Songs that aren't what they seem...

ken_shabby

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

Born In The USA. It's not a celebration

ken_shabby

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

Mr X is Eamonn de Valera.

(Made up) FACT

Uboat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyHSjv9gxlE

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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

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brogib said:

Mirror In The Bathroom - about having a sherman

Nope

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2542

Alex Wright

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

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

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...

Lincsaddick

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

Conversely, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, (Zappa) is exactly what it seems.

Vinnie V.

There she goes. The Las. Heroin.

killerandflash

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

There seem to be a lot of songs about heroin!

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

killerandflash

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

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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

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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

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Making Plans for Nigel - XTC.

It is not about the Palace Ultras.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5197

Saga Lout

I like Candy by Paulo Nuttini a little less since I found out it's not exactly a love song.

Halix

B52s Give me back my man- Seagulls.

IdleHans

Do the shake and vac - heroin

smudge7946

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

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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

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

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

Red House Painters 'Wop a din din' ….one of Mark Kozelek's loves songs which are in fact about his cat.

LawrieAbrahams

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

IA

LawrieAbrahams said:

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

Is it actually about wanking?

LawrieAbrahams

Wanking whilst doing heroin. Choking the dragon.