10 Mind-Bending, Violent, Scary, or Otherwise Messed-up Songs Of Which You’re Unaware.
source: http://www.popbunker.net/2009/10/10-mindbending-violent-scary-messedup-songs-unaware/
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#10,9 & 5-1 as well as embedded streaming playlist at the link
8. Happiness is a Warm Gun / The Beatles
Speaking of Lennon/McCartney and seriously speaking of subtle lyrics, try reading the title of this song another way. Like:
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Ha/Pee nes/ Is a warm gun.
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Or, A Penis is a Warm Gun, if one still doesn’t get it. That makes these lyrics all the better:
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(When I hold you in my arms) Oooooooooh, oh yeah!/ And when I feel my finger on your trigger/ Oooooooooh, oh yeah!/ I know nobody can do me no harm/ Oooooooooh, oh yeah!/ Happiness (is a warm gun, momma)/ Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Happiness (is a warm gun)/ Bang Bang Shoot Shoot/ Yes it is, gun! Happiness (is a warm gun)
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Frankly, the song would have made the list just for its opening lyrics:
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She’s not a girl who misses much Do do do do do do, oh yeah/ She’s well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand Like a lizard on a window pane/ The man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors On his hobnail boots/ Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy Working overtime/ A soap impression of his wife which he ate And donated to the National Trust
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7. Behind Blue Eyes / The Who
This is another song that kinda sounds pretty, so it must be, like, romantic or something, right? Nah, Townsend was was/is fucked up.
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No one knows what its like/ To be hated/ To be fated/ To telling only lies/ But my dreams They arent as empty/ As my conscience seems to be/ I have hours, only lonely/ My love is vengeance/ Thats never free
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There might be an official explanation regarding this song that a bigger fan of The Who would know. But I won’t believe it.
6. Suddenly There is a Tidal Wave / Magnetic Fields
Stephin Merritt is probably one of the best and most ironic song-writers ever. His music is full of juxtaposition and twists between music and lyric and the gender roles, etc. ‘Tidal Wave’ is another pretty sounding song. But it’s more like it was ripped from ‘Donnie Darko.’
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You held me upside-down/ Till I couldn’t breathe anymore/ Then you held me like a baby/ Television, like wine; and cigarettes, like grains of sand;/ And raspberry schnapps, like a thousand sunsets./ The boys talk like they own the world/ The women keep their stupid diaries/ But suddenly there’s a tidal wave/ And everything is sucked out to sea./ There were probably birds/ Outside our little room I don’t remember anything but you/ We must have been the butt Of all the jokes in the world/ For trying to live like Pippi Longstocking.
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Embedded streaming playlist and #10,9 & 5-1 at the link
8. Happiness is a Warm Gun / The Beatles
Speaking of Lennon/McCartney and seriously speaking of subtle lyrics, try reading the title of this song another way. Like:
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Ha/Pee nes/ Is a warm gun.
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Or, A Penis is a Warm Gun, if one still doesn’t get it. That makes these lyrics all the better:
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(When I hold you in my arms) Oooooooooh, oh yeah!/ And when I feel my finger on your trigger/ Oooooooooh, oh yeah!/ I know nobody can do me no harm/ Oooooooooh, oh yeah!/ Happiness (is a warm gun, momma)/ Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Happiness (is a warm gun)/ Bang Bang Shoot Shoot/ Yes it is, gun! Happiness (is a warm gun)
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Frankly, the song would have made the list just for its opening lyrics:
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She’s not a girl who misses much Do do do do do do, oh yeah/ She’s well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand Like a lizard on a window pane/ The man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors On his hobnail boots/ Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy Working overtime/ A soap impression of his wife which he ate And donated to the National Trust
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7. Behind Blue Eyes / The Who
This is another song that kinda sounds pretty, so it must be, like, romantic or something, right? Nah, Townsend was was/is fucked up.
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No one knows what its like/ To be hated/ To be fated/ To telling only lies/ But my dreams They arent as empty/ As my conscience seems to be/ I have hours, only lonely/ My love is vengeance/ Thats never free
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There might be an official explanation regarding this song that a bigger fan of The Who would know. But I won’t believe it.
6. Suddenly There is a Tidal Wave / Magnetic Fields
Stephin Merritt is probably one of the best and most ironic song-writers ever. His music is full of juxtaposition and twists between music and lyric and the gender roles, etc. ‘Tidal Wave’ is another pretty sounding song. But it’s more like it was ripped from ‘Donnie Darko.’
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You held me upside-down/ Till I couldn’t breathe anymore/ Then you held me like a baby/ Television, like wine; and cigarettes, like grains of sand;/ And raspberry schnapps, like a thousand sunsets./ The boys talk like they own the world/ The women keep their stupid diaries/ But suddenly there’s a tidal wave/ And everything is sucked out to sea./ There were probably birds/ Outside our little room I don’t remember anything but you/ We must have been the butt Of all the jokes in the world/ For trying to live like Pippi Longstocking.
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Embedded streaming playlist and #10,9 & 5-1 at the link
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