Meanings behind songs that people don't seem to know...

[Arlanymor]

Do you remember the Real Fires advert with the dog kissing the cat and the cat kissing a mouse? My mum brought it up the other day as one of their neighbours has just got a dog that looks identical to the one in the advertisement. Awww!

I couldn't quite remember the song that was the soundtrack so I looked it up later... it's Will You Love Me Tomorrow by The Shirelles and I brought it up on YouTube to listen to it. It's about a one night stand isn't it? I had no idea until now... there I was thinking it was a lovely warm anthem for chaste kisses between pets!

By the way, not remotely making a judgement about the topic, I've a had a few 'Shirelles' nights of my own in the past... I just never knew what it was about before. Have you had any similar revelations?!

I only found out the story behind Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton recently. Always a sad song but the story behind it is so so sad.

@AsTreesWalking so I have a tendency to conflate things in memory and I think I have somehow muddled it with and Monty Python & the Holy grail - so Graham Chapman in his his crusader tabard is clearly a Knight in white satin.

Sometimes I worry about the inside of my brain!

If this is goodbye, Mark knopfler and a lady l can't remember but lovely voice.
I only found out recently about twin towers terrorist attacks, based on messages people left for loved ones.
So sad.

I can get those lyrics and it's incredibly sad but makes sense to me.

I am very literal so it never occurs to me that lyrics mean anything other than the obvious.

The song is about his toddler son who fell from the window of a high rise block of flats.

Also
Beetlebum is about heroin
Lola is about a crossdresser

I have a Luca but definitely not after this song! It’s a sobering listen once you realise what it’s about.

Honestly I think people who have used drugs may not even get the drug references in some songs because they are vague and could be referring to other things.

A Little Piece of Heaven by Avenged Sevenfold!! 😱😱😱

May have been said by now, but Enola Gay is about a nuclear bomb and also some people don’t realise that Bastille - Pompeii is genuinely about Pompeii!!

The Drugs Don't Work

That's the one I was just about to post about, especially the way the jaunty tune to Enola Gay has been used recently in adverts including one earlier this year about some new summer clothing advert. Enola Gay was the name of the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb, not the best way to encourage me!

Tonight’s the Night by Rod Stewart. Pretty obvious really but I’m sure people sang along to the chorus not really taking too much notice of the lyrics or the unsavoury ‘don’t deny your man’s desire’

I can't sing this without singing the version we sang in primary school!

We had joy, we had fun,
Flicking bogeys at the sun.
But the sun got to hot,
And the bogeys turned to snot!

I heard that George Formby was quite the sex pest in his day, and a lot of his songs were full of double entendres.

Love it 😂You must be around my age, but this version never made it to my primary school, sadly!

I never knew that! OK, now it makes sense that he was wondering how to be an optimist about it... 😄

(Makes sense of the whole lyric, actually.)

I’m sure these have been mentioned but the lyrics in the chorus of Sabrina carpenters tears are “I get wet at the thought of you …. Tears run down my thighs”. I know it’s not a hidden meaning as it’s right there but it’s hard to hear properly and I think a lot of people are unaware of how explicit it is!!

Also the weekends “take my breath” is about being choked during sex!

My late DF loved this song, for the same reason.

Apparently ‘Macarena’ is about a woman who’s boyfriend is deployed in the army and she has a 3 some with his 2 best mates.

Indeed. There are also all those people that named their daughters Roxanne. You'd think if you loved the song enough to use it as a name you'd've picked up on the suicidal prostitute vibe!

Listen to the version by The Dead South. Sounds much darker in a minor key.

Yes I'm aware of that

One for my age group... 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep'.

I used to like it when I was little because the melody was so... well, chirpy. It's about child abandonment. 😧

Chain Reaction is about orgasms.

Whilst it is explicit in the lyrics - I didn't realise this when I used to belt it out at primary school discos.

You make me tremble when your hand moves lower
You taste a little then you swallow slower
Nature has a way of yielding treasure
Pleasure made for you, oh

I want to get your love all ready
For the sweet sensation, instant radiation (oh-oh)
You let me hold you for the first explosion (first explosion)