Some songs have a meaning you don't pick up on the first listen, or sometimes ever really pick up on
Maybe the most famous is the song "Born in the USA", an antiwar song that somehow became a patriotic song due to its chorus "born in the USA" and even used in Reagan's presidential bid despite lyrics such as
"So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man"
Other songs maybe you thought were wholesome like "Come on Eileen" despite lyrics like
"With you in that dress, oh my thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty...
Ah come on lets take off everything"
So anyhow, any of you realize a song you like has a meaning you never picked up on before?
I have listened to the song Sabrina by Einstürzende Neubauten for months now, and just now due to a youtube comment realized the song was about Germany grappling with its nazi past
Maybe the most famous is the song "Born in the USA", an antiwar song that somehow became a patriotic song due to its chorus "born in the USA" and even used in Reagan's presidential bid despite lyrics such as
"So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man"
Other songs maybe you thought were wholesome like "Come on Eileen" despite lyrics like
"With you in that dress, oh my thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty...
Ah come on lets take off everything"
So anyhow, any of you realize a song you like has a meaning you never picked up on before?
I have listened to the song Sabrina by Einstürzende Neubauten for months now, and just now due to a youtube comment realized the song was about Germany grappling with its nazi past