Question of the Day

[ayoub]

Can you name a song that you love, but disagree with the lyrics of?

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Most love songs out there are odes to co-dependency!

Comments

[o-annie-o.livejournal.com]

I had to think really hard about this one. Lyrics generally are very important to me, so I have to agree with them or have to be able to relate to them at least partly to love the song.
What came to my mind was Delta Goodrem´s "Lost without you", because I listened to it just yesterday. I like the song and I think it´s normal to feel like that after a sepapration. But the feeling to be totally lost without someone and to not know how to move on ever shouldn´t last.

[wigancasino.livejournal.com]

Totally agree with this!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I agree...

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Imagine-John Lennon

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Really?

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

On the subject of Love songs and co-dependency:

Lovefool is the worst offender, although that tune is so beautiful and chipper.

Cop Killer by Ice T also. Great tune, but lyrics about shooting down the police? Um, no thanks.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Cop Killer was baaaaaaad...

[mycala.livejournal.com]

You said it, bro! ;-)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Woo Hoo! :D

[feywild.livejournal.com]

I can't, because if I disagree with the lyrics, I tend to not like the song. I don't rate my music by "it has a good beat and you can dance to it."

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

There are certain rare songs that I will like for the music... :D

[corporatebeach.livejournal.com]

Hinder's Lips of an Angel.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

A good one!

[monkey.livejournal.com]

1+1+1=3 Prince

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[wildepixie.livejournal.com]

Imagine - John Lennon.

Which is probably why Saltwater by his son Julian has taken it's place in my affections.
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/julian+lennon/saltwater_20076451.html

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Really? I love that song...

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

Until Hurricane Katrina, Bob Dylan's The Time's They Are A'Changin'. But applied to Hurricane Katrina and the current climate of the globe, this song is almost a parody as well as a deep sarcastic warning.

Either way, I love hearing Candice Night sing it. This video has her cleavage! ::happy swoon:: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqzuEnPSXlc

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

She could sing most things and have them sound beautiful :D

[bangdrum.livejournal.com]

(Fleetwood Mac represent! Concert ROCKED.)

How about half the Christine McVie catalogue? I love her music (most of the time), but the lyrics are generally about how she doesn't deserve/is subservient to/worries about her relationship because she's a woman or inadequate. Say You Love Me, Sugar Daddy, Oh Daddy, etc.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yeah... That theme in lyrics bugs me too...

Sickness by DRS.

[winged-torment.livejournal.com]

I want to know what possess people to write about this stuff.

"Red row, red row, more murder more murder.
Used to have a fine bitch, till I had to hurt her.
This bitch by my side, its starting to get cold,
Im still fucking her body and its two days old."

And it gets worse, talking about a new woman and her kid, ice picks to the head, 9 between her legs, and her period is two weeks early. Label him a cannibal, eat a pussy till it bleeds, call me Hannibal, etc. Really rough, really graphic and SOOOOO Jeffery Dahmer.

Re: Sickness by DRS.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

That's terrifying!

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Drowning Pool - Let the Bodies Hit The Floor. An ode to "I can't control my rage, let me start killing people because I'm snapping".

But it's CATCHY.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Catchy, yes... :D

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

Cold Play's "Fix You"

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yeah...

[razzberee.livejournal.com]

If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with.

My mom used to tell me how much she hated that song and her opinion totally rubbed off on me.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yeah... Although it's really funny to hear Luther Vandross' version with a gospel choir...

[giulina.livejournal.com]

just came on the radio...
I don't know the name of it. It's catchy though.
"If you want to leave I can guarantee / you won't find nobody else like me..."

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I hear lyrics like those, and think: Yeah... Riiiiiiiiiight...

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

American Boy by Estelle and Kanye West.

It's SO GODDAMN CATCHY. But it's all bragging about money and popularity.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

A perfect example!

[hippie-geisha.livejournal.com]

"Don't Talk To Strangers" by Dio.

Personally, I think you need to takes some risks and put yourself in danger of getting your heart broken once in awhile. But then, I am a masochist after all...:D


Here's a link if you care....:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_qOfXhPYFw

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Great tune!

That was easy.

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

Howard Jones: Things Can Only Get Better

Re: That was easy.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Good choice!

[babystar620.livejournal.com]

LOL most hip hop/rap songs are ode to mysogyny haha

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[beloved-juno.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I can really answer your question, as nothing comes to mind off hand. However, I would like to agree whole-heartedly with your own answer. I don't personally get the appeal of the obsession with co-dependent love myself. Real love as it applies to my life is about two individuals who are whole, complete, and independent in their own rights coming together to share with one another.

: )

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Yeah... All those lovely romantic songs are soo very needy... :D

[morlith.livejournal.com]

Self Esteem by The Offspring and Bitches Ain't Shit by Dr. Dre.

There are a couple of others (Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood comes to mind, but that's because the "protagonist" is a criminal with no brains! AUGH!)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Good ones!