Let's nitpick some lyrics

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by KevinP, Aug 24, 2006.

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  1. KevinP

    KevinP Forum introvert Thread Starter

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    Yes, Changes: 'We've given up pretending / As if you didn't care.'
    In the first line he shares the blame, in the second he shifts it all back to her.

    Arguably intentional though.
     
  2. Drifter

    Drifter AAD survivor

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    Okay, some more poor grammar...how about this line from The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine": "As we live a life of ease, every one of us has all we need"?
     
  3. Rocker

    Rocker Senior Member

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    What's wrong with those lyrics? All he's doing is saying exactly what all men are thinking when their girl is yakking away endlessly.... "shut your trap and let's screw already!" :D :p
     
  4. Larry L

    Larry L Senior Member

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    How can the wind with its arms all around me??
     
  5. dbz

    dbz Bolinhead.

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    Whitesnake-Old David Coverdale sometimes gets his lyrics in a twist. Check this one out from the 1987 CD

    Give Me All Your Love

    When I first saw you baby
    You took my breath away
    I knew your name was Trouble
    But, my heart got in the way
    I couldn't stop myself from reaching out
    I could not turn away

    I don't even know your name
    An' I can't leave you alone
    I'm running round in circles
    Like a dog without a bone

    Now the question is "WHAT IS HER NAME?" and the answer is "TROUBLE":D he told us in the first verse
     
  6. Drifter

    Drifter AAD survivor

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    I still can't decipher what he's saying. :shrug:
     
  7. bldg blok

    bldg blok Forum Resident

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    Yeah, that's the one I thought of when I saw the title of this bumped up thread.

    The only explanation I can think of is that the writer must believe in reincarnation and their ability to will how they'll return to this world.
     
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  8. Rocker

    Rocker Senior Member

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    I thought my other post spelled it out pretty plainly.... :sigh:

    He's basically saying "don't tell me how you feel, show me."

    In other words.... less chat, more sex! :p
     
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  9. Koptapad

    Koptapad Forum Resident

    You mean like this one?

    Every day I see a new cloud coming
    So I sat in the attic,
    A piano up my nose,
    And the wind played a dreadful cantata (cantata...).
    Sore was I from the crack of an enemy's hose,
    And the horrible sound of tomato (tomato...).

    Ketchup (ketchup)
    Soup and puree (Soup and puree),
    Don't get left behind (get left behind)...

    When a rattle of rats had awoken,
    The sinews, the nerves and the veins.
    My piano was boldly outspoken, in attempts to repeat its refrain.

    So I stood with a knot in my stomach,
    And I gazed at that terrible sight
    Of two youngsters concealed in a barrel,
    Sucking monkberry moon delight.

    Monkberry moon delight,
    Monkberry moon delight.

    Well, I know my banana is older than the rest,
    And my hair is a tangled beretta.
    When I leave my pajamas to Billy Budapest,
    And I don't get the gist of your letter (your letter...).

    Catch up! (catch up),
    Cats and kittens (cats and kittens),
    Don't get left behind (get left behind)...

    Monkberry moon delight...
    Monkberry moon delight..
     
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  10. Cheepnik

    Cheepnik Overfed long-haired leaping gnome

    Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
    Somewhere in the town


    Me, I would check the jailhouse first.
     
  11. The Qintar

    The Qintar New Member

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    Either that or flatulence.:p

    How about

    "I get around town after town. I'm a real cool head making real good bread"?

    "Run For Your Life" in my opinion, is a bit of a disappointing ending for a really great album. Not bad, but not great either.
     
  12. longjohn

    longjohn New Member

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    I've wondered about that line for a long time. Seems to me describing oneself as a "head" in 1964 was ahead of its time, no?
     
  13. The Qintar

    The Qintar New Member

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    It does make sense if by "head" he means he's the leader of the Beach Boys. By the time of I Get Around, they were already a successful act and Brian was finding his way around in the studio. This song was his way of acknowledging it. It is Brian's lyric after all.

    This was also the same time period when Brian fired his father as manager of the Beach Boys, so it was obviously a period when he was very self-confident about his skills.
     
  14. The Qintar

    The Qintar New Member

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    Ugh...just reread the "self-confident about his skills" bit. Sorry, can't edit it. :(
     
  15. Adam9

    Adam9 Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй.

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    "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" supposedly has a "dirty" line in it. Most say it's

    "When I'm trying to make some girl
    And she tells me, 'Baby better come back
    Maybe next week' "

    Referring to a woman having a period at the time Mick is trying to score with her but a very funny article in Creem claimed the "dirty" line was

    "When a man comes on the radio..."
     
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  16. Drawer L

    Drawer L Forum Resident In Memoriam

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    Makes a bit more sense if you've seen the movie.Kinda obvious that ol' E is more then just a cellmate to Brick:shh: (I think that's the guy's name....)
     
  17. gloomrider

    gloomrider Well-Known Member

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    Billy Idol's "Love Calling"

    If you wanna rub-a-dub, rub-a-dub
    If you wanna rub-a-dub-dub love
    Love Calling
     
  18. KevinP

    KevinP Forum introvert Thread Starter

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    I was just listening to Foreigner's first album on DVD-A, and, probably because I was following along with the lyrics for the first time, these two lines struck me as paradoxical and reminded me of this old thread:

    It feels like the first time,
    Like it never did before.

    Come on, that's not possible!

    And as long as I'm resurrecting this topic, in Queen's 'White Queen' there is this line:
    'How did thee fare, what have thee seen?'

    Now I know this is *really* nitpicky, but shouldn't those 'thee's be 'thou's?
     
  19. dbz

    dbz Bolinhead.

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    Depends on whether the "Thee" is subjective i.e. How did you fare? or objective-how did you fare? what have you seen? IIRC

    If it was subjective then it should have been Thou, but if it is objective then it is correct as Thee. So it depends on the emphasis, but as an enquiry to a second person in this type of context it is objective.
     
  20. vonwegen

    vonwegen Forum Resident

    Iggy Pop has several "gems"

    "Cry For Love" - "Surfers surf for love/And wipe out when it hits 'em"
    or "Shades"

    You gave me a present
    The paper was blue and green
    I unwrapped it with pleasure
    These are the best shades I've ever seen
    You can be my girlfriend
    Forever and a day
    I never thought I was worth much
    Or that anyone would treat me this way

    [Chorus]
    I'm not
    The kind of guy
    Who dresses like a king
    And a really fine pair of shades
    Means everything
    And the light that blinds my eyes
    Shines from you
    It makes me come in the night
    It makes me swim with delight
    I like this pain
    I like this mirror
    I like these shades

    I could have had a problem
    I might have never followed through
    The other guys are in trouble
    They wouldn't listen to a girl like you
    These shades say something
    I'll bet they cost a lot
    I hope I don't break 'em
    I hope we don't break up


    All that schmaltz over a stupid pair of sunglasses... sheesh! :rolleyes: A great David Bowie melody + Iggy vocal line ruined by el stinko lyrics.
     
  21. Came across this old thread while doing a search, and thought I'd resurrect it just to pick at one of my fave klutzy lyrics, from Bon Jovi, "Livin' on a Prayer": the former Jon Bongiovi says that "it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not" in the pre-chorus, but then sings "take my hand/we'll make it, I swear" immediately after. So, why is "making it " suddenly so important when you just said it didn't matter, Jon? Never mind that we're not clear on what constitutes "making it". Getting cush union jobs at the bottling plant and a small starter house, perhaps?
     
  22. greelywinger

    greelywinger Osmondia

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    I won't touch that one. :biglaugh::biglaugh:

    Darryl
     
  23. Another bit of verse I've wondered about, from "Outshined" by Soundgarden: "I just looked in the mirror/And things aren't looking so good/I'm looking California/And feeling Minnesota". Well, as we generally understand things, sunny California tops wintery Minnesota in terms of good looking-ness, so if he looked California shouldn't things have looked good in the mirror, as opposed to how he was feeling?
     
  24. blind_melon1

    blind_melon1 An erotic adventurer of the most deranged kind....

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    I once read a review about a Soundgarden album that said something along the lines of "Chris could be singing about flowers and teddy bears, or any other rubbish... but he sure does sing it with conviction!" Wish I could remember the review :D
     
  25. dbz

    dbz Bolinhead.

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    Live At Leeds (UK)
    So this is Christmas, and what have you done?
    Another year over, a new one just begun.


    Whilst I "get it" there is a certain liberty taken with the time frame here. Either it's Christmas (upto the 25th December) or it's after 1st January..but it can't really be both at the same time.

    I'm happy with the notion that in the UK Christmas generally refers to The whole week or more from Christmas Eve to 2nd Jan and thats where Lennon is coming from, but still an interesting assumption that the listener will "get it".
     
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