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
“It’s Brittany, bitch”
Can’t relate tbh.
Idk, you seem like a bitch. /s
“I dont know why I love you, I just do.” -Jaymay
That’s fucking terrifying, but my wife thinks it’s romantic.
A slab of turkey-neck and it’s hanging from a pigeon wing
Consider yourself lucky. I definitely would not recommend being in that situation.
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
“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
Technically, it’s Frank Sinatra singing about how awesome Paul Anka thinks he is.
I’m not saying that’s better.
I like the version where Sid Vicous sings about how awesome Paul Anka thinks Frank Sinatra is… Or Nina Hagen.
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.
“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.”
Oh.
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.
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.
… Wut?
The less you know, the better… Can never listen to him again without that popping up in my brain.
right? Im surprised to read that about mr “imagine all the people living life in peace”.
This information just killed the song. And the message. What an arse.
Yup, he was known for it.
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.
! 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.
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!
Ha, dang, crazy
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.
Tyler by The Toadies has similar psycho vibes to it.
“I couldn’t care less.”
Leslie. You made a fucking song about it Leslie.
The lyric “I’m not angry/ I’m just saying” struck me the same way. It’s weird to be nonchalant in song form.
Casual sex - my darkest days, or any other of their song. I am not, in fact, having any sex.
“I’m happy” - Pharrell Williams
Do Ja Ja Ding Dong next
…and not even ‘because I am never happy’. It is the melody that is nothing like happy and hearing it makes me unhappy.
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
I got the horses in the back.
If you like piña colitas, getting caught in the rain.
I like neither of these things.
Are you into cheating through classified adds in the newspaper?
Naw, I use Craigslist for that.
I’m only into cheating through classified subtracts in the newspaper.
Seriously, who likes getting caught in the rain?
If you don’t have electronics or papers to worry about, it’s genuinely very good fun. I love it!
For me, getting caught in a rain usually happens while I’m on a bike ride, leaving me cold and soaked.
I love the rain.
Same, but getting caught in it usually sucks.
With all due respect, what is wrong with you?
Sounds like he’s hydrophobic.
They’re into yoga
I’m on a boat
I’m actually not on a boat :(
That one was played at least once per shift when I worked on a boat.
The Boss: Born in the USA.
I was born in Canada.
Born in Germany, here.
our true and native land
hm…
It’s “our home and native land”
Our home on stolen native land.
“True patriot love in all of us command!”
I always liked “O Canada” SO MUCH MORE than the shitty US anthem.
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
Not every song is written and narrated from the perspective of the artist performing it.
