We always hear about song lyrics that we deeply connect to on a personal level, but what about ones that are the opposite of your experiences and/or vibe? I’ll start first:

“I got money in the bank.”

  • T-Pain on Buy U a Drank
  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
    572·
    10 months ago

    “🎶I’m proud to be an American🎶” 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.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
    421·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      26·
      10 months ago

      “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.”

      John Lennon

      • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
        11·
        10 months ago

        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.

        • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          4·
          10 months ago

          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.

      • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
        4·
        10 months ago

        … Wut?

        The less you know, the better… Can never listen to him again without that popping up in my brain.

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
      12·
      10 months ago

      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.

      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        10 months ago

        ! 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.

        • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          No worries, I’m glad I didn’t spoil it for you :-)

          I must admit I hadn’t realised the arson part until quite recently, I had always thought that it just meant he lit a fire in the fireplace to keep warm, but apparently not!

  • muse@kbin.social
    312·
    10 months ago

    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

  • magnetosphere@kbin.social
    314·
    10 months ago

    Taxman by The Beatles. I’m 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.

  • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    10 months ago

    “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
      • Haus@kbin.social
        10·
        10 months ago

        I like the version where Sid Vicous sings about how awesome Paul Anka thinks Frank Sinatra is… Or Nina Hagen.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
    14·
    10 months ago

    “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.

  • nikosey@lemmy.world
    10·
    10 months ago

    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

  • Skua@kbin.social
    10·
    10 months ago

    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.