10 Most Unsubtle Rock Music Innuendos

Peter Gabriel gave the world some beautifully elegant prog ballads with Genesis. Selling England By The Pound was a sombre but ethereally beautiful number that mourned the loss of English heritage to Americanism. Don't Give Up was his power debut with Kate Bush - a song inspired by the struggles of the working class during the Maggie Thatcher years. He proved he was a man able to tackle complex and sensitive issues in a sensitive way.

And then he released Sledgehammer. It's a song so packed with juvenile sexual euphemisms, that it's a marvel this is the same guy who wrote Solsbury Hill. Gabriel replaces the words for the male and female sex organs for a "train" and "train tracks" accordingly. There's no prize for guessing what he meant by "fruitcage", and we don't need to spell out what he meant by "big dipper".

But the award for the most thinly veiled euphemism, is the song title itself. Never afraid to come across as self-aggrandising, Gabriel, without a hint of modesty, slammed the metaphor home with some aggressive crotch-thrusting during his live shows. Augmented by a pumping bass line, Gabriel's signature dance move left audiences in no doubt what he was singing about.