How about Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues, by Jim Croce?
The protagonist “[J]ust got out from the county prison, doin’ ninety days for non-support”, and he kinda goes downhill from there.
How about Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues, by Jim Croce?
The protagonist “[J]ust got out from the county prison, doin’ ninety days for non-support”, and he kinda goes downhill from there.
He absolutey IS in love!
Rocket Man by Elton John - Taken literally, the protagonist is a workaholic in the future who is off working on Mars 5 days a week. But lyrics like “high as a kite by then” and “I’m not the man they think I am at home…Rocket man! Burning out his fuse up here alone” makes me suspect that it’s more likely a metaphor for whatever drug-fueled craziness is the protagonists “life” while he’s not at home.
Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf - Basically, some high school kid tells a girl whatever she wants to hear so he can get in her pants, (presumably) knocks her up and now he’s stuck with her. Or he’s the most stupidly honorably SOB ever.
“All I Need is a Miracle” by Mike + The Mechanics:
*I went out my way just to hurt you
The one I shouldn’t hurt at all
And though I treated you like a child
I’m gonna love you for the rest of my life*
Sounds like a regretful dick, at least.
“Norwegian Wood” by the Beatles. John is a dick to a woman he meets and in the morning burns her house down.
Either “A Little Less Conversation” by Elvis Presley is deliberately this, or it hasn’t aged well.
“I Got a Woman” by Ray Charles is probably the latter. “She knows a woman’s place is right there now in her home” is very outdated in my opinion.
Second Chance by .38 Special has always pissed me off. Sure, the singer slept with someone else but he never *loved *her! He never *needed *her! Look, she was willing and that’s all there is to say. Fuck off.
Lips of an Angel by Hinder is the conversation between two a-holes who used to date each other and are now whispering on the phone while their current partners are asleep.
E.g., Robert Johnson, “Me and the Devil”
Me and the devil was walkin’ side by side
I’m going to beat my woman 'til I get satisfied.
Domestic abuse, Satanism, and improper pronoun syntax. Damn, that’s a dick.
You are correct that not every relationship has a good and bad guy but if you take the lyrics at face value an assume that she is telling the truth, I think it is fair to say the guy in the song is a dick even if he doesn’t see himself that way.
Well, he’s a lifelong loafer who gets out of jail and can’t imagine why the Fortune 500 isn’t rolling out the red carpet for him!
Well, Fleetwood mac is an interesting example. Buckingham and Nicks are mutually bad at this whole relationship thing. But we get so many good songs out of it that are at the core basically “fuck you” songs aimed at each other.
If they ever leaned how to get along, they could be happy, but music would have suffered. At least they kept at it with each other, and saved two other people. ![]()
Well it doesn’t say he’s actually doing more than going on dates with them - I read that as “I need to do the right thing and get serious about one of them”.
The Monkees (written by Neil Diamond) song “A little bit me, a little bit you” has one of my favorite non-apologies. He’s trying to keep a girl from walking out on him after some fight, and he sings “I’m a little bit wrong - and you’re a little bit right.”
Ignorance fought. All this time I thought Denny was singing about Cass’s unrequited love for him.
NM not funny
“Signs” by the Five Man Electrical Band. Worst hippie douchness imaginable.
One that really makes my skin crawl is Suspicions by Eddie Rabbitt. Read those lyrics and see if you don’t think this guy’s going to be beating his woman soon. And no doubt telling her she “made” him do it!
Excellent choice, especially as it’s presented within a sweet-sounding, gentle Gallic waltz.
Me and Mrs. Jones should be in the running
The Faces- Stay With Me
So in the morning, please don’t say you love me
'cause you know I’ll only kick you out the door
Yeah, I’ll pay your cab fare home
You can even use my best colonge
Just don’t be here in the morning when I wake up