It's not just cold outside, it's cold everywhere.
I woke up this morning to hear that one of my favourite Christmas songs has been pulled from the radio. How could that be I thought as I scrolled through the post explaining why and how this could happen.
A song written in 1949, a time where most women stayed home and took care of their children, while their husband left in the early morning hours to head to work. A time when men were expected to provide for their wife and children, while their wife took over the grueling job of taking care of their household and children.
A time marked in our history, these songs give a glimpse into the time of our parents and grandparents. We don't erase them from our history books, because, they symbolize the times.
So why have Canadian radio stations decided to pull this song from their own playlists? Due to the following interpretations of the sung lines:
"What's in this drink?" and "Baby, don't hold out."
I for one, can understand why people could become upset when hearing these lines. However, there have been various interpretations of this song and various newer versions that can be played throughout the Christmas month of December that do not include these controversial lyrics. For, as can be seen, there are many ways around these 2 lines. There is no need to evict the whole song from the radio, but instead, to play the many other versions sung by such stars as Ray Charles & Dolly Parton.
For more information as to why this song has been pulled from the radio please follow this link written by CBC news.
UPDATE: It's back :)
Baby, It's Cold Outside back on CBC after chilly reception to dropping it
ALSO an added bonus:
Since you decided to pull “Baby it’s Cold Outside” from its playlist because someone was offended, I feel that these other holiday songs are also on the chopping block.
How did our generation ever survive?
1. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus: subjecting minors to softcore porn
2. The Christmas Song: Open fire? Pollution. Folks dressed up like Eskimos? Cultural appropriation
3. Holly Jolly Christmas: Kiss her once for me? Unwanted advances
4. White Christmas? Racist
5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Sees you when you’re sleeping? Knows when you’re awake? Peeping Tom stalker
6. Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Everyone telling you be of good cheer? Forced to hide depression
7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Bullying
8. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Forced gender-specific gifts: dolls for Janice and Jen and boots and pistols (GUNS!) for Barney and Ben
9. Santa Baby: Gold digger, blackmail
10. Frosty the Snowman: Sexist; not a snow woman
11. Do You Hear What I Hear: blatant disregard for the hearing impaired
12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Make the yuletide GAY? Wow, just wow
13. Jingle Bell Rock: Giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet: animal abuse
14. Mistletoe and Holly: Overeating, folks stealing a kiss or two? How did this song ever see the light of day?
15. Winter Wonderland: Parson Brown demanding they get married…forced partnership
16. I'll Be Home For Christmas: Not if you are homeless. That's just Insensitive
17. Grandma got ran over by a reindeer: Homicide. Extremely violent and promotes alcoholism.”
Credit goes to the following band (one of their members wrote this ).
