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Songs that aren't what they seem...

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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,635
    I'M intrigued...........what are Turning Japanese & Secret smile about then ??
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    Greenie said:

    The Drugs Don't Work.
    I thought it was about recreational drugs, but I understand its about Richard Ashcrofts mother who had cancer.

    It was his father. Sorry, not trying to be clever.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3344
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    paulie8290 said:

    Bubbly by Colbie Caillat-is a song about an orgasm

    Apparently not.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9242
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,230
    Lincsaddick said:

    Perfect Day .. Lou Reed's love song to heroin

    Incorrect. When Lou Reed wrote song about heroin they were called things like "heroin" and mentioned sticking a spike into his vein.

    Perfect Day is about a day in the park with his wife drinking sangria and then watching a film. Source: his wife
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    MrOneLung said:

    No woman No Cry - Bob Marley

    Thought it was to say that without women there would be no hurt hence no tears from him, but it is more, 'please dont cry love' to the woman.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1744
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Covered End said:

    paulie8290 said:

    Bubbly by Colbie Caillat-is a song about an orgasm

    Apparently not.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9242
    these are 2 of the lines in the song, come on we all know its an orgasm she is singing about

    I get the tingles in a silly place

    It starts in my toes,And I crinkle my nose

  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    donnyaddick said:

    Your Gorgeous by Babybird. Went to a funeral once where they played this in memory of the deceased!

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8242
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    Exiled_Addick said:

    Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen - often gets mistaken for a piece of flag waving USA patriotism but is actually anything but.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1014
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    seth plum said:

    Hotel California is about the descent into heroin addiction.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1121
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    bolloxbolder said:

    golden brown by the stranglers is about heroin.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5195
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  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    I always thought big girls don't cry sounded a bit noncey/rapey
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,460
    Common - I Used to Love H.E.R.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,730
    edited April 2015
    I think the Vapours denied turning Japanese was about having a wank, but I think they did it at a joke as their explanation of what it was about was rubbish. Jerusalem is a good example as the establishment have adopted it, but the lyrics from Blake are about a Socialist Utopia - although relevant to a different time. People call for it to be the national anthym but it is far from a nationalistic hymn.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Covered End said:

    bolloxbolder said:

    golden brown by the stranglers is about heroin.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5195
    Hmmmn.

    I see there are direct quotes here, and the band guys ought to know, but hmmm. These are the lyrics, and still to me they're about heroin addiction, but OK maybe I see too much in it.

    "Hotel California"

    On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
    Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
    Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
    My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
    I had to stop for the night
    There she stood in the doorway;
    I heard the mission bell
    And I was thinking to myself,
    "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
    Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
    There were voices down the corridor,
    I thought I heard them say...

    Welcome to the Hotel California
    Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
    Such a lovely face
    Plenty of room at the Hotel California
    Any time of year (Any time of year)
    You can find it here

    Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
    She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
    How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
    Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

    So I called up the Captain,
    "Please bring me my wine"
    He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"
    And still those voices are calling from far away,
    Wake you up in the middle of the night
    Just to hear them say...

    Welcome to the Hotel California
    Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
    Such a lovely face
    They livin' it up at the Hotel California
    What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
    Bring your alibis

    Mirrors on the ceiling,
    The pink champagne on ice
    And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
    And in the master's chambers,
    They gathered for the feast
    They stab it with their steely knives,
    But they just can't kill the beast

    Last thing I remember, I was
    Running for the door
    I had to find the passage back
    To the place I was before
    "Relax, " said the night man,
    "We are programmed to receive.
    You can check-out any time you like,
    But you can never leave! "
  • Jensenwasclass
    Jensenwasclass Posts: 835
    ''The Green Green grass of home''

    - Nothing to do with gardening!
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    edited April 2015
    Jensenwasclass said:

    ''The Green Green grass of home''

    - Nothing to do with gardening!

    or as Tony Angelino would say

    The Gween Gween Gwass of home
  • brogib
    brogib Posts: 2,128
    Mirror In The Bathroom - about having a sherman
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,198
    'Agadoo' by Black Lace

    'Push pineapples, shake the tree'? Do me a favour.
  • brogib
    brogib Posts: 2,128
    Uboat said:

    'Agadoo' by Black Lace

    'Push pineapples, shake the tree'? Do me a favour.

    woss that about having a sherman an all then?
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,198
    brogib said:

    Uboat said:

    'Agadoo' by Black Lace

    'Push pineapples, shake the tree'? Do me a favour.

    woss that about having a sherman an all then?
    To be honest, I'm guessing, but why not.
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  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    The Pixies - Gigantic. A white woman who lusts over a black boy. Obvious really. Bit strange Apple decided to use it in an iPhone ad.
  • brogib
    brogib Posts: 2,128
    I always thought they were singing about harvesting pineapples, but yeah, if the tree was their phallus and they got their hands round it, gotta be about having a sherman.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,198
    Turns out most songs are about wanking...
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Uboat said:

    Turns out most songs are about wanking...

    Dont even start me on "you'll never wank alone"
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,258
    The Undertones - It's Gonna Happen

    I always thought it was another 'boy fails to meet girl' pop song, but I found out recently it was about the IRA Hunger Strikers and was a sly dig at the British establishment.

    Totally changed my view of the song.

    As for Hotel California, I had a friend at Uni from the USA who swore up and down it was about Satanism and that the Eagles were well known in certain circles as being into all sorts of occult stuff, raising spirits, seances and dark arts. She also went through the lyrics pointing out lyrics such as 'we have'nt had that spirit here since 1969'. I never agreed, but then again, I could'nt definately say it was wrong either.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,230
    ken_shabby said:

    The Undertones - It's Gonna Happen

    I always thought it was another 'boy fails to meet girl' pop song, but I found out recently it was about the IRA Hunger Strikers and was a sly dig at the British establishment.

    I dont think that is correct.

    The undertones played TOTP on the day Bobby Sands died and one of the band (Damian I think) wore a black armband but the song itself isn't about the hunger strikes.
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,258
    I just checked song facts, and it did'nt really deny or agree.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,230
    ken_shabby said:

    I just checked song facts, and it did'nt really deny or agree.

    Happens all the time
    Its going to happen - happen - till your change your mind
    Its going to happen - happen - happens all the time
    Its going to happen - happen - till your change your mind

    Best story I ever heard
    The truth about fat Mr X and the young girl
    See how far he'll let you go
    Before he persuades you when you're walking home

    Happens all the time ...

    Watching your friends passing by
    Going to sleep without blinking a blue eye
    Too slow to notice what's wrong
    Two faced to you when you're taking them on

    Happens all the time ...

    Everything goes when you're dead
    Everything empties from what was in your head
    No point in waiting today
    Stupid revenge is what's making you stay

    Its going to happen - happen - till your change your mind


    Nothing about the IRA
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,258
    Come on Henry, have you never heard of imagery? It does'nt actually mention the IRA by name, but that does'nt really prove anything. The song Enola Gay bu OMD never actually named Hiroshima or Atoic weapons, but that was what it was about. The song Seconds by the Human league never actually mentioned President Kennedy, or the man who killed him, but that was what it was about. This one is a tougher call, but simply serving up the lyrics is'nt really here nor there.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,230
    ken_shabby said:

    Come on Henry, have you never heard of imagery? It does'nt actually mention the IRA by name, but that does'nt really prove anything. The song Enola Gay bu OMD never actually named Hiroshima or Atoic weapons, but that was what it was about. The song Seconds by the Human league never actually mentioned President Kennedy, or the man who killed him, but that was what it was about. This one is a tougher call, but simply serving up the lyrics is'nt really here nor there.

    OK, Enola Gay the song named the plane that dropped the bomb the "Enola Gay" so no confusion there.

    "All day, hiding from the sun
    Waiting for the golden one
    Waiting for your fame
    After the parade has gone

    Outside was a happy place
    Every face had a smile
    Like the golden face
    For a second

    Your knuckles white
    As your fingers curl
    The shot that was heard
    Around the world for a second"

    Pretty clear that is about killing someone. Doesn't say it is Kennedy but it is a fair guess

    So where in "it's gonna happen" do they reference the IRA or the hunger strikes? They lyrics are about something else. It's only because they were on TOTP that day and Damian wore a black armband that the two are linked. It just happened to be that single they were promoting.

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