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Wait, What Was That? Songs
Every now and then a song comes along with a normal word or phrase that is kind of unexpected , or that might even be confusing. Not talking about all of the famous "misheard" lyrics, but clear lyrics that make us go "Huh?". Two examples: "Darlin' Be Home Soon" is the only song I know to use the word "dawdle.". And when the Police sing that they will be watching every breath I take I think that this stalker must be very sleep deprived. Are there any words or lyrics that throw or threw you for a loop?
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My Back Pages sounds like he took a few words from different sentences in different books and strung them all together. But somehow it sounds like something very deep. The music is so nice. Honorable mention, his use of the word "foundational." Edit:This was supposed to be a reply to the Dylan post but I see that it is floating around here by itself.
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What a great topic! The Beatles were really good at this, so here's another one.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
And if you're curious, here' the story behind the song -
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beatles/lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds
The Beatles, and others, did often use symbolism or metaphors in their songs, but sometimes the audience would read into them things that they didn't even think about.
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Another example, which Lennon said actually was "gobbledygook," is this one - - -
Come Together - The Beatles
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beatles/come-together
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One of my favorites from McCartney's Ram album: Monkberry Moon Delight
And the wind played a dreadful cantata. (cantata, cantata)
Sore was I from a crack of an enemy's hose
And the horrible sound of tomato. (tomato, tomato)
Super fury
Don't get left behind. (get left behind)
Catch up (catch up!)
Super fury (super fury)
Don't get left behind. (get left behind, get left behind, get left behind)
The sinews, the nerves and the veins.
My piano was boldly outspoken
In attempts to repeat this refrain.
And I gazed at that terrible sight,
Of two youngsters concealed in a barrel,
Smoking monkberry moon delight, (om pah om pah pah) ho!
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Jeepster by TRex is a guy singing the praises of the one he loves. There is some quirky symbolism in there. The line " She's got the universe reclining in her hair" is, to me anyway, one of the most beautiful dreamy ways to express admiration and it has stuck with me all these years. You can't picture it but you can feel it. But that line before it " She slides so good with bones so fair.". What is that even about?
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The Slider-T.Rex
Great song have no idea what it means.
I could never understand
The wind at all
Was like a ball of love
I could never never see
The cosmic sea
Was like a bumblebee
And when I'm sad
I slide
I have never never kissed
A car before It's like a door
I have always always
Grown my own before
All schools are strange
And when I'm sad
I slide
I have never never
Nailed a nose before
That's how the garden grows
I could never understand
The wind at all
Was like a ball of love
And when I'm sad
I slide
Watch now I'm gonna slide
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@BeatleloverKT wrote:I am the walrus by the Fab 4️⃣ The entire song fits this thread
How about this one...
Talk to me about this one...
Do do do do do do, oh yeah
She's well-acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
Like a lizard on a window pane
The man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors
On his hobnail boots
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy
Working overtime
A soap impression of his wife which he ate
And donated to the National Trust
Down to the pits that I left uptown
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Mother Superior jumped the gun
Happiness is a warm gun, momma (bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
And I feel my finger on your trigger (ooh, oh, yeah)
I know nobody can do me no harm (ooh, oh, yeah)
Because
Happiness is a warm, yes it is, gun (happiness, bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
Well, don't you know that happiness is a warm gun momma?
(Happiness is a warm gun, yeah)
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