wednesday, 3 March 2004 23:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"Poison Ivy" wins, followed by "Go See the Doctor"

chris herrington (chris herrington), Thursday, 4 March 2004 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex Chilton - "No Sex"

nickn (nickn), Thursday, 4 March 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)

as promised, the best, and perhaps most educational song about venereal disease, Don't Try To Cure Yourself by They MIGHT be Russians:

www.acuterecords.com/DontTrytoCureYourself.mp3

Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 4 March 2004 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.acuterecords.com/DontTrytoCureYourself.mp3

Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 4 March 2004 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

3 Days Later by De La Soul

oops (Oops), Thursday, 4 March 2004 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)

cuz dat HIV'll make ya dick hang sideways

asfdzxc (asfdzxc), Thursday, 4 March 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

"Maybe Scabies" by the Cold Cold Hearts

roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 4 March 2004 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Wu-Tang Clan: "Tearz". Here's the STD part of the lyrics:

"But he carried on, with the same old stuff
with Stephanie, like a whammy, he pressed his luck
Both tried to be down with O.P.P.
Ain't nuttin' wrong but he got caught with the H.I.V. now
No life to live, doc says two more years
So after the laughter, I guess comes the tears"

And despite what everyone says, it's a damn good song, one of the best on "36 Chambers".

Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 4 March 2004 08:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Pansy Division - Denny

Ben Dot (1977), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Hello, I Love You, Let's Get Tested for AIDS

I heard that one on the radio once.

My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

NOFX - "My Heart is Yearning" from PUNK IN DRUBLIC

"For you, my heart was yearning /
And how I love you so /
It´s cause of you’ my dick is burning /
It´s dripping on my toe"

Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Norwegian gay post punk group Norske Gutter once released a single called "Mamma, mannen ga meg gonoré" ("Mum, That Man Gave Me Gonorrhea"). Most tasteless idea for a song title ever? :)

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 5 March 2004 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)


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