Midnight Blue by Melissa Manchester
Speaking of irony, I think there used to be a porn magazine called Midnight Blue. It was printed on pulp paper and the title was either "Midnight Blue" or something close to that. I remember finding a pile of them in my friend's garage and realizing they must belong to his dad. When this song came out, I remember thinking it was ironic that porn should share the same title as this song which I honestly believed had nothing to do with sex. I believed this for the simple reason that I believed that no smooth, clean girl in Indian cotton I knew could have anything to do with sex (outside of my fantasies about them that is) and so I figured that the fact that they all loved this song meant it couldn't be about sex.
Okay, girls are ahead of boys at that age and my failing to notice what this song was about is further proof of something that needs no further discussion. But, given that all of us boys are now grown up enough that we know what the song is about we might also notice the attitude expressed: she wants sex now because she wants sex and she is even willing to say "maybe it's not the end" when it is clear that it is the end and she is leaving. There is a male song "For the Good Times" by Kris Kristofferson that expresses exactly the same sentiment (added below) but women were not supposed to think this way and yet here they were thinking this way. Liberation? Your call.
Speaking of irony, I think there used to be a porn magazine called Midnight Blue. It was printed on pulp paper and the title was either "Midnight Blue" or something close to that. I remember finding a pile of them in my friend's garage and realizing they must belong to his dad. When this song came out, I remember thinking it was ironic that porn should share the same title as this song which I honestly believed had nothing to do with sex. I believed this for the simple reason that I believed that no smooth, clean girl in Indian cotton I knew could have anything to do with sex (outside of my fantasies about them that is) and so I figured that the fact that they all loved this song meant it couldn't be about sex.
Okay, girls are ahead of boys at that age and my failing to notice what this song was about is further proof of something that needs no further discussion. But, given that all of us boys are now grown up enough that we know what the song is about we might also notice the attitude expressed: she wants sex now because she wants sex and she is even willing to say "maybe it's not the end" when it is clear that it is the end and she is leaving. There is a male song "For the Good Times" by Kris Kristofferson that expresses exactly the same sentiment (added below) but women were not supposed to think this way and yet here they were thinking this way. Liberation? Your call.
Here is the Reverend Al Green giving the Kristofferson song far more care than it deserves.
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