MUSIC - IT ALWAYS SURPRISES ME AFTER FINALLY HEARING ALL THE REAL WORDS

[Kitgun]

Well there's that subtly worded song by Jimmy Buffett "Why Don't We Get Drunk.......

 

[Retired W4]

I think the Eagle's song you're thinking about is " Life in the Fast Lane "

That was about drug users, not drug smugglers.
"Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover."

On the way to Vietnam I had Sky Pilot ringing in my ears.

Drug songs like Magic Carpet Ride, anti-war songs from Country Joe & the Fish at al. Sex drugs and rock & roll. My friends back home were headed to Woodstock and I was getting my butt shot up. That's OK. Most of them are dead and I'm still alive...for now.

On the way to the war I got to see Joe Cocker and CJ and the Fish at the Fillmore, two nights in a row. Gimmie an f...F, gimmie a...well any way, a good time was had by all. Some one once said, "If you remember the 70's you weren't there". There being a particular state of consciousness.

 

[Jack Flash]

'scuse me while I kiss this guy... JH

I always thought it was
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky

I mean, he was high all the time, it makes as much sense as the rest of the song.

Still do believe "sky" is right. Just because someone posts lyrics with a video doesn't mean the lyrics are 100% correct. I can't think of an example right now, but I've seen many that were screwed up.

 

[16thVACav]

Don't forget the classic hymn "Rex chewed the paraffin".

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83yCjiE4xN4[/ame]

 

[16thVACav]

... or the Steve Winwood hit from 1986 "Bring me an iron lung".

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LicmJjc7JHc[/ame]

 

[16thVACav]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8OXnvmkQuU[/ame]

 

[Jack Flash]

I think you should be careful about reading too much into the lyrics of pop music. I heard that Dolly Parton wanted to include a song by Neil Young, "After the Gold Rush", on an album. She really liked the song but wasn't sure what the lyrics meant.

So she called Young and asked him what the song was about.
"Damned if I know" was his answer.

One of my all-time favorite Beatle songs was "Got to Get You Into My Life" from Revolver. I assumed it was about a young guy traveling around who was struck by the beauty of a young lady he happened to encounter. Oh yeah, I remember those days!

But in an interview, McCartney said he wrote the song right after the first time he smoked marijuana! He wanted to make weed an integral part of his existence!

What, no romance, just dope??????

Oh well, I used to like the song...

 

[Doug M.]

The most overt is probably "Coming into Los Angeles" - Arlo Guthrie

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That and "Henry" by NRPS.

 

[pmanton]

We are children of the 50's. Our music consists of a 300 CD changer loaded with oldies.
There goes Kay Starr singing Wheel of Fortune!
Gotta do a Hank Snow. I'm moving on-----

 

[67tempest]

'Boogie With Stu' is one of those songs.
Great sounding Song, lyrics don't really make that much sense!
Here's a Boogie With Stu Video that's so stupid that's it's Good!
https://fb.watch/wmKNmE4I5q/?

Boogie with Stu was a Zeppelin rip off a Richie Valens tune called Ooh My Head. Zeppelin was famous for claiming others music as their own and not giving credit to the original artist.

 

[kozmic]

Who told his tale? The Miller or the mirror?

 

[toddimusnimski]

More of an intentional mishearing on my part; tweaked a bit for effect. Weird that they're both vomit-related.

"I'm a simple girl myself, threw up on Long Island" -- Alan Jackson
"make me loose my breakfast" -- The Corrs

Todd

 

[LVSteve]

I learned a few things reading this thread.


1) A lot of you were going deaf at an early age.

2) Either that or you all had awful radios/stereos back in the day.

3) Some of you take songs way too seriously. Sometimes, they're just songs. As I see here quite often, "Lighten up, Francis".

 

[BillSmith]

"...you and me and Leslie."

Groovin' on that?

 

[Krogen]

A benefit to instrumentals: You don't have to (get to?) interpret the lyrics. But tell me, how do you get "Time is Tight" from this?

 

[Spajohn]

I always hear the song 'Guantanamera' as 'One ton tomato, go eat a one ton tomato.'

 

[crstrode]

Wrapped up like dou*** in the middle of the night.

If you know, you know

The word is "deuce", not "douche".

Springsteen wrote "cut loose like a deuce" Mann's cover said "revved up like a deuce". Both refer to a 1932 Ford.

I prefer the Manfred Mann version . . . Because it's not Springsteen.

 

[Buford57]

"Doo Doo Doo there's a bathroom on the right....."

I always thought it was baboon.

 

[rkwood]

"On a dark desert highway, Cool Whip in my hair..."

Wait. What?

 

[bgrafsr]

Springsteen's "Born In The USA" is loved by a ton of Americans...But listen to the lyrics; it's really anti-American!

springsteen is a jerk and I will not listen to any of his music. He is the epitome of Anti-American.