The friend ended up being sent home for bringing in a dirty song, but the kids had no idea why. Needless to say, as the kids were singing along to the sexual lines when the teacher abruptly stopped the record. The kids in the class had memorized the song and the movie, after all, it was all the rage in 1978. A user on Reddit shared a story about when he was growing up and a friend brought the song in to play for the class.
However, to young audiences, the inferences the song made were lost on them. The song is clearly referring to getting lucky with the ladies thanks to their oh-so-cool car. You know that it ain’t shit, we’ll be gettin’ lots of tit, greased lightnin’ With a four-speed on the floor, they’ll be waitin’ at the door Several of the lyrics like, You are supreme, the chicks’ll cream, for greased lightnin’ and You know that I ain’t braggin’, she’s a real pussy wagon are explicitly sexual. This makes sense in light of the racy-pun intended-lyrics. (“Duel-muffler twins,” for instance, is redundant, and “purple-pitched tail lights” are largely illegal today.) Consequently, these lyrics are more akin to the boasting that often arises from a group of young men trying to attract young women. Hence the lyric, go, greased lightnin’, you’re burnin’ up the quarter mile.Īnd, after a brief study, it does appear that many of these modifications to Greased Lightnin’ aren’t completely legitimate. For those non-car-aficionados like us, drag racing is usually an event between two cars that start from a standstill and race for a quick quarter mile. Quickly falling in line, the T-Birds sing and prance as they talk about fixing up Greased Lightin’ for a drag race. (I’ll get the money, I’ll kill to get the money). We’ll get some overhead lifters and four-barrel quads, oh yeahĪ fuel injection cut-off and chrome plated rods, oh yeah Well, this car is automatic, it’s systematic, it’s hydromatic
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