I feel like we had this one before, and I didn’t have a very good answer then either. I want to say all of them? I didn’t always get the words right (this was before we had the internet where we could google song lyrics), and even when I did get the words, I often didn’t understand what they meant. No song in particular stands out for me, though there is one line from Beck’s “Loser”: “My time is a piece of wax, falling on a termite/it’s choking on the splinters.” That’s the only line that comes to my mind as having always proved a “what??!?!??!” response from me and my friends while listening. Other than that, music has always been a constant source of vague confusion but enjoyment nonetheless.
What about you guys? Anyone have a better response than I do this week?
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Yep, the days before looking up lyrics led to a lot of interesting debates in which we were probably all a little wrong. On the one hand, it’s nice to be able to so easily track down info; on the other, there was a joy to those debates and to life having a little more of a mystery to it.
Haha, yep, you’re completely right!
Yes, there was a very similar prompt here last fall, and another one at another site I follow last winter as well. Meanwhile I thought of two that used to confuse my whole family, and one that made relatively good sense to me but has confused many other people.
Well that explains it! Good show, I’m impressed!
Okay, yes, I have a few questions for Beck. I didn’t come up with songs that *confused* me, as such, but I came up with some that are… I just don’t hear those kinds of songs anymore.
I have so many questions. Though honestly I feel like the answers would probably be less interesting than anticipated, so maybe the mystery is good?
I have to say, I agree with you. Growing up, I almost never understood songs. However, it never stopped me singing ’em at the top of my lungs, much to rhe consternation of my parents.
Haha! Yep, I’m with you there – though my mum usually led the chorus (she once broke a toe on the fireplace while dancing and singing along to The Rolling Stones, it’s one of my few childhood memories)!