Barking Spiders Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Contrary to popular belief Elvis Costello's Pump It Up isn't about certain advice to lonely men and their 'partners' Edited March 8, 2019 by Barking Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, DaveFry said: The BBC thought " Ebeneezer Goode " was about a person , so they allowed it on Top Of The Pops . It doesn't work though. If (Eben)eezer Goode is menat to mean "E's are good", then what is the meaning of the following line: "He's Ebeneezer Goode"? - E's eben E's are good? Edited March 8, 2019 by arthurhenry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I thought Pulp's Common People was about someone just wanting a more normal life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFry Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 57 minutes ago, arthurhenry said: It doesn't work though. If (Eben)eezer Goode is menat to mean "E's are good", then what is the meaning of the following line: "He's Ebeneezer Goode"? - E's eben E's are good? Search me . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 2 hours ago, DaveFry said: Search me . And can you explain what these are, sir? 👮♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) Slightly different in that the lyrics aren't misunderstood but simply not listened to is EMF's Unbelievable. Several times throughout the song the sampled lyric "What the f*ck (was that?)" is belted out yet no radio or TV station seems to notice. It always gives me a little chuckle that they still get away with it on daytime radio when other far less offensive lyrics get bleeped out. Edited March 9, 2019 by Maude Our own filter didn't like the word though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Mylo's Drop The Pressure contains a quite clear sample of Motherf*ckers Gonna Drop The Pressure, and was played to death in the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Maude said: Slightly different in that the lyrics aren't misunderstood but simply not listened to is EMF's Unbelievable. Several times throughout the song the sampled lyric "What the f*ck (was that?)" is belted out yet no radio or TV station seems to notice. It always gives me a little chuckle that they still get away with it on daytime radio when other far less offensive lyrics get bleeped out. I have often wondered why radio stations, etc, have never seemed to notice that. It's not as though it's a one-off either, the sample is repeated quite a few times (what the f@ck, what the f@ck, what the f@ck was that?). Maybe it says "what the funk?", or at least that's what the radio stations have been told. On a side note, I once saw EMF in concert, downstairs in London's Astoria and they were absolutely brilliant. To this day, it's still probably the best gig I've been to - excellent musicianship, great relationship between the band and audience, great songs; just an absolutely brilliant atmosphere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeponehandloose Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Jackie/Jockie Wison ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 On 07/03/2019 at 17:39, darkandrew said: Are there any songs that you thought were about one thing but turned out to be about something else instead? Jim Morrison's Back Door Man had me convinced that he'd lost his front door keys for quite a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Isn't Man on the Moon about a man landing on the moon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, SH73 said: Isn't Man on the Moon about a man landing on the moon? No. These are Men on the Moon:- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 On 08/03/2019 at 11:45, HengistPod said: "Turning Japanese", by The Vapors. Not having listened too closely to the verse lyrics, I assumed it was a rant concerning the deluge of cheaply-produced far eastern goods threatening to erode good old Britishness at the time. Seems it's a bit more personal than that. For years I thought it was about having a good old Thomas (the tank). Turns out it’s not. "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect to." wait a min... Maybe I was right. “I didn’t expect to turn into a w**ker”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 2 hours ago, xgsjx said: "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect to." Nah! They're just pulling your plonker 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 On 09/03/2019 at 09:50, darkandrew said: I have often wondered why radio stations, etc, have never seemed to notice that. It's not as though it's a one-off either, the sample is repeated quite a few times (what the f@ck, what the f@ck, what the f@ck was that?). Maybe it says "what the funk?", or at least that's what the radio stations have been told. On a side note, I once saw EMF in concert, downstairs in London's Astoria and they were absolutely brilliant. To this day, it's still probably the best gig I've been to - excellent musicianship, great relationship between the band and audience, great songs; just an absolutely brilliant atmosphere. I think you’re hearing a ‘f***’ that isn’t actually there, the sample goes ‘what the ____ was that...’ The naughty word in question is muted. The stems from the recording are available here https://skiomusic.com/contest/unbelievable-remix-contest i saw EMF a number of times, and yes consistently excellent. Best time I saw them was at Reading Uni in early ‘91 - they’d just broken big and there was a buzz about them. ‘Schubert Dip’ was the album I learned to play bass to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Turns out that 'Nothin To Lose' by KISS isn't in fact about someone with very few possessions..... who the songwriter is considering robbing (of what little they do have) via their back door.... It's about doing it up the pooper.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Likewise the JJ Cale ditty 'Travelling light' is not an allegory about Ryanair's cabin bag policy but, rather, about casual sex. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 And I'm sure that when Ian Gillan sang 'I became a cunning linguist, a master of many tongues' he wasn't referring to his mastery of Mandarin, Swahili and Iroquois. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I haven't read the whole thread (I know...shame on me) but has anybody mentioned "My Dingaling" by Chuck Berry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 30 minutes ago, TheGreek said: I haven't read the whole thread (I know...shame on me) but has anybody mentioned "My Dingaling" by Chuck Berry? I think everybody knew exactly what Chuck was singing about😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Most songs by AC/DC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Showing my age here, and I'm happy to be corrected by more learned Punk fans, wasn't there a song by a band called "Blitz" (I believe) called "Dying for a pint" (suggests somebody was thirsty) which was actually about somebody being killed over a drink... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 3 hours ago, PaulWarning said: I think everybody knew exactly what Chuck was singing about😄 Yes. Silver bells hanging on a string. I had the record. 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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