So I went to a hockey game this past weekend. I hadn’t been to a game in years. It was a great game! Blues won by the skin of their teeth.
Anyway, during one of the breaks, there was a announcement honoring the Veteran of the Game (I think that’s what they called it). I guess every game they choose a local military veteran and have a little appreciation for them. The announcer gives a quick bio and talks about their service and everyone claps. I think the veteran is present at the game for this. OK. I’m not completely comfortable with the ever-escalating levels of military worship at sporting events, but I don’t go that often so I guess I’m not in the target audience. Anyway, the announcer finished his spiel, we all clapped, and then they played a bit of a song. To honor this combat veteran.
Guess the song!
[spoiler]“Born in the USA”. Which might be a good choice if the only lyrics were what’s in the title, instead of:
So to tonight’s Veteran of the Game: “You were roped into a racist war, saw your friends killed, and came back a broken shell of a man, unemployed and hanging out in the shadow of the penitentiary. We salute you!!”
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This happens to Lyle Lovett a lot. He once did a live TV concert with concert and was asked to play the following:
“Nobody Knows Me” to honor their marriage. But as Lovett said, “That’s a cheatin’ song.”
“L.A. County” because they had played it at their wedding. :eek: Well, yes, it’s set at a wedding. However:
[spoiler]And as she stood there at the altar
All dressed in her gown of white
Her face was bright as stars a’shining
Like I’d dreamed of all my life
And they kissed each other
And they turned around
And they saw me standing in the aisle
Well I did not say much
I just stood there watching
As that .45 told them goodbye.[/spoiler]
They did say they changed the lyrics a bit. You think?
According to a list I just read yesterday, the most commonly requested song at wedding receptions is “Hey Ya” by OutKast. Which is a song about falling out of love.
About a decade ago the New York Rangers’ pump-up song before games was “The Pretender”. I was always impressed that they were so accepting of their place in the league.
(And yes, I am aware that the lyrics actually work, but that title…)
I came in here to mention Every Breathe You Take. Sting himself has said he doesn’t understand why people play this song at weddings. It’s a stalker song.
I think the whole point of this thread is that people are using songs without intending their actual meanings. But intended or not, those meanings are still inappropriate for the settings.
Right. I was kinda hoping that people would post the setup then spoiler the actual song. I thought it would be fun to try to guess the terrible song choice. I should have been more explicit in the OP.
Yeah, we’ve done these threads a zillion times. What’s a zillion and one between friends?
This one is not as glaring as some, but was still a little unsettling to me. I was at the grocery store a couple weeks ago. The store has probably 500 feet of shelves for coffee. I like coffee and everything, but I think for most of the options, the primary difference is the color of the bag. I’m standing there for several minutes faced with this ridiculous assortment of options for this really inconsequential decision. And instead of encouraging me to take my time and enjoy the array of choices, the store’s music system played:
[spoiler]“Time”, by Pink Floyd.
Yep, staring at 1000 kinds of coffee definitely counts as frittering and wasting hours. Thanks for that reminder.
Everybody says that, but I don’t think it’s true. And for what it’s worth, Gary Cerone and Nuno Bettencourt both deny it’s anything like a demand for nookie.
In a comedy skit, Tim Hawkins relates how a friend asked asked him to sing at a wedding. “What song?”. “Oh, you pick”. ---- ---- He sings snippets of some Inappropriate Wedding Songs {youtube}What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Heard from A Friend You’ve Been Messin’ Around
She’s My Best Friend’s Girl But She Used To Be Mine
But I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Lookin’ For
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Dude Looks Like A Lady!
I was at a funeral for a friend’s elderly mother and following a nice tribute to her and highlighting her pious ways they played Hallelujah. Maybe I’m the one misinterpreting the lyrics but to me it’s always seemed quite cynical and bitter. Gorgeous, yes, but uplifting? hells no.
It was a few years ago that my wife and I were shopping in the neighborhood supermarket, and the piped-in music started blaring Rick James’ Superfreak.
Meat Loaf’s Paradise by the Dashboard Light is the most inappropriate song I can think of for a wedding, and yet it’s been played at almost every wedding reception I’ve ever been to. We gave the band at our wedding explicit instructions not to play it, but we were overruled by popular demand.
---- He sings snippets of some