Songs you can't figure out

[ChrisnSteph]

You know - those songs where without googling it, you can't figure out what the heck they're singing! Here is one where I couldn't figure out what the heck he was singing about:

The Authority Song - John Cougar Mellencamp

What's yours?

 

[AllyandJack]

Adia...Sarah McLachlan. Who is Adia?

 

[wvjules]

Adia...Sarah McLachlan. Who is Adia?

I love that song.

 

[AllyandJack]

I love that song.

It's nice, but I don't know who Adia is. It's all lost on me.

 

[pattyT]

BYE BYE Miss American PIE
Drove my chevy to the Levy but the levy was dead...
(i love it but )

 

[Karel]

BYE BYE Miss American PIE
Drove my chevy to the Levy but the levy was dead...
(i love it but )

I thought the levy was dry....

Guess I'll have to google that...

 

[Mackey Mouse]

It is dry.....

 

[Virgo10]

Louie Louie.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

What about where you can't understand the words to a song? That's what I meant about Mellencamps song - I couldn't understand a freaking word he was saying!

For the meaning of American Pie, look here:
http://oldies.about.com/library/weekly/aa082602a.htm

 

[Nette]

the weird Banana song by Gwen stefani.. or how ever you spell it... I can't understand what the actual title is, and I have NO idea what the song is supposed to be about. Sigh... I must be getting old.

 

[wvjules]

Hollaback girl is the Gwen Stefani song. I like that one too. lol

 

[Cindy B]

the weird Banana song by Gwen stefani.. or how ever you spell it... I can't understand what the actual title is, and I have NO idea what the song is supposed to be about. Sigh... I must be getting old.

Hollaback = late night casual intimate encounter.

Does that make sense now?

Louie Louie makes perfect sense.

Every Night and Day I sail the sea, think of the girl constantly... I wonder how I'll make it home...

This is about a guy who is a fisherman who is thinking of his lady friend.

Thats what I see in it anyway.

 

[Nette]

Hollaback = late night casual intimate encounter.

LOL.. ok got it!

I had a friend who could NOT figure out what the hook was from Macy Gray's "I Try"...

Instead of "my world crumbles when you are not here" she swore they were singing "I wear goggles when you drink beer".

I still sing that.

 

[crz4mm2]

Horse with no name... Not only does it not make sense, I can't stand it.....

 

[va32h]

Have you heard that new Mariah Carey song "Shake it Off"? It took me forever to figure out that the line was

"Like a Calgon commercial
I gotta get up out of here
And go somewhere"

I kept thinking - a cow gone where? What is she saying!

Then I had to explain to everyone I know who is under 30 WHAT a "Calgon commercial" was. I felt so old.

 

[Loubon]

Uncle Albert by Paul McCartney