View Full Version : Songs you just don't understand
semi-pro waster
23-11-2008, 21:24
Beyonce - If I Were A Boy, Miss Knowles could probably fill up an entire thread with questionable songs (Destinys Child - Jumpin' positively encouraging cheating as it does) but this one is just plain odd. Is she trying to say that she'd be a better boyfriend than her current squeeze? Why is she waiting at home for her man like a lost puppy? Did the suffragettes really fight for womens rights just for her to mourn a boyfriend like a lovelorn teenager?
Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance. Is the singer a lesbian? Are they transgender? Why does the boyfriend need dancing lessons? Is the girl that is being sung about bisexual so there is a chance for the apparantly conflicted singer or are they happily heterosexual and unaware of this unrequited love?
Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing. Did she really write a song to moan that her significant other doesn't clean up? Why tell us and not him directly? Why is she so hung up on his dancing? Does this annoying song never end?
Before anyone points it out I may be reading a little too much into throwaway pop songs but I started thinking about it on a long car journey and couldn't help myself. :)
My cookie Jar
At the kareoke on friday, we were looking at the words and going wtf?!
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semi-pro waster
23-11-2008, 21:47
An excellent example, I fondly imagine when hip-hoppers get together for tea and crumpets to discuss their latest hits they conversation goes something like this.
Jay-Z: "So I'm rapping about bitches and how they ain't no problem to me, 'bout you?"
Fiddy-Cent: "I'm spitting game at a lady although it does go into my fondness for fat kids and cake"
Jay-Z: "Check yourself fool, you be letting down us all on the bitches and bling front, you - Gym Class Heroes, you been mad quiet, where you at?"
GCH: mumbles something unintelligible about kitchen utensils and girls
Nelly: "Say what?"
GCH: "It's a euphemism for cheating and sex involving a cookie jar and getting caught red handed"
Rest of the room: Explosive laughter and instant excommunication from the group for GCH.
You forgot to mention Flo-rida...
I mean what a bloody stupid name!
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Kell_ee001
24-11-2008, 09:25
Rihanna - Unfaithful.
"Our love, his trust
I might as well take a gun and put it to his head
Get it over with
I don't wanna do this
Anymore"
Ego?! Stupid cow. She's cheating on him and she's asking for sympathy. Utter crap!
"It wasn't me" - Shaggy
I really can't see what the guy was moaning about. He did the dirty on his girl and is now complaining because she found out? Get a back bone, or if not ditch the girl and stick with the girl next door, 'cause that's probably the only way to get any for a while.
That Guru Josh Project one that they play on Radio 1 every ten minutes. The lyrics are so trite I cringe every time I hear it.
That Guru Josh Project
Dont even know what that is!
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semi-pro waster
24-11-2008, 13:26
That Guru Josh Project one that they play on Radio 1 every ten minutes. The lyrics are so trite I cringe every time I hear it.
This one? (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w9KnuJZkBjg)
I actually really like the horns at the start of it but the lyrics are completely rubbish, you're right.
Oh yeah... awful!!!
Me and the girls often have 'geek off' dancing moments and that song would be one of them.
Arrrgh!!!
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NokkonWud
25-11-2008, 09:54
I love Beyonce's new song, it's great. I also like Alesha Dixon's.
Most recent song I don't understand is 'Chasing Pavements', but that's down to having one of the worst song titles ever.
Ok non Rnb gangstar homie style song...
"Are we human or are we dancer?"
Wtf does that mean?! :huh:
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Pumpkinstew
30-11-2008, 22:40
A la tuhuelpa legria macarena
Que tuhuelce paralla legria cosabuena
A la tuhuelpa legria macarena Eeeh, macarena
It's all greek to me.
LeperousDust
02-12-2008, 05:59
Hmmmmm i think you're all getting old, i love just about all the songs mentioned in this thread, and more so for their moronic lyrics :D Relax have a drink (ok i mean get drunk) and you'll think they're awesome too ;D
Current charts are amazing i think though bar a few xfactor entrants or whatever...
Hmmmmm i think you're all getting old, i love just about all the songs mentioned in this thread, and more so for their moronic lyrics :D Relax have a drink (ok i mean get drunk) and you'll think they're awesome too ;D
Current charts are amazing i think though bar a few xfactor entrants or whatever...
I quite like them too. I don't particularly care much about the lyrics, as for me as far as I'm concerned they're just words that go nicely together, sometimes they work sometimes they don't. They've got a nice melody/beat it's good fun.
I really like Infinity - the vid's even better. :cool:
Ok non Rnb gangstar homie style song...
"Are we human or are we dancer?"
Wtf does that mean?! :huh:
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Pretty much that entire song gets a :huh: from me!
http://music.spreadit.org/the-killers-are-we-humanthe-killers-human-lyrics/
Sounds nice tho...
semi-pro waster
12-11-2009, 21:55
Bumping an old thread because I've just heard a couple of songs that are inexplicable.
Shakira's Whenever, Wherever was on again for the first time in years and I rediscovered the gem of a stupid lyric that is "lucky my breasts are small and humble, so that you don't confuse them with mountains". Why is this a big issue for young Shakira, was there ever a significant worry that her breasts might be mistaken for mountains? Because with the greatest of respect I can't ever imagine not being able to identify them as mammaries. What is the presumably terrible result that occurs if you do confuse them with mountains? The tone is rather foreboding so it suggests that some horrific fate befalls those who make this egregious error and I can't stop wondering what it can be.
3OH!3 with Don't Trust Me is another that I'm rather stumped by "if he says he's got beef, I'm a vegetarian and I'm ain't ******* scared of him". It's a complete non-sequiteur, one does not logically follow the other so why should we be concerned about his dietary habits? Are vegetarians normally scared individuals? Why is the singer trifling with someone elses ladyfriend?
Princess Griff
12-11-2009, 22:32
Why is she so hung up on his dancing?
The way a bloke dances says an awful lot about him....an awful lot.
Trust me. I have a degree in it :cool:
Ok non Rnb gangstar homie style song...
"Are we human or are we dancer?"
Wtf does that mean?! :huh:
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Its a reference to a comment made by journalist Hunter S. Thompson who commited suicide in 2005 apparently.
Edit: Just realised that post was from almost a year ago!
Its a reference to a comment made by journalist Hunter S. Thompson who commited suicide in 2005 apparently.
Edit: Just realised that post was from almost a year ago!
He wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? My Nephew has his first name as a middle name as my bro liked the guy.
Didn't realise that... but it STILL doesn't make sense?!
Edit: Saw this thread and was going to post exactly what I had post a year ago about Human/Dancer. lol
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The way a bloke dances says an awful lot about him....an awful lot.
Trust me. I have a degree in it :cool:
Uh-oh :eek:
He wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas? My Nephew has his first name as a middle name as my bro liked the guy.
Didn't realise that... but it STILL doesn't make sense?!
On the band's official website, the biography section states that Flowers is singing "Are we human, or are we dancer?" and also says that the lyrics were inspired by a disparaging comment made by Hunter S. Thompson, where he stated America was raising "a generation of dancers".[9] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Flowers said that he was irritated over the confusion about the lyrics and also that fans were unhappy with the song's dance beat: "It's supposed to be a dance song, [the beat] goes with the chorus...If you can't put that together, you're an idiot. I just don't get why there's a confusion about it."[10]
:/
I think some 'musicians' try too hard to be clever at times.
So I am an idiot?
Brilliant!
Lol thanks Divine :)
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I must be an idiot too then :p
Minus 10 points from Mr Flowers.
semi-pro waster
28-08-2010, 13:45
Another one that's been bugging me for a while and I've only just thought of this thread.
Katy Perry - California Gurls
Let's start by glossing over the misspelling because that particular irritation could occupy me for quite a while and move onto the lyrics. "So hot. We'll melt your Popsicle." - ok, I understand it's a euphemism but if I'm understanding the euphemism correctly (and there's no guarantee of that) then why oh why would melting my popsicle be a good thing? I don't claim to speak for all guys here but anyone with a heatsource that could potentially liquefy my manhood is not welcome within a good 5' of that region.
And furthermore isn't beauty in the eye of the beholder, I've never found anyone threatening to de-man me to be particularly enticing yet but I'll confess that there's a possibility that may be different in the future. Not incidentally what gives Ms Perry the right to proclaim herself so attractive? Surely that's pride and boastfulness which I'd always through was rather frowned upon by the Christian church, pride being as it is the foremost of the deadly sins? There's probably a whole topic on the hypocrisies and contradictions that is Katy Perry and religion but I'll leave it there.
Admiral Huddy
31-08-2010, 10:37
Money by Pink Floyd? What's that all about then?
semi-pro waster
31-08-2010, 18:07
^ I love you ;D
Thanks Kitten, you're not so bad yourself. :D
semi-pro waster
05-12-2010, 18:44
It's been a while since I've heard a song that perplexed me but Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me has done it. He spends pretty much the entire song telling us what a completely heinous (a word sadly underused I feel) and self-absorbed bitch this object of his affection is and yet all the while pines after her. If he was singing about how attractive he found her then that would be fair enough but she's apparently got no idea who he is and he has no idea what she is like - he still reckons that he could trick her into going out with him though.
Pumpkinstew
10-12-2010, 13:21
I shouldn't have to rhyme these words in the rhythm for you to know it's a rap
Surely this is pretty close to the dictionary definition of a rap? Otherwise this would be what Mr Mathers? Poetry?
In the next line though we do get this gem.
You said you was king, you lied through your teeth
For that XXXX your fillings, instead of getting crowned you're getting capped
Who knew there was so much street slang lifted directly from dentistry?
Any of the Destiny's Child Christmas songs. I can't think of a worse Christmas than one sung about by them. How their homeboy bought them a BMW and some diamond ring and then beat their bitch ass. And then the other one is about some miserable Christmas in the city, aint no place I'd rather be. I dunno, it's not Christmas as I see it :p
Fairytale of New York, about as Christmassy as Easter Eggs and Simnel Cake
Another one that's been bugging me for a while and I've only just thought of this thread.
Katy Perry - California Gurls
Let's start by glossing over the misspelling because that particular irritation could occupy me for quite a while and move onto the lyrics. "So hot. We'll melt your Popsicle." - ok, I understand it's a euphemism but if I'm understanding the euphemism correctly (and there's no guarantee of that) then why oh why would melting my popsicle be a good thing? I don't claim to speak for all guys here but anyone with a heatsource that could potentially liquefy my manhood is not welcome within a good 5' of that region.
Had you considered that the euphemism can be carried onto the Popsicle itself and may not be melting it completely but just causing it to dribble and drip a little? Then I think that would make more sense and be much more desirable.
volospian
24-02-2011, 09:19
Had you considered that the euphemism can be carried onto the Popsicle itself and may not be melting it completely but just causing it to dribble and drip a little? Then I think that would make more sense and be much more desirable.
A bit like "The Lemon Song" by Led Zep
"Squeeze me baby, till the juice runs down my leg. The way you squeeze my lemon, I'm gonna fall right out of bed"
:oOoooh, I see what they did there...
volospian
24-02-2011, 09:26
It's been a while since I've heard a song that perplexed me but Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me has done it. He spends pretty much the entire song telling us what a completely heinous (a word sadly underused I feel) and self-absorbed bitch this object of his affection is and yet all the while pines after her. If he was singing about how attractive he found her then that would be fair enough but she's apparently got no idea who he is and he has no idea what she is like - he still reckons that he could trick her into going out with him though.
I was discussing this song the other day. How arrogant is he to presume that he is cooler than the other person, to the extent that he gets annoyed with them thinking they are cool, when they cannot possibly be cooler than him, because, whatever they think, he's obviously cooler than they'll ever be...
In my experience, the cooler someone thinks they are, the less cool everybody else thinks they are. So, in this case, he gets annoyed because the other person thinks they're cooler than him, and, simply because he cannot believe it, they probably are...
My advice? Just relax, don't worry about it. You're trying too hard and too hung up on the perceived level of coolness. Just ignore the other person and go with the flow. You'll lighten up and the cool-o-meter will swing back in your favour.
volospian
24-02-2011, 09:44
... as for me as far as I'm concerned they're just words that go nicely together, sometimes they work sometimes they don't. They've got a nice melody/beat it's good fun.
This is very true, just look at some Marc Bolan lyrics...
[casual agent]
Distorted contortionist barely saved his cool
As he rubberised Hannah by the 'lectric school
With the planetary pearl and the magnetic fool
Who were both told and rolled to look alike and welded to a stool
or
[venus loon]
Bent spent, psychedelic mailman's head,
Gorging up my spokes like the ghostly dead
Ally pally angel chewing up my blues,
Well, I'm goin' to see my baby in the afternoon,
Goin' to take my baby on a Venus loon
yyeeeeessssssss, Mr Bolan, it's time to take your medicine...
semi-pro waster
24-02-2011, 20:04
Had you considered that the euphemism can be carried onto the Popsicle itself and may not be melting it completely but just causing it to dribble and drip a little? Then I think that would make more sense and be much more desirable.
I can't remember if I'd considered that, I suspect you're crediting the songwriters/Ms Perry a little too much but I'll bear it in mind for the future. It wouldn't have made for any sort of rant though if I'd given them the benefit of the doubt.
My advice? Just relax, don't worry about it. You're trying too hard and too hung up on the perceived level of coolness. Just ignore the other person and go with the flow. You'll lighten up and the cool-o-meter will swing back in your favour.
I'm not sure whether I'm now confused or entirely in agreement. I think the latter. :p
Scissor Sisters. Mad as a box of frogs & utterly fabulous. Bonkers lyrics:
She's My Man
This town was built on muddy stilts
By the lunatic parade
It rains like Revelations
Gonna wash these freaks away
Some girls wanna hold your hand
And some girls like to pray
Well my girl takes her drinks
With dust and rusty razor blades
As I lie between these covers
I wanna tell her that I love it
When she chokes me in the
Backseat of her riverboat 'cause
She's my man
And we got all the balls we need
When you taste that pavement
You're amazed
She smells your sympathy
So bye bye ladies
May the best queen hold the crown
For the most bush sold on the levee
My my, how word gets around
She strangles for a good time
And she kills my self-control
She's my man, don't be too sad sonny
'Cause she'll never be your woman no more
Someday soon, this dank lagoon's
Gonna sink right into hell
They'll hide you from Big Ida
At the Sho' Enough Hotel
The Ladies of the evening's just
A tombstone in your bed
Well my girl eats a wounded preacher
'tween two loaves of bread
I know she's up to something
But how can I run when she's just
Keel-hauled twenty-on to nothing
I'll stay next to the steel coal oven 'cause
She's my man
And we got all the balls we need
When you taste that pavement
You're amazed
She smells your sympathy
So bye bye ladies
May the best queen hold the crown
For the most bush sold on the levee
My my, how word gets around
She strangles for a good time
And she kills my self-control
She's my man, don't be too sad sonny
'Cause she'll never be your woman no more
All you need's just a fist of a tear-stained bunny
When the good ship comes to town
Who said loves a bitch'll sit next to me honey
Because this old boat's gonna run aground
I don't want to be the burden
Or your jealous bastard
I don't wanna be the Tarzan of your next epic disaster
She's my man
And we got all the balls we need
When you taste that pavement
You're amazed
She smells your sympathy
So bye bye ladies
May the best queen hold the crown
For the most bush sold on the levee
My my, how word gets around
She strangles for a good time
And she kills my self-control
She's my man, don't be too sad sonny
'Cause she'll never be your woman no more
She's my man, can't you feel her comin'
She's my man, she's gonna keep you runnin'
She's my man, she's gonna teach you something
She's me, she's my man
Knipples
01-03-2011, 16:09
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?
WHAT?
WHAT?
*making guesses*
Disposable? Used and abused, and discarded?
I believe in context it says "do ever feel like a plastic bag, floating through the wind" which I would imagine is a simile for feeling used & disposable/ spiraling through life/having no direction.
Or she's blue & white stripey and filled with cheap goods.
volospian
01-03-2011, 21:06
May the best queen hold the crown
For the most bush sold on the levee
*chuckles* go queens... sell that bush!;D
Flibster
02-03-2011, 10:05
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
As the FBI investigation into it containing obscene lyrics decided - "unintelligable at any speed"
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