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That song isn't about masturbation?!

September 02 2017

Yep, another music topic! This time we're talking about songs whose meanings have been widely misinterpreted. One common one was talked about in the 'music to stalk by' forum - The Police's 'Every Breath You Take'...although I think by now the actual intent of that one as being not a love anthem but a stalker anthem (as confirmed by Sting) is pretty widely known. Another one is 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors. It's commonly thought that it's a song about masturbation but the singer has said it's actually about going crazy over a lost love and the way you can find yourself turning into someone else in your grief / sadness (speaking of that song, go to youtube to check out the cover that Kirsten Dunst did a few years ago, it's...interesting!). Now, I know that the meanings of a lot of songs can be pretty ambiguous and are never really confirmed by the band / singer / songwriter, but what I'm talking about with this topic is the songs where the band / singer etc. has made some comment about what they intended the meaning of the song to be and it's quite different to what most people thought.

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  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Heart - All I Wanna Do I don't know about being misinterpreted, but everyone seems surprised that it's about a woman who has random affairs (plural) to get pregnant because the one she loves is apparently shooting blanks. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    'more than words' by extreme is about a trying to talk his girlfriend into giving him head

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Quoting 'countrytouch' Heart - All I Wanna Do I don't know about being misinterpreted, but everyone seems surprised that it's about a woman who has random affairs (plural) to get pregnant because the one she loves is apparently shooting blanks. - Posted from rhpmobile Yep...even when I first heard that song at about 12 years old I knew what it was about. I actually just googled it to find out what year it was released, and learned that the band actually really dislikes the song and its message, they only released it because they felt pressured to by their management. Despite lots of requests to perform it when they play live, they never play it anymore.

  • NudesRus

    NudesRus

    8 years ago

    One of the best ones would have to be " Little Red Rooster" Pretty obvious what that song is all about. Off topic slightly but one night at the Indy Bar a chic called Toby was singing, she has quite the lesbian following and she sang little red rooster. It was pretty funny watching a room full of girls with their hands all over each other singing and dancing to a song about Mick Jagger's cock. 😂😂😂

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Quoting 'Pommyfucker' 'more than words' by extreme is about a trying to talk his girlfriend into giving him head I watched a clip the other day about widely misinterpreted songs (partly my inspiration for this thread), and that was one of the songs they talked about. Apparently it was widely believed to be about wanting more sex, but one of the singers clarified that it was about their belief that the words 'I love you' had lost some of their meaning and that people should also show their love / affection in non-verbal ways (things like kind and selfless gestures, really listening properly to your partner etc.). That was how I'd always interpreted it anyway so it surprised me that so many people had thought it was about wanting more sex.

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground End up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering upBorn in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A.Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow manBorn in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A.Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said "son if it was up to me" Went down to see my V.A. man He said "son, don't you understand"I had a brother at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all goneHe had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms nowDown in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to goBorn in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A. It's a tune that gets trundled out at every US election, and is apparently something of a pro-American anthem for their troops in the field.Of course, it's not that at all. Being in fact, an indictment of the US government, the military-industrial complex and the way soldiers are treated.

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    BUT.. it surely INCLUDES it in the delivery of storied product...Liz PhairHWC (Hot White Cum) "H.W.C." Give it to me, don't give it away Don't think about what the others say My skins getting clear, my hairs so bright All you do is fuck me every day and night You're my secret beauty routine Na, na, na, na, what my body has seen I am lookin' good and I'm feeling nice Baby you're the best magazine advice Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum I'm gonna pull you back down between the sheets Everything is fresher when the day is sweet In the morning light when you're already on the phone Face it, one of these days Without you I'm just another Dorian Gray It's the fountain of youth It's the meaning of life So hot, so sweet, so wet my appetite Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Face it, one of these days Without you I'm just another Dorian Gray It's the fountain of youth It's the meaning of life Baby you're the best magazine advice Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Gimme your hot white cum Your hot white cum

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    Haha cavey, I don't think there's any ambiguity about the meaning of that one

  • luvsilver

    luvsilver

    8 years ago

    Little Richard - My Ding Aling Mr Luvsilver

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    My dingaling lol that song creeps me out. I can remember parents and friends chiming in with that line. Always made me wince 😕

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    Makin' Whoopee is one of my favourites. I recall a rendition by Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys, where she sings it in the style of a torch song. However, I have a copy of the original 1928 version by Eddie Cantor, and it's quite clear the song is about the wages of sin...getting a woman knocked-up out of wedlock and having his bachelor days brought to a premature close because he has to make an honest woman of her. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    ...by Leonard Cohen is another song that is widely misunderstood, mainly because most cover versions don't include the later verses. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    I like the barely-concealed innuendo in Merril Bainbridge's "Mouth" (''turn you upside down, don't want to waste it'') Interesting about The Vapors ''Turning Japanese'', because I have always been able to read the lyrics as him having a go at himself while looking at pictures of an unknown woman. There was a quite obscure song when I was a wee lad that I really liked by Ohio Express, "Yummy Yummy'', would run around the house singing along to it. ''Yummy yummy yummy, I've got love in my tummy''. Had no idea at all what it was about back then and I don't think my parents did either. If radio had fully realized the meaning of Australian Crawl's ''The Boys Light Up'' it would never have been played back in the day. I'm not even going to quote from the lyrics, the whole song is a lyrical gem. And of course there's the old chestnut about Phil Collins' "Something In The Air Tonight'', people thinking it's about some dude watching another drown and not helping him. No, it's about his marriage breakdown and his wife shagging the painter, that's all. He even wrote the lyrics on the bill he received from said painter. I remember there being quite the scandal back in the 80's when Mental As Anything released ''The Nips Are Getting Bigger''. Some twits thought it was racist, which just goes to show that SJW's were getting it all arse-about even back then ** nudge nudge, in a light-hearted way, Luck Dragon ** There are plenty of others I know of but can't think of right now. I shall go for a paddle and think some more.

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    Starting to think I may have chosen my topic title poorly

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    Quoting 'Luck_Dragon' Quoting 'Pommyfucker' 'more than words' by extreme is about a trying to talk his girlfriend into giving him head I watched a clip the other day about widely misinterpreted songs (partly my inspiration for this thread), and that was one of the songs they talked about. Apparently it was widely believed to be about wanting more sex, but one of the singers clarified that it was about their belief that the words 'I love you' had lost some of their meaning and that people should also show their love / affection in non-verbal ways (things like kind and selfless gestures, really listening properly to your partner etc.). That was how I'd always interpreted it anyway so it surprised me that so many people had thought it was about wanting more sex. Yes I heard that the wanting more sex/head was just a myth but the song was one of my ex's favourites. She found it so romantic! So just to piss her off I told her that it was about wanting more head which she started to believe after awhile Aren't I terror :)

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    My ex also told me to stop singing Wonderwall in public I said maybe

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    17 replies and rising. I'm surprised that Chrissie Amphlett and the Divinyls haven't been mentioned yet. What was that song of theirs called?

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    "Little Talks'' is about a woman whose husband died and he's haunting her in their house, trying to get her to commit suicide so they can be together again. I always wondered what the lyrics meant and only recently learnt that little factoid. Carly Simon apparently refutes the old ''You're So Vain is about Warren Beatty'' clanger, although I believe she once herself stated it was. ''Ode To Billie Joe'' by Bobbie Gentry is still the most infuriating for me. Just what were she and Billy Joe McAllister threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge? The question has infuriated me since I first heard the song as a child. Bobbie herself has refused to elaborate, stating she wants people to just pick for themselves what it is. No, goddamit, Bobbie! I want to know !!!

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Should read ''Just what did she and Billy Joe Mcallister throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?"

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Quoting 'Pommyfucker' My ex also told me to stop singing Wonderwall in public I said maybe That's another song I hated and go so sick of since it was played to death when it was released

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Just to clarify...I know the topic title references masturbation but that was related to just one example of a song whose meaning is widely misinterpreted (and as I said, probably a poor title choice given what I know about these forums ). The songs in this topic can be about anything...not just masturbation

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    I just remembered from the stalker thread - Sex Type Thing by Stone Temple Pilots. The first person lyrics meant a lot of people thought it was about advocating rape / wanting to rape (have to admit when I first heard the song I was a bit WTF?!). Scott Weiland came out to defend it, and explained that a girl he was dating was raped by 3 men which led him to write the song as an anti-rape anthem about violence, control, and power.

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    Quoting 'OkeyDoke45' "Little Talks'' is about a woman whose husband died and he's haunting her in their house, trying to get her to commit suicide so they can be together again. also has a very cool video clip!

  • EarthQueen

    EarthQueen

    8 years ago

    I always listened to Rammstein's version and didn't realise it was even a cover till today. I t always thought it was a very sexual song and emphasis on the word stripped sounds erotic. I prefer their version. I love it a lot. Depeche Modes original version seems much more innocent and feels more about digging under the surface of someone to find who they really are. But apparently its about this (and this is a direct cut and paste). Alrighty then, who knew.... its a cool song regardless. In the midst of future-facing synth-pop, Depeche Mode’s constant bleak pessimism looks back to romantic-era poets on ‘Stripped’, a song lamenting that modern society has taken us away from nature, simplicity, and truth.

  • Cheekyarses

    Cheekyarses

    8 years ago

    She Bop by Cindy Lauper is totally about masturbation 😋 - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    Quoting 'Luck_Dragon' Quoting 'Pommyfucker' My ex also told me to stop singing Wonderwall in public I said maybe That's another song I hated and go so sick of since it was played to death when it was released Yes, me too. God, it was done to death! The whining of the Gallagher brothers has no place on my iPod..

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    In August 1967, Lyndon Johnson announced that he was sending 45,000 more troops to Vietnam. Black power advocate Stokely Carmichael called for violent revolution in the streets. Beatles manager Brian Epstein died from an overdose of sleeping pills. But around water coolers, the hot topic was what Billie Joe McAllister and his girlfriend threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge.The mystery created by Bobbie Gentry in her debut single “Ode To Billie Joe” cast a spell over the entire country. Set to a backing of spare acoustic guitar chords and atmospheric strings, Gentry’s sensual, Southern-fried voice relates the story of two Mississippi teenage lovers who share a dark secret that eventually leads to the boy’s suicide. And over 40 years later, despite cinematic details in the song’s lyric, we still don’t know exactly what happened up there on Choctaw Ridge. *grins* Makes ANOTHER question be asked...."What the fuck was in the briefcase that Marsellus Wallace wanted back??" The HINT, is the skin coloured bandaid on Marsellus's neck..... Which, of course is NOT skin coloured to the aforementioned person.....

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    Quoting 'cavey50' The mystery created by Bobbie Gentry in her debut single “Ode To Billie Joe” cast a spell over the entire country. Set to a backing of spare acoustic guitar chords and atmospheric strings, Gentry’s sensual, Southern-fried voice relates the story of two Mississippi teenage lovers who share a dark secret that eventually leads to the boy’s suicide. And over 40 years later, despite cinematic details in the song’s lyric, we still don’t know exactly what happened up there on Choctaw Ridge. I'd actually never heard this song, just listened to it and love it, went straight into my iTunes. I love that Southern gothic sort of sound and the lyrics are simple but really poignant when you think about the underlying meaning. Bobbie Gentry commented on the song and all the speculation about what was thrown off the bridge and that to her the real theme was cruel indifference...from Wiki: Those questions are of secondary importance in my mind. The story of Billie Joe has two more interesting underlying themes. First, the illustration of a group of people's reactions to the life and death of Billie Joe, and its subsequent effect on their lives, is made. Second, the obvious gap between the girl and her mother is shown when both women experience a common loss (first Billie Joe, and later, Papa), and yet Mama and the girl are unable to recognize their mutual loss or share their grief.

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    "Drive" is a long time favourite of mine because I fell for the easy harmonies of The Cars as a teenager. The lyrics aren't particularly complicated, and the singer for a change is the bass player of the band, Benjamin Orr( now deceased ), despite that the lead vocalist wrote it. Maybe because he had a sweeter voice...like Garfunkel...that better suited the ballads. It was their most successful song in the US.I've heard that it was about addiction...alcohol maybe...it does sound like it, but who knows.The actress/model in the music video would go on to be the wife of the bands lead singer, Ric Ocasek, the writer of the song.For a ballad from the 80's, it's pretty light with the synthesisers too. Who's gonna tell you when it's too late Who's gonna tell you things aren't so great You can't go on thinking nothing's wrong, but bye Who's gonna drive you home tonight? Who's gonna pick you up when you fall Who's gonna hang it up when you call Who's gonna pay attention to your dreams Who's gonna plug their ears when you scream You can't go on thinking nothing's wrong, but bye Who's gonna drive you home tonight? Who's gonna hold you down when you shake Who's gonna come around when you break You can't go on thinking nothing's wrong, but bye Who's gonna drive you home tonight? Hoo-ooh, you know you can't go on thinking nothing's wrong Who's gonna drive you home tonight?

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    I love that song, haven't heard it for years - thanks for the reminder Kool

  • Dryphuz

    Dryphuz

    8 years ago

    Quoting 'OkeyDoke45'And of course there's the old chestnut about Phil Collins' "Something In The Air Tonight'', people thinking it's about some dude watching another drown and not helping him. No, it's about his marriage breakdown and his wife shagging the painter, that's all. He even wrote the lyrics on the bill he received from said painter.No shit! I always believed the drowning story. I think I've even told the story on these forums somewhere... Now i feel like an idiot... I mean i always feel like an idiot, but i've never been worried there could be proof... Although the lyrics are entirely clear I had never actually listened carefully to the lyrics of "If you wanna be happy" by Jimmy Soul. I always just imagined it was some happy ditty about picking up chicks until i actually sat down and really listened one day... Damn right Jimmy, some of them pretty women are way too much damn work...

  • RHP

    RHP User

    8 years ago

    It came out the year I was born. :-D I did a bit of google on it yesterday and there are conflicting opinions on the genuine attitude of the writers, Leonard Lipton & Peter Yarrow when they deny that the song was about drugs... because it wasn't being played on the radio. My, my, how innocence flies by the by. Peachy

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    Quoting 'heresgoing' 17 replies and rising. I'm surprised that Chrissie Amphlett and the Divinyls haven't been mentioned yet. What was that song of theirs called? I wondered if the topic was based on that song! You know they used it for a breast cancer message a few years ago? A nice twist on the topic. Peachy

  • tylannister

    tylannister

    8 years ago

    While it was thought by audiences from it's release to be about hallucinations from dropping acid, and Paul McCartney has admitted that drugs influenced many of The Beatles songs at the time, he and Lennon repeatedly and emphatically professed that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is NOT about LSD.

  • RHP

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    8 years ago

    One of the best lines....mummas little helper coming out the draw...back is arched lips are part beating blow by blow - Posted from rhpmobile