Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.
The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up.
In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'