Meaning Of Songs

[checkerboard_charly]

ok, i know of a few songs that i really want explained to me.

anyone else who has some lets hear em.

a couple that i want explained are these.


"stairway to heaven" - led zeppelin


"hotel california"- eagles..


what yall got?

 

[LadyinOrange]

American Pie - Don McLean

ANYTHING by America

 

[checkerboard_charly]

yeah.

i think american pie is just a chillin song.

 

[LadyinOrange]

A Horse With No Name ( America) must have been written while the author was STONED.

 

[LadyinOrange]

I think Hotel California is a sly jab at the California lifestyle.

 

[checkerboard_charly]

Originally posted by checkerboard_charly@Apr 22, 2005 9:39 PM
ok, i know of a few songs that i really want explained to me.

anyone else who has some lets hear em.

a couple that i want explained are these.


"stairway to heaven" - led zeppelin


"hotel california"- eagles..


what yall got?

so no one can explain stairway?

i heard it was about masturbation?

:dunno:

 

[LadyinOrange]

:gone:

 

[checkerboard_charly]

Originally posted by LadyinOrange@Apr 22, 2005 9:51 PM
:gone:

:lolup:

 

[OWB]

Originally posted by checkerboard_charly@Apr 22, 2005 10:48 PM
so no one can explain stairway?

The lyrics recall the bumbling efforts of one Erma Rees-Gwynn, a divorcee and aspiring contractor, to build a three-story deck--with a stairway leading up from the garden--at the rear of a castle that guitarist Jimmy Page owned in Wales. Presumably meant satirically, but one never knows.

 

[GAVol]

Originally posted by LadyinOrange@Apr 22, 2005 10:44 PM
American Pie - Don McLean

ANYTHING by America

American Pie is about the death of Buddy Holly.

 

[checkerboard_charly]

Originally posted by GAVol+Apr 22, 2005 9:56 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (GAVol @ Apr 22, 2005 9:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-LadyinOrange@Apr 22, 2005 10:44 PM
American Pie - Don McLean

ANYTHING by America

American Pie is about the death of Buddy Holly. [/quote]
thats right.

forgot about that.


but how?


down to the levy? huh?

 

[volinbham]

Anyone know the meaning behind the 80&#39;s song "Turning Japanese"? (Vapors).

Hint: it&#39;s been mentioned already in this thread.

 

[volinbham]

Originally posted by GAVol+Apr 22, 2005 9:56 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (GAVol @ Apr 22, 2005 9:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-LadyinOrange@Apr 22, 2005 10:44 PM
American Pie - Don McLean

ANYTHING by America

American Pie is about the death of Buddy Holly. [/quote]
Yep, and the Big Bopper and whoever else was on the plane.

"the day the music died"

 

[checkerboard_charly]

Originally posted by volinbham@Apr 22, 2005 10:02 PM
Anyone know the meaning behind the 80&#39;s song "Turning Japanese"? (Vapors).

Hint: it&#39;s been mentioned already in this thread.

yeah, it is about masturbation.


dont really get it though..

 

[milohimself]

Originally posted by volinbham+Apr 22, 2005 8:03 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (volinbham @ Apr 22, 2005 8:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by GAVol@Apr 22, 2005 9:56 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-LadyinOrange

@Apr 22, 2005 10:44 PM
American Pie - Don McLean

ANYTHING by America

American Pie is about the death of Buddy Holly.

Yep, and the Big Bopper and whoever else was on the plane.

"the day the music died" [/quote]
The intro is, but the rest of the song is just wierd.

 

[volinbham]

Originally posted by checkerboard_charly+Apr 22, 2005 10:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (checkerboard_charly @ Apr 22, 2005 10:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-volinbham@Apr 22, 2005 10:02 PM
Anyone know the meaning behind the 80&#39;s song "Turning Japanese"?  (Vapors).

Hint:  it&#39;s been mentioned already in this thread.

yeah, it is about masturbation.


dont really get it though.. [/quote]
The idea is that when the male is "in the act", his face takes on an "asian" look with the eyes and mouth - think about it

 

[checkerboard_charly]

Originally posted by volinbham+Apr 22, 2005 10:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (volinbham @ Apr 22, 2005 10:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by checkerboard_charly@Apr 22, 2005 10:04 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-volinbham

@Apr 22, 2005 10:02 PM
Anyone know the meaning behind the 80&#39;s song "Turning Japanese"?  (Vapors).

Hint:  it&#39;s been mentioned already in this thread.

yeah, it is about masturbation.


dont really get it though..

The idea is that when the male is "in the act", his face takes on an "asian" look with the eyes and mouth - think about it [/quote]
good point.


who told u that?lol

 

[GAVol]

Originally posted by milohimself+Apr 22, 2005 11:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (milohimself @ Apr 22, 2005 11:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by volinbham@Apr 22, 2005 8:03 PM

Originally posted by GAVol@Apr 22, 2005 9:56 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-LadyinOrange

@Apr 22, 2005 10:44 PM
American Pie - Don McLean

ANYTHING by America

American Pie is about the death of Buddy Holly.

Yep, and the Big Bopper and whoever else was on the plane.

"the day the music died"

The intro is, but the rest of the song is just wierd. [/quote]
In general I think it&#39;s about the loss of innocense after the 50s and 60s as people joined protests and rallied against the governement in the late 60s and early 70s reacting to Vietnam.

 

[milohimself]

Maybe. The people did what needed to be done, though.

Either way, we got left with some great music. McLain, CCR, later-period Beatles, just all around good stuff.

 

[volinbham]

Originally posted by checkerboard_charly+Apr 22, 2005 10:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (checkerboard_charly @ Apr 22, 2005 10:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by volinbham@Apr 22, 2005 10:06 PM

Originally posted by checkerboard_charly@Apr 22, 2005 10:04 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-volinbham

@Apr 22, 2005 10:02 PM
Anyone know the meaning behind the 80&#39;s song "Turning Japanese"?  (Vapors).

Hint:  it&#39;s been mentioned already in this thread.

yeah, it is about masturbation.


dont really get it though..

The idea is that when the male is "in the act", his face takes on an "asian" look with the eyes and mouth - think about it

good point.


who told u that?lol [/quote]
I had heard it many times. It was confirmed on a Vh-1 retrospective of the 80&#39;s

 

[OWB]

My old music history teacher in college (very bright man by the way) always talked about how the Beatles changed music forever. And this was in a classical music class...

I tend to agree with him..

 

[milohimself]

They did. They had a great Beatles exhibit last time I visited the Experience Music Project in Seattle. Great place.

 

[redneckdave]

Richie Valenz was on the plane with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper

 

[GAVol]

Wasn&#39;t it Waylon Jennings who gave up his seat on the plane?

 

[ClemsonVol]

I was thinking it was Willie Nelson. He was a popular songwriter at the time. Not yet known as a recording artist.

I agree with te assesment of the Beatles. They also changed more than music. Along with a few other artists, they changed the way people viewed musical instruments. For some reason, every kid decided he could play the guitar like Jon, Paul or George, saved his dimes and bought a Sivertone or Fender or whatever he could find.

Here is one to think about:

"Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" by Iron Maiden. I was told it was about Jimi Hendrix, but I don&#39;t get that out of the song.

ClemsonVol