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Post by toddpolt on Nov 27, 2009 19:32:36 GMT -5
Don't be fooled by hooks or beats, for they can at times disguise some sinister lyrics which fool some folks. Here are two classic examples.
"Getting Better" - The Beatles
Ah yes, things are better...all the time. Can't get no worse. Such a happy little number. A jingle used in many commercials and-
I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene
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I know McCartney wrote that diddle and all, but I'm sure Lennon added that verse.
"Every Breath You Take" - The Police
Most probably know this one by now, with even song-writer/singer Sting repeatedly irritated in interviews when people confuse this for a love song. Classic tempo, one of the most popular songs in the 1980s, even used in some weddings. So why does he get miffed?
Look at the lyrics again:
Every breath you take and every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take, I'll be watching you
Every single day and every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay, I'll be watching you
Oh can't you see you belong to me?
How my poor heart aches with every step you take
Every move you make and every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake, I'll be watching you
Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night
I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby please
OK. Oh sure its a love song. If you're a stalker, which was lyrical point which gets lost.
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Post by biafra on Nov 27, 2009 19:34:19 GMT -5
"Fortunate Son".
I remember that f***ing idiot Kid Rock singing that as a patriotic anthem. f***ing moron.
"Born In The Usa" as well.
Also.."You Are My Sunshine."
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Nov 27, 2009 19:44:24 GMT -5
\ "Born In The Usa" as well. That's what I came in here to post. It staggers me that people don't know what that song is really about. |
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 27, 2009 19:47:54 GMT -5
Sometimes it seems that the only people who got the proper meaning of "every breath you take" were the producers of "cat's eye" who used it in the "Quitters Inc." segment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGUOszLwssw(start at 1:44) |
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Post by saintturgeon on Nov 27, 2009 19:48:58 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Nov 27, 2009 20:22:28 GMT -5
"Getting Better" - The BeatlesAh yes, things are better...all the time. Can't get no worse. Such a happy little number. A jingle used in many commercials and- I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene.... I always point that set of lyrics out during that song... but are you suggesting that it's not a good thing that Paul stopped beating his girlfriend  |
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Post by toddpolt on Nov 27, 2009 21:11:15 GMT -5
"Getting Better" - The BeatlesAh yes, things are better...all the time. Can't get no worse. Such a happy little number. A jingle used in many commercials and- I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene.... I always point that set of lyrics out during that song... but are you suggesting that it's not a good thing that Paul stopped beating his girlfriend Sure. If he had quit.  Wiggle can confirm this or not, but wasn't Lennon the woman-beater of the Fab Four? Give peace a chance. *Slap* |
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Nov 27, 2009 21:15:53 GMT -5
I always point that set of lyrics out during that song... but are you suggesting that it's not a good thing that Paul stopped beating his girlfriend Sure. If he had quit. Wiggle can confirm this or not, but wasn't Lennon the woman-beater of the Fab Four? Give peace a chance. *Slap* In his defense, Lennon was married to Yoko Ono; and if you ever heard her sing, then...well... ;D |
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Post by toddpolt on Nov 27, 2009 21:18:09 GMT -5
Sure. If he had quit. Wiggle can confirm this or not, but wasn't Lennon the woman-beater of the Fab Four? Give peace a chance. *Slap* In his defense, Lennon was married to Yoko Ono; and if you ever heard her sing, then...well... ;D I believe the (alleged) beatings happened on Lennon's first wife. |
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Post by biafra on Nov 27, 2009 21:18:23 GMT -5
I don't think I;ve ever heard of Lennon beating his wife.
He certainly treated Cynthia like shit and he and Yoko had their few year "lost weekend" but I've never heard he was an abuser.
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Nov 27, 2009 21:41:17 GMT -5
I Will Always Love You gets played a lot - too much, IMO - at weddings and the like. It's really too bad it's a break-up song. 
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2009 21:43:54 GMT -5
"Losing My Religion" and "Shiny Happy People" get misinterpreted often.
So does "With or Without You".
Also, "Crash Into Me". Once you actually read what Dave wrote, that song's rather creepy.
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Post by Red Lion on Nov 27, 2009 21:50:13 GMT -5
You gotta fight...for your right...to parrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrty!!!
Took the mick out of lazy party anthems, only to become one of the biggest party anthems ever.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 27, 2009 21:53:06 GMT -5
- This Land is my Land- Woody Guthrie wrote it as responce to Irving Berlin's God Bless America, the original title was God Blessed America for Me.
-Timbuck 3's The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades) Is about nuclear war
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Post by JaySticLe respects Umaga on Nov 27, 2009 21:59:09 GMT -5
This shitty topic is f***ing great.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 27, 2009 22:13:22 GMT -5
The Beatles' "Revolution" is right up there with "Born in the USA" as far as mainstream misinterpretation. Too many people think it's supportive of the counter-culture and such, but it's obviously telling people to cool their heels and stop being radicals.
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Post by stealthamo on Nov 27, 2009 22:17:41 GMT -5
99 Luftballoons, well, mainly because not many Americans know german and know that it's about nuclear war.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Nov 27, 2009 22:32:36 GMT -5
Green Day's "Good Riddance". I don't understand how a sarcastic song about leaving someone and saying how great things are now that they are out of your life can be played at funerals.
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Post by biafra on Nov 27, 2009 22:33:27 GMT -5
Green Day's "Good Riddance". I don't understand how a sarcastic song about leaving someone and saying how great things are now that they are out of your life can be played at funerals. Or 100 millions high school graduations. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 27, 2009 22:35:59 GMT -5
On a lesser scale, but one I find personally humorous as I know someone who used it as a love song, is Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You". I don't think she's ever realized that it's a song about a dominating male putting fear into a young woman.
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