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to get disproportionately angry when songs do not make sense

564 replies

WTAF · 14/12/2011 21:44

In the car today, radio on, and they start playing All Around The World by Lisa Stansfield. Instantly I felt the rage creeping up.

'Been around the world and I, I
I can't find my baby,
I don't know why, why he's gone away '

YES YOU FUCKING DO, LISA! Allow me to refer you to your own words, not 30 seconds ago, when you said (and I quote):

'We had a quarrel, and I let myself go
I said so many things, things he didn't know
And I was oh, oh so bad'

And then, and then, LISA, you go on to say

'I did too much lying, wasted too much time'

So you do know, you know exactly why he's gone away, so you should just STFU and concentrate on finding him to apologise. Not singing that bullshit trying to make us feel sorry for you, when clearly it is all YOUR FAULT.

I feel better for that. Anyone else?

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ElephantsAndMiasmas · 19/12/2011 00:44

Ohhh, for some reason I always here that Bono line as him referring to someone else specific (perhaps his child), and being grateful that it is not his son/daughter that is faced with famine, suffering etc. Which I think is something that most people would feel - not nice perhaps but not quite as nasty as the other interpretations!

Raahh · 18/12/2011 23:05

Am watching the Take That concert- i nominate The Flood in it's entirety as crapGrin

'dance the rain' eh?Grin

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 18/12/2011 22:23

Ner Ner ya missed me

culturemulcher · 18/12/2011 22:22

full of festive spirit, me Xmas Grin

culturemulcher · 18/12/2011 22:15
OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 18/12/2011 21:44

cat ok I will withdraw my shirty accusation Xmas Grin

Still think its shoite though.

tee hee

betabaker · 18/12/2011 21:12

*doesn't even rhyme, but you knew that

culturemulcher · 18/12/2011 21:05

missmiss I'm pretty sure that only works if you say 'If I lay it here'. Subjective it's 'lie', objective it's 'lay'.

betabaker · 18/12/2011 21:01

'Gonna write a classic
Gonna write it in an attic'

Hmm Really? Out of choice or just because it rhymed?

DH sings along to 'Who's that Lady'...'Huge Fat Lady' Grin

Thefearlessfreak · 18/12/2011 20:58

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missmiss · 18/12/2011 20:48

I was once told that in the lyric "with a chimney on her", the chimney was a slang reference to a pregnant stomach: I.e., what's she going to look like when she's knocked up. No idea whether there's any truth to that, though.

And in response to the poster a few pages back who mentioned the grammar in that Snow Patrol song; while I dislike the song, it does make sense:
If I lay here - 'lay' is the conditional of 'lie', the equivalent of saying "if I were to lie here".

CatPussRoastingByAnOpenFire · 18/12/2011 20:41

Im not shirty! Grin hate it if you really want! There are loads of songs I hate too! Although I have to say I adore moon shadow. I'm often out after dark and those clear full moon nights when I have a moon shadow are the most beautiful. That song always springs to mind!

Ok, ok, I'll piss off and start a music appreciation thread now!...

culturemulcher · 18/12/2011 20:38

I think the 'well tonight thank god...' line is actually a startling moment of emotional honesty.

It's a moment to say, it's Christmas, we're all safe, but there for the grace of god... etc.

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 18/12/2011 20:31

disproportionately (well impressed with your spelling btw) angry about songs you dont like.

BelfastRingingOutForXmasBloke · 18/12/2011 20:29

And once again:

This is a thread to get disproportionately angry about trivial things. It's in the thread title.

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 18/12/2011 20:23

FFS we dont have to like the bloody song. Chairty songs can be fecking awful and raise millions.

Give a song a break? I am really trying hard not to say get a grip

Fancy getting shirty because someone doesnt like a song you like.

NonnoMum · 18/12/2011 19:55

Done my research.

Earlier versions were pander .
Then it got changed for some reason.

Blimey - didn't realise I was that much of a purist. I'll be whinging about the John Lewis advert next.

culturemulcher · 18/12/2011 19:51

Nonno umm...

rockinastocking · 18/12/2011 19:40

Not read whole thread yet, but the Mike Oldfield Moonlight Shadow thing?

"4am in the morning, carried away by a moonlight shadow"

Oh, not four am in the afternoon, then?

I always overlay the ' am ' with " O CLOCK - WOULD IT HAVE BEEN SO HARD? whilst looking pointedly at the radio.

PercyFilth · 18/12/2011 19:29

Exactly, CatPuss. And 'Tonight thank God it's them instead of you' is the line that made so many of us feel so guilty that we gave Bob our fecking money. It was brilliant.

NonnoMum · 18/12/2011 19:23

It's pander life's complexities.

pander I tell you.

CatPussRoastingByAnOpenFire · 18/12/2011 19:09

I'm with Percy. Like I said over on another thread, the song fulfilled it's purpose. It raised the money. Give it a break!

culturemulcher · 18/12/2011 18:27

Grin lurking love those lyrics too. Bonkers, but somehow great bonkers.

Saturdaynightbeaver · 18/12/2011 18:13

*buy

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