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20th Sep 2010, 9:17 AM #1
Happy songs that suddenly sound sinister
Have you ever listened to a jolly sounding song only to discover that the lyrics are a bit sinister?
The other week I was listening to Norwegian Wood by The Beatles. A lovely little folky song I hear you say. I thought so too until something in the lyrics made me think again.
At the beginning the person in the song 'has' a girl who then shows him her room. "Isn't it good? Norwegian wood." is the next line which to me kind of implies that the room is panelled in Norwegian Wood. It can't be furniture because there wasn't any chairs and we're not told about anything else in the room.
At the end of the song after "this bird had flown" the next line says "So I lit a fire, isn't it good Norwegian Wood." Given what I said above this would imply that his sets her house on fire. Doesn't it?
Scary!
Anyone else have similar experiences with happy sounding songs or am I just a fruitcake for over analysing them?
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20th Sep 2010, 1:03 PM #2
I thought for a moment your analysis of Norwegian Wood was going to be far worse ...
She shows some guy "isn't it good Norwegian Wood" ... cos it's actually her coffin, and she's dead. He's enjoying some necrophilian, and she's to be cremated in the morning.
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"You were made for me, Everybody tells me so,
You were made for me, Tell me then that you don't know"
It just reeks of STALKER!!!Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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20th Sep 2010, 4:00 PM #3
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20th Sep 2010, 4:20 PM #4
'We Will Become Silhouettes' by The Postal Service is one for me. A really jolly, bouncy, happy sounding song, with cute female backing vocals....then you realise it's about the effects of a nuclear blast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEILFf2XSrM“If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” - Gutle Schnaper Rothschild
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20th Sep 2010, 7:03 PM #5I thought for a moment your analysis of Norwegian Wood was going to be far worse ...
She shows some guy "isn't it good Norwegian Wood" ... cos it's actually her coffin, and she's dead. He's enjoying some necrophilian, and she's to be cremated in the morning.
Especially as Freddie Garrity was wont to drop his trousers revealing spotty Bermuda shorts on every tv performance he gave.
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20th Sep 2010, 10:04 PM #6
It would be a crime to not mention Strawberry Fields.
After all that singing, some people mistook John Lennon saying "cranberry sauce" as "I buried Paul". And then how things escalatedAssume you're going to Win
Always have an Edge
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20th Sep 2010, 10:20 PM #7
Internationally known Australian childrens band The Wiggles:
We can wiggle and wiggle.
wiggle at home without a care
Wiggle and wiggle,
wiggle at breakfast, lunch or tea
Wiggle and wiggle,
wiggle along with me, wiggle along with me
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20th Sep 2010, 10:55 PM #8Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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21st Sep 2010, 1:21 AM #9
I know there is a whole When The Wind Blows theme here ... but Simon & Garfunkels The Sun Is Burning is a kind of pleasant song when you hear the first verse ...
The sun is burning in the sky
Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by
In the park the lazy bees
Are joining in the flowers, among the trees
And the sun burns in the sky
The sun is burning in the sky
Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by
In the park the lazy bees
Are joining in the flowers, among the trees
And the sun burns in the skyRemember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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23rd Sep 2010, 5:15 AM #10
Not really sinister - but Dido's "Mary's in India".
It always sounds to me "OMG my best friend Mary is going for a gap year to India and is gonna bore me for the rest of my life over what she's seen over there.
"Anyway ... whilst she's away I'm gonna sleep with her boyfriend ..."Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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7th Oct 2010, 3:13 AM #11
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