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Post by pauledwardwagemann on Jun 24, 2006 12:10:42 GMT -5
~Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom" is actually about Billy Jean King...
~John Lennons's "Come Together" is actually about Joe Namath
~Don Mcleans "American Pie" is actually about Betty Crocker.
~Carly Simon's "You're so vain" is actually about Warren Beatty.
Discuss...
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Post by Galactus on Jun 24, 2006 12:14:48 GMT -5
I've always been amazed at how many people don't realize Relax is about masturbation, Every Breath You Take is about stalking and every Little Richard song is about fucking.
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Post by pauledwardwagemann on Jun 24, 2006 12:17:22 GMT -5
There is a plethera of evidence for each of these allegations. I'll start with "You're so Vain":
Carly sings that the person who is so vain always looked good in Apricot. Warren Beatty, in an early role as the wolf in a roman polankski film famously slobbers droll down the front of his Apricot scarf as he watches little red riding hood rubbing herself...
Here's the scoop on "come together":
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please
Namath was an 'old flattop' because in college he had wore a flattop, but as a pro grew out long wild flowing hair that was simplyscandalous by pro sports standards...
Also Namath's career was plagued with serious knee problems in college whihc he had to overcome to be named the #1 draft pick and to lead the Jests(I mean Jets) to their famous Superbowl victory.
He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me
Namath was famous for his whitewash shoes...
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair yeah you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me
He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me
The early warning refers to Namath famously guaranteeing his NY Jets upset victory in SuperBowl 3 (one and one and one is 3) over Don Shula's NFL Baltimore Colts (who were lead by the king of all flat top haircuts Johhny Unitas--a haircut that Abe "Grandpa" Simpson from The Simpsons described as a haircut you can set your watch by...this was the episode in which Homer's mother, a typical conservateve housewife up until that point, sees Namath's long flowing hair and suddenly decides that one thing she can tell you is you got to be free--at which point she leaves Abe, joins a weatherman underground-like hippie commune and embarks in a life on the run)...
Unitas's Colts team were touted as "the greatest football team in history" and it was sadi thta the inferior AFl tema the Jets had no chance. In fact Former NFL star and coach Norm Van Brocklin ridiculed the AFL before the game, saying "This will be Namath's first professional football game."
The "Come together right now over me" refrain comes from a combination of the fact that Namath's teammates came together as a team over Namath's charisma and guts. The right now part has to do with namath's coach writing 'carpe diem' on the chalk board before the big game (this was well before the phrase became the sports cliche that it is today) since the coach was a big beliver in siezing the moment, living in the Now, being in the moment and making it count. That was the philosophy.
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Post by Kensterberg on Jun 24, 2006 12:27:33 GMT -5
I thought Relax was about men fucking ... each other. Or maybe that was just the video.
I always thought You're So Vain was about Riley ... who else could that really fit?
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Post by luke on Jun 24, 2006 13:08:41 GMT -5
The Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work" is about Ashcroft's dad dying of cancer.
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Post by Galactus on Jun 24, 2006 15:16:50 GMT -5
Relax
Oh oh
Wee-ell-Now!
Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to suck to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Come-oh oh oh
But shoot it in the right direction
Make making it your intention-ooh yeah
Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams
I'm coming
I'm coming-yeah
Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to suck to it
Relax don't do it (love)
When you want to come
When you want to come
When you want to come
Come-huh
Get it up
The scene of love
Oh feel it
Relax
Higher higher
Hey-
Pray
I'd always heard masturbation but it actually sounds like it's about sucking dick.
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Post by JACkory on Jun 24, 2006 15:24:01 GMT -5
Relax
Oh oh
Wee-ell-Now!
Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to suck to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Come-oh oh oh
But shoot it in the right direction
Make making it your intention-ooh yeah
Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams
I'm coming
I'm coming-yeah
Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to suck to it
Relax don't do it (love)
When you want to come
When you want to come
When you want to come
Come-huh
Get it up
The scene of love
Oh feel it
Relax
Higher higher
Hey-
Pray I'd always heard masturbation but it actually sounds like it's about sucking dick. Latent homesexual tendencies flaring up on ya, there, Mantis. He's talking about shooting a laser gun. At least that's the "straight guy"'s version.  |
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Post by JACkory on Jun 24, 2006 15:28:59 GMT -5
There is a plethera of evidence for each of these allegations. I'll start with "You're so Vain": Carly sings that the person who is so vain always looked good in Apricot. Warren Beatty, in an early role as the wolf in a roman polankski film famously slobbers droll down the front of his Apricot scarf as he watches little red riding hood rubbing herself... Here's the scoop on "come together": Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he pleaseNamath was an 'old flattop' because in college he had wore a flattop, but as a pro grew out long wild flowing hair that was simplyscandalous by pro sports standards... Also Namath's career was plagued with serious knee problems in college whihc he had to overcome to be named the #1 draft pick and to lead the Jests(I mean Jets) to their famous Superbowl victory. He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over meNamath was famous for his whitewash shoes... He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair yeah you can feel his disease
Come together right now over meHe roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over meThe early warning refers to Namath famously guaranteeing his NY Jets upset victory in SuperBowl 3 (one and one and one is 3) over Don Shula's NFL Baltimore Colts (who were lead by the king of all flat top haircuts Johhny Unitas--a haircut that Abe "Grandpa" Simpson from The Simpsons described as a haircut you can set your watch by...this was the episode in which Homer's mother, a typical conservateve housewife up until that point, sees Namath's long flowing hair and suddenly decides that one thing she can tell you is you got to be free--at which point she leaves Abe, joins a weatherman-like underground type hippie commune and embarks in a life on the run)... Unitas's Colts team were touted as "the greatest football team in history" and it was sadi thta the inferior AFl tema the Jets had no chance. In fact Former NFL star and coach Norm Van Brocklin ridiculed the AFL before the game, saying "This will be Namath's first professional football game." That's some of the stupidest shit I've ever read. Why do you waste time posting such bollocks, dude? As if John Lennon ever gave a shit about American football. The song is nothing more thab Lennon singing about Lennon, delivering his own eulogy. "Come together right now" as in a gathering over a gravesite, "OVER ME". He even whispers "Shoot me" several times before each verse. How ANYONE could construct a scenario where these lyrics were remotely connected to pro football is beyond me. |
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Post by JACkory on Jun 24, 2006 15:30:08 GMT -5
Oh, and
FUCK
THE
SIMPSONS
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Post by frag on Jun 24, 2006 15:51:19 GMT -5
Any meaning can be derived, any, from stream-of-concsciousness, nonsensical lyrics like those in "Come Together." Ridiculous.
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Post by Galactus on Jun 24, 2006 16:22:23 GMT -5
He's yanking yer chain. Lennon stole a few lines from Chuck Berry and the rest is just similar sounding stuff, it doesn't mean anything.
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Post by Galactus on Jun 24, 2006 16:29:21 GMT -5
Monday Night Football could ... bring together the most unlikely people.
The weirdest scene I ever witnessed in the booth happened in 1976. The night before a game in Los Angeles, I ran into John Lennon at a cocktail party promoting the release of a Beatles collection. On impulse, I invited him on the show. He liked the idea but warned me he knew nothing about football.
Meanwhile, I'd forgotten we had arranged for Ronald Reagan to come on the same show.
Now it was just before halftime. I turned around, and there was Ronald Reagan with his arm around Lennon, explaining what was going on down on the field. And John looked absolutely enthralled. Here were two of the most political, ideological, and cultural opposites on the entire planet in the Monday-night booth -- acting exactly like father and son! - Frank Gifford
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Post by pauledwardwagemann on Jun 25, 2006 20:33:14 GMT -5
I think this one needs no explanations:
I used to be a rolling stone
You know if the cause was right
I'd leave to find the answer on the road
I used to be a heart beating for someone
But the times have changed
The less I say the more my work gets done
`Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom
From the day that I was born I've waved the flag
Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man
Yeah gave me peace of mind my daddy never had
Oh Philadelphia freedom shine on me, I love you
Shine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind
Shine a light shine a light
Shine a light won't you shine a light
Philadelphia freedom I love you, yes I do
If you choose to you can live your life alone
Some people choose the city
Some others choose the good old family home
I like living easy without family ties
Till the whippoorwill of freedom zapped me
Right between the eyes
I will add that the Philadelphia Freedom was a team in the shortlived US professional team tennis league on which Billy Jean King played for.
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Post by Ayinger on Jun 25, 2006 21:47:04 GMT -5
yeah I always thought the song was about BJKing....
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Post by pauledwardwagemann on Jun 26, 2006 9:39:05 GMT -5
Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe" was about a teenage boy who gets sexually molested by a gang of older men, then is so ashamed of it thta he throws himself off the Tallahatchie Bridge in Greenwood Mississippi...they made a movie about it starting Robby benson
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