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Mrs Toast - Member

I giggled at the All Saints covering 'Under the Bridge', thinking it was a 'really nice love song'. Er, no. It's about scoring drugs. Under a bridge.

And Tazzy, love Ken Lee!

"Ken Leeeee, aribbydiibbbydouchooooo! KEEENNNNN LLEEEEEEEE! KEN LEE HEENNNY HAWWWW!"

Mr Toast is the master of misheard lyrics - his spirited rendition of 'Grapefruit' by Queen (aka Breakthrough) has to be heard!

More misheard lyrics...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNLDLyeepVs

When I saw them supporting Iron Maiden the other year, I couldn't stop laughing when they played that song. BOAT! RUDDER! STRANGE! MOUNTAIN!

Posted 7 months ago #
bjj.andy.w - Member

Was going to mention under the bridge but mrs toast beat me to it.

Posted 7 months ago #
toppers3933 - Member

if were talking inappropriate songs then at a friend of ours wedding their first dance was genuinly to 'if you cant be with the one you love, love the one you're with'. i spat champagne everywhere it was so funny.

Posted 7 months ago #
jonba - Member

Spent ages reading the lyrics of songs looking for wedding music. I think we're going to have to go for instrumentals.

Not related but two that annoy me are Greenday - time of your life and The Killers - Mr Brightside which people always seem to think are happy songs when they are both fairly depressing.

We had a debate whether we could do our first dance to the Eels song - My beloved monster and me. We both like the song but I think we've decided against it. I was all for trying to find something we could laugh about and see if anyone would notice but this was a bit blatant.

Posted 7 months ago #
emsz - Member

I giggled at the All Saints covering 'Under the Bridge', thinking it was a 'really nice love song'. Er, no. It's about scoring drugs. Under a bridge

to be fair to them*, they recorded it cos they liked the overall feel of the song.

Anyway the man himself has said the song is about loneliness and being emotionally drained and how his bandmates rescued him from that, it's not just about drugs.

"I don't ever want to feel like that" it's about NOT wanting to be on drugs, not scoring them.

Oddly misunderstood lyrics...good title

*massive All Saints fan

Posted 7 months ago #
GrahamS - Member

"I don't ever want to feel like that" it's about NOT wanting to be on drugs, not scoring them.

Okay, but the bit that goes:

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough

Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

Is about.....?

Posted 7 months ago #
GrahamS - Member

No quite deliberate, but at the wedding of friends of ours, the bride came down the aisle to something very suitable, but unfortunately no one stopped the CD after the song finished.

So as she daintily approached the altar it played the next track: "Whhhhhhhhyyyy?" by Annie Lennox

Posted 7 months ago #
emsz - Member

GrahamS, yep, that bit is about getting drugs, but the song is about how he doesn't want that in his life any more, and how his music and bandmates rescued him from it.

Posted 7 months ago #
GrahamS - Member

Sorry I was just teasing emsz. I agree.

Posted 7 months ago #
D0NK - Member

Misunderstood? My sisters 1st dance was to "songs of love" I'm pretty sure nobody was thinking "ooh divine comedy, nice"

Posted 7 months ago #
Mrs Toast - Member

GrahamS, yep, that bit is about getting drugs, but the song is about how he doesn't want that in his life any more, and how his music and bandmates rescued him from it.

Actually Kiedis said that the song was written about how he felt distant from his bandmates, because he was trying to get completely clean of drugs due to the death of the RHCP's original guitarist, but they were still doing weed so he felt that he was no longer as close to them.

The song deals with his misery and isolation, and how he feels more kinship with the city of LA than with other human beings (hence the It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there/It's hard to believe that I'm all alone/Atleast I have her love, the city, she loves me/Lonely as I am, together we cry), whilst also touching on his past as an addict and the depths he stooped to (such as going into gang territory to try and get a fix).

Incidentally he fell off the wagon was back on smack four years after that song was written. Doh!

Posted 7 months ago #
brassneck - Member

Broader than just songs but it amazes me that people think The Smiths are depressing. They do have their glum moments but at other times they're hilarious.

+1

'Songs that saved your life' is well worth a read, as it explains a lot about how some songs got attached certain interpretations (before the internetz NME opinion was king) and how it can snowball.

Posted 7 months ago #