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Sometimes, the more you know about a song the less you enjoy it. You start out thinking the singer of some ballad totally identifies with your situation, then later find out most musicians are creepy sex maniacs, and boring at the same time. With that in mind, here's six popular songs that aren't nearly as awesome once you find out what they actually mean. #6.
Bryan Adams "Summer of '69"
This annoying as all get out little ditty from Bryan Adams' Reckless album has been a staple of wedding dances for over two decades now. And it's no wonder, people love to reminisce on days gone by when life was simpler and anything seemed possible. But what exactly is Bryan Adams reminiscing about? It seems straightforward enough. He bought a guitar, played it until his fingers bled, started a band, the band broke up because Bryan Adams blows, he met a chick, she didn't realize he was going to grow up to be Bryan Adams so she made out with him. Those were the best days of his life, and ours, because we hadn't heard that song from the Robin Hood soundtrack yet. What It's Actually About: Some people speculate that Adams may be singing about, um, something else. Here's a hint, complete this sentence ... "Wine me, dine me, __ me." Still not getting it? Fine, some people think he may be singing about oral sex. Just what we like to think about when it comes to Bryan Adams.
And as you'll notice in a few of the songs on this list, the dirty, double meaning that sounds like it was thought up by a horny 12-year-old often turns out to be true. In an online interview, Adams said: "One thing people never got was that the song isn't about the year 1969. It's about making love, a la '69!" A la '69? What a dork. Then there's the interview with the Binghampton Press & Sun Bulletin where Adams confirmed "the title comes from the idea of '69 as a metaphor for sex," confirming he has both a child's sense of humor and understanding of metaphors. Anyway, coming from the source itself, that seems pretty convincing. Jim Vallance, the song's co-writer has said, "Bryan Adams is a great writer, a great singer, and a great friend. He's entitled to his recollections as to what inspired the song 'Summer Of '69.' My recollections just happen to be different than his." So who's telling the truth? As a default, we always choose not to believe the guy who claims Bryan Adams is a great writer. We're pretty sure Adams himself wouldn't even say that. There's also the fact that Adams didn't turn 10 until November of 1969, and we refuse to believe Bryan Adams was a cooler 9-year-old than us. Unfortunately, pretty much every single sign points to "Summer of '69" being another ill-fated attempt by Bryan Adams to be edgy, like that time he dressed like Kurt Cobain for a year or so back in the '90s.
#5.
The Rolling Stones "Angie"
With the possible exception of "Wild Horses," no Rolling Stones ballad is more beloved than "Angie." The mournful lyrics speak clearly of the sadness of love lost, which is strange coming from a guy who tends to sing songs like "Under My Thumb," where the lyrics suggest a relationship dynamic somewhere between groupie and sex slave. But a popular rumor suggests that Mick may be singing about something far more disturbing than romantic heartbreak. What It's Actually About:
Yes, the song you've probably dedicated to your ex-girlfriend is about the heartbreak someone else felt upon finding out you boned David Bowie. While Jagger and Bowie understandably deny the incident ever happened, Bowie's wife has for the most part stood by her story. Adding fuel to the fire, after she divorced Bowie she wrote a book and made a famous appearance on the Joan Rivers Show in which she reiterated her belief that Jagger and Bowie had indeed been having sex shortly before she walked in.
Now, Keith Richards does say he came up with the chord sequence and title a full year before the incident that allegedly inspired the song. It's not known where Richards snorting his father's ashes fits in that timeline, but it is widely speculated that Keith Richards' perception of the time-space continuum is utterly fucked, even if he's not just fudging it to protect Jagger's reputation. For the rest of us, there's the simple fact that around the time he got caught by a woman named Angela in bed with David Bowie, Mick Jagger wrote a song about the haunting, sad eyes of a girl named Angie. And then there's this picture, taken around that time.
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Bryan Adams is a wonderful man. A true gentleman...
Here's another. The Madness song House of Fun isn't about a joke shop. It's actually about a kid buying condoms hilariously.
I wish the T-virus upon Bryan Adams.
what about dave matthews "crash" there are still a million girls who go crazy for this "love" song, that is really a story of watching a girl undress from outside her bedroom window.
my home newspaper got a mention i loves it! to bad it had to do with Bryan Adams, although honestly even getting an interview with his lame ass is something i never would have believed them capable of.
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Well it's about time I recorded this: Acc to Richard Cole, former road manager for none other > LeD ZeppeliN, there was one song, 'Living Loving Maid [She's Just A Woman]', that 'was nobody's favorite; it was never played live.' Nevertheless, this yours truly considers Led Zeppelin II my favorite LeD ZeppeliN CD.
They forgot All My Life by the Foo Fighters... 6 minutes of cunnalingus metaphors.
i just want to chime in on behalf of us hillbillies, mellencamp sucks the s**t out of a dead dog's ass.
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No, you have it wrong. Look it up on Snopes. His brother never drowned. The lyrics are about his first marriage ending.
no, you have the phil collins song wrong.
his brother was drowning, and he saw a man just stand there and watch not even willing to help.
so he invited him to his concert and sang the song to him.
i feel horrible for him.
his own brother..
that guy was a real jerk and he got what he deserved.
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Man, it's happening all over the place. Bob Marley songs, as revolutionary and anti-corporate as you can get, get sampled all the time for commercials. Or Devo for that horrible Swiffer. Hell, even Bad Religion gets sampled!
Tommy Hilfiger used "Fortunate Son" by CCR as a patriotic, flag-waving song on one of its commercials. It always drove me nuts because they only played the "Some folks were born made to wave the flag" part but totally forget about how that is followed up by "It Ain't Me"
As for terrible commercials played ad nauseam during sports nothing compares to the unholiest of atrocities, the Toby Keith Ford Truck commercials played during NHL games and pretty much every other program on TV as well. Everytime I hear s**t-tastic twanging "I'm a Ford Truck Man, that's all I driiieeevvvee" I piss myself like a puppy that has been beaten with a rolled up newspaper one too many times.
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about a year ago i heard an interview with melloncamp on the radio, and he said he let chevy use the song so it would be heard by the largest possible audience, as no one is buying cds anymore. in fact, he asked the chevy people something like how often it'd be played, and they glanced at each other, laughed, and said something like it would get more airplay then the rest of his catalog had ever. which is patently true.
and he did say the song was taken outta context. you moron.
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I saw Mellencamp at Farm Aid this year. He was OK, but I spent the whole time thinking, "Please don't play that god damn Chevy song. Please please PLEASE don't play that Chevy song!" He didn't, but just the fear of it kinda ruined his set for me.