Songs you've misunderstood - lyrics or meaning behind them [message #86615] |
Mon, 20 November 2017 23:43 |
Lost the Remote
Messages: 145 Registered: June 2017
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I like the song "One Night In Bangkok" but as a teen I thought it was about gay bathhouses and Middle Eastern political scandals. I thought the chess references were just euphemisms for that other stuff.
I'm a fan of "Born in the U.S.A." and always thought it was about American pride, but no, it's really about how terribly Americans treated Vietnam veterans upon their return from war. Who knew? Clearly not the politicians who play the song during their campaigns as a mark of patriotism.
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