That’s Another Day In Paradise by Phil Collins.
I first heard the song as a child, on the radio being driven around by my parents. Didn’t really take the verses on board, and the chorus is simply repeats of “Oh, think twice. It’s another day for you and me in paradise.” With that big romantic hook and the warm breezy feel, as a kid I interpreted it as a groom asking his bride to consider extending their tropical honeymoon. I filed it in the same mental folder with Fields Of Gold.
It’s a song about abject poverty, about haves and have nots. Verses are about beggers on the street calling out to the wealthy who pretend not to see them. It lands like a brick.
Looking at the translation of nearly any vocaloid song (n25 comms are especially bad for this)
Pointed out that Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) is the same kind of music as Sixteen Tons to my wife. Was fun watching her realization as we were listening
Tell mister tally man, I can’t go, I owe six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch to the company store.
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A ton of shit by Steely Dan.
this song, but really this whole album. my wife does not like me performing this song. she thinks i mean it too much.
if you aren’t paying attention to the lyrics of mountain goats songs you’re missing 2/3 of the fun.
Mr Brightside. I remember hearing the song when I was at uni, first thinking it was a real banger and in a drunken haze in a club started to actually listen to the lyrics and felt an uncomfortable connection, realising it was from the perspective of someone being cheated on and I’d gone through something similar at the time.
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
It’s about 2 spouses planning to cheat on each other because they’re bored with their marriage. The only thing that saves them is he coincidentally responds to her personal ad in the newspaper and they laugh about it after meeting up. They’re shitty people
Clearly that song was Jimmy Buffett.
Blues Traveler just fully trolling listeners. 😆
i hadn’t caught that many layers. that’s clever
Republicans when they realize they are “the machine”
Wow Paul Ryan really just vanished, huh?
Remember those photos of him posing as working out? So strange.
My theory was that he dipped out of the GOP spotlight to plan his return post-Trump and play the part of the reasonable conservative.
I agree with your theory, but I also agree with starik.
Ryan is never going to be relevant again. I think the kingmaker at the 2028 Convention with be MTG. She dropped out before this war started, and won’t have to run in 2026. I look for her to become an omnipresent talking head, bemoaning how MAGA was sold out by Trump.
When he returns to the GOP, it will be unrecognizable. It will be like Charlton Heston discovering the Statue of Liberty in Planet of the Apes.
we said they’d blow it all up damn you blow it all to hell
I completely forgot about that twink until just now
I know this post was supposed to be about “Every breath You take” and “Hey ya”, but these days “Born in the USA” and “Fortunate son” sung by conservatives come to mind.
Reagan used Born in the USA as a campaign song.
False, they never realize
Yea, but a chatbot can dream, right?
No cock like horse cock
So subtle from the title
The title should have been enough 🤨
For me that was more laughing uncontrollably than horror, dude sets up the intro so well and has that weird old timey vibe spot on so it’s so unexpected
roam if you want to
Everyone when they listen to “Semi-Charmed Life”
You’d have to know more than the average person does about meth to know it’s about meth.
Clearly Disney didn’t listen to it.
But don’t say “panties” on the radio! Proceeds to play lyrics about doing crystal meth.
“Pumped up kids”
*Kicks
Also, that song is over 15 years old now?? 👶 👨 👴
It’s old enough to be shot in high school
They better run, better run faster than their bullet!
One of my favorite bands in China released a song called “Hang The Police” over 20 years ago. And they still play it live there. The chorus is going on my sign for no more kings protest this weekend:
Hang the police under his shotgun. Hang the police before we are all murdered.
average response to the translated lyrics of the dancing cow song
not gonna lie it’s a banger
99 red balloons as well imo.
There’s only one thing on my mind
five grams of coke, fly away alone
to the land of nevermore
There are thoughts inside my head
when this state will end
When I won’t be alone
Cause white eel* will kick in /x2
