muzikman (muzikman) wrote, @ 2009-08-24 16:02:00

I don't get it
I find it very funny that people often insist on adding meaning to song lyrics.

You know what I mean. A song can never just mean what it is saying at face value. There always has to be some deep, metaphorical meaning. Well, I'm sure that's true a lot of the time, but not always. Just look at any video on YouTube. If the song has lyrics or a title that is even slightly ambiguous, there will be a ton of comments saying things like "what does this mean?" or "what is this song about?".

I guess I'm just not the type to overthink lyrics. I go more for the overall feel of the song. It moves me or it doesn't.

I'm reminded of a recent discussion I saw on Facebook. A group of folks spent way too much time discussing the song "Pokerface" by Lady Gaga. One person insisted that "pokerface" was actually slang for a certain part of her anatomy. Seriously though, who gives a shit?

I played a show last December, and a group of rather drunk/stoned young men approached me. One of them said "Hey man, your song "Candy" is about cocaine, isn't it?". To which I replied "Uh, no, it's about candy". Cripes! There's not always a hidden, subversive message, folks!!!

Post a comment in response:

From:		Anonymous
		Username:
		Username:  Password:  Login?
Subject:	No HTML allowed in subject
	No Image
	Don't auto-format:
Message:	Enter the security code below. Allowed HTML: <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <area> <b> <bdo> <big> <blockquote> <br> <caption> <center> <cite> <code> <col> <colgroup> <dd> <dd> <del> <dfn> <div> <dl> <dt> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr> <i> <img> <ins> <kbd> <li> <li> <map> <marquee> <ol> <p> <pre> <q> <s> <samp> <small> <span> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <tbody> <td> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul> <var> <xmp>