Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

[Elbmek]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

Not many people will know this, but one very popular female singer who has had a record banned by the BBC is Shirley Bassey. It was in the late 50's. The song was called "Burn My Candle (At Both Ends)". I wouldn't like to say this for definite, but I think it may have been about a threesome.

strange that, 'burning a candle at both ends' is a very common statement meaning a person who is working far too hard. S oit just goes to show how censorship and the BBC was prevalent even back then.

[Elbmek]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

repeated below

[Clare]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

Bananarama's "Robert De Niro's Waiting" is apparently about date rape. ("Boys living next door are never what they seem.... A walk in the park can become a bad dream...")

[Elbmek]

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I agree about Holly Johnson, in every way

[philipdalton]

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Well, the lyrics seem quite sensual for the time but I can't get threesome from them (believe me, I've tried!!!)...

I hope I'm not developing a mind like a sewer to think such a thing. Holly Johnson at first denied there was anything sexual in nature about the lyrics to his song Relax and remarked that "only someone with a mind like a sewer" could think there was anything obscene about it.
He must have assumed they hadn't seen the video.

[Elbmek]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

its a reply to the previous post, but whilst replying another appeared. See Zabadak's post

[philipdalton]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

or husband and boyfriend

What's that, the name of a song?

[Elbmek]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

or husband and boyfriend

[philipdalton]

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The song "Krisko Kisses", which was featured on Frankie Goes to Hollywood's first album, is referring to a practice which cannot be shown in porn films even now. I think at the time of the album being released most people would have been pretty ignorant of the meanings of some of its lyrical content.

[zabadak]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

Not many people will know this, but one very popular female singer who has had a record banned by the BBC is Shirley Bassey. It was in the late 50's. The song was called "Burn My Candle (At Both Ends)". I wouldn't like to say this for definite, but I think it may have been about a threesome.

Well, the lyrics seem quite sensual for the time but I can't get threesome from them (believe me, I've tried!!!)...

[philipdalton]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

Not many people will know this, but one very popular female singer who has had a record banned by the BBC is Shirley Bassey. It was in the late 50's. The song was called "Burn My Candle (At Both Ends)". I wouldn't like to say this for definite, but I think it may have been about a threesome.

[philipdalton]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

I was trying to point out the songs underlying message, thats what its about, they didnt need to say so.

Actually The Vapors themselves say the song is about someone who's lost their girlfriend and is going crazy, which just shows it doesn't do to jump to conclusions about things.

[Elbmek]

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"The Riddle" by Nik Kershaw apparently isn't supposed to be about anything at all.

Theres a tree by a river with a hole in the ground, where the old man off Arran goes around and around ................ or something

[Elbmek]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

If all songs were as clueless, bring them on. This is one of my favourites.

[philipdalton]

Re: Songs you never had a clue what they were on about, but wish youd known

"The Riddle" by Nik Kershaw apparently isn't supposed to be about anything at all.