I remember in an interview Michael Stipe said the chorus goes "Fire... Fire..." because that was the most violent thing he could think of at the moment.
Mistaken song meanings
- Thread starter richiek65
- Start date
I remember in an interview Michael Stipe said the chorus goes "Fire... Fire..." because that was the most violent thing he could think of at the moment.
pypa
Tele-Afflicted
Alan is morissete’s Ironic.
None of the situations in the song are actually ironic. They are just bummers.
I guess this makes the title of the song ironic.
None of the situations in the song are actually ironic. They are just bummers.
I guess this makes the title of the song ironic.
"Fortunate Son" by CCR is clear as day now, but not so much when I was 13 years old.
omahaaudio
Poster Extraordinaire
This is a very popular wedding (reception/first dance) song.
Few realize that it's some guy trying to convince a girl that she should f**k him to prove that she loves him.
It's an AWFUL song.
Few realize that it's some guy trying to convince a girl that she should f**k him to prove that she loves him.
It's an AWFUL song.
omahaaudio
Poster Extraordinaire
Masturbation.
KeithDavies 100
Tele-Afflicted
Heroin, apparently. I was shocked to learn this recently. (Assuming the source I "learned" it from was reliable.)
EDIT - I think I posted this too quickly. I did read this recently somewhere, but having just done some Googling I think that might have been a theory that someone threw up somewhere and sounded plausible. Interviews with the pair of them about the song's origins would suggest this might be just another urban myth. Anyway - I think that's what people might have been referring to.
NoTeleBob
Poster Extraordinaire
Deeper than you'd expect from Ozzy. Like "Born in the USA" (posted above) - people just hear the chorus and decide from there.
A prime example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Me_to_the_End_of_Love
'it's curious how songs begin because the origin of the song, every song, has a kind of grain or seed that somebody hands you or the world hands you and that's why the process is so mysterious about writing a song. But that came from just hearing or reading or knowing that in the death camps, beside the crematoria, in certain of the death camps, a string quartet[3] was pressed into performance while this horror was going on, those were the people whose fate was this horror also. And they would be playing classical music while their fellow prisoners were being killed and burnt. So, that music, "Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin," meaning the beauty thereof being the consummation of life, the end of this existence and of the passionate element in that consummation. But, it is the same language that we use for surrender to the beloved, so that the song — it’s not important that anybody knows the genesis of it, because if the language comes from that passionate resource, it will be able to embrace all passionate activity.
studio
Poster Extraordinaire
Death camps suck.
But, if I ever get caught up in that kind of tragedy, I'd like to request a song:
But, if I ever get caught up in that kind of tragedy, I'd like to request a song:
Speaking of Springsteen, I once heard the most misunderstood lyric of all time was "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night" from "Blinded by the Light" (best known from the Manfred Mann Earth Band version). Apparently (for those who never listened, or didn't care) it's "deuce" as in "Little Deuce Coupe", not (calling Past King Fan) "wrapped up like a douche...."
Low Blow!
I always thought the quintessential misunderstood song was “This Land is Your Land.”
In the relief office I seen my people as they stood there hungry I stood there asking, “Is this land made for you and me?”
Top that, Joe Strummer.
In the relief office I seen my people as they stood there hungry I stood there asking, “Is this land made for you and me?”
Top that, Joe Strummer.
Sparky472
Tele-Afflicted
There’s a great scene in Long Strange Trip (Grateful Dead documentary on Amazon) with lyricist Robert Hunter. It’s preceded by several scenes with band members and others talking about Hunter’s general reticence in the face of questions about what his songs mean:
If you can picture Randy Newman in a duet with Burt Bacharach-NO-even better, Robert Goulet!!! Yes, those two doing this song in a combo Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah Seasons Greetings, teeth-gritting, gnashing of the souls Holiday Extravaganza on NBCBSABC (and affiliates) with a special appearance Rap/beatbox by the ghost of Tiny Tim…. need I go on… I needn’t… if you can picture it this way it might get you through a few more “listens”
I hear you and more importantly I’m here for you!
Hope this helps!
This one goes out to the one “who’s behind I left”…
I don't hate it at all, but I do rate it very high on my list of all-time "too frequently recorded" songs.
Happy Enchilada
Poster Extraordinaire
"Dirty Deeds and the Dunderchiefs" will be the name of my next band ...
In college I use to work at a ballroom weddings weekly.
Best one ever was “I Hate Myself for Loving You”
