Top 20 Song Meanings That Everyone Gets Wrong 

summer of 69 thought it was referring to 1969

Alot of these meaning are obvious.

How would people not know that “every breath you take” is a creppy/ stalker themed song

@Jervis-Jehan Laurent I’m fairly certain that this video, or at least part of it, was posted several years ago by them. It probably was even one of the first videos I watched by Watchmojo. Edit: Just a guess here but maybe the rerelease is a result of a RU-vid copyright strike against them.

Ironic got me.

It's supposedly written about a stalker that Sting had and after being harassed for so long he wrote Every Move You Make

Always knew it was about a stalker and couldn't understand how no one else picked up on that.

It's obviously to anyone with an IQ over100 what it's all about especially if people take the Time to listen to the words and watch how he sings it he's not happy when he sings it its about as obvious as a man walking down the street picking up a chocolate bar without a wrapper with steam and blue bottles circulating around taking a bit with the smell radiating up his nostrils and taking it to the the shop around the corner and saying your chocolate is low quality it tastes like shit

@@MaggieTyree I thought exactly the same it's obvious

I was told through my parents that it was a stalker song and that people use this as a wedding song.

Played by a gorilla

One of the best songs of all time 🎶🤗🎶

@@maryshoemaker1334 less a song than just sick drumming looking for an excuse to happen

Lol, it does have a great drum part. But it's actually about the man who his wife cheated on him with.

If you live in England, it's actually about being sold Milk Chocolate by a Gorilla...

I used to teach English in Japan. One of the Japanese teachers I worked with at a high school liked to use songs to teach pronunciation. My job was to explain the meanings of the songs. I had to explain "My name is Luka" and "Suicide is painless" to a class of high school girls.

I thought it was about domestic violence?

@@lastguy8613 No. I heard Suzanne Vega’s explanation of the song, that it’s from the point of view of a child experiencing abuse.

@@alliematt1016interesting that it is from the pov of a child. In any case, it is so clearly about abuse/dv that it is surprising that anyone could miss it.

You’re correct it is about child abuse 😢

Interesting fact. When Phil Collins played this on top of the pops he had a tin of paint next to him as a f.u. to the painter who destroyed his marriage

Wait so its not about that guy who coulda saved that other guy but didn't?

@@GoodSoup240 Hahaha...Nope. Then again, if the Interior Designer were drowning, I doubt Phil would have jumped in to save him, so maybe it is half right lol.

@@craigedwards5540 so didn't the wife help destroy the marriage

The song lyrics don’t mean anything, he said in the top 2000 interview

It's not Whitney Houston's song she covered it and butchered it

@@ChrisAtheist Whitney did not butcher it at all. she did a great job with it, in a completely different way then Dolly. Both versions of the song are beautiful and powerful.

@@ChrisAtheist What are you talking about? Though Dolly Parton was the original singer of that song in The Greatest Little Whore House in Texas, Whitney sang it better in The Bodyguard. Sure, Whitney liked the blow, but she sang the song way better than that well-endowed Country singer.

@@CommissionerLawWonder86 she actually wrote it for her manager Porter Wagner therefore having more emotion behind it. And as for Whitney Houston singing it better, that’s up to interpretation. If you’re listening to the song for the powerhouse house then yeah, she sings it better. But if you’re listening for the emotion and fluidity then Dolly’s is better. I fall into the latter. Just my opinion.

So that's why the birthrate is declining.

Yes! Somehow they got the meaning right and happily Shrek and Fiona did repair their relationship.

Honestly that’s my favorite version of the song

Exactly! I am a Christian and I like the song, but it's like LISTEN TO THE LYRICS PEOPLE!

Yes! Trying to explain to my son who was obsessed with the song at the time why he couldn't play it for the congregation at church on his violin just because it says Hallelujah was a good time. Lol

Perhaps God still had His way in the song: Though it is definitely not a 'religious' song, to those who (intimately) walk with God, the song is actually exactly relatable, and can actually be a profound song of worship (for them), because a true follower of Christ in their deepest valleys of trials and losses, *will still* lift up a "Hallelujah" to their God. ♡

​@@k.night-light5252 you are referring to *your* god, the god of the Christian New Testament as discussed in certain writings collated by the Catholic Church 1500 years ago (yes as a medievalist I am well aware of translations and Protestant translations and recreations of the Bible), when billions of people believe in different god(s), and you clumsily (at best) avoid the fact that Leonard Cohen was Jewish. This song was not written by or for “a true follower of Christ” but for everyone.

@@AleisterCrowleyMagus The Catholic church (?)...how does the Catholic church relate to what I stated? It doesn't. Most of your reply does not relate to what I've stated. The first Christians were all/only JEWS (there were no gentile Christians until Cornelius). The Carholic church came about much later, and it came about as a mix of various pagan religions and beliefs (Catholic doctrine is not the same as Judeo-Christian doctrine). What I had stated was that perhaps God (the One true God) still had His way with the song; I stated that a true follower of Christ could relate to the song as a profound song of worship (and, of course, God would have know that even before the song was written). My statement did not exclude anyone else from enjoying the song. Just because you have disdain for the Living God, doesn't mean that I have to acknowledge wannabe gods. That the song was written by a Jew just emphasizes that it was likely God who had His way with the song. Only those who know God - NOT know ABOUT God (not know translations written about Him, but KNOW *Him*) can relate to what I said about the true followers of Christ worshipping God even in the depths of sufferings - because to know Christ, is to know (real) Peace; the world could be on fire, but when it is well with one's soul, what MOST matters, is well. ♡

I think all boomers knew just what he was singing about.

Right. It's only misunderstood by digital age youngsters who read headlines and not stories. I mean how do you see the album cover, (if you don't recognize the significance of the stance, look for The Who's Who's Next for the expanded view complete with the wet marks on the stone), and still think it is complementary?

All the Boomers except for #45

@@GregoryWeirauch Your comment has aged like the finest of wines.

Not a boomer, but Ohio raises the hairs on the back of my neck as well. (1972, I don't know what gen they consider me)

I remember kids would call into the Mix 96.1 radio station to record a shout out they played during that song and Vitamin C’s Graduation song.

That was my class’s graduation song too. 😊

I remember when I was a Freshman a girl at my catholic high school and a boy at our rival school passed away within a few weeks of each other and they made “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) was the song they chose to remember them. It was so awkward because some people knew what it was really about

My high school chose this song for my year senior class. I just laughed and skipped out on the graduation ceremony.

That was my eighth grade graduation song. In my old school, eighth graders and seniors graduated together, so that was the song for the 2017/8 grade graduating class and senior graduating class.

Exactly.

The meaning behind "every bond" can be different for other listeners. This is just what it means to you.

@@sadem1045 Okay. That makes sense.

@@cassandraspoelhof3752 Though I agree with your interpretation lol

Okay. I always thought it was "Bond." I thought I was wrong this whole time when they said "Bone."

I misunderstood the meaning. I was a teen when the album came out. I thought of it as a story about not taking life so seriously. We're not living to gain entrance to heaven and working your bum off instead of enjoying time with the friends and family and nature is a waste of time. I guess I'm too much of an optimist. That's why I didn't understand the brouhaha about Gal Gadot.

well, they are Austrian, so it's both.

That's hilarious about John Paul!

It's actually about communism

I have quite religious people play that song and love it. It just proves that very few people understand what Karl Marx was all about.

right More than Words is saying don't tell me show me you love me actions are even more power than words

Yeah, I don't believe that song was widely misinterpreted.

@Kylie Pollert that’s the way I’ve always understood it

This is the only way I ever interpreted this song. And as good as it is, I think it set Extreme up for failure because it sounded very little like most of their other material.

I used that cassette single as background music when studying in uni…my res neighbours came by to see me and ask if I was okay as they thought I was depressed…lol

I thought Born To Run was about America

@@jessyleppert2 On a broader level, it's relevant to America and the American Dream. But Bruce was using New Jersey landmarks like "Highway Nine" in Freehold and amusement parks on the Jersey Shore. He had a conflicting relationship with his hometown.

@@Dawnemperor1 my uncle said it's not a patriotic song

Even jersey wants you to leave it.

@@Dawnemperor1 well, it does have the line "its a deathtrap" though.....

One of the main reasons Dwyer shot himself is because if he was convicted his family would lose the pension he had earned, his suicide did not end it. One of the saddest parts of it is the conspiritors only included him because they thought he would not make a fuss about the allegations.

Greatly dislike the Horse with no Name song…

Ok I’ve always thought it was ironic that the song ironic didn’t have any irony it… don’t assume allanis knew that lol.

I nearly pissed myself laughing when I first heard Trump was playing "Fortunate Son" at his rallies... _Some folks are born silver spoon in hand_ _Lord, don't they help themselves?_ _But when the taxman comes to the door_ _The house looks like a rummage sale_ _It ain't me, it ain't me_ _I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no_ _It ain't me, it ain't me_ _I ain't no fortunate one, no_

@@StoneE4 Right, I still think whoever picked the music was trolling.

And the lyrics are very obvious.

Same with Born In The U.S.A

@@StoneE4 The problem with "President 'Rump'" played severing at his rallies that got more than one artist upset and his camp repeatedly gotten "cease and disisit" orders. There mayb enough 2 make a "Top 10 Sings Banned at 'Rump' rallies cuz he's pissed off so many singers and songwriters(on most cases the same person) 4 using their song without permission.

AND his budding new romance with her best friend. Don't forget that part.

@@Raz.C I don't know that I ever knew that part.

@@purpleiguana208 I think that was- at least in part- the point of the song. He felt like he was being watched in every step, etc, since his ex-wife and new partner were so close. Literally close, too, since the new lady-friend lived right next door to the house Sting shared with his (ex) wife.

@@Raz.C Except no. HE was the one who became a stalker. He was the one constantly watching his ex-wife after she left him.

@@purpleiguana208 I really hope that that's your opinion and that it's not factual, because that would be really depressing and unsettling if it were. After I get some sleep, I'll do a bit of reading and try to confirm who the stalker is. I'll get back to you (assuming I can get to sleep) in a few hours, or (if I can't get to sleep) quite a few hours...

Now I feel bad because I hate green day as is especially that song. Its so sad and emo and boring. But I Didn't know the story behind it till now

@@stewpidasso3910 Oh.😥

I just saw Green Day at the Hella Mega Tour on September 1st. When they played this song he modified the lyrics to say “40 years have gone so fast”. It really hit me hard. It was emotional and showed that even 40 years later it still hurts him to think about it. They immediately followed that song with the song “Still Breathing”. It was like he reminisced about his father’s death, and then reflected upon his own mortality, and how he must live life while he still can right in front of us. It was emotional. Such a great show. Weezer and Fall Out Boy did great also.

​@@baertheblader9402 i saw them September 6 and i can confirm that Billy sings that song with a lot of emotion. great show so glad i went

@@baertheblader9402 Holy crap! The lead singer of Green Day is 50 now!?!

I agree. And if a guy says that if a girl loves him she'd sleep with him, then he doesn't love her. Obviously, the people that misinterpreted the song probably thought the song was just a comeon.

That's what I always thought too. I never thought of it the way their saying here.

@@petrarabbit3995 Same here. This comes to show people can be so shallow.

Exactly. I understood its meaning. Just like a lot of songs actually say what they mean. People just don't listen to the lyrics

Right?! It's exactly the saying "Actions speak louder than words" in a song! Anyone immediately thinking of sex, that's on them 🤷‍♀

yeah, same

I know right, I don't understand how Top Mojo could interpret this song in any other way.

Same

@@DagneZand they are thick thats why

That seemed so obvious!

What was that? Every bone you break? Lol

Srsly where are they getting "bone" from? It's clearly, "bond."

@@meganmcdonald7405 They just read off the same scripts that they made back in the mid 2010s, during their first recordings of this same list.

Ditto!

The line is actually "Every VOW you break".

@robinm...I couldn't agree more! I own every album Sting has ever made from his time with The Police to his sexy sultry albums of today. Sting is a singing God! I LOVE him!

@@heidicross7255 He also sings, "Every bond you break", which people mistakenly think it's a "bone".

I was wondering if they’d mention the boomtown rats song meaning since it’s connotations are so dark… the 16 year old girl shot up a school killing 2 adults injuring 8 kids and a police officer and her reason given was “I don’t like Mondays this livens up the day”

Thanks

@@Robert-up1yi there's a documentary on Prime Video that tells the story of that day.

The Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays" is pretty hard not to know it's about a school shooting, it just doesn't indicate which one unless you already knew. I am surprised that "Pumped Up Kicks" wasn't listed as that is clearly about a school/mass shooting, when in fact it's about youth mental health or the lack of it.

Jeremy by Pearl Jam but it’s pretty clear as is pumped up kicks

they covered that song in one of their previous music videos like this.

American Pie by Don Mclean

Hurricane by bob dylan

I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego

_Slide_ _It_ _In_ by Whitesnake.

You've nailed it 👍

It was originally supposed to be on a earlier album like real earlier one but he wasn't mentally ready to sing it yet is what I read sometime back. I'm sorry about ur dad. That song makes me cry sometimes. It's just so sad

@@Necronympelia I appreciate your kindness. That was the event that shattered my universe.

@@ImYourOverlord I can imagine bc I know I'd be a mess like seriously bad

@@Necronympelia It took about eight years for me to start letting emotions out again and interact more with people.

I was thinking kind of the same thing lol that it's still fitting at graduation for most people 🤣

I said the same thing, 8th grade graduation the year it came out, all the prissy kids were crying about how beautiful it was and how we were all gonna miss each other. I tried to tell them it's a sarcastic fuck you to a break up. Jokes on them lol I felt that way so it fit some of us with a laugh

that;s why i want it on my funeral. Did you enjoy the show? came to make sure i'm dead? Did you show up just to look good? My real friends will get the message and laugh at all the idiots who just talk about how beautifull it was

My group would have put it forward for our graduation,- had that song been written when we graduated - for the same exact reason!

Yes same here! Too many bullies in my high school 😞

I thought it was about one night stands lol guess I’m an idiot 🤣

@@peterf.229 I dont think you are. Ive heard that song hundreds of times (I was in the Army, chasing girls was my 2nd job). I can tell you exactly how many times I heard that song AT closing time and thought....you what this could be a metaphor for? parenthood Im calling bullshit on this one. If he wrote this as a metaphor for parenthood, he did a horrible fucking writing job. Epic fail

Doh....Zero was the answer. Zero times I heard the song and thought of parenthood Zero

@@openyoureyes909jones6 I think it really is about closing time and the writer decided to BS everybody and say it has a deeper meaning.

It's Closing Time Time to leave the bar and go home 'Cause now it's not just you and the wife Now you've got a tiny little Plus One depending on you

Cool!

If someone wrote a song called Mondrgreen it would be interpreted as being about the environment. That’s because of mondegreen.

@@brianarbenz1329 no that's not how it works at all. A classic example of Monda green would be the Credence Clearwater song bad Moon on the rise. Some people hear bathroom on the right. Those words make sense and if you have not read the title of the song you might hear it that way. Happens to me all the time about songs I've been listening to for decades.

I did so for "Born In The USA;" what Bruce Springsteen actually WROTE as "I'm a long gone daddy in the USA" and "I'm a cool rocking daddy in the USA," I INTERPRET as "And I know I'm gonna die in the USA" and "And it's true I'm gonna die in the USA" respectively. Those mondegreens of mine add to the overall tone of desolation, absolute defeat, and total personal destruction conveyed elsewhere in the lyrics.

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy!

I've known that since I first heard it. And I'm 16

It always creeped me out. Even before I knew it was the stalker anthem, it felt stalkery

I'm sure that wasn't her intention.

John would want his songs to help people though

Wouldn't a wealthy person supporting a move towards communism be more meaningful than a poor person who has nothing to lose by it?

And a song about atheism. Guess what everyone, your grandma that's dying from covid isn't going to heaven. Thanks celebrities.

@@nunyabizness5391 There is no heaven, it doesn't matter if Grandma is ill of not. its not a thing, the song just tells you the truth.

A ton of Japanese songs sound upbeat with depressing lyrics

Hahaha true 😂

@@philhelp 👍🏻🤝😂

I did know this, but only because I saw the video where he explained the song to the crowd.

Yeah it's about the birth of his daughter

I dunno I have seen about two episodes of the office and hated it with all my being 🤣

Alains Morrissette played all of us like a fiddle.

I was saying that for years before this, A song about Irony but every example in the song is not Ironic, well isn't that Ironic....

That's not ironic. It's just wrong and stupid.

Or she got caught not knowing what irony was and tried to weasel her way out.

Billie joe a good writer 🤣🤣 dont kid yourself

@@harry_h2705 Ah shit you got me

@@Hi_Ryyydrums I got your mom aswell

@@harry_h2705 Ah man only thing you don't seem to have is a life. Enjoy my mom though she's kind of out there 🥴

@@Hi_Ryyydrums what do you mean enjoy your mum

It’s not even close to the best Green Day song.

@@twenty1thirteen I agree

That’s a really boring and shitty song and I’m a green day fan. BJA would agree with me lol

@@twenty1thirteen Whats your best? Just curious. Mine is Jesus of Suburbia

@@twenty1thirteen what's the best in your opinion

Probably because the lyrics "born in the USA" are so prominent and repetitive that they're all most people remember about the song.

Just as; "there are none so blind, as those who will not see" (appropriate for Jan. 6 Sedition deniers), so are there none so lacking in intelligence, as those who will not listen. I, too, will always enjoy the sweet irony of hearing "conservatives" (another word whose definition is ignored and used ironically) using songs that are antithetic to their politics. So many of them like the title (and refrain) and don't listen to the rest of the story. It's indicative of their lack of intellectual depth or laziness and a source of amusement for me. War-Hawks using an anti-war anthem at their rallies...that was rich.

The entire song is beautiful!

All 80-some verses

@David Ponseigo, it's a sad cry in the Biblical stories referenced in the song, too.

@@taligordin-kaviani1569 it is not a biblical song. At all. It is 87 verses about the end of a toxic relationship. The few biblical references are to toxic relationships, too - David and Goliath, Samson and Delilah….these relationships all ended in death.

It’s sad to me because I got dumped to it 😢/🤣 I gotta laugh a lil since it was one of those 90’s/2000’s internet deals lol

Sorry to hear that.

I'm struck by how this song is continually referred to as a Whitney Houston song when is is in fact a Dolly Parton song written to and for Porter Wagoner to express Dolly's love and appreciation to Porter for giving her her start in the music industry as she was leaving his control and show to go on her own.

Exactly the reason I wouldn't let them play it at my wedding 😂

This is a beautiful song. It sometimes brings tears to my eyes.

When I was a young girl, I interpreted the lyrics _"A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys"_ literally. I thought that Jackie Paper actually died. It made me quite sad, but eventually I came to understand that Jackie had just ceased to believe. And that too made me sad.

That’s hardly a groundbreaking, original thought😆 It’s common knowledge and has been for decades. 🙄

@@fashiondiva6972 I know this But the way they presented this is as if it was a brand new revelation that has only been revealed after decades of research like finding out the destination of a centuries old treasure map instead of something fans hadn't known for decades

Every Breath You Take is about Overbearing Government Surveillance

@@justinnelson9787 Overbearing Government Surveillance? In 1983?

Being done by The Police, it's not stalking, it's surveillance.

That is such a great song.

Oh my word, yes!!!! That was heartbreaking!

Yes! As a literal boomer myself, this was the first time that I had heard the song. I found it interesting that “Blackbird” made the list because I loved the scene where Susan’s sister sang this. To songs on the list remind me of e.r. :)

I could have sworn I heard he wrote that song about a friend that ODed from heroin. That it was about reminiscing all of that time he had.

It's run by Canadian's. Are you really that surprised 😂

Mind explaining how that's the case? Edit: I would say it's both. Considering the fact it's bringing up blind nationalism as "patriotism," while ignoring the plight of veterans that fought a meaningless and brutal war only to come home from Vietnam disaffected and feeling hopeless when the people they ACTUALLY fought for (the government) treated them like shit.

@@kingeatking It's run by Canadian what? Canadian's superior sense of humour? Canadian's chill demeanor? Also, if you are referring to multiple Canadians then the apostrophe is in the wrong place, and should be placed after the final s. However if you are referring to a single Canadian then you are missing an indefinite article. Is it a Canadian's, or perhaps the Canadian's? Maybe you're (note: proper use of an apostrophe) just trying to suggest that the channel is run by more than one Canadian. In that case you don't need to add the apostrophe. There's (look, again proper use) more than one of us. Canadians will suffice. Usually not the grammar police, but your comment is ridiculous, so you get a ridiculous, but correct response.

..........which is something America has done to vets since it's inception.

@@klew83 to tell you the truth I stopped reading after the couple first of sentences. All I could hear was blah blah blah you know? Ye Canadians are a sensitive lot! Ye gave us Jim Carrey and and maple syrup but then turned to the dark side and became humourless robots. Taking away people's freedom of speech is a perfect example of that. You know when you think about it a lot of Canadians are kind of like the Nazis. Not all as you can't paint everyone with the same brush but definitely the lefty's. Bottom line is I'm better then you 😌

I didn't know that was removed. Every version I've heard includes it.

I also dislike September, mostly. But my sister gave a great nephew in late September. Then some twenty years later we lost our dad in September. Shits a mixed bag.

@@james-russellgause4735 I'm sorry for your loss. I have two beautiful granddaughters who brighten my day, just September is hard for me still after eight years.

I don't share your feelings about the month of September. My mother, my wife and I were all born during that month, plus my wedding anniversary falls in September - on my wife's birthday, no less.

My dad passed away on September 1st. I never felt this song so deeply as after that day.

@@shimeraleader I am so sorry for your loss. 😢

He knew it would be a hit and make him a great deal of money.

He got the lyrics from a mentally handicapped dude from Alabama, he's not that clever.

his benevolence as a human being was also misinterpreted, he was actually a rotten human being

And I thought the Pink Song Family Portrait was the only divorce song besides Nothing Compares Too You by Shinead O Connor. Made 3 years or less apart from each other.

It’s ironic the song is about a bitter divorce when rumors have it Collins divorced his second wife via a fax. 🤣

@@jasonrandom372 "Precious" by Depeche Mode is one of the few songs Martin Gore has ever explained - and it's to his kids about his divorce.

@@Benanov interesting! I always thought that was a song about addiction not divorce.

Still a bad ass song! Always play this song driving at night.

It's such a great song with a great meaning. People don't listen to the verses and just jump to the worst Conclusion.

It was how the word Love was overused so it needed to be shown. There needed a word for more than Love.

@@rose-pb1od I was referring to the criticisms of the song, as outlined by the video, not the song itself.

@@kevinclapson I liked how the concept of the song exists. It's really true. The word Love is overused. Sometimes there's an emotion or a thing that happens that Love does not cover.

@@rose-pb1od especially given how the word has been constantly cheapened by being used to describe infatuation and obsession.

Seizure warning

If that's you in the picture, don't do it! 😊

I feel like people say it as a joke but some assume it originally had a less dark meaning

The definition of irony is contrary to expectation. Rain on your wedding day? A toss-up. (Unless you're marrying outside, in which case, you should definitely expect rain!) A free ride when you've already paid? And why did the cabbie let you pay? Good advice that you just didn't take? Your own damn fault! 😅

@@HerbalMoon17 That’s _situational_ irony; _dramatic_ irony is where the audience is aware of an impending tragic situation that the character(s) is/are unaware of. The ninety-eight year-old man likely didn’t know he was going to die the day after winning the lottery; likewise, the guy in the second verse didn’t know he was going to end up in a plane crash.

@@carlolombardi1998 except we the listeners were also not aware the man on the plane was going to crash or that the old man was going to die after winning the lottery ahead of it being sung either, so it's still not ironic. As the video pointed put, it's tragic.

The song doesn't contain any form of irony.

@@sirgeorgescott2995 and isn’t that ironic? Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Especially puff the magic dragon . The stoner in me thought it was a weed song for a long time. The sober me realizes a deeper meaning .

@@cliffarthur6549 Yep, Noel Paul A Stookie and Peter Yarborough being Fundamentalist Christians. They wouldn't write stoner songs.

Most people don't, they just like the beat and the sound of a song.

@@chrisrj9871 Yes, but a lot of songs are more interesting if you know the lyrics

@@chrisrj9871 Yes, but a lot of songs are more interesting if you know the lyrics

Even worse, some people don't know _what_ irony is, much less _why._

@@uuouuo5480 Ironic.

Seriously! None of the things she describes are made entirely of iron. None!. Oh, Alanis.

Well puff daddy sampled the song to be about biggie’s death so that might have something to do with it.

Maybe us citziens But Europeans never thought like that

Pretty sure Bohemian Rhapsody has more to do with his bisexuality

Freddy was inspired by the Tour de France

@@sheilarough236 so it's a song about taking drugs ;)

@@engeltjebaleno what-

There first time I heard it, I despised it. Even El Rushbo hated the song. It ranks up there next to Sweet Home Alabama--which is not an anthem you want to sing.

@@katemaloney4296 Cool? I'm not American but I think it's a genius song.

@@katemaloney4296 sweet home Alabama is the best song ever. I played it when we would leave our FOB and when we would return. It’s the best all American song.

Bruce is a Weiner

Bruce is one of my favorite songwriters,but his political support for this tyrannical administration is beyond disappointing.

They could have used Jeremy as well...

That’s another song that really has no hidden meaning. It’s all in the lyrics if you really listen to them.

Alice? I think you mean Alive.

Jeremy from Pearl jam is misunderstood as well. Everybody thinks it's about a kid shooting up his classroom when it's about him shooting himself in his classroom

Yeah, that is a great hit in The Hangover.

John lennon is a legend

@@manialord1699 John Lennon was actually a really rotten human being, not only is his song misinterpreted but his benevolence as a person is also.

He was even called out in American pie, "...and Lenon read a book on Marks...", so his beliefs were well known.

@@manialord1699 I think Julian would disagree just a bit.

@@_Y.Not_ Yeah I know that but he still a legend. Part of the top selling band of all time.

I think all the classes of the 80's and 90's picked this song.

Minus the politics, Someone You Loved had a similar treatment.

Ikr

@@misago064 as a kid I took it at face value But when I learned what it was really about and adding the fact of my disdain for anything political My reaction was simply: 🤦‍♂️

Guess you just don't know Green Day