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Post by TempestFennac on Aug 19, 2018 16:01:44 GMT
What like, Can? It's not quite an interpretation but I know a lot of people like to have I'll be Watching You by The Police and someone a friend used to know decided Wherever You Will Go by The Calling as a good choice for their first dance.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Aug 19, 2018 16:33:18 GMT
The Police used to have a lot of songs that were creepy when you listened to the lyrics.
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Post by Canuovea on Aug 19, 2018 17:10:57 GMT
"I'll be watching you" is kindly known as the stalker song to me.
I've heard that the titular character from "Maid on the Shore" is supposed to be a siren who entraps men with her song. Plausible, but she only sings after being brought on board with "much persuasion". She then (deservedly in my opinion) jacks their shit and paddles away using douchebag McGee's broadsword as an oar. So while the manipulative thieving Harridan interpretation is quite plausible, though I see it as a woman outsmarting a possessive dangerous fuckwad, saying that she is a siren doesn't quite work.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Aug 19, 2018 17:40:54 GMT
The first couple times I heard Every Breath You Take I thought:
"Well, this is a nice little melody."
Then I listened to it.
"Oh, no, it's not. Sting is a creep. I guess I'll just listen to Don't Stand So Close To Me."
"..."
"DAMNIT!!!"
Yeah, I think the Maid on the Shore was just minding her own business dealing with her own shit when the captain came along.
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Post by Canuovea on Aug 19, 2018 17:51:37 GMT
I've noticed that there are a lot of older songs that make me a bit uncomfortable.
As opposed to newer songs which can do that while also sounding fucking terrible.
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Post by Horsie on Aug 19, 2018 18:19:04 GMT
I can't get the page to load.
Yeah, if I'm working somewhere quiet, on my own, I'll bring a radio with me and put on the classic rock station, most of the time I don't pay attention to it, but the other week one of the foreign workers came by and stopped to chat;
"What the fuck. What the fuck are you listening to?"
"That is... Hot Child in the City, by someone who's either a paedophile or absolutely nailed the paedophile vibe."
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Post by Canuovea on Aug 19, 2018 20:27:57 GMT
I do find it rather odd that "girl" and "baby" are often used for someone's sexual partner... or someone they wish they were fucking.
I mean, the term "girlfriend" or "boyfriend" (Boi!) is also woefully insufficient to describe someone you're in a long term relationship with when you're, you know, out of High School. And yes there are other words like "partner" or "significant other" or "fuckboi!" or whatever, but the most popular one seems to be "girl/boyfriend". Kinda odd. I have theories for why, of course, but its interesting.
Now I need a list of creepy older music. Can't think of anything more than Every Breath You Take right now because... its so obvious.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Aug 19, 2018 21:06:40 GMT
"Seventeen" by Winger
"To Young to Fall in Love" Motley Crew
and of course:
"Thank Heaven for Little Girls" by Maurice Chevalier
Just a few off the top of my head.
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Post by Canuovea on Aug 19, 2018 21:27:29 GMT
Oh god, "Thank Heavens for Little Girls" right...
What was that Dr. Hook one? Oh Carol? She said: "I'm not quite sixteen if you know what I mean..."
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Post by Horsie on Aug 19, 2018 21:48:41 GMT
To be fair to Sting, he admits it's fucking creepy, and he's kind of pissed that a lot of people don't get how fucking creepy it is.
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Post by Canuovea on Aug 20, 2018 1:44:26 GMT
Why so possessive Mr. Jones? Then again, possessiveness seems to be seen as Romantic by these people.
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Post by TempestFennac on Aug 20, 2018 4:34:47 GMT
I'm not familiar with most of these songs. I know Sting himself described I'll Be Watching You as an anti-love song but the others seem disturbing.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Aug 21, 2018 1:51:34 GMT
There's so much wonderfully offensive stuff out there.
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Post by Harkovast on Sept 8, 2018 0:52:08 GMT
Okay I'm gonna go to bat for Tom Jones.
The song is meant to be like a tragic tale of him murdering the woman who spurned him.
I don't anyone heard that and thought that was a role model.
He's regretful that he murdered her in the heat of the moment, because he's driven mad by his feelings for her.
Its pretty dark but its not pro murder or presenting it as a good thing.
He's confessing his sins and telling his dark and terrible tail.
At the end he begs for her forgiveness while awaiting the police to come and get him.
Though that sting one about the teacher banging an underage student is a bit fucked up.
What's your deal Sting? You fucking wierdo.
I think it might be reading too much into it say people saying "boy" or "girl" has some creepy meaning. Its just how people talk. I mean the song "the boys are back in town" isn't secretly talking about an invasion of toddlers! Sometimes there isn't a secret meaning.
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Post by Harkovast on Sept 8, 2018 0:58:28 GMT
The hit me and it felt like a kiss is so weird it had me thinking "is this meant to be parody? Is this a joke?" That's demented. The weird slightly droning way they are singing makes it even more horrifying, like they are in a brain washed cult or something.
The my girls pussy song is awesome. That's just smutty its not bad.
And Elvis confirms some negative stereotype about the southern US states. I know hes the King of Rock and Roll but hereditary inbreeding is one element of royalty I was hoping he would stay away from!
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