WTF Song Lyrics.
 

Ok....What in the hell does prince mean?!?

Song: Kiss

Lyric: You don't have to watch "Dynasty" to have an attitude.

It screws me up every time I happen to hear it.

What?!?

YOu don't have to watch Dynasty to pretend you're rich and beautiful (and neurotic)?

That's my interpretation.

Well that's implying that Dynasty is watched, just so someone can act like that. That's the wtf part.

Like the same person couldn't have an attitude outside of watching Dynasty.

Proper response: Yes, I know I don't have to watch Dynasty to have my attitude, as I've been getting it from your momma.

What's the "pompetous of love"?

It's Steve Miller mis-hearing an earlier lyric by the Medallions... "puppetutes" a word coined by Vernon Green.

In 1954, Vernon Green of the Medallions wrote a song called "The Letter" in which he used the words "puppetutes of love", a combination of "puppets" and "prostitutes". A puppetute was a woman of your fantasies who would do anything you wanted.

"You are so beautiful...to me"
Translated: I don't care if everyone else thinks you're a butt-ugly skank

"God is watching us from a distance"
Translated: Because he doesn't want to get too close

"I love you just the way you are"
Translated: if you do change, I'm outta here.

The whole of Wonderwall by Oasis.

Especially
"I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do, about you now"

Apparently it's a love song.

But I always heard it as an old geezer singing to an ex-stripper when they were both in their 80s. Everyone adored her in her youth, but he was the only one left who was still overwhelmed.

Of course the double-ouch with that one in real life was that he left her for a model.

Which reminds me
"I love you best, when you say nothing at all"

Not jumping on a bandwagon here - the first time I heard that song I disliked it. I commented that it was basically saying, "Shut your trap and just let me look at you woman!"

Triple post. Sorry.

That line always sounded caustic to me. Like someone respected and admired by everyone, screwed up. Alternatively, and ironically, they are the only "one to save him"... after all...."they're his wonderwall" (main admirer). It fits in the context with the rest of the song, I actually get the song though. He is saying someone has disappointed everyone, bet he still digs them.

you know what I'm pissed off about?

ali explaining the mundane about "pompetous"...totally harshes my mellow.
I'll never listen to that song the same again. Though, the song remains the same....

My roomie freshman year hated Lionel Ritchie's Stuck on You, citing his non-committal namby pamby use of the word "guess" throughout, like he couldn't be sure.

I'm stuck on you
I've got this feeling down deep in my soul that I just can't lose
Guess I'm on my way
Needed a friend
And the way I feel now I guess I'll be with you 'til the end
Guess I'm on my way
I'm mighty glad you stayed

I saw a Lion, he was standing alone...with a tadpole in a jar.


-Misty Mountain Hop
Led Zeppelin

top that

After nine days I let the horse run free
cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love

He was trying to sound "casual"(Lionel Richie). Hey, did you notice his accent in that song, like he's almost a hick? Why in that song only is he trying to be country? It's confusing....

'hello' is on our muzak right fucking now.

I never understood why Prince was makin' love to chili dogs in Erotic City.

Holy shit. The Oasis song I wanted to hear just came on...f'ing weird.

muzak would be a friendship breaker for me as well. I was in a dealership last month and the finance guy had his itunes CRANKING throughout the dealership. Oye como vas? Box of rain, Eminence Front, etc. it was an awesome set, I couldn't believe it was happening.

i was doing that with Johnny Cash on Saturday.

Semolina Pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna.
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.

-Beatles

I thought he was DEAD!

edit: Cash I mean.

Speaking of Beatles:

Number 9. Number 9. Number 9.

WTF?????

He's feeling better...

All the time...bettah bettah bettah

He was fixing a hole, where the rain came in...

That's how I heard the song. But it's never referred to as a bitter ot twisted love song. It sounds pretty grim to me!

I'm sorry, what were you saying?

My mind was wandering...

Uh...WHO?

I showed up late one night
with a neon light for a Visa
But knowing I'm so eager to fight
can't make letting me in any easier

You're way on top now
Since you left me
You're always laughin'
Way down at me
But watch out now
I'm gonna get there
We'll be together
For just a little while
And then I'm gonna put you
Way down here
And you'll start cryin'
Ninety-six tears
Cry
Cry



I had a friend who was absolutely convinced that the implication in this song was that he was going to rape her for breaking up with him.

This is a little tangent here, but how about that commercial for that Lincoln using Space Oddity (Major Tom) as the music? I like this commercial, mainly because of the music. It must be targeted at people like me, if I like it. But did it occur to any of the geniuses who put the commercial together that the song goes on to talk about how Major Tom dies is his rocket?

Ground control to major tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Do they really want me to have that association in my mind when the commercial is ending? Lincoln, will leave you stranded in isolation to die a slow lonely death.

Translated: You don't need to do anything else because you're simply perfect to me just as you are.

Oh I always thought it was grim. Which is why I like it, like most of the "The Stone Roses" stuff. Sounds sweet right? Well. No. It's really not.

I love tons of music that sounds sweet but is actually quite nasty if you listen to it. I mean, how dirty is My Bloody Valentine in all their songs? It sounds like a bunch guitars and a sweet girl or guy making a noise. Those guys are dirrrty birds. Dirty!!

Some people would never know what they were trying to hum.

Translation: No one else could possibly love you more than I do right now.

So it was better when you didn't get it? lol

Ignorance is bliss huh? ;)

Just when I thought that it had been translated to death......

You people are all so cynical.

Yeh - middle aged

In the spirit of the holidays:



Now this song sounds really nice and sensitive. But the main chorus line, "I don't care how you get here, just get here if you can" bothers me.

First of all, you don't care about my method of transport and all the surrounding circumstances, but then you say, just get here (sounds resolved and good right?), and then qualify it with something flippant like: if you can...

The song sounds dramatic and full of longing. But I can't handle the apparent lack of care, and then the disclaimer after such a demand.


If you took the lyrics out of the dramatic appeal of the song, wouldn't that sound like someone who really doesn't give a flying flip if you are there or not?

I don't care how you get here, just do it if you can, mmm'kay?

I like Brenda Russell singing that song better. She wrote it. I just never cared for Oleta singing it...but maybe because I heard it first on a Brenda Russell album.

Don't know if there's a good youtubey version as I don't have sound. :)

"Someone left the cake out in the rain
And I don't know if I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again"

- it's only a cake mate.

Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer


Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I'm drivin' by your house
Though I know you're not at home

But I can see you -
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how I made you scream?
Now I don't understand what happened to our love
But babe, I'm gonna get you back
I'm gonna show you what I'm made of

I can see you -
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
I see you walkin' real slow and you're smilin' at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
A little voice inside my head said, "don't look back. you can never look back."
I thought I knew what love was
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but -

I can see you -
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I can see you -
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got that hair slicked back and those wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone


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Yup, he's a stalker.

... But now you make me feel so ashamed because I've only got two hands...

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Cash had some dark stuff...

That song apparently referred to the 1900 murder of Delia Green (at 14 years old) by her lover, 15 year old Moses Houston, after she called him a SOB. It's been covered by Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, among others.

This is probably over the Wtf line and into WTFNSFW territory.

Thing is... The music for this song is absolutely top notch. Excellent guitar riff, powerful drums, great melody, totally catchy... Until you begin to decipher the rather disturbing lyrics.

I give you..... Prison Sex, by Tool.
Maybe have a listen first. Try not to listen to the words, and don't watch the video






It took so long to remember just what happened.
I was so young, vestal then, you know it hurt me.
But I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive
Even the signs seemed to tell me otherwise.
Got my hands down, and my head down,
And my eyes closed, my throat's wide open.
I do unto others what has been done to me.
Do unto others what has been done to you.
I'm treading water. I need to sleep a while.
My lamb and martyr, you look so precious.
Won't you, won't you come a bit closer.
Close enough so I can smell you.
I need you to feel this. I can't stand to burn too long.
Release in sodomy. the one sweet moment I'm whole.

I do unto you now what has been to me.
I do unto you now, what has been done.
You're breathing so I guess you're still alive.
Even the signs seem to tell me otherwise.
Won't you, won't you come on up closer.
Close enough so I can smell you.
I need you to feel this. I need this to make me whole.
Relief in sodomy. have you witnessed that blood and flesh can be trusted. i.
Have you witnessed the blood and, this can't be trusted. i.
Only this one holy medium brings me piece of mind.
Got your hands bound, and your head down,
And your eyes closed, you look so precious now.

I have found some kind of temporary sanity in this.
Shit, blood, and come on my hands. I've come round full circle.
My lamb and martyr, this will be over soon. you look so precious.
You look so precious now...

I've had Tool's 'Undertow' since it came out.

'Prison Sex' is an outstanding tune. The whole album rocks, really.

I'll see your 'Prison Sex', and raise you a 'Die, Die, Die My Darling' by The Misfits, and more recently, by Metallica.

I prefer the Metallica version:

Ah
Yeah

Die, die, die my darling
Don't utter a single word
Die, die, die my darling
Just shut your pretty eyes
I'll be seeing you again
Yeah, I'll be seeing you, in hell

So don't cry to me oh baby
Your future's in an oblong box
Don't cry to me oh baby
You should have seen it a-coming on
Don't cry to me oh baby
Had to know it was in your card
Don't cry to me oh baby
Dead-end soul for a dead-end girl
Don't cry to me oh baby
And now your life drains on the floor
Don't cry to me oh baby

Die, die, die my darling
Don't utter a single word
Die, die, die my darling
Just shut your pretty mouth
I'll be seeing you again, yeah-yeah
I'll be seeing you, in hell

Don't cry to me oh baby
Your future's in an oblong box
Don't cry to me oh baby
You should have seen it a-coming on
Don't cry to me oh baby
Had to know it was in your card
Don't cry to me oh baby
Dead-end soul for a dead-end girl
Don't cry to me oh baby
And now your life drains on the floor
Don't cry to me oh baby

Die, die, die my darling
Don't utter a single word
Die, die, die my darling
Shut your pretty mouth
I'll be seeing you again
I'll be seeing you, in hell
Die-die-die
Die-die-die
Die-die-die

Die
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It's a toe-tapper.

Personally, I prefer the original.

Based on "Die! Die! My Darling!"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059106

Ooh...A young Stefanie Powers...:drool: