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  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,258
    Okay, I'm not going to argue as I don't know them personally and what I have picked up is second hand gossip.


    But i believe it anyway! :-)
  • 5_12_2004at1752
    5_12_2004at1752 Posts: 102
    Born In The USA. It's not a celebration
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,258
    5_12_2004at1752 said:

    Born In The USA. It's not a celebration

    I've heard that too (on here a bit earlier for starters) and I believe it, but it's hard to shake when the guy keeps yelling 'BORN IN THE USA' over and over again.

    Bloody boring song too! Like fingernails dragging up and down a blackboard.

  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,198
    Mr X is Eamonn de Valera.

    (Made up) FACT
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,198
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyHSjv9gxlE
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    Henry Irving said:

    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
    It is according to this. Although, I have to say I can't fathom it.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9700
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    edited April 2015
    brogib said:

    Mirror In The Bathroom - about having a sherman

    Nope :smile:

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2542
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    I remember Feargal Sharkey saying teenage kicks wasn't about fulfilling lustful desires with a girl but relieving youthful frustration by other means. Originally the lyrics went "I wanna hold IT, wanna hold IT tight, get teenage kicks right through the night". So, yet another song about Jodrell Bank
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    Henry Irving said:

    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
    I dont recognise the song but those lyrics are creepy.
  • grumpyaddick
    grumpyaddick Posts: 6,596
    Alex Wright said:

    I remember Feargal Sharkey saying teenage kicks wasn't about fulfilling lustful desires with a girl but relieving youthful frustration by other means. Originally the lyrics went "I wanna hold IT, wanna hold IT tight, get teenage kicks right through the night". So, yet another song about Jodrell Bank

    Blimey always assumed that song celebrated youngsters enjoying karate lessons...
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,356
    grumpyaddick said:

    Alex Wright said:

    I remember Feargal Sharkey saying teenage kicks wasn't about fulfilling lustful desires with a girl but relieving youthful frustration by other means. Originally the lyrics went "I wanna hold IT, wanna hold IT tight, get teenage kicks right through the night". So, yet another song about Jodrell Bank

    Blimey always assumed that song celebrated youngsters enjoying karate lessons...
    and Kung Fu Fighting is NOT about aftershave
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Conversely, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, (Zappa) is exactly what it seems.
  • Vinnie V.
    Vinnie V. Posts: 1,509
    There she goes. The Las. Heroin.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,870
    edited April 2015
    XTC's Pink Thing is deliberately ambiguous, as it could be Andy Partridge talking about his baby son, or well you can probably guess.

    Anytime you rise, I'm here,
    And I'm crazy for you pink thing.
    You make me want to laugh,
    You make me want to cry,
    When I stroke your head I feel a hundred heartbeats high,
    Pink thing.

    I want to take you out and show you round the world,
    Pink thing it'll be OK.
    If I could only wake you from your slumber curled,
    Pink thing what would straight folks say?

    That man isn't fit to enter heaven.
    That man is a sinner,
    Ever burning in disgrace.
    Pink thing, spit in my face,
    I'd love you for it.

    Anytime you call, I'll fall,
    Into madness for you pink thing.
    You make me want to live.
    You make me want to die.
    And when I stroke your head I feel a hundred heartbeats high,
    Pink thing.

    I want to take you out and show you to the girls,
    Pink thing they're a whole new tribe.
    If you could only see the way the way the gingham swirls,
    Pink thing it's a whole new vibe.

    That man isn't fit to be a father.
    That man is a sinner,
    'Fore they cast me down to die,
    Pink thing, spit in my eye,
    I'd love you for it.
    Yes, I'd love you for it.

    Anytime you rise, I'm here,
    And I'm crazy for you pink thing.
    You make me want to laugh,
    You make me want to cry,
    When I stroke your head I feel a hundred heartbeats high,
    Pink thing.
    Hundred heartbeats high,
    Pink thing.
    Hundred heartbeats high.

    I want to introduce you,
    Take you to the brink thing.
    I want to introduce you,
    Tell me what you think thing. I want to introduce you,
    Make that missing link thing.
    Don't you think it's time you met some female pink thing?

    You make me want to laugh,
    You make me want to cry,
    So why is it I'm happy when there's tears down in your eye?

    Little pink thing.
  • Phantom_User
    Phantom_User Posts: 655
    There seem to be a lot of songs about heroin!

    So on that basis;
    Cocaine by Eric Clapton - it's really about heroin
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,870
    Phantom User said:

    There seem to be a lot of songs about heroin!

    So on that basis;
    Cocaine by Eric Clapton - it's really about heroin

    No, it's actually about the similarities between Coco the clown and Michael Caine
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    edited April 2015
    Vinnie V. said:

    There she goes. The Las. Heroin.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18508

    There she goes
    There she goes again
    Racing through' my brain
    And I just can't contain
    This feelin' that remains

    There she goes
    There she goes again
    Pulsing through' my vein

    And I just can't contain
    This feelin' that remains

    There she goes, there she goes again
    She calls my name, pulls my train
    No-one else could heal my pain

    But I just can't contain
    This feelin' that remains

    There she goes
    There she goes again
    Chasing down my lane

    And I just can't contain
    This feelin' that remains
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    Alex Wright said:

    I remember Feargal Sharkey saying teenage kicks wasn't about fulfilling lustful desires with a girl but relieving youthful frustration by other means. Originally the lyrics went "I wanna hold IT, wanna hold IT tight, get teenage kicks right through the night". So, yet another song about Jodrell Bank

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4641
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    edited April 2015
    Making Plans for Nigel - XTC.

    It is not about the Palace Ultras.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5197
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    I like Candy by Paulo Nuttini a little less since I found out it's not exactly a love song.
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  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    B52s Give me back my man- Seagulls.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    Do the shake and vac - heroin
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    Sorted for Es and whizz by pulp is an anti drug song. A fact the Daily Mirror missed.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    edited April 2015
    smudge7946 said:

    Sorted for Es and whizz by pulp is an anti drug song. A fact the Daily Mirror missed.

    So it was about a Stone Roses gig.

    I saw them at Finsbury a few years ago and there were still lots of dodgy geezers, selling pills and legal highs.

    http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=34629

    http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pulp/sortedforeswizz.html
  • Powell Is Pleasant
    Powell Is Pleasant Posts: 1,443
    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.

    My mum thought it was 'The Trucks Don't Work'.
    Totally different song again.
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    Powell Is Pleasant said:

    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.

    My mum thought it was 'The Trucks Don't Work'.
    Totally different song again.
    Well they do make the traffic worse
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,749
    Red House Painters 'Wop a din din' ….one of Mark Kozelek's loves songs which are in fact about his cat.
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    edited April 2015
    Apparently Sunday Bloody Sunday is not about a boring Sunday
    afternoon.
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    LawrieAbrahams said:

    Apparently Sunday Bloody Sunday is not about a boring Sunday
    afternoon.

    Is it actually about wanking?
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    Wanking whilst doing heroin. Choking the dragon.

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