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What were those songs really about about....and do I really want to know?

CTListener said:
firepoint525 said:
The Police's "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (and for that matter, its lame '86 remake) were about an illicit teacher-student "relationship." The girl in the song was underage, if I recall.
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As was the girl in Benny Mardones' "Into the Night." But Benny didn't exactly couch his intentions in fuzzy language.
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With one slight difference. The teacher in "Don't Stand..." was "the subject of schoolgirl fantasies" as the lyric stated, while the guy in "Into the Night" was apparently seeking a relationship with this girl. (Doesn't say how old HE was at the time!)

I should point out that before it became politically incorrect, there were any number of songs celebrating the birthdays of 16-year-old girls, and songs about 16 and 17-year-old girls AND guys!
 
firepoint525 said:
CTListener said:
firepoint525 said:
The Police's "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (and for that matter, its lame '86 remake) were about an illicit teacher-student "relationship." The girl in the song was underage, if I recall.
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As was the girl in Benny Mardones' "Into the Night." But Benny didn't exactly couch his intentions in fuzzy language.
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With one slight difference. The teacher in "Don't Stand..." was "the subject of schoolgirl fantasies" as the lyric stated, while the guy in "Into the Night" was apparently seeking a relationship with this girl. (Doesn't say how old HE was at the time!)

I should point out that before it became politically incorrect, there were any number of songs celebrating the birthdays of 16-year-old girls, and songs about 16 and 17-year-old girls AND guys!
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Most of those songs were absolutely chaste compared to "Into the Night." The Beatles only wanted to dance with the 17-year-old in "I Saw Her Standing There," and Neil Sedaka's "Happy Birthday, Sweet 16" might as well have been sung by the girl's father.
 
I dated a girl who had a lesbian sister that played Georgy Girl all of the time because she said it was about lesbianism. Maybe it was just her interpretation. When I did mobile DJ work I was asked by couples to play Me and Mrs Jones. I told them it was a song about cheating and they did not care, they wanted to dance to it.

Some other songs were really about...

Blues Image Ride Captain Ride about the USS Pueblo that was captured by North Korea
Peter Frampton Show Me the Way about Jesus or God
Carly Simon Anticipation about ketchup
 
Pretty sure Carly didn't do "Anticipation" with Heinz ketchup in mind...any more than other songs were recorded hoping Madison Venue would use them for commercials...I suppose anyone can see anything they want to if they look and listen hard enough...
 
Wasn't "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett about a illicit relationship between an older man and underaged girl? If I remember correctly, when performed on the Ed Sullivan show, the lyric "because I'm afraid we'll go too far" was changed to "how can this love of ours go on" . . or something along those lines.
 
The Police's "Every Breath You Take" was misconstrued by fans as being a "love song," while Sting said all along that it was a song about surveillance, bordering on stalking. In response to that reaction, Sting wrote the song that fans thought that they were getting with "Every Breath..." and it turned out to be his first solo hit: "If You Love Someone, Set Them Free."
 
CTListener said:
Most of those songs were absolutely chaste compared to "Into the Night." The Beatles only wanted to dance with the 17-year-old in "I Saw Her Standing There," and Neil Sedaka's "Happy Birthday, Sweet 16" might as well have been sung by the girl's father.
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When "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" first came out, there was concern by one of the record label head that the song would be considered too risque, until one of the co-writers assured him that it was an innocent song about his own daughter, then two years old, frolicking on the beach. Nowadays, that would be considered "kiddie porn."
 
firepoint525 said:
The Police's "Every Breath You Take" was misconstrued by fans as being a "love song," while Sting said all along that it was a song about surveillance, bordering on stalking. In response to that reaction, Sting wrote the song that fans thought that they were getting with "Every Breath..." and it turned out to be his first solo hit: "If You Love Someone, Set Them Free."
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...which belongs in a separate thread about grammatical atrocities in song titles/lyrics.
 
CTListener said:
firepoint525 said:
The Police's "Every Breath You Take" was misconstrued by fans as being a "love song," while Sting said all along that it was a song about surveillance, bordering on stalking. In response to that reaction, Sting wrote the song that fans thought that they were getting with "Every Breath..." and it turned out to be his first solo hit: "If You Love Someone, Set Them Free."
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...which belongs in a separate thread about grammatical atrocities in song titles/lyrics.
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Maybe Sting was "trying to love two women" like the Oak Ridge Boys, or "torn between two lovers" like Mary MacGregor. ;D
 
deltas69 said:
Carley has never said who it was..Warren was a guess by some.. Mick Jagger by others..
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Mick sang backup on part of the song. If you listen closely, you can hear him on the "don't you....don't you" part.
 
wow...some of these responses are frightening!

"Strangers...Night" is clearly about a first meeting, ****, hetero, sheep, cattle or otherwise.

"Anticipation" is plainly about looking forward to meeting her bo. It's rights were purchased by Heinz for advertising.

"You're So Vain" is about David Geffin.

"Drive My Car" even in 1966 I knew it meant 'f++k me'. (beep beep, beep beep, yeah!)

but "Shannon" truly was about Carl Wilson's (Beach Boys) dead Irish Setter! and it was a million seller.
 
I think "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship was played on some easy listening formats, but featured the lyrics, "but I had a taste of the real word when I went down on you baby..."
Much more tame, is the explanation by Darryl Hall that "Rich Girl" was written about a rich boy, they knew...
 
I am surprised no one has brought up..the biggest mystery song of all-time..the most debated lyrics-and to this day the author won't divulge.....it's 10:30am. my time 6/24/2012...see who can figure this one out first, of course it's not that tuff...... I'll be back at 1:30pm

what song is it ????
 
melan8tr said:
I am surprised no one has brought up..the biggest mystery song of all-time..the most debated lyrics-and to this day the author won't divulge.....it's 10:30am. my time 6/24/2012...see who can figure this one out first, of course it's not that tuff...... I'll be back at 1:30pm

what song is it ????
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The author of you're so vain divulged it was about david Geffen, this is probably the second most mysterious song...also, maybe a little "Lucy In The Sky"

The song I am referring to is..........American Pie..there are websites devoted to deciphering this song and Don McClean still won't tell.
 
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