Everyone when they listen to “Semi-Charmed Life”
When you actually pay attention to the lyrics of the song you're listening:
Submitted 18 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to [deleted]
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barkybeak@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
areakode@riskeratspizza.com 17 hours ago
But don’t say “panties” on the radio! Proceeds to play lyrics about doing crystal meth.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 hours ago
You’d have to know more than the average person does about meth to know it’s about meth.
mosspiglet@discuss.online 4 hours ago
It literally says the words “doin’ crystal meth” in the song.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
The line
“Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break,”
Is neither coded nor subtle.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Clearly Disney didn’t listen to it.
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
It’s about 2 spouses planning to cheat on each other because they’re bored with their marriage. The only thing that saves them is he responds to her personal ad in the newspaper and they laugh about it after meeting up. They’re shitty people
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Oh, yeah. Another one is Sad Eyes by Robert John, telling his his temp girl that his real girl is coming home today, she knew it was going to happen and he doesn’t want to see her cry. “I never used you,” lol.
There are quite a few of them. One that’s been in the news lately is Lola by The Kinks, which Moby called unenlightened and he’s right. One I always found creepy was Cat Stevens’ Wild World saying goodbye to his lady, because whatever he’s wishing her it’s not well. “I’ll always remember you like a child, girl.”
That’s not even starting with all the underage lyrics.
The 70s were amazing for music, but there sure are some clunkers in there.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Clearly that song was Jimmy Buffett.
Eq0@literature.cafe 17 hours ago
“Pumped up kids”
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
*kicks
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
It’s old enough to be shot in high school
stochasticity@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That song isn’t very subtle
greygore@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Reminds me of Afternoon Delight from Arrested Development.
Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Semi Charmed Kind of Life by Third Eye Blind.
At first when I really heard the part about snorting crystal meth I thought I must have downloaded some weird cover like the ones you used to sometimes get from Limewire.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 24 minutes ago
Lmao, it was while reading this comment that I realized it wasn’t Semi-Charred Kind of Life, a mistake that ironically helped me see that it was darker than it seemed.
It makes the line “I want something else to get me through this semi-charred kinda life” pretty obvious that he has negative feelings about it and from that I could guess that there was some kind of pain between the lines, though younger me thought maybe infidelity or some kind of mania (which I guess isn’t too far off the mark).
That said, despite the hidden tone, that song always makes me feel good. The overt tone is just so upbeat!
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
Blues Traveler just fully trolling listeners. 😆
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
i hadn’t caught that many layers. that’s clever
dis_da_mor@anarchist.nexus 17 hours ago
average response to the translated lyrics of the dancing cow song
snoons@lemmy.ca 17 hours ago
There’s only one thing on my mind five grams of coke, fly away alone to the land of nevermore There are thoughts inside my head when this state will end When I won’t be alone Cause white eel* will kick in /x2
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 13 hours ago
99 red balloons as well imo.
darkreader2636@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
not gonna lie it’s a banger
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
That’s Another Day In Paradise by Phil Collins.
I first heard the song as a child, on the radio being driven around by my parents. Didn’t really take the verses on board, and the chorus is simply repeats of “Oh, think twice. It’s another day for you and me in paradise.” With that big romantic hook and the warm breezy feel, as a kid I interpreted it as a groom asking his bride to consider extending their tropical honeymoon. I filed it in the same mental folder with Fields Of Gold.
It’s a song about abject poverty, about haves and have nots. Verses are about beggers on the street calling out to the wealthy who pretend not to see them. It lands like a brick.
Schal330@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Mr Brightside. I remember hearing the song when I was at uni, first thinking it was a real banger and in a drunken haze in a club started to actually listen to the lyrics and felt an uncomfortable connection, realising it was from the perspective of someone being cheated on and I’d gone through something similar at the time.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Pointed out that Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) is the same kind of music as Sixteen Tons to my wife. Was fun watching her realization as we were listening
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Tell mister tally man, I can’t go, I owe six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch to the company store.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
EonNShadow@pawb.social 17 hours ago
My BIL had this moment listening to Copacabana on a vacation one time
“WTF They killed Tony!”
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
And Lola never completely recovered, became an alcoholic, and she’s still trying to live in her past.
For Barry, the song is pretty dark.
FatVegan@leminal.space 15 hours ago
No cock like horse cock
felsiq@piefed.zip 15 hours ago
For me that was more laughing uncontrollably than horror, dude sets up the intro so well and has that weird old timey vibe spot on so it’s so unexpected
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
So subtle from the title
Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 hours ago
The title should have been enough 🤨
BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Po-po-po-poker face, fu-fu-fuck her face Po-po-po-poker face, fu-fu-fuck her face (she’s got me like nobody) Po-po-po-poker face, fu-fu-fuck her face (mum-mum-mum-mah) Po-po-po-poker face, fu-fu-fuck her face (mum-mum-mum-mah)
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
this song, but really this whole album
if you aren’t paying attention to the lyrics of mountain goats songs you’re missing 2/3 of the fun.
thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
My ordinary life
Gonzako@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Anyone had this with a song called blurred lines?
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
My wife really liked the sound of “A Little Piece of Heaven” by Avenged Sevenfold until I told her what it’s about 😂
West_of_West@piefed.social 16 hours ago
The lyrics always get a chuckle from me.
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
It’s the little electric heater in the video that gets me
solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
en.wikipedia.org/…/A_Little_Piece_of_Heaven_(song…
Huh. It tells of story of love, betrayal, and reconciliation. Very heartwarming.
Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 16 hours ago
Brown sugar by the Rolling Stones. My Sherona.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
i was at a house party and they were playing rock band. someone’s 14 year old daughter started singing the vocals to my sharona and all us adults sort of shifted there awkwardly like “uh, should she be singing this?” and her dad whispered “she doesn’t know what it means”
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Racing into The Night. She said kokoro at one point, that means heart right? I bet it’s a love song or something
oh
Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 hours ago
A ton of shit by Steely Dan.
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
The curse of language learning
pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
Anyone trying to decipher Deftones lyrics withput the context in Chino’s brain.
Denjin@feddit.uk 16 hours ago
“I’m horny, want to go for a drive and/or bath?”
b34k@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming….
darkreader2636@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Looking at the translation of nearly any vocaloid song (n25 comms are especially bad for this)
remon@ani.social 16 hours ago
That doesn’t help if you don’t even speak the language!
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
“Sex Type Thing”
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Republicans when they realize they are “the machine”
normanwall@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Image
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
Wow Paul Ryan really just vanished, huh?
Remember those photos of him posing as working out? So strange.
hOrni@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I know this post was supposed to be about “Every breath You take” and “Hey ya”, but these days “Born in the USA” and “Fortunate son” sung by conservatives come to mind.
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
born in the usa is the most american song of all time
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Reagan used Born in the USA as a campaign song.
wander1236@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
False, they never realize
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Yea, but a chatbot can dream, right?