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There's been blips throughout the decades of songs that would push the envelope on sexual innuendo, but they sought more to do it covertly and in a manner of metaphors. Sure, I could name some examples of popular songs in any given era to weigh the other side of the argument, but that'd do no good; as a whole, most of the mainstream music now wants to portray a message of "I want to face-bang you, and I have no qualms saying so inside your minivan".
I'd say this generation, most of the music on the airwaves and in the Top 40 are geared toward adolescents/teens, and they are way too oversexed and undereducated to pick up on the subtle cues, so the industry/artists doesn't even try to be creative anymore, instead opting to blare pornographic riffs with lyrics.
Now that I think about it more, it could have always been a sexual market, yet back then, the music was actually good and enjoyable. Who knows?
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