I hope you’re joking. A “back door man” is referenced in many blues songs and is referring to a man having an affair with a married woman.
There are also a lot of people who believe that Jessie’s “girl” is actually a transvestite.
:dubious:
No joke – Ian Gillan himself has said that the song’s about anal sex.
Don’t have a clue what “Twist in the Tale” is about, though.
Wow. OK. Thanks. I think.
Why isn’t it correct? He likes her, but the point is moot because he sees how into Jessie she is.
The grammar issue with Styx’s Too Much Time on My Hands (“Is it any wonder I’m not a criminal?..Is it any wonder I’m not crazy?”) is bugging me. He has too much time on his hands – “Is it any wonder I’m crazy/in jail?” would make more sense.
Edit: Oops, didn’t see the other posts. I guess you were serious after all.
Oh, my gosh! I could’ve written this post! The more recent stuff by Train is really catchy and energetic. Case in point, Drive By, which never fails to get me moving. However, the lyrics are mind-numbingly banal. Chorus:
- In particular deserves a :smack:
Moot doesn’t mean “end of topic”; just the opposite in fact. Or do I not understand the meaning of the word? I’m not being snarky; I’m really questioning myself now.
Not sure what you mean re the Styx song. IIRC the first time he sings “Is it any wonder I’m not crazy? Is it any wonder I’m sane at all?” and the second time is “Is it any wonder I’m not a criminal? Is it any wonder I’m not in jail?” A quick Google would confirm or deny this but I’m just going by what I remember.
Regarding the *Deep Purple *song, I thought it was common knowledge that KAYBD is about anal sex. I’ve always interpreted “back door man” as **Leaffan **stated it.
I thought about this thread this morning while driving to work and a sample of a 90’s dance song came on the radio. “Jellyhead”. Super catchy song, but “Jellyhead”? WTF?
He also says, in the bridge:
And I’m lookin’ in the mirror all the time
Wonderin’ what she don’t see in me
I’ve been funny; I’ve been cool with the lines
Ain’t that the way love’s supposed to be?
Revealing a very…1950s…idea of courtship. Really, the whole song is atrocious. :smack:
I took it to mean his desires are irrelevant – I thought “it’s a moot point” means it’s true but doesn’t make a difference…?
Right. So if he has too much time on his hands and that makes him get into trouble, it would be “is it any wonder I’m a criminal?” meaning it makes sense he’s a criminal.
But my head is a pretzel now too! 
:smack::smack::smack: I get it now. It only took my reading it about ten times.
Whew – it could totally have been me!! 
OK, Now you’ve got me rethinking what Brown Sugar is about! 
Technically, he’s using it wrong in both the traditional sense and modern usage.
Even the modern sense, a moot point is still a disputable or debatable subject, although the merits of an argument may have become irrelevant due to a change in circumstances resulting in the point of debate becoming moot.
i.e. Arguing over whether go shopping or to the beach when your car won’t start.
I’ve always taken it to mean that she’s so love with Jesse that telling her he loves her would be pointless but not a moot point.
Are we allowed to mention Opera here? Because the lyrics of some arias (or, in certain cases, whole librettos) are real doozies…
At a certain point in “Don Giovanni”, with music by Mozart and libretto by Da Ponte, a tremendously dramatic moment happens: Dona Anna has suddenly discovered the identity of the man who killed her father, the Commendatore – It was none other than Don Giovanni, who has just tried to basically rape her! Don Giovanni has just fled the scene, and Don Ottavio, the fiancé of Dona Anna, arrives.
Anna is telling her fiancé that Don Giovanni, bosom friend of Don Ottavio, not only has tried to take advantage of her, but he is also the murderer of her own father! (For which action Ottavio had sworn revenge on the at the time unknown murderer).
OK. So, your fiancée tells you that your best friend not only tried to rape her but also happens to be the killer of her own father. How do you react? How would anybody who is not an alien from Zeta Reticuli react?
Definitely not like Don Ottavio in the libretto, who gives Anna the following, magnificently stupid reply:
“But how was it? Narrate to me this strange event.”
…
What. The. Fuck.
It is a testament to the genius of Mozart that his music alone allows the listener (if he or she happens to know Italian, that is) to completely ignore the otherworldly asininity (is that a word?) of such an utterance. The whole scene is tremendously dramatic, but it is the music what provides the dramatism, because the words can be absolutely idiotic!
And this is “Don Giovanni”…
Oh good one! Once I noticed that, it kind of ruined the song for me.
“The log was in my pocket
When Lucy met the rocket”
:o
Who gives a shit? The OP isn’t about geography, it is about terrible lyrics.
Garth Brooks has some kicking tunes with absolutely horrible lyrics. “Against the Grain” has so many idiotic lines, you have to wonder if he wrote it that way on purpose. The song’s about a guy who considers himself a real iconoclast, a rebel, a nonconformist - described by one cliche after another. He’s going out on a limb, deck is stacked against him, he has to sink or swim - ack! And just when you think it’s as bad as it can get, there’s this gem:
But sometimes you just can’t be afraid
To wear a different hat
If Columbus had complied
This old world might still be flat
Um, no, the world would still be round regardless of what kind of hat Columbus wore.
I hate those songs that start out OK, but devolve quickly into seemingly endless repetition of a single droning, grating phrase for the second half to two thirds of the song.
Two examples are “Kind and Generous” by Natalie Merchant and “Bulletproof” by La Roux.