Comments on: Friday Fun Thread: This Song Does Not Mean What You Think It Means

By: Nimue

Nimue — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:58:53 +0000

It’s weird when people play “I will always love you” at weddings, since it’s a breakup song. I might be nice for a father-daughter dance, though.

By: PhDork

PhDork — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:04:59 +0000

Ha, Aunty! The Dude loves Arrested Development and has been revisiting them via DVD. The karaoke ep you mentioned came up the other night. AWK-WARD!

By: Aunty Christ

Aunty Christ — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:16:38 +0000

John Mellencamp’s “Pink Houses” and “Our Country” continue to be misunderstood by right-wingers. McCain used both for his campaign, I think.

And, not like many people would actually miss the point of this song, but this thread reminds me of the “Arrested Development” episode where Michael Bluth and his niece Maeby choose “Afternoon Delight” for a karaoke duet.

By: Oriniwen

Oriniwen — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:36:16 +0000

@Penny Esq and BeckySharper

In defense of “One”. Mr. Ori and I do plan on using it as our wedding song because we thin it is actually appropraite for our relationship. We’re people who are trying to figure this love thing out and its been turbulent and sometimes downright nasty on both sides.

I think there’s a lot of good in “One” as well as a lot of awful, and it’s pretty reflective of our lives.

YMMV, of course, and I do know that U2 has said it’s pretty odd for people to use “One” at their weddings. We know what it’s about and we still think it work for us.

On another note (more related to the post, lol!), when I was 14 or so, I recieved my very first tape – by a regge artist named Pato Banton. I was very taken with it, and decided to do one of his songs for the class lip sync. I went to a *very* Catholic school and I stood in front of my whole class a lip synched a song about how to roll and smoke a joint properly. I think my poor teacher aged about 15 years that day.

The innocence of youth? I had *no* idea what the song was about.

By: gogobooty

gogobooty — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:49:30 +0000

What commercial used a Michael Franti song?

By: sara

sara — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:34:49 +0000

“Hakuna Matata” from The Lion King – it’s not that the lyrics themselves are misinterpreted, but people who quote the song always seem to forget that the plot of the film frames it as a mistaken philosophy, one which leads the main character to temporarily shirk his duties, with bad consequences.

By: becki

becki — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:09:19 +0000

I was just at a wedding last night where the groom requested Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie” as the second song to be played, after the first dance! I thought it was both hilarious and inappropriate, but no one else seemed surprised, as they all knew how much the groom loves all things Eminem.

By: vegkitty

vegkitty — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:46:33 +0000

@Kpants

My coworker and I sometimes dissect pop lyrics, and we decided that the only way “Hey Soul Sister” makes any sense is if it’s about the singer falling in love with a Black woman.

I also heard the song “White Flag” while on a cruise. The chorus begins, “I will go down with this ship.” Not exactly what you want to hear when on a giant ship.

By: scrumby

scrumby — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:11:53 +0000

“I did it all for love” is not a romantic song. First because it’s about the singer’s love for their craft (dance) not another person. And secondly because the whole point of the song is questioning whether it was worth it. The guy strived and endured all this misery to be able to dance and breaks his leg while auditioning. It’s about a dream unachieved; why are you playing it at your wedding?

And about the Born to Run thing, PBS has documentary on protest songs which while mostly mediocre summations has some really awesome interviews including Bruce Springsteen. The look on his face when he talks about the Reagan campaign…

By: kpants

kpants — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:49:09 +0000

The first one that comes to mind is when some phone/cellphone company used Sheryl Crow’s “Home.” Like, there’s a song that would make me never want to return home again, let alone call home, and they’re using that song to sell me on a service to stay in contact with it? Say what now?

My application for songs that you really should (or shouldn’t) listen to the lyrics to is Train’s “Hey Soul Sister.” (Or really any Train song, come to think of it.) I think they may well be incapable of writing a love song that isn’t an ode to the Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

My sincere, as in I really do love this song, nomination for song of the year has to be Lawrence Arabia’s “Apple Pie Bed.” I’ve been rather indulgently listening to it on repeat. The phrase “incurable earworm” comes to mind. Here’s a link for either streaming or download: http://rcrdlbl.com/2010/02/11/download_lawrence_arabia_apple_pie_bed