to get disproportionately angry when songs do not make sense

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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?

Some of you have no poetry in your souls!

But there is never an excuse for poor grammar.

Saturdaynightbeaver that is just mean. Especially as I now have that song on permanent loop in my head.

Also
The little lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.

Was he already supporting his own head on day 1, sitting up perhaps and looking around before he laid it down?

"LIVE AND LET DIE:
No one person on this thread has considered Paul McCartney's complete lyric; just concentrating on a single (mis-heard) phrase. Well of course you won't understand, then, will you?"

Actually the line is stand-alone understandable, thanks. Mis-heard maybe - but whether it's "In this everchanging world in which we're livin' " or "in this everchanging world in which we live in" (which, incidentally, 90%+ of lyrics search engines have it listed as), context makes fuck all difference.

"IF this everchanging world ..."

It's a conditional sentence!

Oh, and this is a thread to get disproportionately angry about trivial things. It's in the thread title.

I always loved the Smith's lyrics:
Why pamper life's complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?

erm lurking isn't it ponder?

Belfast thank you! I've never been able to stand that song because of the 'in, in' line... but
'If this ever changing world in which we're living / makes you give in and cry' makes PERFECT sense.

Cult- I think your right, typing error. still odd lyrics though don't you think?
Then goes on to say something about return the ring, he knows so much about these things.

Ohhh thread is much too long to read all... has anyone mentioned
'in love for the first time, and this time I know it's for real'
by

Thisone - good point - but they still knew/know it's christmas time, even if they think Jesus was born on Jan 7th, eh... They had Christianity centuries before us, after all. Re context Percy, maybe you don't know the Ethiopian highlands are incred fertile, so despite rainfall shortfall, famine of that level cld have been avoided and was exacerbated by war with Eritrea (trace that one back to the western colonialists). So the lyrics are wrong, and give a false pic, but woz a good tune and raised lots of cash. Peace out

Live and let die makes perfect sense.

I'm going to live, and I'm going to let you die.

Do They Know It's Christmas? It's a question, innit, so if you think you know the answer, fine.

I can't believe the nitpicking over this song. IMO it's a brilliant song, it got the message over without being sickly or maudlin, and including a nice melody and all the Christmassy bells and baggage. (Which has ensured its longevity and that people would hear it and buy it over and over again).

Really the politics,theology, geography etc has nothing to do with the content of the song. It's a song, not an academic dissertation. I think Midge did a fantastic job to come up with something so effective so quickly.

'Tonight thank God is them instead of you'

What a lovely sentiment.

I want my true love to by me chocolates, some rather nice perfume, cashmere sweater and some earrings. If he turned up here with maidens milking, leaping lords and a couple of turtle doves, it would be more than the halls that were being decked! What a load of old tosh!

*buy

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

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!

It's pander life's complexities.

pander I tell you.

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.

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.

Nonno umm...

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.

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.

And once again:

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

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