"πΆI'm proud to be an AmericanπΆ" from the self-titled song.
Don't get me wrong - I really want that song to be relatable again, but right now and for many years it hasn't been.
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We had to sing that song in 4th grade, when the US invaded Iraq. Every. Damn. Morning.
"I pledge alleigance. To the flag..."
Yeah, we did those shenanigans too. The pledge wasnβt as obnoxious as making a bunch of redneck fourth graders sing Lee Greenwood at the top of their lungs.
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Oof. If it's any consolation, I'm cringing with you across time and space.
I was in high school and then college during that era, so I guess I was lucky to avoid the forced patriotism.
"Where at least I know I am free I stand up, next to you.."
That song is so goofy that me and my friends (we are third worlders) put it up ironically while playing minecraft and sing along with an american accent and the lyrics are ingrained to my brain for that reason, lmao.
Every time I'm listening to "getting better" by the Beatles and hear "I used to be cruel to my woman, I'd beat her" and then they sing about getting better I instantly turn off.
Even when I was a kid I was like wait so he still beats his wife but like not as often?
What the f*** and who beats their wife anyway and how is that in this song and it just bothers me to no end every time I have heard that song for the past my entire lifetime.
"All that 'I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved' was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women."
Yup, he was known for it.
Obviously that's not OK.
But in all seriousness, isn't that the growth we want from people? He didn't just recognize that it was fucked up and changed. He also publicly acknowledged that he used to be that person and that that person was fucked up.
I agree that it's good he was (presumably) not hitting people any more and I agree its good he had enough self perception to see that it was an abnormal thing to hit people as a means of expression.
However I guess I'd feel more comfortable about that admittance if I knew how the people he abused feel about it and him. Did he ever seek out those women and sincerely apologise? Maybe he did, I don't know. And if he did, did they accept that apology? Because it's all very well adopting a peace and love attitude when it makes you a lot of money and using your past as a means of contrast to highlight how much you now value peace and love when you don't have to actually face the people you abused.
... Wut?
The less you know, the better... Can never listen to him again without that popping up in my brain.
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Quite a lot of Beatles songs are a bit creepy. Take Norwegian Wood for example - he goes back to this woman's flat, she doesn't want to sleep with him, he sleeps in her bath instead of just leaving, and in the morning, after she's gone to work, he sets fire to her house.
! The melody of that is so calming. I've never listened to the lyrics.
Thank you! I love that song so now I get to listen to it in a new light.
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Iβm on a boat
Iβm actually not on a boat :(
That one was played at least once per shift when I worked on a boat.
Literally all of Ke$ha's Tik Tok. I have never woken up feeling like p diddy, nor have i brushed my teeth with a bottle of jack daniels, and I sure as shit don't exclusively date guys that look like Mick Jagger
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Taxman by The Beatles. Iβm not criticizing their music as a whole, but a song written by millionaires unironically whining about having to pay taxes is totally unrelatable to most of their fans.
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
Cos I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
Oh shut up.
Man, 5%? That's it?
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If you like piΓ±a colitas, getting caught in the rain.
I like neither of these things.
"...and the laaaaand of the freeeeeeee..."
"Regrets, I've had a few. But then again, too few to mention."
- Frank Sinatra in "My Way" basically singing about how awesome he is
Technically, it's Frank Sinatra singing about how awesome Paul Anka thinks he is.
I'm not saying that's better.
I like the version where Sid Vicous sings about how awesome Paul Anka thinks Frank Sinatra is... Or Nina Hagen.
"In the desert you can remember your name, 'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain"
Desert has many people for to give you pain.
"Sex by the fire at night"
-That's what i like, Bruno Mars
Other than being single, uhh i'm in a tropical country and there's no fireplace. But yes mostly being single.
"I dont know why I love you, I just do." -Jaymay
That's fucking terrifying, but my wife thinks it's romantic.
I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di
Bastard son of Odin
Born to kick your ass
My father was both married and not a Norse god upon my birth. I'm pretty sure I wasn't even divinely fated to kick ass. I just don't know what to do with this song.
Every little thing is gonna be alright.
I grew up listening to a lot of old-school country music. Listening to it as an adult with an understanding of mental illness is horrifying and hilarious.
"I couldn't care less."
Leslie. You made a fucking song about it Leslie.
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Anything regarding blossoming love and romance. Most of the time, it's so far off from my experience that the lyrics just make me envious and overall depressed with myself. This is 60% of popular music.
I've got all the right parts in all the right places.
Pretty much everything from Duran-duran.
Don't get me wrong, I love 'em, but have you actually listened to the lyrics on their songs?
"Smell like I sound"? What the fuck Simon?
"God made me a cannibal to fix problems like you" - Angelspit
Been feeling more and more hungry for the 1% lately, in Minecraft
I just keep coming back to the whole playlist of songs I made the other day that are from the perspective of psychos, murderers, or rapists. Totally unrelatable; but are also cool songs. Like Polly by Nirvana, Possum Kingdom by The Toadies, and Still Alive by Johnathan Coltan.
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Hungry Like the Wolf.
...i just ate
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