Thursday, October 29, 2009

Some interesting lyrics...

There are some lyrics of songs which tend to lead us astray because of a number of reasons, like the way it was pronounced or simply because of our mindset on certain sentence construction or when we just listen without taking the trouble to make out what it was all about. I know of many songs which I did not bother to find out.

Examples: Strangers in the night, exchanging glances (trousers?) wandering in the night...
Like a Rhinestone (limestone?) cowboy...
Take my breath (breasts?) away...

A brother, when asked to sing karaoke, said he doesn't mind, but everyone has to get out of the room because he is going to sing, 'Only you...'

'Mr lover... by the guy who sings Mr. Bombastic...: a sister-in-law heard it as Mr. Lohpak!

The Bellamy Brothers' 'If I said you had a beautiful body' (would you hold it against me?), to me must one of the best lines in music lyrics. The play on words has double meanings: it could mean 'would you bear a grudge against me' or literally 'hold your body against mine'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCRgI2Ld7U

Off hand, I can think of another good one, though dissimilar, in 'Unbreak my heart'.
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1 comment:

  1. KoSong Cafe9:36 am

    I was wondering if I typed correctly the song title as I had copied directly from the video clip. Just checked and and heard the singer, I personally think it should have been, 'If I said you have (rather than had) a beautiful body...' because 'had' would suggest 'before' or 'past' or 'not now' and the girl would definitely bear a grudge against you!

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