Today, I bought one of my favorite albums from when I was growing up. When I looked at the liner notes, I learned that my favorite song on the album wasn't about taking a bath, but about going to a brothel. My second-favorite isn't about moving, but about suicide. My childhood just shattered. FML
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Today, I found out that my favorite song since I was a small child is actually about anal sex and delaying an orgasm. FML
Today, I found out that my favorite song is about blow jobs and crystal meth. FML
Today, I discovered that one of my favourite, relatable sad songs is actually a song about gay sex. FML
Today, I've been trying to find and revisit a song that my dad listened to all the time when I was a kid, and I finally found it. Except now I'm old enough to realize the lyrics are about a psychotic man who gets put in a "home" for things I cannot put in here. FML
Today, while taking a shower, I was enthusiastically singing one of my favorite songs. When I got out, I noticed a bunch of things missing, and a note on my desk, saying, "Shut the fuck up, you suck." I was robbed and judged by a thief. FML
Today, I was getting ready, when I heard my dad in the shower. He was singing along to the song "The Wheel in the Sky" by Journey, except he'd changed the lyrics and was singing, "The dick on this guy needs a rubbin'." It turns out my mom was in the shower with him. FML
Today, my favorite band from my teenage years was played on an oldies station on the car radio. To make matters worse, my sixteen year-old niece who was in the car, had never heard of them. I’m only 31, but damn, I feel old. FML
Today, I was brushing my teeth and shaving in the shower. My favorite song came on, and I got mixed up. My tongue and mouth are cut badly now. FML
Today, my mom laughed about hearing me singing in the shower and told our whole family. I wasn't singing, though. I was masturbating. FML
Today, my boyfriend wrote a song for me. As he was singing it to me I realized it was actually a breakup song. FML
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maphineRAWRS 10
it's funny how things are different when were older hey. like the play school song :|
fleg 9
Since the username says “nilssonfan”, I’m gonna guess she means “Bath” and “Without You” by Harry Nilsson.
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boomstick 0
I'm dying to know which album.
stronghand0331 17
Hmm... Like Hotel California? That's a fabulous song about a ***** house.
teadfan9 0
hotel California is not about a ***** house, the song is a metaphor for drug addiction actually.
stronghand0331 17
It's not about a drug addiction, it's about the underbelly of the American dream. It's about a luxury hotel in California where they do all kinds of things that defy what they are. Drinking, drugs, sex.
Ashame 0
24 got the first part right. But The Eagles have constantly said that it's not actually about a real hotel. Just their interpretation of life in L.A. Everyone has their own meaning of a song, doesn't mean they are right.
stronghand0331 17
You're right, it's not a real hotel. In the song, however, it's about the luxury hotel and all that jazz.
Ashame 0
Yeah, I posted that comment then realized you meant the actual song, not the meaning. My brother insists that they're singing about Hell.
stronghand0331 17
Ha! My brother was a ***** in hotel California...
teadfan9 0
**** you *****
Ashame 0
My brother was a ***** in Hell!
sourgirl101 29
I was told that it was about Anton LaVey's first church of Satan, founded in 1969. It was built on California Street. "You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave."
Ashame 0
I've heard that one too. I was just saying that the actual band has denied that the song is about a real place. So everyone has their own interpretation about the song's meaning, but we will never know. Which I like. If every band had to go explaining what their songs meant, it would sure kill it for me.
stronghand0331 17
Lol oh Ashame, our brothers get around...
sourgirl101 29
Ashame, I must agree with you. I do enjoy inputting my own interpretations on songs. But I still think "The Beatle" "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is about LSD even if the band denied that it was.(:
stronghand0331 17
Seriously... They denied that it's not about LSD? I think that it made the song far more enjoyable to listen to.
Ashame 0
StrongHand_ They do, don't they! Sourgirl_ I have my own interpretations about songs too. That's another reason why I like when bands don't explain their lyrics. That way they don't ruin the meaning a song already has to me. And, if "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" isn't really about LSD, it's a sad, sad day!
Becky6487 5
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds is based on a picture one of the bandmember's kids drew, I don't know which one
sourgirl101 29
It was Julian Lennon's drawing but they must have been tripping when they saw it.(: And "Hey Jude" was about his parents splitting up.
Laurendorcus 0
"Hotel California" was not about a brothel...its about an insane asylum that the singer's brother had lived in. The Hotel California is in Norco, CA like 20mins from where I live, it was a hotel, then an insane asylum and now its a banquet hall since a military base has been built around it. I had a dance there in high school and they have info about it all over the walls.
stronghand0331 17
Sourgirl, I'd love to know what they were tripping on when "Yellow Submarine" was written
sourgirl101 29
Stronghand, I feel that way about Pink Floyd's "The Wall" movie. I just saw Roger Waters in concert singing that album. It was trippy minus the LSD for me.(:
anon_e_m00se 8
I think you're mixing up "House of the Rising Sun" with "Hotel California". House of the Rising Sun is definitely about a ***** house. as for the rest of this thread: It's true in every artistic medium: The artist probably had an intended vision/meaning for their work (unless they're a surrealist), but once they've made it public, the viewers have their own interpretations, and their visions are no less important than the artists intent. That's the beauty of a great work of art -- it takes on a life of its own, evoking different thoughts and emotions in each person. I think it's actually rather sad, and juvenile, when an artist tries to impost a particular meaning on their work, and dismisses the validity of any other interpretation.
sourgirl101 29
74 Wow, that's right, it is.(: Great memory! I forgot about that song. When ever I hear it, it reminds me of the movie "Casino".
starberries 0
#74, well said. I couldn't agree more.
sourgirl101 29
epicfails, I hope you weren't tripping on LSD(: Great show, wasn't it? I love when younger people appreciate classic rock!
JizzKhalifa 0
#30 illuminati O_o lol jk
shinning_on 0
...I'm still young and I was listening to hotel California when I read all this. wow I always thought it was happy "welcome to the hotel California, such a lovely place" it seems so happy
whatswrongwithyo_fml 0
I hate you now:P
R0lling_St0ner 0
hey guys the point of music is not in what everyone thinks, its about its what it means personaliy to you and everyone can have diffrent versions of the same song, unless it just plainly obvious like the OP's :P
bennn89 5
are you 5?
fleg 9
Since the username says “nilssonfan”, I’m gonna guess she means “Bath” and “Without You” by Harry Nilsson.
Zanquis 22
Without you and Bath from Harry Nilsson would sound like the 2 matching songs. Although "Without you" is actually a cover that was song by Nilsson. But then again it has been covered close to 200 times already.
sourgirl101 29
Damn it's like playing "Blues Clues". I'm wondering what the song is myself.(:
acceptablename 1
Good catch on the Nilsson, but I think the songs would be Bath and I Said Goodbye To Me. They're both on Aerial Ballet, and I Said Goodbye To Me does make mention of packing up/leaving things behind but is definitely about suicide.
buggybeauty 0
spot on
temporary_friend 0
acceptablename_ you just saved me a day of reasearch. an internet to you, sir. :3
beatfloyd95 0
lmao I just saw this after spending 20 minutes to research FML jk
ulicksam 0
Your favorite song on your favorite album was about taking a bath (or so you thought)? Sounds like a pretty shitty album. YDI.
mikejunior88 4
things sound alot different when you're a kid.. while you're mind is still innocent. when i was a kid i watched "look who's talking" about a million times and never realized the beginning was showing sperm swimming thru a ******. i just thought they were weird little flying white things that could talk. =/
rsc12 4
o my I love that movie yah I watched with my little bro and he called them albino tadpoles it was cutee
spatz447 3
What album?
glitchedgamer 0
Music can be about dark topics. Get over it.
tessybearbear 4
One of my favorite childhood songs is about war. And I even knew it back then. Don't let it consume you, OP.
LimaTango 0
Pretty sure "I'll pay $1500 for a golden shower" is just about bathing too.
risforrrrcuhh 0
I don't think it's terrible to figure these things out. I love figuring out double meanings to things that I haven't seen/heard since I was a little kid.