… Every generation deals with our parents and grandparents gripping that the music is to risqué. Remember how Elvis or The Doors were considered filthy by some? Well a study has been done examining the words in song titles over the last 100+ years. And the glaring discovery is that music IS getting edgier! For example:
In the '40s, some of the words that stood out the most were "boogie," "serenade," and "polka." In the '50s, they include "Christmas," "penny," and "mambo." Then, in the '60s, they were "baby," "twist," "little," and "lonely."
In the '70s, things started getting a LITTLE more rebellious, with "woman," "disco," "dancin'," and "rock." In the '80s, the stand-out words were "love," "fire," and "don't." And in the '90s, they were "U," "get," "up," and "thang."
The first decade in the 2000s introduced "like," "breathe," "it," and "ya."
And the most distinctive words in titles for the first half of the 2010s are: "We", "yeah," "hell," "[eff]," and "die."
See the full study, here:
http://www.prooffreader.com/2014/12/most-decade-specific-words-in-billboard.html
-Greg Browning
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