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Old 28-09-2009, 19:46
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The one that bugs me is a Queen track,
'I want to break free'

" I've fallen in love for the first time , this time I know it's for real"

If it's the first time how do you know it's for real??
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:47
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:48
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The one that bugs me is a Queen track,
'I want to break free'

" I've fallen in love for the first time , this time I know it's for real"

If it's the first time how do you know it's for real??
When you fall in love you always think that, so the line is spot on. Bad example.
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:48
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I don't want to see a ghost,
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast
And watch the evening news
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:50
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When you fall in love you always think that, so the line is spot on. Bad example.

I dont.
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:51
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The one that bugs me is a Queen track,
'I want to break free'

" I've fallen in love for the first time , this time I know it's for real"

If it's the first time how do you know it's for real??
Surely the point is, if you think you're truely "in love", then it's real, regardless of how many times. It makes sense, you're just interpreting it differently.

Song lyrics are a pedant's wet dream. They're rarely meant to be taken 100% literally.
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:51
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i'll eat my candy with my pork and beans
excuse my manners if i make a scene


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Old 28-09-2009, 19:53
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I am the walrus?
Lennon said he wrote that lyric to mess with his ex English teacher's head because he was always claiming to be able to interpret Lennon's songs.

He allegedly said, "Let him explain that F*cker".
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:54
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When you fall in love, you don't think it's for real ?
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:55
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:59
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The one that bugs me is a Queen track,
'I want to break free'

" I've fallen in love for the first time , this time I know it's for real"

If it's the first time how do you know it's for real??
The song is about a man coming to terms with his sexuality. Finally realising he's gay, he declares that he's in love with another man, (the first time) and because he's had unsuccessful relationships with women in the past. This time he knows it's for real. Hence the title. I want to break free (from my old life)
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Old 28-09-2009, 19:59
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Heathcliffe, It's me Cathy,
Come home, I'm so cold,
Let me in your window.

Wuthering Heights, what a stupid song! Isn't that supposed to be the point where her ghost appears at the window?
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:00
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In 73 we started to lose
Oh the band got the blues 'n i got the flu
Oh god what a year
Then we went to Croydon

Mott The Hoople - The Saturday Kids.

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Old 28-09-2009, 20:02
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Mike and the Mechanics

"Looking back over my shoulder"

It is damn difficult to look forward over your shoulder

Then there is Procul Harem's "Whiter Shade of Pale" can anyone decipher what it is about
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:04
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you have never been in love
until you've seen the dawn rise
behind a home for the blind.
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:05
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"Her face is a map of the world, is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl, she's a beautiful girl."

Really?
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:05
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Don Mclean's American pie is bizarre and random unless you know it's a biography. Then it becomes a masterpiece in story telling.
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:06
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you have never been in love
until you've seen the dawn rise
behind a home for the blind.
Oh but what a song!
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:20
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Another Queen one from Don't stop me now. "200 degrees that's why they call me Mr Fahrenheit". Why don't they just call you Mr Degrees?. Yes I know that would not rhyme with "travelling at the speed of liiiiiiiiiiiight".
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:24
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:25
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:25
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Then there is Procul Harem's "Whiter Shade of Pale" can anyone decipher what it is about
P*ss up on a boat obviously :

We skipped a light fandango, (We danced)
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor. (God, how drunk were we ?)
I was feeling kind of seasick, (No wonder, on a cruise liner after all that booze)
But the crowd called out for more. (Call for more booze)
The room was humming harder, (Volume of drunken revelllry increases)
As the ceiling flew away. (Retractable ballroom ceiling opened in fine weather)
When we called out for another drink, (Call for more booze)
The waiter brought a tray. (More booze brought)

And so it was that later, (After consumption of booze)
As the miller told his tale, (Dull friend Miller tells boring anecdote)
That her face at first just ghostly, (Oh dear, think my g/f might throw up)
Turned a whiter shade of pale. (Yes, she's definitely going to throw up)

She said there is no reason, (I think there is sweetheart, you've put a lot away)
And the truth is plain to see (Everybody can see you're legless)

etc. etc.
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:25
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The song is about a man coming to terms with his sexuality. Finally realising he's gay, he declares that he's in love with another man, (the first time) and because he's had unsuccessful relationships with women in the past. This time he knows it's for real. Hence the title. I want to break free (from my old life)
No its not Freddie stated quite clearly when he was alive that this song had nothing to do with a gay man or anything to do with being gay

The song was written by John Deacon (Who married his childhood sweetheart and had 6 kids and is still married to her)
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:25
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Anything ever written by Katie Melua.
There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing... that's a fact.

It's a very loose estimate at best .
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Old 28-09-2009, 20:27
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"I wish I was a punk rocker
With flowers in my hair"

Sandi Thom


Sorry dear, but if you'd have turned up at a Pistols gig with flowers in your hair you'd have got the kicking of a lifetime. Read your pop history luv
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