# I just ruined two songs for my wife **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575 "2012-07-27T15:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/21 "2012-07-30T17:13:02Z")
Didn’t the first Bush’s campaign. . . or was it Reagan’s 2nd term. . . use “Born in the USA” as a theme song? Talk about not understanding what a song is about. ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/22 "2012-07-30T17:54:14Z")
My SO always makes fun of me cause I never know the words to songs. In my case it’s because I can’t understand what they’re saying. A little enunciation would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/23 "2012-07-30T18:56:53Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > So we were in the car listening to some music and _How Soon Is Now?_ and this lyric came on… \ > So that song ends and the next song that comes on is “Human” by the Human League … Were you listening to Alternative '80’s on Pandora, by any chance? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/24 "2012-07-30T19:56:02Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Were you listening to Alternative '80’s on Pandora, by any chance? 🙂 Nope, 1st Wave on Sirius. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/25 "2012-07-30T20:18:37Z")
I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of said, The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had. Mad World, by Tears for Fears. The whole thing is depressing, but sung with an upbeat tune. ---
**Author:** ![HenryGale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@HenryGale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HenryGale)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/26 "2012-07-30T20:37:06Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > My SO wants to play “Landslide” by Stevie Nicks at our wedding. I’m pretty sure the song is about a woman whose life has gone to shit and is trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces. Not exactly “first dance” material. People liked to do this a lot with Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel”, too, especially after it was popularized by that Nick Cage movie… too bad the song is about heroin addiction. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/27 "2012-07-30T20:51:00Z")
[QUOTE=Iron Maiden] Can I Play With Madness [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Frodo] No!, you would probably break it! [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Frodo’s Wife] Thanks, you’ve just ruinded that song for me [/QUOTE] … ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/28 "2012-07-30T21:34:24Z")
Not to disparage your wife, \*\* Gangster O \*\*, but it’s weird to me that she didn’t pick up on Morrissey’s morose delivery, not to mention the line “I am human and I need to be loved”. Anyway, as has been established, some people don’t pay attention to the lyrics, which is alien to me. I think she should stay away from any future Smiths recordings unless you prepare her beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/29 "2012-08-02T18:35:57Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > My wife was singing along with Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” in the car until I pointed out the connotations of being down on the muffin and young bleeders. I had this revelation when trying to sing karaoke. I was familiar with the Run DMC version, in a “I’ve heard that song” kinda way, but really didn’t know the lyrics nearly as well as I thought. Couple that with the speed of delivery of the lines, and the shock factor of "Wait, that line says _what?"_, and I totally flubbed that round. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/30 "2012-08-02T19:52:20Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Not to disparage your wife, \*\* Gangster O \*\*, but it’s weird to me that she didn’t pick up on Morrissey’s morose delivery, not to mention the line “I am human and I need to be loved”. Anyway, as has been established, some people don’t pay attention to the lyrics, which is alien to me. I think she should stay away from any future Smiths recordings unless you prepare her beforehand. My wife love The Smiths, she just doesn’t seem to connect the words as a narrative in songs. She sings merrily along with _Bigmouth Strikes Again_ nit really understanding what it is about. I don’t think I will explain it to her. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/31 "2012-08-02T20:29:02Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > She’s one of those people who doesn’t listen to lyrics. Lyrics are just human mouth noise. The words of the song don’t register, just the overall sound of everything. I’m like that. I hate finding out what songs are about. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/32 "2012-08-02T21:23:17Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > My wife love The Smiths, she just doesn’t seem to connect the words as a narrative in songs. She sings merrily along with _Bigmouth Strikes Again_ nit really understanding what it is about. I don’t think I will explain it to her. “_Girlfriend In A Coma_ is about eating too much at Thanksgiving and taking a nap, right?” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/33 "2012-08-03T07:57:44Z")
For the longest time, I had been under the impression that “How Soon Is Now?” started off with the lines “I am the sun and the air.” Made enough sense to me … Morrissey seems like precisely the kind of self-important boob who would liken himself to the essentials of life. I never really gave the lyrics that much attention. When I’m listening to the song, I’m pretty much there for that awesome guitar and the whole epic sprawl of it. With some songs I’m hanging onto every word and searching about for all manner of meanings and hidden meanings, but in this case, my brain just decided to say, “Eh, Morrissey’s moping about SOMETHING. Go with it.” ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/34 "2012-08-03T14:42:00Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > My SO wants to play “Landslide” by Stevie Nicks at our wedding. I’m pretty sure the song is about a woman whose life has gone to shit and is trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces. Not exactly “first dance” material. Not so much. It’s more a song about aging and being somewhat afraid of changes, but willing to take the chance anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/35 "2012-08-03T16:06:27Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > For the longest time, I had been under the impression that “How Soon Is Now?” started off with the lines “I am the sun and the air.” Made enough sense to me … Morrissey seems like precisely the kind of self-important boob who would liken himself to the essentials of life. I never really gave the lyrics that much attention. When I’m listening to the song, I’m pretty much there for that awesome guitar and the whole epic sprawl of it. With some songs I’m hanging onto every word and searching about for all manner of meanings and hidden meanings, but in this case, my brain just decided to say, “Eh, Morrissey’s moping about SOMETHING. Go with it.” While he does say “The Son and heir” as you know, I do think it is meant to be ambiguous. The following line, “Of nothing in particular” indicates in both senses that he is not needed by anybody or anything. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/36 "2012-08-03T19:02:11Z")
I knew “Pumped Up Kicks” wasn’t about anything good, but I didn’t realize exactly how bad it was until I deciphered a few lines here and there. I guess I thought it was just basic gang violence stuff before. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sealemon2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/37 "2012-08-04T18:55:15Z")
The Toadies’ Possum Kingdom is a classic example of this, but several of their other songs, such as Tyler or Jigsaw Girl also have fairly catchy music coupled with some really dark lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/38 "2012-08-04T19:46:37Z")
> [@HenryGale](#): > > People liked to do this a lot with Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel”, too, especially after it was popularized by that Nick Cage movie… too bad the song is about heroin addiction. I came in to post this. I am forbidden to even mention this to my wife or her friends anymore. They all want to pretend it isn’t true… ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/39 "2012-08-04T20:03:37Z")
> [@Sealemon2.0](#): > > The Toadies’ Possum Kingdom is a classic example of this, but several of their other songs, such as Tyler or Jigsaw Girl also have fairly catchy music coupled with some really dark lyrics. Make up your mind. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575/40 "2012-08-04T20:21:31Z")
When I was a kid, I had a crush on that girl who sang “Hot Child in The City” I had never actually seen the girl. I was just in love with her voice. It wasn’t until 20 plus years later that my friend informed me: “That ain’t’ no girl! That’s Nick Gilder! BWAHAHAHA!!” My friend completely destroyed a childhood icon of mine. And along with it, any nostalgia I may have felt if I hear the song today. Dang it! Bliss indeed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ruined-two-songs-for-my-wife/629575.md?page=1)