What song did you sing that you had not a clue as to what the lyrics were, or what they meant? (sang, Doors)

[Coem]

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. I had no clue what Kurt Cobain was saying and it was't until the internet was invented that I could find out what the actual lyrics were.

[jadybug]

Hot Blooded-another one I sang as a kid loudly without a clue!!!!!

[daffysentry]

Walk of Life - by Dire Straits

[montanamom]

My crowd in Junior High used to listen to Elton John all the time, we THOUGHT we knew the words to Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting. I had to laugh when years later I opened an Elton John song book and actually saw the real lyrics, and realized how many we had completely WRONG. Oh well. I now know the correct lyrics. My kids get a out of it when it occasionally comes on the radio and I can sing all the the lyrics word for word.

[virgo]

Still can't understand what they are saying:
(1) 19th Nervous Breakdown by the Rolling Stones.
(2) Gimme Shelter by the Rollinger Stones. Loooove the beat, but don't know what they're saying. Would have to research it on the Internet.

When I was younger, I didn't understand the darker meaning behind:
(3) Mother's Little Helper by the Rolling Stones.
(4) Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones.

And this song by the Rolling Stones, I don't even know what the title is, but it goes something like this - I think:
(5) Have you seen your mother baby, standing in the shadows. Have you seen another baby, standing in the shadows. Something, something, something, something, ah ah ah ah. I can hear the tune, but I don't know the words. Had a funky guitar sound. Early Rolling Stones with the Blondie, Brian.

(6) Ironic by Alanis Morrisette. She had a kind of funny cadence.

I still don't understand this one, and I don't think I have the title right:
(7) 25 or 624 by Chicago. I can hear the tune as clear as day, but can't figure out the words.

Oh well.

[lothartheterrible]

Originally Posted by virgo

I still don't understand this one, and I don't think I have the title right:
(7) 25 or 624 by Chicago. I can hear the tune as clear as day, but can't figure out the words.

Oh well.

The song is called "25 or 6 to 4". Depending upon which source you want to believe, it's either about cocaine or insomnia. Robert Lamm, the man who wrote it, asserts that it was simply inspired by a time of day; as in someone looking at a clock and seeing the time as 3:34 or 3:35, making it "twenty-five or six (minutes) to four o'clock".

[erickp]

Originally Posted by maaci

Killng me softly by the Fugees. I used to sing it in high school, I loved the song. My godmother explained the lyrics to me and I said oh......I didn't realized the song was about sex.

I always heard this came from a woman who told the famous songwriting team of Gimbel and Fox about this new singer they should hear, telling them he was "singing my heart." Of course, they could still have written the lyrics with sexual overtones in mind... not unheard of in the 70's.

BTW,to tie in with another post in this thread, the singer she was talking about was Don MacLean, although I doubt if she was refering to "American Pie."

[Tunky]

Humidity Built the Snowman by John Prine.

But lots of JP lyrics don't make sense on first listen.

[moonshadow]

I just thought Oasis' Morning Glory was about sleepy headed people that needed to wake up and get on with their day. I used to love singing it at the top of my lungs as it really got my day off to a great start until one of my male friends took me aside and explained what it was all about.

[Tunky]

I thought Beck's "Girl" was a love song...a light bouncy summer love song. Turns out it's about a guy who murders a girl.