I heard an old "enjoyed" song from my youth (not quite a favorite) twice today and possiblty gave the lyrics a good listen.
the story:
Guy had a past youthful crush on this girl
Girl eventually poses in adult magazine.
By virtue of these two things Guy States how he is now entitled to hotel sex with girl.
Can you guess the song/have another WTF?! moment with a previously enjoyed song?
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:37 pm
by Gob
Centerfold J Giels band?
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:39 pm
by Sean
Centerfold - J Geils Band.
My answer is more accurate!
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:42 pm
by Crackpot
Ysp.
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:44 pm
by Crackpot
I'm sad to say that I didn't immediately get what this song was about.
But back then I was younger and far more innocent.
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:46 pm
by Crackpot
BTW I still can't figure out what was funnier:
A: That I didn't get it in the first place.
B: My reaction upon realizing.
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:58 pm
by Gob
OK boy and girl have a romance, girl tells boy she loves him.
Girl decides that another boy is better looking.
1st boy sees girl and new boyfriend , cries while getting his supper.
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:12 pm
by Crackpot
Ohh I knew this one It's famous for that food link but I just can't recall.
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:59 am
by Jarlaxle
Song sounds like a love song...song is actually about a nutty stalker who is obsessed with his (ex?) girlfriend.
And Geils (actually, the keyboard player wrote the song, dunno his name) didn't seem to be saying he was ENTITLED to a hookup with the model, just that he was HOPING for it. (The lyric: Maybe when this issue's gone/I'll see you when your clothes are on.)
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:08 am
by Gob
I don't think you'll get mine, as it was probably only a UK hit.
The greatest love song of teh punk generation...
"I was so upset that I cried all the way to the chip shop..."
One of the greatest lines of poetry ever written.
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:36 am
by Gob
Ok, here's a fucker for you.
A song that I had long taken to be about fishermen at sea in boats, who have lost their way, and have survived by eating fruit washed up by the seas.
Turns out to be about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust.
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:38 am
by tyro
That must be the "Free Fruit for Floaters from Fission Song".
I thought they were singing “fishin’” too.
no?
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:48 am
by Sean
Was it 'Tie a yellow ribbon'?
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:17 am
by Gob
Arse!!
Stills: If you smile at me, I will understand
'Cause that is something everybody everywhere does
in the same language. Crosby: I can see by your coat, my friend,
you're from the other side,
There's just one thing I got to know,
Can you tell me please, who won? Stills: Say, can I have some of your purple berries? Crosby: Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now,
haven't got sick once. Stills: Probably keep us both alive.
Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy,
Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be,
Silver people on the shoreline, let us be,
Talkin' 'bout very free and easy...
Horror grips us as we watch you die,
All we can do is echo your anguished cries,
Stare as all human feelings die,
We are leaving - you don't need us.
Go, take your sister then, by the hand,
lead her away from this foreign land,
Far away, where we might laugh again,
We are leaving - you don't need us.
And it's a fair wind, blowin' warm,
Out of the south over my shoulder,
Guess I'll set a course and go...
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:24 am
by Rick
It's about two guys from opposites sides escaping the ravages of war...
Re: That song is about what?
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:27 am
by Gob
yep...
Like Tom Lehrer's "We Will All Go Together When We Go" and Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction," the song seems to deal with ever-present fears of an apocalyptic nuclear war. In this interpretation, the words of the song depict the horrors confronting the survivors of a nuclear holocaust in which the two sides have annihilated each other. A man from one side stumbles upon a man from the other side and asks him "Who won?" To stay alive, they share purple berries that have presumably not been poisoned by radiation. The lyrics beg "silver people on the shoreline" to "let us be;" these are commonly held to be men wearing radiation suits. As wooden ships are carrying the survivors away, radiation poisoning kills those who have not made it aboard:
Horror grips us as we watch you die
All we can do is echo your anguished cries
Stare as all human feelings die
