The Most Misunderstood Song Lyrics Of All Time
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We knew Every Breath You Take was a stalker song back when it was new. People really need to just read the liner notes.
Creepy song by a total creeper.
I was in college when this song was popular. No one I knew naively assumed this was a sweet love song. It’s meaning was pretty clear. Even way back in the 80’s
Amen. Look into The Police and their associated businesses. Truly putting it right in our faces....
Agree…who DIDN’T it was dark?
Im so dyslexic add & extra i read take my breath away & webt dark w/ it. Speaking of dark, i took a wrong tirn once. Or i took several wrong turns. But even stripping was a bit of an outlet. I remember dancing to creep before. Yes, i remember each every last individual song. I dont really but i remember the ones i thought i was being creative w. Bc ure gonna not w/ me. Somexs when u just know ... That every bodys gonna tweak u in every way. So, u just do it back. Simply bc. For me its not narcissism. Its whats in that fd up head of urs & i guess how much r u gonna let me get away with since were sll just pretty much bored on the daily anyways
The original meaning of a song will never be as important as the listener's interpretation of a song.
Self centered much?
Yeaaaaah, no.
@@jerrymclellan4711 Really? Do you want the artists to pre release essays about what songs mean? I personally don't care about the original meaning of a song. I only care how it touched me or someone else. If what you say is true, then every couple who used Every Breath You Take is either wrong or they approve of stalking. What about the songs who don't have any meaning like The Joker by the Steve Miller Band. He wrote that song by simply putting stuff that sounded good to him because he needed a hit--his record company was going to drop him. What you said makes no sense. How about you provide some examples of where the artists original meaning of a song is more important than the listener's interpretations of the song?
@@devonboulden2496 They are called liner notes.
@@jerrymclellan4711 You're an idiot. I've owned albums for years. Sometimes an album contains the lyrics. Sometimes there's text talking about the band. I'm sure that they sometimes explain the meaning of a song, but that rare. That; however, doesn't make the writers meaning of a song the correct meaning. Once art is released to the world, it's up to each individual to interpret what it means to them.
Every Breath You Take is obviously a song about stalking. That is why it was my husband and my song. I used to catch him riding by my house all the time and showing up places I was at. I went ahead and married him 40 yrs ago.😁😁 Sting actually wrote it when he was going through a divorce and having a hard time with it.
Thought it was a love song
Our family was around a 🔥. We were talking about 🎶. My oldest son was around 11. He said that my generation had a song about drugs. I asked what tune was he talking about." My Wife Snorts Coke With a Pink Carnation he said. I couldn't figure out this song at ALL. A couple of days later it hit me!!!! The song he was talking about was " A White Sport Coat, and a Pink Carnation" That was a hoot!!! We still have a good laugh about it. He's 57 now and love how he he was so sure of himself!!
Marty Robbins
How bout....Blinded by the Light!!!!
"Revved up like a deuce".......lol
I always thought Manfred Man was saying something else!!!! Lol!!!!
That falls under misheard lyrics, not misunderstood song meanings.
Blinded by the light, actually has absolutely zero meaning to it.
The song was actually written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen. He wrote the song using a rhyming book.
Good Riddance was a hit well before it was on Seinfeld.
I think there's plenty more misunderstood lyrics for popular songs out there, you could probably do a whole series on, i'd be interested to watch it certainly.
"......Turned out to be JUST a step father". I, sir am a step parent. If someone EVER called me "just a step father", God have mercy on them. Because I wouldn't. I STEPPED UP and I STEPPED IN. Some of us do actually give a damn.
But sadly some people are just a step parent.
Also, Vedder's made it VERY clear over the years that the "step" part has nothing to do with it; it's everything else that makes "Alive" a dark and twisted song
Put on your big boy pants, the song isn't about you.
Soooo many songs were left out!!
I'll throw one out, Love Hurts by Nazareth. Am I the only one who knows all the words?
Anyone?
Peace and good luck!💋
Roy orbison wrote that in case you didnt know
Great vid but it is not really misheard lyrics.. Its just misinterpreted lyrics. Misheard lyrics is when Elton John sings "Hold me closer tiny dancer..." and you hear "Hold me closer Tony Danza..." ^_^
Never once did I hear that 🤦♀️
"You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." is a line I've heard many times long before Semisonic used it; as a "We-re closed, please leave" signal from bars and other places. I used to go to 1st Ave, the place where many scenes in Prince's Purple Rain movie were filmed. Staff there used it often. I was a regular back in the '80's and they were using it then. So it was only logical on our part to assume they were talking about a bar. Lines like this one: "Closing time, one last call for alcohol So, finish your whiskey or beer" -reinforced that perception.
That line is much much older than that. I've even heard it used in old black and white movies. I also come from a family of bar tenders, bar owners and drunks. That was one of many common bar lines.
@@lennychorn147 I didn't know that, I just knew where I'd heard it from; my local Renaissance Festival was the first place I'd heard it, and then a few years later at 1st Avenue. But both were decades before this song came out. Thanks for the update.
@@WickedPrince3D Another good bar tender line, is when drunks fall asleep. They'll say; I don't drink in your bed, you don't sleep on my bar.
@@lennychorn147 ROFL. I've never heard that one before, I should throw it in my quotes folder. :)
I’ve always heard that line as “You ain’t gotta go home but you gotta get the hell on up outta here”. 😂
"Might as well face it, you're a Dick Head to Love" ...Robert Palmer.
"Dunderchee" ACDC
I've got many more.
Misunderstood, not misheard.
Please continue I would certainly enjoy
London Calling was the name of a BBC's, British Broadcasting Company, daily news show during WWII.
Louie, louie
Jim Steinman wrote Total eclipse of the heart for Meatloaf. Unfortunately Meatloaf wasn't allowed to record any more of Steinmans music at the time because their managers were suing each other so he gave it to Bonnie Tyler
I never knew that. I love that song.
That actually ended up being a good thing even though meatloaf can sing. I feel Bonnie made that song her own and it still just as good as the day it was released. I didn't know it was meant for Meatloaf and I would have liked to have heard his take on it too.
Why on earth is Steve Perry and his ex-girlfriend pictured for this video when there is no mention of them at all in the contents?? 🤔
The irony of Don Henley’s interpretation of Hotel California is priceless, given the fervor he has with making sure NO ONE ever covers his song without paying him everything earned by it. He’s the worst kind of old fogey musician- worth hundreds of millions, yet, when some kid on tiktok or UA-cam covers the guitar solo, he slaps a copyright claim/strike on them…. Ugh… well done, Don. Way to keep your music alive.
People playing and covering others music is the best form of flattery and still good for promoting their music but really, some people have no respect for the music. It's all about the money. Of course it was his soul he sold...so maybe he's just touchy about having to still pay the piper.
@@rustytimetraveler maybe so. I have done some covers over the last couple years, and i feel lucky that none of the artists have tried to shut me out. I do them truly out of love and respect for artists who were a massive influence in my life
And that is why Don will fade into oblivion, it's ridiculous, the greed is real
@@TheRoadhammer379 I think he already is obsolete, everybody knows his song but most people don't know who wrote it.
Nice try, but whoever owns the music has every right to refuse other people to use it without permission. It's called theft.
"Jim Seeds, Cramps and Beans"..as sung by my nephew....Gypseys, Tramps and Thieves! 😂
Many people get the mistaken idea that the Alice In Chains song Down in a Hole is about depression brought on by heroin addiction.
Oh wait, that is what it’s about.
Carry on
My summer of 69 was in ‘83
REM's Shiny Happy People is often quite misunderstood. According to the band it's a parody of Chinese internal propaganda.
How about people thinking that the song I will always love you is about romance, Dolly Parton wrote it for her former singing partner Porter Wagoner when she went solo.
Billy Squier the stroke I've heard was a satire about the record industry and the exploitation by them of the Artists. You move quite well lyric means that the producers wanted people who were dynamic on stage like Elvis. The stroke thing amplifies fairly well my animosity towards that industry. Makes it stronger. A lot of people thought it was a gay dong.
This is a condition known as Mislyricosis. Serious but treatable.😂
I know most of these songs and I thought the meanings were obvious. I had no clue that they were misunderstood.
They really weren't.
This video is Revved Up Like A Douche Like A Runner In The Night!
And it gave my anus curly wurly 😆 and asked me if I needed a ride
The word is Deuce. As in Deuce coup. Not Douche. Those cars they modified to escape from Police. It led to NASCAR.
Hotel California is about the music business.
American Girl always makes me think of silence of the lambs
Papa Roach "Forever" not about a girlfriend amigos, its about drugs and quitting, listen closely
How could you misspell "U2" as "You Two?"
I like it would be blinded by the light by Manfred Mann
Bruce Springsteen wrote and recorded it originally.
Love all these songs and all these bands!!!!!
My cousin swore she heard Linda Ronstadt sing "I'm just a brown-eyed animal roped" in 'Oooo Baby Baby'. I still sing that lyric.
So you're saying there's not a bathroom on the right... ??
Great picture of Steve Perry.
Cool. Some of these I knew and some I didn’t. So, thanks!
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I really dont think there is any real meaning behind any Nervana songs
''Sting'' has always been very open about the meaning of the song (Every Breath You Take). At the time he wrote the song. Sting was suffering what he called a “mental breakdown” amid the disintegration of his first marriage to Irish actress ''Frances Tomelty''. One song that I'm surprised didn't make this list is (Mandy by Barry Manilow).
My daughters and I always called 'Every breath' the 'stalker song'... despised it with every fiber of my being, from a female perspective it's just gross beyond belief. Could never stand Sting after that, he's a sick bastard. As far as Mandy, nothing but bubblegum music about his dog... give me a freaking break. Ick.
Exactly, the fact that people use Every Breath you take for their wedding song is hilarious. They also played Green Day's "Good Riddance" recently at my kids graduation ceremony... I had an inner laugh 😆
should be playing sound clips for songs
The most disturbing lyrics in an iconic song, likely not realized by most who haven’t given it a closer listen..... . Brown Sugar.
Get over it
Nothing to get over, just mentioning the related bit.
Sold in a market down in New Orleans. "Excitable Boy" by Warren Zevon...
Sweet Caroline, a pedophile ode to a 9 yr old Caroline Kennedy
Disturbing indeed, I learnt the meaning only recently, re Marsha, 😣😲
MacCarther PARK!! break that down: "Someone left the cake out in the RAIN"
I still like that My sack of rice song by Creed
DOA by Bloodrock
Timothy
These 2 songs were banned for being too graphic
I'll have to check it out.
Dancing in the moonlight so has a twist of a meaning.
God Bless T L C , Missed & Loved ! 🙏💯💖
I can’t bear listening to this guy’s voice.
Phil Collins sounded like total hatred.
These are misunderstood song titles, not misunderstood lyrics.
A simple cross to occupy my time ? A cross word puzzle ...
The most puzzling lyric to me was written by Jimmy Webb for Wichita Lineman, "and I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time"
I always repeated i wear my sunglasses . Never thought it was a song of being used by a woman
Love that alive made this list but betterman by PJ would also be a good one for this list.
These facts are extremely interesting... some of these songs are favorites of mine but only now I learn the meaning behind it. Good Riddance, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Alive, Waterfall, Summer of '69, Smells like Teen Spirit,Paper Aeroplane. It is just so cool
"Tyler" by the Toadies, Possum Kingdom album
Interesting backgrounds on some of these that I didn't know ("Ticket to Ride"). But others are "like, duh!"
I remember wondering why Jimmie Hendrix sang “scuze me, while I kiss this guy.”
Jimi
Oh that is funny, love it 😆😆
Benny Mardones "Into the night", another inappropriate obsession with a young girl
Cool video and a lot of songs I like were covered here, I especially like the info about “Ticket To Ride” 😎
UNINTENTIONAL ADVERTISING. AMEN. Philadelphia USA ❤️
LoL... Kinda.
0:00 just here for that……I miss those days…….
I believe it’s not entirely just misunderstood lyrics as much people don’t pay attention or give any thought to what’s actually being said.
I hear this guy's voice. I'm gone.
urgh
yes
👂 🩸
Gather up your jackets and move it to the exits, I hope you have found your friends
Sounds like 12:45am at the Turf Club or Red Dragon to me
No, it’s “ ‘scuse me, while I work these lights!” 3:45
Kiss the sky...I thought it was kiss this guy for yeeears😂😂😂😂
I actually like Quentin Tarantino's interpretation of "Like a Virgin" in Reservoir Dogs better.
Whew! I thought you were going to say puff the magic dragon was about some perverted crap. I'm sitting here remembering sing to that song watching Captain Kangaroo! Late 60s!
Sometimes you have to take a songwriters explanation with a grain of salt. Like Tom Petty talking about the song American Girl being written about his time in Malibu. Yet he clearly talks about “441” which is the Highway that runs through his hometown of Gainesville Florida. (Mine as well) which is a far bit from Malibu Commiefornia.
441 goes through Malibu too
Bone-O lmao
You left out Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult. Teenagers thought that it was a death Pact but the song writer said that wasn't so
You missed these:
Poundcake by Van Halen
Smooth Up In Ya by Bullet Boys
Seventeen by Winger
Way Cool Jr by Ratt
Cherry Pie by Warrant
Cabo Wabo by VH
Check out their videos too.
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For all of you calling for Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann - it's a cover of Bruce Springsteen song.
Yes, but it is still largely incomprehensible.
But Manfred Mann (and his Earth Band) sure wrapped it up like a douche.....in the middle of the night, while running.
"Excitable Boy" by Warren Zevon. So upbeat for the twisted Lyric's 😎
Excitable boy is one of my all time favorite albums.
@Leeanna Sloan Me too! with "Preludes" rare & unreleased song's being WZ's #2 ( so underrated for his unbelievable talent) RIP Old Boy...P.S. love your Halloween mix!
It's misunderstood song lyrics, not misheard, not trying to sound condescending by no means just pointing it out.
What about Elton John s "Rocket Man"
Big ol' jed had a light on.
How about run through the jungle CCR
One of the funniest misheard lyrics I've heard someone get wrong is Graham bonnets warm ride thought he was singing born right ✅️ 🤣
Reminds me of that joke Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl dirtiest song ever written
IGDV actually translates to 'in the garden of life' (not Eden)...
@14:01 Wait, wait, wait, who here thought that a Lou Reed song was happy?
Top honors to "Semi Charmed Life" IMHO, it fooled massively corporate America who played it at Disneyland and major kids events LOL
What about Scarborough Fair
By Simon + Garfunkle
It's a story of Viet Nam war
It's an English traditional hundreds of years old, lol
Yes it was originally written in the 1600s
Do people really say NEER-vah-nah?
Only the ones who live within thirty miles of Vah-nah.
More than that is considered far from it.
Don't know Sarah Brellis or her song. Don't even know how to spell her name, obviously possibly.
10cc I'm not in love is actually a love 😍 song to his wife being sarcastic saying I love you loses it's meaning if I said it all the time. Me & my wife say that to each other
Slayer love song, 213, misunderstood
Misunderstood is like CCR "there's a bathroom on the right". What you're talking is misinterpreted son meanings. Not the same thing.
TLC's "Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls" is actually a reworking of a Paul McCartney song. I don't care what they say it's about, they wouldn't even have that song without Paul McCartney.
jYEhS, I AM The One Who whom God is Stalking😂😅😊
Most of these rock music people need to just hide. They look like old teenagers and no longer serve a purpose. Don't counter with nostalgia either. We can download anything from the web. Thank you.
Creedence Clearwater Revival had a song Green River that makes no sence whatsoever even when you read the lyrics.
Kurt , teen spirit, deodorant????? Hahaha 😆😆😆🌻
I don't remember the name of the song, it's by Stone Temple Pilots, the lyric I hear is " feeling like a ham and mustard shake" lol, I know that's not the lyric, I have read the actual lyrics, but still sing mine when I hear it.
Seems like if you're gonna drag the Beatles into it, you really should drag Norwegian Wood into it... since its sweet sounding vibe actually managed, possibly even somewhat more than the Beatles intended, to obscure for most people the fact that, rather than a song about nontoxic masculinity and being a good sport, it was, if you pay attention to the lyrics only, a song 'bout setting fire to a gal's flat because she laughingly had not come across at the end of the night.
Boy I'd hate to move here and not know anything! I'd rather be dropped off in Bakhmut with only a slingshot and a garbage can lid for armor!
I'm 2 mins in. Already I'm at "no f-king shit sherlock". Literally no one misinterpreted these songs.
If you can't get these 3 simple songs right... I'm out.
They are "misunderstood" because they are mispronounced or poorly sung. Some artists slur their words deliberately.
Louis, Louis
The who baba o’reily (spelling) “they’re so wasted” was not about drugs
I AM an old woman with a fascination with dragons aNd I need 🐲Two🐉 King Dragons to cause great joy aNd happiness In My Life🎉🎉🎉
Forever woman = bald headed woman BeeGees
Bald headed (more than a) woman by the Bee Gees