Song lyrics that make you think what the hell?

[WhenTheDustSettles]

Hey, Mister DJ (oh-oh-oh)
Play a song for this pretty little lady (oh-oh-oh)
'Cause if she dance as good as she look right now (oh-oh-oh)
I just might, I just might make her my baby
I just might make her my baby, hey

Really Bruno? In 2026? Or have you sneaked into Doc Brown's De Lorean?

I thought Claire was quite sweet? He’s singing about his love for a child.

That's a different song - 36D

Are you seriously telling me that, after all these years, the song doesn't actually feature a trombalese ... !?

I. Had. No. Idea. 🤦‍♀️😂

“Hot dog, jumping frog, alberquerque”
whatever that means??

also I don’t get what breakfast at Tiffany’s is all about.

“I said what about breakfast at Tiffany’s?
she said ‘I think I remember the film’
as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it
i said I guess that’s one thing we’ve got”

is it about a really boring conversation between a couple? I don’t get it

What’s the horrible line from this song please?

“I’m as serious as cancer when I say rhythm is a dancer”

Isn't that the whole point, though? She wants to end it, as they have nothing left in common; and he desperately seizes on the fact that they've both seen that film and kind of enjoyed it as his excuse as to why they shouldn't break up. It's supposed to be an awkward, stilted conversation, rather than a beautifully-flowing romantic chat between two people who are still very much in love!

Yes, a really boring conversation from a really crap song

T Rex.......She's faster than most and lives by the coast ahaha

Also T Rex: I drive a Rolls Royce 'cause it's good for my voice.

When I was in 6th form which we had a student teacher who was pretty well stalked by one of my class mates. I always think of this when I hear this song.

It all fell apart when they were seen out together and the school was informed. I've no idea what happened to him as it was at the end of term.

Music is a form of art, we don’t all get is a tiz when such subjects are written about in books or acted on screen for example. Just because they are being sung doesn’t mean they need to be taken any differently. Many of the songs mentioned are telling a story (such as both Police songs and Delilah) and should be taken as such.
Also this has been done many times and the same songs are always mentioned.
And before you ask why i clicked on the thread, it was because I thought it would be about genuine weird lyrics that don't make sense.

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The lyric is actually "Give me a serving turning", not “give me a fecking turnip”!

I thought it was meant to be "Give me a second turn and..." BUT can you honestly listen to it and tell me that it doesn't sound exactly like he's angrily demanding a vegetable?!

I agree. Sting isn't advocating stalking, just like Madonna wasn't pregnant when she sang Papa Don't Preach

And The Cheeky Girls didn't really want people to touch their bums!

Are you sure about that one?

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I take your point.

And the lady from Heart didn’t really pick up a guy to get pregnant by him 🤣

And what the hell is a hub cap diamond star halo?

AC/DC are just explicit and racy though, not exploitative which I think I’d fine.

The Lou Reed lyric you quoted above was allegedly about Candy Darling, another of Warhol’s exploited ‘superstars’. Which actually makes it even worse.

And don’t get me started on the original cover of G&R’s ‘Appetite for Destruction’.

The wheels on the bus

The mummies on the bus go chatter chatter chatter
The daddies on the bus go ssh ssh ssh or fast asleep

Misogynistic bullshit

Well... maybe the (cheeky) jury is still out on that one!

I think it's very much something that you can get in the 'special herbs' aisle - and I don't mean the little jars made by Schwarz!

Eating my lunch in the workplace café and Whitney Houston is telling a married man that "no other woman is gonna love you more" - I can't imagine that's very popular with cheated-on wives.