# Music videos that change the meaning of songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-that-change-the-meaning-of-songs/631181 "2012-08-11T08:05:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-that-change-the-meaning-of-songs/631181/1 "2012-08-11T08:05:22Z")
Chris Martin - Cheaters Prayer The lyrics are a ridiculous rationalization of infidelity, the protag prays for strength to avoid cheating on what he admits is a totally faithful girlfriend. He then decides hey boys will be boys and just prays he doesn’t get caught. > [@](#): > > Oh Lord, don’t let me cheat on my girlfriend, cause as far as I can see, > She loves only me, > Oh Lord, don’t let me cheat on my girlfriend(please don’t met me cheat), > But Lord if you can’t stop me from cheating(if you), just don’t let me get > Caught > No, noo, don’t let me get caught > No, no, no, no don’t let me get caught(none a tall) > Said I hope I don’t get caught(please nuh mek she catch me Lord) The video however reveals his girlfriend is actually cheating on him, she isn’t faithful at all just as duplicitous as he is. Watching the video it seems more like a commentary on ridiculous relationship drama. I know there have to be other songs like this! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-that-change-the-meaning-of-songs/631181/2 "2012-08-11T10:43:06Z")
> [@grude](#): > > The video however reveals his girlfriend is actually cheating on him, she isn’t faithful at all just as duplicitous as he is. Heh. Compare SMACK MY BITCH UP, by Prodigy. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-that-change-the-meaning-of-songs/631181/3 "2012-08-11T22:41:02Z")
No Doubt- Don’t Speak The song is about the end of Gwen Stefani’s relationship with Tony Kanal, the bass player, but the music video makes reference to the fact that Gwen was singled out by the press as the face of the band and the other band members felt ignored. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-that-change-the-meaning-of-songs/631181/4 "2012-08-11T23:23:26Z")
I understood Soul Asylum’s Runaway Train to be about struggling with depression and substance abuse, but the music video focused on actual runaway children. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-that-change-the-meaning-of-songs/631181/5 "2012-08-12T00:55:03Z")
Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden is a thoroughly serious song about American injustice to Native Americans. The video is old-school slapstick at best. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geHLdg_VNww) I can only assume they had some mtv jackass telling them what the video would look like. ---
**Author:** ![Coustralee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Coustralee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coustralee)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-that-change-the-meaning-of-songs/631181/6 "2012-08-12T13:28:22Z")
The Cure - Why Can’t I Be You They spell out the lyrics with cards or symbols… i’d seen it a dozen times until i realised one of the words they were spelling out implied something quite inappropriate that they would never be able to say.