Talk:Wake Up Little Susie

Although I think it was ridiculous to ban this song, it was banned at the time because it says they were sleeping together and at the time boys and girls with moral upbringing did not "sleep" together; it didn't matter if there was any sexual contact or not. I don't hear anything in the song that "strongly implies that they did not (have sexual contact" nor did I hear anywhere in the song that "the couple simply fell asleep because they were bored by the film." Perhaps they were just tired. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.232.129.219 (talk) 17:10, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What about "Willem Wordt Wakker" by the Butterflies?????? ~Leigh8959 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.172.179 (talk) 01:49, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Has Buddy Holly recorded this?

Because I downloaded a version and it didn't sound like The Everly Brothers Sweetie candykim (talk) 22:32, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dead Flowers

Does the Stones' line 'take me down little Susie' have anything to do with this song? Bureau (talk) 09:22, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Was This Song REALLY Banned?

DonnaHalper (talk) 17:34, 24 May 2014 (UTC) I am a media historian, and while several Wikipedia articles about songs "banned in Boston" quote a Rolling Stone article (which itself does not offer any proof for the claim), there seems to be no sourcing for the assertion that the song was actually banned. Yes, it is widely believed the song was banned, but believing it doesn't make it so. I grew up in Boston, and the song was absolutely played on radio. Further, I have checked various Boston newspapers and find no reference to the song being banned-- given that most of Boston's media critics at that time were older and very anti-rock music, it would seem logical that such an action would have received some press attention. I am not saying "Wake Up Little Susie" wasn't banned-- I am merely asking for concrete proof. Is there any, beyond claims and anecdotes?[reply]

I think the real question is, "Banned by whom?" 2-3 minor groups complaining, or 1 station saying "no we won't play it" but not coming out and calling it a ban (sort of an "unwritten rule") might not garner headlines but it would be a wink-wink agreement.

I don't doubt that happened in some parts of the Bible belt. But, it wasn't widespread.The mention of Boston surprised me because it wasn't as conservative as it was years earlier. By 1957, it wasn't exactly liberal yet, but I'd consider the South more likely to do that.

I came here to see if it was surely 4 AM - because "looks like we goofed again" could mean that "we were out after curfew last time, and now we goofed again becuase we slept through a matinee and peope will think we were in 'neck alley.'" (My mom's term for where they wouldn't sleep together, but they'd do more than kiss as teens.)

And, saying it *could* be 4 PM - because otherwise her parents - indeed, *his* parents* - would have come looking for them - is another reason why I don't think it was outright banned anywhere. They did it in such a way it could be either, though more likely 4 AM. 2600:1700:E810:5090:8C18:8ABB:C518:AD28 (talk) 01:37, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]