We always hear about song lyrics that we deeply connect to on a personal level, but what about ones that are the opposite of your experiences and/or vibe? I’ll start first:

“I got money in the bank.”

  • T-Pain on Buy U a Drank
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      9 months ago

      Ironically, the next line is about relatablity.

      You can’t write, if you can’t relate

      Trade the cash for the beat

      For the body, for the hate

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    9 months ago

    “Regrets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to mention.”

    • Frank Sinatra in “My Way” basically singing about how awesome he is
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        I like the version where Sid Vicous sings about how awesome Paul Anka thinks Frank Sinatra is… Or Nina Hagen.

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    Every time I’m listening to “getting better” by the Beatles and hear “I used to be cruel to my woman, I’d beat her” and then they sing about getting better I instantly turn off.

    Even when I was a kid I was like wait so he still beats his wife but like not as often?

    What the f*** and who beats their wife anyway and how is that in this song and it just bothers me to no end every time I have heard that song for the past my entire lifetime.

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      9 months ago

      “All that ‘I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved’ was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn’t express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women.”

      John Lennon

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        9 months ago

        Obviously that’s not OK.

        But in all seriousness, isn’t that the growth we want from people? He didn’t just recognize that it was fucked up and changed. He also publicly acknowledged that he used to be that person and that that person was fucked up.

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          I agree that it’s good he was (presumably) not hitting people any more and I agree its good he had enough self perception to see that it was an abnormal thing to hit people as a means of expression.

          However I guess I’d feel more comfortable about that admittance if I knew how the people he abused feel about it and him. Did he ever seek out those women and sincerely apologise? Maybe he did, I don’t know. And if he did, did they accept that apology? Because it’s all very well adopting a peace and love attitude when it makes you a lot of money and using your past as a means of contrast to highlight how much you now value peace and love when you don’t have to actually face the people you abused.

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        9 months ago

        … Wut?

        The less you know, the better… Can never listen to him again without that popping up in my brain.

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      9 months ago

      Quite a lot of Beatles songs are a bit creepy. Take Norwegian Wood for example - he goes back to this woman’s flat, she doesn’t want to sleep with him, he sleeps in her bath instead of just leaving, and in the morning, after she’s gone to work, he sets fire to her house.

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        9 months ago

        ! The melody of that is so calming. I’ve never listened to the lyrics.

        Thank you! I love that song so now I get to listen to it in a new light.

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          9 months ago

          No worries, I’m glad I didn’t spoil it for you :-)

          I must admit I hadn’t realised the arson part until quite recently, I had always thought that it just meant he lit a fire in the fireplace to keep warm, but apparently not!

  • I just keep coming back to the whole playlist of songs I made the other day that are from the perspective of psychos, murderers, or rapists. Totally unrelatable; but are also cool songs. Like Polly by Nirvana, Possum Kingdom by The Toadies, and Still Alive by Johnathan Coltan.

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    9 months ago

    “I couldn’t care less.”

    Leslie. You made a fucking song about it Leslie.

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    9 months ago

    Casual sex - my darkest days, or any other of their song. I am not, in fact, having any sex.

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    9 months ago

    I’m blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di

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    From “Losing It” by Rush

    “Some are born to move the world to live their fantasies, but most of us just dream about the things we’d like to be” was a lyric in the album following Moving Pictures which was Rush’s biggest album and they firmly sat in the former category at that point in their careers. Still my favorite band though