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What are some songs that were super popular but have questionable/horrible/weird themes in its lyrics?

For example, Hook by Blues Traveler is literally John Popper making fun of pop music and the consumers who buy anything.


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What are some songs that were super popular but have questionable/horrible/weird themes in its lyrics?

For example, Hook by Blues Traveler is literally John Popper making fun of pop music and the consumers who buy anything.

Coming from a guy who readily consumed almost everything that's a bit ironic .

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I always argue that the song "I'm gonna marry that girl" by Magic! is all about life under Boko Haram

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MacArthur Park, a sad song about a ruined picnic. A metaphor for life.

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"I think I'm Dumb" by Nirvana

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Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People is about a kid about to shoot up his school.

"All the other kids with the pumped up kicks. You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun … You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet."


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"Me and Mrs. Jones" - song about an affair with a married woman.

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Sweet Caroline...
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Maxwell's Silver Hammer - about catching a serial killer
Fight for your right to party - A song about the struggles of the decaying middle class
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MacArthur Park, a sad song about a ruined picnic. A metaphor for life.

The cake being ruined in the fucking rain was the worst part. Take it inside and salvage that sugary mess for chrisssakes.


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Always think of this when people hate on modern lyrics for being too violent. Folsom Prison Blues is one of the best songs ever though so it's cool

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"the one i love" - REM. i think it's about a guy who wants to get away from his wife so he sets his house on fire, kills her, and goes and finds another woman.


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Sweet Caroline...
fantasizing about a little girl.
Not cool, Neil.



Yeah, and "Cracklin' Rosie" is about driving around getting drunk.

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Allison - Elvis Costello

I always smirk at couples slow dancing together to this song at his concerts...

"somebody better put out the big light"

"my aim is true"

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Allison - Elvis Costello

I always smirk at couples slow dancing together to this song at his concerts...

"somebody better put out the big light"

"my aim is true"

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Costello has divulged little on the meaning of the song other than to say that it is about "disappointing somebody" and to deny suggestions that the lines "somebody better put out the big light" and "my aim is true" refer to murder. ...

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"One In A Million" by the Guns N Roses. If that song were written and released today, the backlash would end the band.

It's basically Axl going on a racist rant.


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Uhhh ....Aqualung?

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Chus wrote:
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Are you really rolling your eyes because I think they are over-rated? Women roll their eyes. I didn't say they are trash. I like a few of their songs. And I certainly respect their stance towards TicketBastard. But, when I heard you say that they ONLY repeated five songs at their second show at Wrigley, I burst out into laughter. To me, a real ass band can play four consecutive nights, and not repeat a song.

These are just my opinions. They require no eye rolls or heated argument in response.

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When a band's songs are 32 minutes in length, its easier to not have a repeat. ;)

There are bands out there that play entire tours which are 80-90% the same setlist. And I'm not talking bands that have 2 albums out or something. Rush and U2 have been guilty of this, and I quite like the latter.

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I'm assuming this thread was inspired by the Baby It's Cold Outside thread...amiright?


My contribution: Baby It's Cold Outside

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
When a band's songs are 32 minutes in length, its easier to not have a repeat. ;)


Phish probably plays the same amount of songs per show as Pearl Jam does.

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There are bands out there that play entire tours which are 80-90% the same setlist.


Those bands should put on better shows, too.

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And I'm not talking bands that have 2 albums out or something. Rush and U2 have been guilty of this, and I quite like the latter.


Rush is ok. I don't like anything U2 has done since Zooropa. I have no idea why so many people love them.

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
When a band's songs are 32 minutes in length, its easier to not have a repeat. ;)


Chus wrote:
Phish probably plays the same amount of songs per show as Pearl Jam does.


Upon further review, I would like to strike this comment from the record. I looked at the PJ setlists from Wrigley, and they played about 30 songs per show. That's more than Phish usually does. So, at least you get your money's worth. I just don't want to hear the same song from one night to the next.

And when I say the are over-rated, they wouldn't be on my top ten list of over-rated bands. Off the top of my head, the list starts with U2, AC/DC, Kiss, and Coldplay.

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Maxwell's Silver Hammer - about catching a serial killer

Kinda sorta similar theme in "Don't Take Me Alive" by Steely Dan ... criminal holed-up in a possible suicide-by-cop situation told from his point of view.

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