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Irish Saint

Irish Saint

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Never liked it myself but " every breath you take" The Police.

I was once at a wedding and the couple described it as their song@

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Old Frightful

Old Frightful

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Moonlight Shadow is apparently about the assassination of John Lennon.

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THE RED ROOSTER

THE RED ROOSTER

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Golden Brown by the Stranglers - All about Heroin addiction.

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What I don’t like here is sitting here with a bloke like you questioning my credibility. I misled no one – mind your words, son

Phil Gould responding to criticism -  I think I might try this out at work with any whippersnapper questioning my judgement.....
 
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my missus

my missus

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divine comedy/something for the weekend. despite its jaunty tune it is very dark.

Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time(roger waters)

Niels

Niels

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4 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

Moonlight Shadow is apparently about the assassination of John Lennon.

I didn't know this but I read online after seeing your post and it has some significance as you say.

I remember reading at the time of release that Mike had studied the components that made a song a UK no I record and this was his attempt to have one.

He was close, it made number 4. 

hindle xiii

hindle xiii

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I saw it recently on either a program about 80s music or a show about Top of the Pops in the 80s, maybe. But there's a punk song that is pretty grim but we would know it as the "We all hate Leeds" tune. Google can't help much.

gingerjon

gingerjon

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21 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

Moonlight Shadow is apparently about the assassination of John Lennon.

It’s not but it was written around the time of the assassination and so has an emotional connection.

I forget who it’s meant to be really about. Houdini or somebody like that. There’s an additional verse which does some explaining.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

Exiled Townie

Exiled Townie

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1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

It’s not but it was written around the time of the assassination and so has an emotional connection.

I forget who it’s meant to be really about. Houdini or somebody like that. There’s an additional verse which does some explaining.

There was a documentary on Mike Oldfield on one of the Sky channels not too long ago and I am sure they said the song has been attributed to several 'real life' incidents, but in fact it was just a made up song about a young girl shocked at the shooting, at night time, of her boyfriend. 

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gingerjon

gingerjon

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Just now, Exiled Townie said:

There was a documentary on Mike Oldfield on one of the Sky channels not too long ago and I am sure they said the song has been attributed to several 'real life' incidents, but in fact it was just a made up song about a young girl shocked at the shooting, at night time, of her boyfriend. 

The quote I was thinking of has actually found its way onto wiki.

Not really... well, perhaps, when I look back on it, maybe it was. I actually arrived in New York that awful evening when he was shot and I was staying at the Virgin Records house in Perry Street, which was just a few blocks down the road from the Dakota Building where it happened, so it probably sank into my subconscious. It was originally inspired by a film I loved – Houdini, starring Tony Curtis, which was about attempts to contact Houdini after he'd died, through spiritualism... it was originally a song influenced by that, but a lot of other things must have crept in there without me realising it.

Fair to say, I suspect, given that Oldfield basically just likes to play instruments that he spent more time thinking through the two guitar solos than he did worrying too much what his song lyrics were about.

 

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

HawkMan

HawkMan

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The Vapors Turning Japanese,  a big hit, but nobody at the eager to ban BBC realised it was about a lonely guy with a photo of his girl having a w##k.

my missus

my missus

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Enola Gay by OMD about as dark as they come.

STAN eminem

everybody hurts REM

Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time(roger waters)

CanaBull

CanaBull

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Was at a wedding a good number of years ago and their first dance song was Paul Weller's 'You Do Something To Me', thought it was a bit odd, but hey if they both liked it right?

gingerjon

gingerjon

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8 hours ago, my missus said:

Enola Gay by OMD about as dark as they come.

STAN eminem

everybody hurts REM

The One I Love by REM is a good one for (some) people completely missing the point. Back in the day when such things existed I even saw it on a Valentine's compilation CD.

Still, if you do want to tell someone that they're a simple prop to occupy your time ...

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

M j M

M j M

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Greensleeves is supposedly a little ditty about a prostitute getting grass marks on her clothing by doing her business in a field.

graveyard johnny

graveyard johnny

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shiny happy people by rem is about valium 

I know Bono and he knows Ono and she knows Enos phone goes thus 

Jasper

Jasper

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14 hours ago, M j M said:

Greensleeves is supposedly a little ditty about a prostitute getting grass marks on her clothing by doing her business in a field.

We were taught at school that Greensleeves was written by Henry Vlll for Anne Boleyn.

M j M

M j M

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Just now, Jasper said:

We were taught at school that Greensleeves was written by Henry Vlll for Anne Boleyn.

Not true apparently.

graveyard johnny

graveyard johnny

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55 minutes ago, Jasper said:

We were taught at school that Greensleeves was written by Henry Vlll for Anne Boleyn.

we thought it was about coming to school with a snotty nose and no hankie 

I know Bono and he knows Ono and she knows Enos phone goes thus 

Shadow

Shadow

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Has everyone forgotten the deeply significant lyrics of that classic “Shiny Shiny” by Haysi Fantayzee?

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