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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?

OP posts:
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.

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!...

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".

Thefearlessfreak · 18/12/2011 20:52

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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

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 21:12

*doesn't even rhyme, but you knew that

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 18/12/2011 21:44

cat ok I will withdraw my shirty accusation Xmas Grin

Still think its shoite though.

tee hee

culturemulcher · 18/12/2011 22:15
culturemulcher · 18/12/2011 22:22

full of festive spirit, me Xmas Grin

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 18/12/2011 22:23

Ner Ner ya missed me

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

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!

yellowraincoat · 19/12/2011 02:49

Later versions of This Charming Man are "pamper"; earlier "pander".

From some shite Robbie Williams song: "That's a good line to take it to the bridge".

Just cringe.

karatekimmi · 19/12/2011 04:34

Loving the post

  • Adele, if you've "made up you're mind" and "don't need to think it over" why the fuck do you then wail on about whether you should "give up or just keep chasing pavements?"
saffronwblue · 19/12/2011 07:14

Voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?

Surely more likely to say veux tu?

This has bugged me for decades. And I too loathe the attic/classic lyric.

GoldenGreen · 19/12/2011 07:17

babymutha your sister caused you unnecessary pain. It's "you've read Karl Marx, and you've taught yourself to dance".

HecateGoddessOfTwelfthNight · 19/12/2011 07:32

ceelo green

'forget you'

Is he talking to her, is he talking to him?

i see you driving round town with the girl I love (so talking to the bloke)
If I was richer I'd still be with ya (what? the bloke you've just this second said is driving round town with the girl you love?)

One minute it's 'you' and 'her' and the next he's addressing the woman. Or is he. I just don't know and neither does he. He just swaps randomly back and forth. It doesn't make any sense

and has anyone said ARRRGGGGGHHH your sex is on fire? I mean, unless someone's poured petrol over them mid coitus and struck a match, then I don't know when the hell he's on about.

inmysparetime · 19/12/2011 07:38

Madonna's "La Isla Bonita"
"young girl with eyes like the desert" - what? Dry? Gritty?

AsinineLadiesDancing · 19/12/2011 08:39

Saffron

Unless the question is directed at more than one person?

norriscoleforpm · 19/12/2011 08:40

Oh dear - I thought the lyrics to La Isla Bonita were young girl with eyes like potatoes oops.

BelfastRingingOutForXmasBloke · 19/12/2011 08:50

Young girl with eyes like pesetas?

Very material-girl.

MigratingChestnutsOnAnOpenFire · 19/12/2011 08:53

Ok, So i always got irritated by the line:

You say it best when you say nothing at all

because, to me, that's just a thinly veiled attempt to politely say 'shut the fuck up'!

saffronwblue · 19/12/2011 09:42

That is of course a possibility, Asinine.