I dig the song and remember it well, but it will not play well in today’s climate.
I went up to this girl, she said, “Hi, my name is Sheena”
I thought she’d be good to go with a little Funky Cold Medina
She said, “I’d like a drink,” I said, “Ehm, I’ll go get it”
And then a couple sips she cold licked her lips, and I knew that she was with it
So I took her to my crib, and everything went well as planned
But when she got undressed, it was a big old mess, Sheena was a man
So I threw him out, I don’t fool around with no Oscar Mayer wiener
You must be sure that your girl is pure for the Funky Cold Medina
The date rape vibes are much more disturbing than the trans vibes.
what date rate vibes?
This brother told me a secret on how to get more chicks
Put a little Medina in your glass, and the girls’ll come real quick
It’s better than any alcohol or aphrodisiac
A couple of sips of this love potion, and she’ll be on your lap
why don’t you include the next verse
So I gave some to my dog when he began to beg
Then he licked his bowl and he looked at me
And did the wild thing on my leg
He used to scratch and bite me, before he was much, much meaner
But now all the poodles run to my house for the Funky Cold Medina
Roofie song on NYE is akin to “Every Breath You Take” or “One Way Or Another” at a wedding, in that it’s appropriately inappropriate
We’ve done both at various weddings. Both are regularly requested, and even after we explain what each is about, we are normally told to do them anyway. Unlike this forum, most people aren’t that sensitive.
I wouldn’t even bother with that
There’s a Frank Zappa song (& album title) that fits this situation … “Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar”
I dig the song and remember it well, but it will not play well in today’s climate.
I went up to this girl, she said, “Hi, my name is Sheena”
I thought she’d be good to go with a little Funky Cold Medina
She said, “I’d like a drink,” I said, “Ehm, I’ll go get it”
And then a couple sips she cold licked her lips, and I knew that she was with it
So I took her to my crib, and everything went well as planned
But when she got undressed, it was a big old mess, Sheena was a man
So I threw him out, I don’t fool around with no Oscar Mayer wiener
You must be sure that your girl is pure for the Funky Cold Medina
The date rape vibes are much more disturbing than the trans vibes.
what date rate vibes?
If you don’t get date rape vibes from a song about giving a girl a drink that will make her want to have sex with you, then I don’t know what to say. You pick some strange hills to die on.
We have been contracted to play a New Year’s Eve party and on the requested song list is Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc. There will be some challenges in doing that song and we are discussing it, but what surprised me was some of the band members had never heard it. When I brought it up at work I got a lot of the same response. The song was released in 1989 and a big hit (as far as I remember that summer).
Kids (with an old man head shake).
I only know about it because someone shook their head at me 20 years ago for not knowing it.
I do not remember it from when it came out, and I watched a lot of MTV back then.
I dig the song and remember it well, but it will not play well in today’s climate.
I went up to this girl, she said, “Hi, my name is Sheena”
I thought she’d be good to go with a little Funky Cold Medina
She said, “I’d like a drink,” I said, “Ehm, I’ll go get it”
And then a couple sips she cold licked her lips, and I knew that she was with it
So I took her to my crib, and everything went well as planned
But when she got undressed, it was a big old mess, Sheena was a man
So I threw him out, I don’t fool around with no Oscar Mayer wiener
You must be sure that your girl is pure for the Funky Cold Medina
The date rape vibes are much more disturbing than the trans vibes.
what date rate vibes?
If you don’t get date rape vibes from a song about giving a girl a drink that will make her want to have sex with you, then I don’t know what to say. You pick some strange hills to die on.
We have been contracted to play a New Year’s Eve party and on the requested song list is Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc. There will be some challenges in doing that song and we are discussing it, but what surprised me was some of the band members had never heard it. When I brought it up at work I got a lot of the same response. The song was released in 1989 and a big hit (as far as I remember that summer).
Kids (with an old man head shake).
You don’t work with Jake Peralta for 3 years and not know what the Funky Cold Medina is.
I dig the song and remember it well, but it will not play well in today’s climate.
I went up to this girl, she said, “Hi, my name is Sheena”
I thought she’d be good to go with a little Funky Cold Medina
She said, “I’d like a drink,” I said, “Ehm, I’ll go get it”
And then a couple sips she cold licked her lips, and I knew that she was with it
So I took her to my crib, and everything went well as planned
But when she got undressed, it was a big old mess, Sheena was a man
So I threw him out, I don’t fool around with no Oscar Mayer wiener
You must be sure that your girl is pure for the Funky Cold Medina
The date rape vibes are much more disturbing than the trans vibes.
what date rate vibes?
This brother told me a secret on how to get more chicks
Put a little Medina in your glass, and the girls’ll come real quick
It’s better than any alcohol or aphrodisiac
A couple of sips of this love potion, and she’ll be on your lap
why don’t you include the next verse
So I gave some to my dog when he began to beg
Then he licked his bowl and he looked at me
And did the wild thing on my leg
He used to scratch and bite me, before he was much, much meaner
But now all the poodles run to my house for the Funky Cold Medina
yea clearly a roofie has that effect on dogs.
Yeah you shouldn’t be drugging anyone but it’s suppose to be Spanish Fly type potion, not a roofie.
Yeah, I always pegged a funky cold medina as a spanish-fly…ie an aphrodisiac type thing. You know, the kind of shit you buy in a packet in convenience stores. Not a roofie knock out drug.
But agree, you shouldn’t be slipping anyone oyster juice or roofies.
Yeah, I always pegged a funky cold medina as a spanish-fly…ie an aphrodisiac type thing. You know, the kind of shit you buy in a packet in convenience stores. Not a roofie knock out drug.
But agree, you shouldn’t be slipping anyone oyster juice or roofies.
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I just read the lyrics and I believe most of you have it backwards. The ladies are not taking the drug, the men are, and that makes the ladies attracted to them. He gives it to his dog and all the neighborhood dogs go for him. He takes it and then goes on a dating show and one of the contestants wants to marry him. He decides that using it isn’t worth the trouble.
I don’t think it is a date rape drug. I think it makes you irresistible to women after you take it.
Yeah, I always pegged a funky cold medina as a spanish-fly…ie an aphrodisiac type thing. You know, the kind of shit you buy in a packet in convenience stores. Not a roofie knock out drug.
But agree, you shouldn’t be slipping anyone oyster juice or roofies.
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I just read the lyrics and I believe most of you have it backwards. The ladies are not taking the drug, the men are, and that makes the ladies attracted to them. He gives it to his dog and all the neighborhood dogs go for him. He takes it and then goes on a dating show and one of the contestants wants to marry him. He decides that using it isn’t worth the trouble.
I don’t think it is a date rape drug. I think it makes you irresistible to women after you take it.
I read them earlier today, I wondered if that wasn’t the case too. Then I thought I probably just put way more consideration into what the writer is saying here than the writer probably did.
And I’d guess like most songs the vast majority of people who like it have never even considered what the lyrics mean.
Yeah, I always pegged a funky cold medina as a spanish-fly…ie an aphrodisiac type thing. You know, the kind of shit you buy in a packet in convenience stores. Not a roofie knock out drug.
But agree, you shouldn’t be slipping anyone oyster juice or roofies.
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Slipping someone any drug is problematic because it’s done surreptitiously, right? Like there’s no consent?
Rape is nonconsensual sex. So whether the secret drug paralyzes, incites wild sexual desire, makes someone fall asleep, etc, it’s all bad because of the secrecy of it. It’s about honesty.
Yeah, I always pegged a funky cold medina as a spanish-fly…ie an aphrodisiac type thing. You know, the kind of shit you buy in a packet in convenience stores. Not a roofie knock out drug.
But agree, you shouldn’t be slipping anyone oyster juice or roofies.
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I just read the lyrics and I believe most of you have it backwards. The ladies are not taking the drug, the men are, and that makes the ladies attracted to them. He gives it to his dog and all the neighborhood dogs go for him. He takes it and then goes on a dating show and one of the contestants wants to marry him. He decides that using it isn’t worth the trouble.
I don’t think it is a date rape drug. I think it makes you irresistible to women after you take it.
I read them earlier today, I wondered if that wasn’t the case too. Then I thought I probably just put way more consideration into what the writer is saying here than the writer probably did.
And I’d guess like most songs the vast majority of people who like it have never even considered what the lyrics mean.
Oh, just saw this. Secretly taking a potion to be irresistible to others is standard behavior. I have no issues with that. Carry on.
I think it works both ways :+). in the first set of lyrics, i think he gives it to the girl…as in he say’s “let me get that drink for you”… in the dog lyrics, he gives it to his dog.
Yeah, I always pegged a funky cold medina as a spanish-fly…ie an aphrodisiac type thing. You know, the kind of shit you buy in a packet in convenience stores. Not a roofie knock out drug.
But agree, you shouldn’t be slipping anyone oyster juice or roofies.
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I just read the lyrics and I believe most of you have it backwards. The ladies are not taking the drug, the men are, and that makes the ladies attracted to them. He gives it to his dog and all the neighborhood dogs go for him. He takes it and then goes on a dating show and one of the contestants wants to marry him. He decides that using it isn’t worth the trouble.
I don’t think it is a date rape drug. I think it makes you irresistible to women after you take it.
I don’t read it that way. He clearly gave it to his dog and then his dog started humping him. He then got a drink for the girl.
So I gave some to my dog when he began to beg
Then he licked his bowl and he looked at me
And did the wild thing on my leg
She said, "I’d like a drink, " I said, “Ehm, okay, I’ll go get it”
Then a couple sips she cold licked her lips
What a flashback. I was a freshman and I remember that song was everywhere.
That would be tough to play live with instruments. Fun challenge.
Tone Loc played a local festival a few years ago, pre-COVID. watching the Karen’s and soccer moms and 40-50 something’s throw down late 80s dance moves was special. He sounded surpassingly good - he still had the gravel in his voice. No band, just a DJ and a hype man if I remember right.