Wet Dream
Romeo Max Lyrics
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Every night me go to sleep, me have wet dreams
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
You in your small corner, I stand in mine
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Look how you're big and fat, like a big, big shot
Give the crumpet to big foot Joe, give the fanny to me
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down, so he said
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
The lyrics of Romeo Max's song Wet Dream are very suggestive, and they talk about sexual fantasies and desires. The repeated line "Every night me go to sleep, me have wet dreams" is a clear reference to nocturnal emissions, which is a natural occurrence for men during sleep. The next set of lines "Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down" is a clear instruction, indicating the desire to engage in sexual activity with a woman. The same line is repeated multiple times, emphasizing the desire for sexual intimacy.
The next few lyrics indicate a confrontation between two people, but the sexual connotation is maintained, "You in your small corner, I stand in mine, Throw all the punch you want to, I can take them all." This line can be interpreted as the artist's defiance towards criticism and opposition, making a statement that he can handle anything that comes his way.
The next set of lines "Look how you're big and fat, like a big, big shot, Give the crumpet to big foot Joe, give the fanny to me" is another reference to sexual activity. The line "Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down" is repeated multiple times, emphasizing the strong sexual desire that the artist has. As a whole, the song conveys sexual fantasies and desires in a very suggestive manner, with lyrics that are explicit yet catchy.
Line by Line Meaning
Every night me go to sleep, me have wet dreams
I have sexual dreams every night when I go to sleep
Lie down girl let me push it up, push it up, lie down
I want the girl to lay down so that we can have sex
You in your small corner, I stand in mine
We have our own separate lives and don't interfere with each other's affairs
Throw all the punch you want to, I can take them all
I can handle any challenge or criticism thrown at me
Look how you're big and fat, like a big, big shot
You may seem powerful and influential but it's not appealing to me
Give the crumpet to big foot Joe, give the fanny to me
Let the other guy have the average girl, I want the attractive one
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@natetaiapa2218
Maxieβs reputation as a ladies man must have been on Bunnyβs mind when he tried to persuade Max to record βWet Dreamβ. Max had written the song but did not want to sing it and none of Bunnyβs Agro stable of established artists, including Slim Smith, Roy Shirley and John Holt would touch it. Even Derrick Morgan whose βHold You Jackβ rhythm was to be used for the song did not want to know.
Bunny, a man never short of ideas, (one of his album sleeves even featured a cartoon of a manβs head with a glowing light bulb above it) realised that the song had definite possibilities. He would later gain the soubriquet βStrikerβ because of his almost innate ability to make hit records. Maxie was not over-keen, but Bunny allegedly told him if he didnβt do it he was βout of hereβ, and so they arrived one night at Studio One on Brentford Road to find Coxsone himself in charge of the session. When he heard Max sing the opening bars of βWet Dreamβ he was so disgusted that he refused to go any further and told his apprentice engineer, Errol βETβ Thompson, to take over on the board. Rude or βslackβ records were nothing new and, under the influence of American artists such as Blowfly, were currently undergoing something of a revival, but the format usually tended towards boasts of sexual prowess rather than a concern with βerotic dreams causing involuntary ejaculationsβ. Bunny promptly took βWet Dreamβ to the Palmer brothers in London who promptly released it on their Unity label.
It was an exciting time for Jamaican music in the U.K. as it bathed in its first real run of international success largely due to its adoption by Londonβs βskinheadβ cult. Oh how we laughed when we first heard the record, acknowledging that it was a version of an already established hit record on a popular rhythm and expecting that, like most βnoveltyβ records, it would disappear in a week or two as soon as something new came along.
However this one refused to go away and it proved to be instrumental in introducing reggae to the British public as it continued to sell and sell and sell. It made and stayed on the U.K. National Charts for an unprecedented twenty-five weeks where it reached the dizzy heights of number ten without the benefit of any radio play at all. The record was deemed so offensive that Alan Freeman was not permitted to even say the title on his Sunday afternoon βPick Of The Popsβ show and it was only ever referred to as βa record by Max Romeoβ. The potent blend of humour and sexual βsuggestivenessβ ensured its popularity with the U.K. audience who had never heard anything quite so blatant before.
It certainly proved to be a rude awakening for young Max who was really thrown in at the deep end and when he arrived in the U.K. to promote the record he steadfastly stuck to his story that his song was nothing whatsoever to do with sex at all. Oh no. In fact it was an everyday story of poverty in Jamaica where the roof of Maxieβs shack was constantly leaking β and we all know just how much it pours with rain in Jamaica.
The chorus of βlie down gal let me push it up, push it upβ actually alluded to the ever polite Max requesting that his young lady move out of the way so that he push a broom up into the hole in the roof to stop said leak. So now we knew that βWet Dreamβ was not rude and was all about Maxieβs good nightβs sleep being disturbed by a leaking roof. So thatβs all right then. Of course everyone believed him even though no-one thought to ask him what the lines about βgive the crumpet to Big Foot Joe, give the fanny to meβ meant and Alan Freeman persisted in calling it βa record by Max Romeoβ.
Just in case anyone had really believed him, Maxie went on to promptly record a number of innuendo filled records which, strangely enough, also failed to garner any air play and, to this day, βWet Dreamβ remains his sole U.K. chart entry. Surprisingly βWet Dreamβ was not a particularly big seller in Jamaica, but even if he found it hard to live down the stigma attached to the record in the U.K., Maxie had no such problems at home and he enjoyed hit after hit on the Jamaican charts. Reference: https://trojanrecords.com/artist/max-romeo/
@MrRichardcrowe
My mum plays this record in the garden so all the neighbours can hear. She's totally oblivious.
@johnrooney1749
You go that girl John moss side Manchester boy 1950s.John Rooney
@johnmilbourn8876
Classes
@wendyharper9454
Love your mum. Would have done the same, except that I was only about 16 when this record came out. Oh what an uproar - banned everywhere in the stuffy 60's!! Didn't stop all the illegal imports though. Great beginning for Trojan Music ...
@JamesJones-bb4bx
LMAO love man
@RetroReminiscing
ha ha ha !!! Love that thought! Id do it purposley so see the neighbours reactions lol
@oludotunjohnshowemimo434
It was definitely a blessing in disguise for Max Romeo when the BBC banned it as it became number one elsewhere.
@damienelliott4906
My old man's going out song ....should have seen the faces in the crematorium π€£
@jamesflynn6439
Good for him. Top Man
@spiritov69
Omg π€£π€£π€£
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