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What ever happened to good old fashioned innuendo?

30 April 2021

11:24 AM

30 April 2021

11:24 AM

Where did innuendo go? 

That is the question that has been bugging me recently. 

I listen to a lot of music from the 1940s, many of which are scattered with allusions to sex without ever saying it explicitly. In many ways, innuendo is what creates the allure. When the sexual reference is merely an inference you are invited to fill in the gaps with your imagination.

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