14. “Zombie” by The Cranberries is about terrorism in Northern Ireland.
This is not common knowledge? The fact that I know this and not most of the rest means it should be common knowledge! Also, if you're an Irish singer or band it's pretty much assumed that your songs about Northern Ireland lol. ETA: Jinx iammalcolmx
And I didn't know Bryan Adams was born in 1959 OKAY??
I don't remember why but I did just read about Carnival being Aileen Wuornos's song and that almost ruined a great song for me. Almost.
Right? If you have an Irish accent and grew up in the 80's, I assume the words coming out of your mouth are about the Troubles. One can thank Bono for that. He does toss in the occasional reference to MLK though so you have to watch out.
And you didn't have to know what year he was born. But that song came out in the 80's, yo! He was too young to have spent the summer whiling around with a guitar in the company of a man who was old enough to get married, dammit!
Plus, in the music world, there are really only two things you can sing about in the summer of literal 1969, hippies (including the Vietnam war) and Civil Rights. Of course. Bryan is Canadian so I guess he would get a pass.
Post by jillboston on Aug 29, 2014 11:08:18 GMT -5
My college boyfriend told me Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran) is about blow jobs. Saw Springsteen at the Somerville theater for a fundraiser where he took questions (he swore up and down he'd NEVER do that again) - he chuckled mightily about "wrapped up like a douche" (Manfred Mann's cover of Blinded by the Light)
Most of these are just "songs I never want to listen to again".
This is funny, cause I'm loading up my prime streaming with a bunch of them right now. Just to listen to them again.
I just went back and it's not as bad as I originally thought. But I don't ever need to hear Third Eye Blind, Natalie Imbruglia, or Goo Goo Dolls again.
There's 1994 (best year in music) then there's 1997 (worst year in music).
This is funny, cause I'm loading up my prime streaming with a bunch of them right now. Just to listen to them again.
I just went back and it's not as bad as I originally thought. But I don't ever need to hear Third Eye Blind, Natalie Imbruglia, or Goo Goo Dolls again.
There's 1994 (best year in music) then there's 1997 (worst year in music).
Why you so hateful? It's the Hello Kitty thing, isn't it?
I loved the Goo Goo Dolls. I wasn't a big fan of Natalie Imbruglia and her wide eyed annoyingness (so a word). But I liked Wishing I Was There like a whole lot. I was always pissed that it wasn't played more often.
Look, if you actually thought a song that came out in the 80's, sung by Bryan Adams who was born in 1959 (I thought he was younger actually) was about the real live summer of '69, then you are a fucking idiot. That sound was either about 69ing or some old '69 car.
Or both
DH swears he chose that year because it sounds better than something like "Summer of '82."
Yeah bud. You keep believing that.
So the best days of his life were during a summer in which he and his partner would 69 on a daily basis? I mean, that seems like something you could recreate pretty easily. Just a suggestion, Bryan.
And how could you not know that Only the Good Die Young was about getting a nice Catholic girl to give up the goods or that Crash is about peeping toms.
Listen to the damned lyrics!
Only the Good Die Young has ALWAYS creeped me out! I think one time I actually said out lout to the radio, "Listen, dude, she doesn't want to do it! Get over it!"
ETA: He's basically saying, "Yeah, well, if you don't sleep with me, you'll probably die. So, if you want to live... penis."
DH swears he chose that year because it sounds better than something like "Summer of '82."
Yeah bud. You keep believing that.
So the best days of his life were during a summer in which he and his partner would 69 on a daily basis? I mean, that seems like something you could recreate pretty easily. Just a suggestion, Bryan.
I assumed they were fucking in a '69 Chevy. I think I should get some kind of points for that one.
And how could you not know that Only the Good Die Young was about getting a nice Catholic girl to give up the goods or that Crash is about peeping toms.
Listen to the damned lyrics!
Right? Which part of "Come on, Virginia [ed note:wow, even the NAME now that I think about it], don't let me wait/You Catholic girls start much too late/ sooner or later it comes down to fate/ I might as well be the one" tipped you off?
And how could you not know that Only the Good Die Young was about getting a nice Catholic girl to give up the goods or that Crash is about peeping toms.
Listen to the damned lyrics!
Only the Good Die Young has ALWAYS creeped me out! I think one time I actually said out lout to the radio, "Listen, dude, she doesn't want to do it! Get over it!"
ETA: He's basically saying, "Yeah, well, if you don't sleep with me, you'll probably die. So, if you want to live... penis."
So DH and I listen to a lot of Billy Joel when we're in the car together and now I'm going to ask DH if he's ever paid attention to the lyrics. Or maybe not because he probably has and he'll just make fun of me for not paying attention and knowing what the song is saying.
And how could you not know that Only the Good Die Young was about getting a nice Catholic girl to give up the goods or that Crash is about peeping toms.
Listen to the damned lyrics!
Right? Which part of "Come on, Virginia [ed note:wow, even the NAME now that I think about it], don't let me wait/You Catholic girls start much too late/ sooner or later it comes down to fate/ I might as well be the one" tipped you off?
Look, any time some boy comes to your window asking you to sneak out while reminding you of what a good girl you've always been and how that's totally boring, HE'S ASKING FOR SEX.
ETA: He's basically saying, "Yeah, well, if you don't sleep with me, you'll probably die. So, if you want to live... penis."
That song couldn't have been written in the '80s. Well, maybe it could have - it would instead be four minutes of convincing a girl (any girl, regardless of religion, creed or nationality) that he doesn't have AIDS. ("Only the Junkies Die Young"?)
13. The song “Closing Time” by Semisonic is not about closing a bar, it’s about the birth of the lead singer’s daughter.
I have ALWAYS said this song was one huge metaphor for birth and everyone has always looked at me like I'm batshit fucking nuts!
JOKES ON YOU MOTHERFUCKERS! I WAS RIGHT! NEENER NEENER!
*ahem* Nothing to see here.
Sometime back in the 90's I heard it was a metaphor for a one-night stand, and I've spent 15 years trying to figure out how that works. I'm so glad to finally have the real answer.
This is funny, cause I'm loading up my prime streaming with a bunch of them right now. Just to listen to them again.
I just went back and it's not as bad as I originally thought. But I don't ever need to hear Third Eye Blind, Natalie Imbruglia, or Goo Goo Dolls again.
There's 1994 (best year in music) then there's 1997 (worst year in music).
I'm going to guess you're 34? Because I heard an NPR piece that said the summer you were 14 is always the best summer in music, and it is clearly objectively 1996.
Look, the title of Summer of '69 is Summer of '69, not Summer of 69.
If it was really about 69ing, they should have ditched the apostrophe.
I suspect B-Ads engaged in some revisionist history there to make himself sound edgier than he actually is.
See, my version makes total sense.
I knew he was too young to have been sexing it up in 1969, but I figured he just picked that year because it seems like a good year to wax nostalgic about your teenage dream, and it sounds a lot better as a lyric than, say, 78 or whatever year he was boning his high school sweetheart.
Also, I heard Everything I Do, I Do It For You on the radio last night, and I thought of you.