Misunderstood songs

John Doe1

The top one has got to be Born in the U.S.A which was used by reagan but was really an anti-vietnam song

El Weirdo

Perfect Day.

orourkeda

The Star Spangled Banner

rain on

Under the Bridge

Dotrel

Puff the Magic Dragon.

On the surface it seems to be a song about smoking marijuana but it reality it's song about a magic dragon named Puff.

FatherLen

"i like big butts" is actually a song about the prohibition of alcohol in america.

mackg

John Doe1 wrote: »

The top one has got to be Born in the U.S.A which was used by reagan but was really an anti-vietnam song

That's what I was going to say.

I'll go with Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, or for a whole band the black sabbath were satanists was pretty retarded.

ThisRegard

One by U2, listen to the words those who are thinking of using it as a wedding song, it's not a love song.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Twas in a movie admittedly, but it was a bunch of KKK guys singing "Amazing Grace" at a cross-burning. (The song was written by John Newton, a reformed slave trader.)

mikemac

Summer of '69

I just assumed it was the summer of that year

I was wrong

_blank_

Every Breath You Take being played at weddings is fairly funny.

also, Don't Stand So Close To Me, by the same band weirdly enough, is about a teacher molesting a schoolgirl, creepy.

Lord Derpington

Time of your life (Good Riddance) by greenday

John Doe1

mikemac wrote: »

Summer of '69

I just assumed it was the summer of that year

I was wrong

Did you read about it on cracked.ie?

Robbo

Brown Eyed Girl is about Van Morrison's fondness of back door action.

Where To

'All Kinds of Everything', far from being an inane love song, is the manifesto of a megalomaniac

force eleven

Pull Up To The Bumper by Grace Jones.

It's about a man whose trying to park a car in a big city.

mackg

Also reborn by slayer is not in fact about Kerry Kings conversion to Christianity

orourkeda

where do i go from here wrote: »

'All Kinds of Everything', far from being an inane love song, is the manifesto of a megalomaniac

"Justice for all" is David Norris campaign song

johnnyk66

I once heard a dj say nick caves 'wild rose' was the most romantic song he ever heard:eek:

James__10

The drugs don't work by the verve

Eroticfishcake

Alan Partridge: 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'. What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think "Sunday, bloody Sunday!".

Snakeblood

John Doe1 wrote: »

The top one has got to be Born in the U.S.A which was used by reagan but was really an anti-vietnam song

These Boots are Made for Walkin'.

If you look at the video there's no way she could go more than 2 feet in those boots. They're made for STANDING.

D1stant

Ring a Ring o' Roses

Nursery rhyme or plague song?

Yellow Ledbetter.

Not even Vedder knows what it's about

El Weirdo

Edz87 wrote: »

Yellow Ledbetter.

Not even Vedder knows what it's about

Then how can it be misunderstood?

Noo

greenfly wrote: »

Time of your life (Good Riddance) by greenday

Came here to say this one, ffs people it is not a happy memory song!

parrai

try explaining the legend of a tune that is The Grudge by Tool

xzanti

"Hey Mr. Tambourine Man" was speculated to be about a drug dealer but afaik it was later proven to be about a Turkish tambourine player who frequented Bob Dylans recording studio while he was making an album..

Summer of "69" is said to be about the sex position as opposed to an actual Summer :cool:

Handy11

Blackbird by the Beatles - not about birds

The One I Love by REM - not a love song

sensibleken

Can I cultivate your groinal garden? by Lawnmower deth is an affectionate tribute to Dermot O'Neill

goose2005

Robbo wrote: »

Brown Eyed Girl is about Van Morrison's fondness of back door action.

Down in the hollow
Playin' a new game

...

And whatever happened
To Tuesday and so slow
Going down the old mine
With a transistor radio

oh my God!

Handy11

Handy11 wrote: »

The One I Love by REM - not a love song

yep that's what i came in here to post

marty1985

Losing My Religion is an expression that means "losing my temper", it's seemingly just an obsessive love song akin to Every Breath You Take, not actually anything to do with religion.

Bodhisopha

Growing on me by the Darkness is about genital warts.


can't get rid of you
I don't know what to do
I don't even know who is growing on who, (yeah, yeah)
'Cos everywhere I go you're there
I Can't get you out of my hair
I Can't pretend that I don't care - it's not fair

I'm Being punished for all my offences
I wanna touch you but I'm afraid of the consequences
I wanna banish you from whence you came
But you're part of me now
And I've only got myself to blame

You're really growing on me
(Or am I growing on you?)
You're really growing on me
(Or am I growing on you?)
Any fool can see

Sleeping in an empty bed
Can't get you off my head
I won't have a life until you're dead
Yeah, you heard what I said

John Doe1

I used to listen to 'lola' by the kinks a lot and only just found out its about a transvestite:eek:

120_Minutes

parrai wrote: »

try explaining the legend of a tune that is The Grudge by Tool

I know but Maynard told me not to tell anyone.


Also "hold me closer, tony danza...."

Oranage2

Not many people know it but this song is about Coffee

marty1985

How did I never make that connection before!?

lorebringer

Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen - not one for church!

parrai

120_Minutes wrote: »

Also "hold me closer, tony danza...."

Think you could be on to something

tuxy

El Weirdo wrote: »

Perfect Day.

Most people consider this to be a depressing song, probably about heroin use. Especially because of the way the song is used in the film trainspotting.

Are you saying it's actually about a perfect day? wow never knew that. :eek:

Robbo wrote: »

Brown Eyed Girl is about Van Morrison's fondness of back door action.

Yes this is a very common misunderstanding. The song was originally called Brown-Skinned Girl so the link to anal sex would make no sense. It's funny how easy it is to convince people it is true though

parrai

tuxy wrote: »

Most people consider this to be a depressing song, probably about heroin use. Especially because of the way the song is used in the film trainspotting.

Are you saying it's actually about a perfect day? wow never knew that. :eek:

It is about heroin, Reed was up to his eyes in it at the time...

pragmatic1

The La's-There she goes.
Its not about a girl, its about heroin.

tuxy

parrai wrote: »

It is about heroin, Reed was up to his eyes in it at the time...

Yes I know but El Weirdo was claiming that this was somehow misunderstood

El Weirdo

tuxy wrote: »

Yes I know but El Weirdo was claiming that this was somehow misunderstood

It is misunderstood. I used to work in a hotel and the amount of couples that had it as their first dance song used to make me chuckle. Most of these people wouldn't have had a clue about its meaning and had probably only heard of it after it was used by the BBC for a charity single.

parrai

El Weirdo wrote: »

It is misunderstood. I used to work in a hotel and the amount of couples that had it as their first dance song used to make me chuckle. Most of these people wouldn't have had a clue about its meaning and had probably only heard of it after it was used by the BBC for a charity single.

In fairness have seen this too...

El Weirdo

Exhibit A for the prosecution.

"40 uplifting songs"

_Beau_

Every Breath You Take - The Police

Although it's generally seen as being a love song, it's about a stalker.

parrai

_Beau_ wrote: »

Every Breath You Take - The Police

Although it's generally seen as being a love song, it's about a stalker.

In my opinion more about obsession

mattjack

Who'd have thought Westlife's cover of Up Town Girl was really about Mark Feehily and not Claudia Schiffer.

parrai

mattjack wrote: »

Who'd have thought Westlife's cover of Up Town Girl was really about Mark Feehily and not Claudia Schiffer.

Epitome of thread title :P