How about a musical 180?
So, I came around to liking 40s music in my andulthood and I listen to 40s Junction on Sirius. I like mostly swing music, although I have familiarity with sweet music as well.
Just to give you an idea of how conditioned by the 21st Century I’ve become, I start hearing a song sung by Judy Garland called I’m Nobody’s Baby. So, going into the song, I’m imagining it would be about a woman asserting that she’s a strong person and not just an appendage, that’s she’s independent and can do for her own—she’s nobody’s baby, so don’t call her that, she’s a full person.
But of course, this is the 40s, a world where everything, including the songwriting business, is run by men, so of course what the song is instead is a lament that she doesn’t have a man—poor me, I’m nobody’s baby, nobody loves me, boo hoo hoo.