Slightly insulting romantic songs

Olishi4 · 25-09-2016 11:26AM

Song for whoever - The Beautiful South

El Tarangu · 25-09-2016 12:57PM

Great idea for a thread, op.

Surprised no-one has mentioned 'Go your own way' by Fleetwood Mac.

"Packing up, shacking up is all you wanna do...."

This instance was even worse, as the two former lovers (Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks) were still in the band together, and Nicks would have to listen to this unflattering portrayal of her on stage night after night

Great oul song, all the same.

Robsweezie · 25-09-2016 02:39PM

bowling for soup - youre a bitch but i love you anyway

refusetolose · 25-09-2016 02:45PM

sadie1502 wrote: »

Culture club . Mr vain.

culture beat - mr vain

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 25-09-2016 03:01PM

Olishi4 wrote: »

Oh...can't believe I forgot one of my favourite songs "It Aint Me Babe" -Bob Dylan

Olishi4 wrote: »

Just like a woman - Bob Dylan

Bob has a knack for the slightly bordering on insulting way with words

Don't think twice it's alright has to be the main offender there! "You just kind of wasted my precious time, but don't think twice it's alright"

Always got the impression from that song that he wrecked some woman's head, fecked off and then just wrote it to annoy her. Like she's fuming listening to it 'Is that f*cker actually f*cking telling ME that it's alright?!'

bnt · 30-09-2016 10:20PM

Here's a little bit of nostalgia for the old folks ... :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yDarQW7UZc

Vapour Lock!

paddyref · 30-09-2016 10:38PM

Beautiful South.

Perfect 10,

Some great Lyrics, no holding back.

She's a perfect 10, but she wears a 12
Baby keep a little 2 for me
She could be sweet 16, bustin' out at the seams
It's still love in the first degree

If he's extra large well I'm in charge
I can work this thing on top
If he's XXL well what the hell
Every penny don't fit the slot.

Rubberlegs · 30-09-2016 10:49PM

I Think I want to Marry You, Bruno Mars
"It's a beautiful night,
I'm looking for something dumb to do,
Hey baby, I think I want to marry you "

Well if that's a proposal, he can shove it up his hole !!

mickrock · 30-09-2016 11:06PM

I Love You So Much I Can't $hit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_NH13WgMms

bnt · 30-09-2016 11:20PM

Some ABBA songs have me going "what?", especially considering the lyrics were always written by the guys for the girls to sing. I sometimes wonder if they really understood what they were singing. Never mind seriously dodgy songs like Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight), even apparently romantic songs such as The Name Of The Game are weird. Extract:

I have no friends, no-one to see
And I am never invited
Now I am here, talking to you
No wonder I get excited

Your smile, and the sound of your voice
And the way you see through me
Got a feeling, you give me no choice
But it means a lot to me
So I wanna know

What's the name of the game?
Does it mean anything to you?
What's the name of the game?
Can you feel it the way I do?
Tell me please, 'cause I have to know
I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow

And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I'm trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down?
Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you?
Could you feel the same way too?
I wanna know, oh yes I wanna know
The name of the game

cml387 · 01-10-2016 05:47PM

Actually ABBA have a number of very bittersweet songs.

Never was the idea of "I suppose you'll have to do" done better than this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUh4u-lYEhM

me_right_one · 01-10-2016 06:54PM

Bon Jovi - You give love a bad name. He's basically calling her a slut, and saying she was the worst ride in his life.

sligojoek · 01-10-2016 07:29PM

Rod Stewart.
The morning sun, when it's in your face, really shows your age.

For ever odd · 01-10-2016 07:36PM

Met her on a blind date, helping out an old mate
Waiting at the corner, she’s be dressed in black
There was I expecting a really tasty bird
He said she was good looking, I should have doubt his word
When I saw her there she was a real disgrace
I thought nice legs shame about the face

I had to take her dancing, I couldn’t let her down
So we caught the bus to the other side of town
Out upon the dance floor, I wasn’t getting far
So I had a drink with my friends up at the bar
I asked them what they thought of her they fell about the place
And they said nice legs shame about her face

She said could we go bowling,
I said that would be fine
But when I bought the tickets
She’d already changed her mind
She was turning out to be a real hard case
Nice legs shame about the boat race

Downed a gin and soda, tapped me on the shoulder
Whispered in my ear it’s getting kind of late
When I took her home we hardly said a thing
I walked her to the door, expected to go in
She looked me up and down and really put me in my place
She said nice legs shame about your face
Nice legs shame about your face

Olishi4 · 01-10-2016 08:41PM

bnt wrote: »

Some ABBA songs have me going "what?", especially considering the lyrics were always written by the guys for the girls to sing. t:

Ye it must have been weird after the couples split up but were still in the band together. You'd wonder if the guys songs were personal and if they were writing from their own perspective of the breakup for a woman to sing or what they thought or wanted their ex to feel.

I think the Stevie and Lindsay of Fleetwood mac thing was similar where they broke up at the height of the band's success. I read that they used to get very angry at one another especially in concert on stage.

sligojoek · 01-10-2016 08:53PM

Prayin' for the end of time so I can end my time with you.

metaoblivia · 01-10-2016 09:33PM

Chelsea Hotel no 2 by Leonard Cohen (rumored to be written about Janis Joplin)

You told me again you preferred handsome men
But for me you would make an exception
And clinching your fists for the ones like us
Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty
You fixed yourself
You said, "Well nevermind,
We are ugly but we have the music."

And later

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
that's all, I don't even think of you that often

JohanFr · 01-10-2016 09:40PM

Bonnie Tyler's 'I need a hero'.
Its a romantic song with a rather demanding criteria.

Im not particularly fast, or larger than life.

I'm offended.

01-10-2016 09:44PM

El Tarangu wrote: »

Great idea for a thread, op.

Surprised no-one has mentioned 'Go your own way' by Fleetwood Mac.

"Packing up, shacking up is all you wanna do...."

This instance was even worse, as the two former lovers (Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks) were still in the band together, and Nicks would have to listen to this unflattering portrayal of her on stage night after night

Great oul song, all the same.

Around the same time, Nicks wrote "Dreams" about Buckingham, and some of the lyrics to that song are absolutely poisonous. The lyrical message can basically be summed up as "you'll never find anyone better than me, so enjoy being lonely and unhappy" :P

"But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost, and what you had, and what you lost"

"It's only me
Who wants to wrap around your dreams and,
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?"

"Women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know"

And then on the Rumours album you also have Christine McVie's "You Make Loving Fun", a wonderful romantic love letter to her new lover....a song which her ex-husband has to not only listen to but also play bass for!

They were pretty damn messed up, Fleetwood Mac. Like ABBA with shíttons of cocaine added. :pac:

cml387 · 01-10-2016 10:06PM

Paul Mc Cartney's on/off relationship with Jane Asher led to a lot of conflicted love songs.

To go from

"I want her everywhere,
and when she's beside me I know I need never care"

to

"And in her eyes you see nothing,
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one.
A love that should have lasted years."

Paulie wasn't happy that Jane wouldn't give up her acting career for him.

It's a pity (from music's point of view) he was well past his his creative peak when Heather Mills came on the scene.

sligojoek · 01-10-2016 11:09PM

Shane MacGowan.

Hands of a bar maid
Bringing off a bald headed monk. (Alledgedly VM)
All this and more for just one line of junk

mzungu · 01-10-2016 11:20PM

cml387 wrote: »

Paul Mc Cartney's on/off relationship with Jane Asher led to a lot of conflicted love songs.

To go from

"I want her everywhere,
and when she's beside me I know I need never care"

to

"And in her eyes you see nothing,
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one.
A love that should have lasted years."

Paulie wasn't happy that Jane wouldn't give up her acting career for him.

It's a pity (from music's point of view) he was well past his his creative peak when Heather Mills came on the scene.

The end of his creative peak was was around the time Heather Mills was born!!

MonkieSocks · 01-10-2016 11:24PM

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

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you

Oh can't you see
You belong to me
My poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby, please
Oh can't you see
You belong to me

My poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Every…

I'll be watching you

donegaLroad · 01-10-2016 11:32PM

Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Smiths

Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
When I said I'd like to smash every tooth
In your head

Oh sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking
When I said by rights you should be
Bludgeoned in your bed

ahlookit · 01-10-2016 11:38PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Smiths

Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
When I said I'd like to smash every tooth
In your head

Oh sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking
When I said by rights you should be
Bludgeoned in your bed

More Smiths. Stop Me if you think you've heard this one before

Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
...Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love

Lackey · 01-10-2016 11:39PM

You never want to know how much you weigh
You still have to squeeze into your jeans

All these little things
One direction

Olishi4 · 01-10-2016 11:54PM

MonkieSocks wrote: »

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

Every breath you take
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I remember, my brother and I went through a stage of listening to The Police and we always thought that that song bordered on slightly stalking behaviour rather that slightly romantic