The Lodger
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Wino is not pleased.
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Post by The Lodger on Apr 12, 2009 14:35:01 GMT -5
A very sheltered kid tried to convince me that Tool's "Prison Sex" was about anything but the title. Read the lyrics...yep prison man love.
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Joie De Vivre
Hank Scorpio
There's always next year.
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Post by Joie De Vivre on Apr 12, 2009 15:05:50 GMT -5
"The Spirit Of Radio" by Rush. It sounds like an ode about how great listening to the radio, and becoming successful in the rock biz is, but it's really a lament about how great radio stations USE to be, and how corporate their becoming (talk about looking into the future).
"The Trees" by Rush. It seems like an analogy about many things, such as class struggle, racism, Canadian relations towards the U.S. and/or England. But according to Neil Peart, there's no deep meaning to the song, he just based it on a comic strip about talking trees.
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Red Lion
Dennis Stamp
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Post by Red Lion on Apr 12, 2009 15:16:34 GMT -5
I can see where that would be plausable, but Freddie himself said it was about football (or soccer in the states). I thought Queen wrote that for when England was the host of the World Championship in soccer one year? Queen weren't around in 1966.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Apr 12, 2009 15:20:02 GMT -5
Oh, here's another good one, Hotel California. It isn't pro-satanism, it isn't anti-satanism, it isn't a description of drug addiction (though that one is fairly close), it's not about cannibals, or cancer, or pretty much isn't about anything it's been rumored to mean.
It's actually about the hedonism and greed music groups such as The Eagles experienced (mainly in, you guessed it, California) and about how, while the fame, money, women and drugs it got them fulfilled all their physical fantasies, it left them in a state of psychological emptiness. They wrote this song to warn newer groups.
Come to think of it, the true meaning is way cooler than the supposed ones.
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The Lodger
Don Corleone
Wino is not pleased.
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Post by The Lodger on Apr 12, 2009 15:35:29 GMT -5
Blinded by the Light...people think that song is about....but the song's really....what the hell is that song about?
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Post by Alucard on Apr 12, 2009 16:15:44 GMT -5
It's about a serial rapist.
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Post by Loki on Apr 12, 2009 16:56:33 GMT -5
I can see where that would be plausable, but Freddie himself said it was about football (or soccer in the states). I thought Queen wrote that for when England was the host of the World Championship in soccer one year? That's what Freddy himself said about the song, in two separate occasions, in 1978 and 1985 « Certainly it's a relationship that could be, but I was thinking about football when I wrote it. I wanted a participation song, something that the fans could latch on to. It was aimed at the masses; I thought we'd see how they took it. It worked a treat. When we performed it at a private concert in London, the fans actually broke into a football chant between numbers. Of course, I've given it more theatrical subtlety than an ordinary football chant. You know me. I certainly wasn't thinking about the press when I wrote it. I never think about the British music press these days. It was really meant to be offered the musicians the same as the fans. I suppose it could also be construed as my version of "I Did It My Way." We have made it, and it certainly wasn't easy. No bed of roses as the song says. And it's still not easy. »
« I have to win people over, otherwise it's not a successful gig. It's my job to make sure people have a good time. That's part of my duty. It's all to do with feeling in control. That song We Are The Champions has been taken up by football fans because it's a winners' song. I can't believe that somebody hasn't written a new song to overtake it.
So it may be about: 1) Queen becoming a successful band 2) Freddy's love life 3) Football 4) just a song about making it If it was indeed about homosexuality, I find it damn hilarious it has been used for decades to celebrate the victory in football, where the players are men's men and screw hot chicks...
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Post by Bobafett on Apr 12, 2009 17:13:55 GMT -5
that song by the script about the guy at the corner not leaving..its not some sweet song its by a looney who just won't move
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Apr 12, 2009 17:14:34 GMT -5
"No More Tears" by Ozzy Osbourne: A lot of people thought that the titular lyrics meant that the song was about the personal problems that Ozzy was going through at the time, from drugs to media controversies (another one) to legal trouble to a marriage that was deeply in trouble. But all the song was intended to just be about a serial killer.
"In Bloom" by Nirvana: the chorus of the song ("He's the one who likes all our pretty songs/and he likes to sing along/and he likes to shoot his gun/but he don't know what it means") was meant to mock the fans (who Kurt envisioned as stupid gun-toting rednecks) who were totally trendy and sang the band's songs without even bothering to think about the deeper meaning beneath the lyrics. Soon enough, after that song came out, a whole bunch of trendy fans started singing "In Bloom" because the song sounded good, without having any clue what the lyrics actually meant, thereby proving Kurt's point.
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The Line
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Post by The Line on Apr 12, 2009 17:43:49 GMT -5
Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You" has a rep as a love song now, but it's obviously about a woman whose been traumatized by either an abusive father or boyfriend. Its actually a song about Kelly's mother, or so I've heard
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Jay Peas 42
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Apr 12, 2009 20:22:35 GMT -5
Whilst many believe that "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls is about an emotional moment with a lover, it is in fact about Nicholas Cage. To this day, it's remarkable to think that such a terrible film produced such a wonderful sound track. I belive Independence Day is usually cited, but here's the thing. If you are going to call a song Independence Day, and fill it with patrotic iconography, and then you are shocked when people accept it as a patriotic song, and not as anthem for domestic abuse, get over it. Granted, it's country music, which is only about like four things. 1. Drinking, Smoking, and gambling. 2. How Much I love either my God, Country, Family, or Bar. 3. Domestic Violence. 4. Infidelity to number 2. So, that anyone would get it wrong is understandable. "Ring of Fire" was actually about June, "Walk the Line" was about Vivian. Damn Biopics. "American Pie", well, someone has to be wrong.
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Welfare Willis
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Post by Welfare Willis on Apr 12, 2009 20:41:14 GMT -5
To show you how dumb I am... Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC I though was about a hitman. Yet like all AC/DC songs it's about sex. Yeah, I need to be facepalm'ed.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Apr 12, 2009 20:47:00 GMT -5
I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) The "that" he won't do is in every verse preceding the line "I won't do that" there is no one "that." I hear everyone complaining about how Meat Loaf doesn't say what that one thing is in the song. But, if they would just listen to the f***ing song, they would hear what "that" is. The song has a part song by a female vocalist, and she sings: "You'll see that it's time to move on" and "You'll be screwing around". To both of these, he emphatically responds, "I won't do that!"
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on Apr 12, 2009 20:48:49 GMT -5
I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) The "that" he won't do is in every verse preceding the line "I won't do that" there is no one "that." I hear everyone complaining about how Meat Loaf doesn't say what that one thing is in the song. But, if they would just listen to the snorking song, they would hear what "that" is. The song has a part song by a female vocalist, and she sings: "You'll see that it's time to move on" and "You'll be screwing around". To both of these, he emphatically responds, "I won't do that!" Yeah, basically the "that" he won't do for love is dump her for someone else.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Apr 12, 2009 21:16:29 GMT -5
To show you how dumb I am... Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC I though was about a hitman. Yet like all AC/DC songs it's about sex. Yeah, I need to be facepalm'ed. You sure? I mean, I always thought it was about a hitman to. I mean how the f*** does "Concrete Shoes", "Cyanide", "Contracts", etc have anything to do with sex?
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Apr 12, 2009 22:43:28 GMT -5
To show you how dumb I am... Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC I though was about a hitman. Yet like all AC/DC songs it's about sex. Yeah, I need to be facepalm'ed. You sure? I mean, I always thought it was about a hitman to. I mean how the snork does "Concrete Shoes", "Cyanide", "Contracts", etc have anything to do with sex? AC/DC has some weird fetishes?
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Albino Heat
Don Corleone
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Post by Albino Heat on Apr 12, 2009 22:44:14 GMT -5
To show you how dumb I am... Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC I though was about a hitman. Yet like all AC/DC songs it's about sex. Yeah, I need to be facepalm'ed. You sure? I mean, I always thought it was about a hitman to. I mean how the snork does "Concrete Shoes", "Cyanide", "Contracts", etc have anything to do with sex? Not the way you do it.
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Maniac Mitch
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Post by Maniac Mitch on Apr 13, 2009 1:25:10 GMT -5
Whilst many believe that "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls is about an emotional moment with a lover, it is in fact about Nicholas Cage. You know I'd never put that much thought into it, but now that you mention it, it does make perfect sense. Since he's an actor, most people who have never met him base their entire perception of who he is on what they see through a camera. And the part of the camera that determines how much light the camera takes in is called the "iris". Basically I'm guessing it's a metaphor for how easily perception can be manipulated when you're in the public eye. For years it puzzled me why they would do a song called "Iris" for a soundtrack for a movie that didn't have one freakin' character named Iris. It makes a lot more sense now. A very sheltered kid tried to convince me that Tool's "Prison Sex" was about anything but the title. Read the lyrics...yep prison man love. Oh god, I have a story about this song. When I was in broadcast school(where I learned about irises) in first year all of the students got two hours of radio time to fill each week. Well, a friend of mine who had the show after me loved Tool. When I would finish up my shift, I'd usually hang around and BS with him while he programmed the first half hour or so of his show. One week, and I kid you not on this, he introduced the song by saying "This song is goin' out to all of the lovely ladies of broadcasting." and proceeded to play "Prison Sex". Another time, he "had to" run to the washroom before his show so he asked me to introduce his first song. He qued it up and said "It's the first one on the list". So my last song ended and I went into my usual patter: "It's now 8pm and that means it's time for me to turn the reigns of the station over to (name). He had to visit the little boys room so he asked me to do the honours on his first song. So without further ado this is (I look down at the paper)"Stinkfist" by Tool." Then there was this long pause as my brain slowly registered what I had said over the radio. I started playing the song and it was a different song entirely. ...bastard
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livetowin
Dennis Stamp
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Post by livetowin on Apr 13, 2009 1:43:25 GMT -5
I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) The "that" he won't do is in every verse preceding the line "I won't do that" there is no one "that." I hear everyone complaining about how Meat Loaf doesn't say what that one thing is in the song. But, if they would just listen to the snorking song, they would hear what "that" is. The song has a part song by a female vocalist, and she sings: "You'll see that it's time to move on" and "You'll be screwing around". To both of these, he emphatically responds, "I won't do that!" NO NO NO NO HE WON'T DO THAT!
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Post by Macho Dude Handy Damage on Apr 13, 2009 2:05:53 GMT -5
"In Bloom" by Nirvana: the chorus of the song ("He's the one who likes all our pretty songs/and he likes to sing along/and he likes to shoot his gun/but he don't know what it means") was meant to mock the fans (who Kurt envisioned as stupid gun-toting rednecks) who were totally trendy and sang the band's songs without even bothering to think about the deeper meaning beneath the lyrics. Soon enough, after that song came out, a whole bunch of trendy fans started singing "In Bloom" because the song sounded good, without having any clue what the lyrics actually meant, thereby proving Kurt's point. I somehow doubt that, seeing as how Kurt wrote the song long before they were famous. The song was written at least a year and a half before Nirvana released "Nevermind". Which is easy to prove, because In Bloom was one of the songs on the "Nevermind" demos the band recorded in april 1990. From what I've read the song is about one of Kurt's best friends, Dylan Carson.
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