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Reply to surfered (Reply #10)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 12:19 PM

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Have you ever misunderstood the meaning of a song? [View all] BlueKota Jun 25 OP

Go listen to Vehicle. Pretty creepy when you actually pay attention to the lyrics. CincyDem Jun 25 #1

Will do. BlueKota Jun 25 #2

The 'Ide' of March was Oeditpus Rex Jun 25 #6

Don't know about that. Could be. But he sure made a bundle on "Eye of the Tiger". CincyDem Jun 25 #7

Agreed ProfessorGAC Jun 25 #20

Tangentially: Mis-hearing lyrics can create some amusing results. Sogo Jun 25 #3

How about "Tenth Devil in the Freezer"? Great Springsteen tune. Lolol. CincyDem Jun 25 #5

🤣 BlueKota Jun 25 #16

😅 electric_blue68 Jun 25 #24

That's funny. BlueKota Jun 25 #15

Two stories: surfered Jun 25 #4

Mike Nesmith did "One Ton Tomato" on his TV show Elephant parts underpants Jun 25 #9

Did not know that. Once , when landing at Ixtapa airport, surfered Jun 25 #10

😆 underpants Jun 25 #12

Oh you dredged up a memory Marthe48 Jun 26 #32

I remember that. BlueKota Jun 25 #14

Loved CCR BlueKota Jun 25 #17

and then there's "Purple Haze" justaprogressive Jun 25 #8

🤣 BlueKota Jun 25 #18

I'm lyrically deaf. underpants Jun 25 #11

🤣 BlueKota Jun 25 #19

"Nessun Dorma." Paladin Jun 25 #13

It means "Let no one sleep." Puccini just took the opera to a new height. CTyankee Jun 25 #21

Yeah, I know. Paladin Jun 25 #22

I think sometimes that the song transcends the lyrics. It has to, because otherwise you have to explain the back story CTyankee Jun 26 #25

here's the story in case anyone wants to know what the hell we are talking about... CTyankee Jun 26 #26

"O Mio Babbino Caro" isn't exactly a cute love song. It's from the opera "Gianni Schicchi," Ocelot II Jun 26 #30

I've not seen the opera however I have read the interpretation that she's a teenager with a mad crush on a handsome CTyankee Jun 26 #34

Teenagers, all that emo stuff. Ocelot II Jun 26 #35

I thought "Tattooed Love Boys" was victim blaming. Iggo Jun 25 #23

Not really misunderstood, just never thought about it... happybird Jun 26 #27

I once heard someone in a Mexican restaurant ask the band if they would play "One Ton Tomato". Think about.... FadedMullet Jun 26 #28

EWF - Reasons Lokee11 Jun 26 #29

I almost never listen to the words. applegrove Jun 26 #31

I misunderstood Blue October's Hate Me Marthe48 Jun 26 #33