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
“🎶I’m proud to be an American🎶” from the self-titled song.
Don’t get me wrong - I really want that song to be relatable again, but right now and for many years it hasn’t been.
We had to sing that song in 4th grade, when the US invaded Iraq. Every. Damn. Morning.
“I pledge alleigance. To the flag…”
Yeah, we did those shenanigans too. The pledge wasn’t as obnoxious as making a bunch of redneck fourth graders sing Lee Greenwood at the top of their lungs.
Oof. If it’s any consolation, I’m cringing with you across time and space.
I was in high school and then college during that era, so I guess I was lucky to avoid the forced patriotism.
“Where at least I know I am free I stand up, next to you…”
That song is so goofy that me and my friends (we are third worlders) put it up ironically while playing minecraft and sing along with an american accent and the lyrics are ingrained to my brain for that reason, lmao.
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.”
Yup, he was known for it.
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.
Oh.
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’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.
“I’m happy” - Pharrell Williams
…and not even ‘because I am never happy’. It is the melody that is nothing like happy and hearing it makes me unhappy.
Do Ja Ja Ding Dong next
Literally all of Ke$ha’s Tik Tok. I have never woken up feeling like p diddy, nor have i brushed my teeth with a bottle of jack daniels, and I sure as shit don’t exclusively date guys that look like Mick Jagger
Wake up in the morning and I just can’t see
Why everybody in the world is rich and famous but me
I mean, I’m young and I’m hot, and I want to make money
But when it comes to talents, I just don’t have any
Taxman by The Beatles. I’m not criticizing their music as a whole, but a song written by millionaires unironically whining about having to pay taxes is totally unrelatable to most of their fans.
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don’t take it all
Cos I’m the taxman, yeah I’m the taxmanOh shut up.
Man, 5%? That’s it?
The Boomerism was already beginning. Hippie on the outside Reagan Revolution on the inside lol
If you like piña colitas, getting caught in the rain.
I like neither of these things.
With all due respect, what is wrong with you?
They’re into yoga
Sounds like he’s hydrophobic.
… spent too long on that dark desert highway to Margaritaville …
Are you into cheating through classified adds in the newspaper?
I’m only into cheating through classified subtracts in the newspaper.
Naw, I use Craigslist for that.
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Seriously, who likes getting caught in the rain?
I love the rain.
Same, but getting caught in it usually sucks.
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.
“…and the laaaaand of the freeeeeeee…”
“…and the hooooome of the braaaaaaaave!”
Maiden?
Key
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”
“True patriot love in all of us command!”
I always liked “O Canada” SO MUCH MORE than the shitty US anthem.
Our home on stolen native land.
“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.
“In the desert you can remember your name, 'cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain”
Desert has many people for to give you pain.
“Sex by the fire at night”
-That’s what i like, Bruno MarsOther than being single, uhh i’m in a tropical country and there’s no fireplace. But yes mostly being single.
“I dont know why I love you, I just do.” -Jaymay
That’s fucking terrifying, but my wife thinks it’s romantic.
Bastard son of Odin
Born to kick your assMy father was both married and not a Norse god upon my birth. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t even divinely fated to kick ass. I just don’t know what to do with this song.
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
