re: Reading lyrics and listening to the beat of songs

I agree Springsteen is overrated but his lyrics aren’t terrible. Another odd thing about Springsteen, he’s a flaming liberal but his most famous song, Born in the USA, and arguably his best album, Nebraska, are written about the struggles of working class people in early 80’s, ironically towards the end of the disastrous Carter administration

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And I agree about Born in the USA...no one paid attention to them lyrics

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It's a patently anti-American song and because the refrain is "Born in the USA" nobody paid attention.

Another Springsteen Song, "Born to Run" was proposed for the State Song of New Jersey. Someone with sense read the lyrics
"Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young"

Common sense prevailed and it was voted down.

Portugal, The Man had a song like this. “Feel It Still.” Catchy beat, nice rhymes. But, if you read the lyrics, it’s a fricking disaster.

https://spinditty.com/genres/The-Meaning-of-Pink-Floyds-Dark-Side-of-the-Moon

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The Meaning of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"

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The album is a cautionary tale in two parts; the first half describes living a life that goes unfulfilled. This part of the album consists of the following tracks: "Speak To Me/Breathe" "On The Run" "Time/Breathe Reprise" "Great Gig In The Sky"

The second half of the album consists of individual songs about different ideas and concepts that are detrimental to society and can lead to madness. These songs are: "Money" "Us and Them" "A Color You Like" "Brain Damage" "Eclipse"

The philosophical ideas in the second half of the album are a sort of madness in their own right. They are also the root causes to the problem mentioned in the first half of the album that focuses on living an unfulfilled life.

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The whole album is a caution against modern living, but hey play Money….

1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson.

Givin’ Up by The Darkness…a cheery song about heroin addiction.


My mamma wants to know
Where I'm spending all my dough
Honey, all she does is nag, nag, nag
But I won't apologise
I'd inject into my eyes
If there was nowhere else to stick my skag
All I want is brown
And I'm going into town
Shooting up as soon as I'm back
My friends have got some good shite
All I want is some of it
Gimme, gimme, gimme that smack
Well I've ruined nearly all of my veins
Sticking that fricking shite into my arms
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a frick
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a frick
Getting off my face
There's a dragon I must chase
Honey, I'm the scourge of all mankind
And everyone but me
Is destined just to be
Slaves to the remorseless grind
But I found myself an easy way out
Sticking that fricking shite into my arms
Into my arms
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a frick
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a frick
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a frick
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a frick
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a frick
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a frick

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Brick” by Ben Folds Five.

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How is this song considered upbeat?

Freedy Johnson: “Two Lovers Stop”

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"Excitable Boy"

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Came here for this.

Snowing on Raton (Townes Van Zandt) - the Pat Green/Natalie Maines version sounds great. And it's very upbeat and they obviously have no idea what the lyrics are actually about. Townes had a great way of writing lyrics that were the opposite of what they seemed on the surface.