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We always hear about song lyrics that we deeply connect to on a personal level, but what about ones that are the opposite of your experiences and/or vibe? I'll start first:

"I got money in the bank."

  • T-Pain on Buy U a Drank
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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 56 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

"🎢I'm proud to be an American🎢" from the self-titled song.

Don't get me wrong - I really want that song to be relatable again, but right now and for many years it hasn't been.

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

We had to sing that song in 4th grade, when the US invaded Iraq. Every. Damn. Morning.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"I pledge alleigance. To the flag..."

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

Yeah, we did those shenanigans too. The pledge wasn’t as obnoxious as making a bunch of redneck fourth graders sing Lee Greenwood at the top of their lungs.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 9 months ago

Oof. If it's any consolation, I'm cringing with you across time and space.

I was in high school and then college during that era, so I guess I was lucky to avoid the forced patriotism.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"Where at least I know I am free I stand up, next to you.."

That song is so goofy that me and my friends (we are third worlders) put it up ironically while playing minecraft and sing along with an american accent and the lyrics are ingrained to my brain for that reason, lmao.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 41 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Every time I'm listening to "getting better" by the Beatles and hear "I used to be cruel to my woman, I'd beat her" and then they sing about getting better I instantly turn off.

Even when I was a kid I was like wait so he still beats his wife but like not as often?

What the f*** and who beats their wife anyway and how is that in this song and it just bothers me to no end every time I have heard that song for the past my entire lifetime.

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"All that 'I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved' was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women."

John Lennon

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

Yup, he was known for it.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

... Wut?

The less you know, the better... Can never listen to him again without that popping up in my brain.

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Quite a lot of Beatles songs are a bit creepy. Take Norwegian Wood for example - he goes back to this woman's flat, she doesn't want to sleep with him, he sleeps in her bath instead of just leaving, and in the morning, after she's gone to work, he sets fire to her house.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

! The melody of that is so calming. I've never listened to the lyrics.

Thank you! I love that song so now I get to listen to it in a new light.

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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"I'm happy" - Pharrell Williams

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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If you like piΓ±a colitas, getting caught in the rain.

I like neither of these things.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Are you into cheating through classified adds in the newspaper?

I'm only into cheating through classified subtracts in the newspaper.

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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, who likes getting caught in the rain?

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you don't have electronics or papers to worry about, it's genuinely very good fun. I love it!

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago

For me, getting caught in a rain usually happens while I'm on a bike ride, leaving me cold and soaked.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"...and the laaaaand of the freeeeeeee..."

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"...and the hooooome of the braaaaaaaave!"

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 21 points 9 months ago (5 children)

The Boss: Born in the USA.

I was born in Canada.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Born in Germany, here.

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Regrets, I've had a few. But then again, too few to mention."

  • Frank Sinatra in "My Way" basically singing about how awesome he is
[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago

Technically, it's Frank Sinatra singing about how awesome Paul Anka thinks he is.

I'm not saying that's better.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 14 points 9 months ago

"In the desert you can remember your name, 'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain"

Desert has many people for to give you pain.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"Sex by the fire at night"
-That's what i like, Bruno Mars

Other than being single, uhh i'm in a tropical country and there's no fireplace. But yes mostly being single.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 12 points 9 months ago

"I dont know why I love you, I just do." -Jaymay

That's fucking terrifying, but my wife thinks it's romantic.

[–] nikosey@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Every little thing is gonna be alright.

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"It's Brittany, bitch"

Can't relate tbh.

[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Idk, you seem like a bitch. /s

[–] OddFed@feddit.de 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"I couldn't care less."

Leslie. You made a fucking song about it Leslie.

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[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 8 points 9 months ago

Anything regarding blossoming love and romance. Most of the time, it's so far off from my experience that the lyrics just make me envious and overall depressed with myself. This is 60% of popular music.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Pretty much everything from Duran-duran.

Don't get me wrong, I love 'em, but have you actually listened to the lyrics on their songs?

"Smell like I sound"? What the fuck Simon?

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I've got all the right parts in all the right places.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

"God made me a cannibal to fix problems like you" - Angelspit

Been feeling more and more hungry for the 1% lately, in Minecraft

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I just keep coming back to the whole playlist of songs I made the other day that are from the perspective of psychos, murderers, or rapists. Totally unrelatable; but are also cool songs. Like Polly by Nirvana, Possum Kingdom by The Toadies, and Still Alive by Johnathan Coltan.

[–] AZERTY@feddit.nl 4 points 9 months ago

Tyler by The Toadies has similar psycho vibes to it.

[–] WhereGrapesMayRule@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

A slab of turkey-neck and it's hanging from a pigeon wing

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[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 5 points 9 months ago

Hungry Like the Wolf.

...i just ate

[–] BiggestBulb@kbin.run 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

"It's Tuesday, my favorite day of the week

No obligations that affect me significantly"

-Tuesday, Psychostick

[–] Leg@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tuesday is canonically the worst day of the week. People who like Tuesdays are walking red flags.

[–] BiggestBulb@kbin.run 3 points 9 months ago

Tuesday - the day right after you started working again, and not the day you can slack on. Also, super far from Friday's reprieve

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

If you talkin bout money homie I ain’t concerned.

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