The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97295   Message #3964529
Posted By: keberoxu
03-Dec-18 - 01:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords: Baby It's Cold Outside (Frank Loesser)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords: Baby It's Cold Outside (Frank Loesser)
All of the PC / #MeToo viewpoints are not to be counted out.

Having said that,
I feel that at least the interpretation recorded
by Betty Carter (at the high extreme of her voice)
and Ray Charles leaves little doubt
that both parties are consenting adults,
and the entire back-and-forth between them is about
an understanding between two grown-ups who know what they are doing.

For example, when Betty Carter half-sings, half-speaks
"I gotta go home -- "
I hear a complete absence of victim or fear in her voice.
She sounds as though she knows exactly what she is about.

So maybe it is an interpretation question?