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

[stuckinthe80's]

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I have heard of Brown as a slang term and China White, but not China Brown

China White is mentioned in the song 'White Lines' By Grandmaster and Melle Mel as a ref to cocaine. Never heard of china brown though!!!

[branny]

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I think many of Duran Duran's songs are a teeny weeny bit rude! Hungry Like The Wolf springs to mind

I agree. Listen to the noises at the end of the 12" (Night) version. She sounds very happy.

[Tracy]

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Lol

[Elbmek]

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Never knew that!

The song i never knew what she was singing about was:
Cornflake girl.... Tori Amos,

I am not convinced about Golden Brown, he refers very specifically to a lady in the song


cornflake girl was because she rustled under the covers!

[chrisredditch]

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According to Alan Partridge, "Sunday, Bloody, Sunday" is about having to wash your car on a Sunday morning!

[Tracy]

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I might have been mentioned before but Golden Brown is supposed to be a nickname fore heroin.

Never knew that!

The song i never knew what she was singing about was:
Cornflake girl.... Tori Amos,

[Elbmek]

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Itchycoo Park Small Faces

a song about taking a school girl to the park and 'making it' sexually and with drugs

[pantherpink]

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I think many of Duran Duran's songs are a teeny weeny bit rude! Hungry Like The Wolf springs to mind

[pantherpink]

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"I won't Let The Sun Go Down on Me" by Nik Kershaw is all about Nuclear War.... and "The Riddle" is about nothing at all!! i love NK, such a brilliant song writer

[tyrellcorp68]

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Lou Reed and the velvet underground is such a beautiful song and the BBc used it for the children in need appeal, but the song is about heoin use as is the straglers golden brown.

[BlitzKid]

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Not So Manic Now by Dubstar... I always thought it was a purely innocent Indie tune until I saw the lyrics, which are about a woman being beaten up and raped in her flat by a stranger she answers the door to. It's like the music equivalent of the shower scene in Psycho... I just wonder how I'd have viewed the song if I'd known that all those years ago when it came out!

"I was making myself the usual cup of tea
When the doorbell strangely rang..."

That whole line seems so disturbing when you find out the true meaning! Knowing the subject matter has actually increased my love of the song, with its upbeat tune it seems on a deeper level to be about an individual's strength in coming to terms with a traumatic incident... definitely a very moving song.

[Richard1978]

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I might have been mentioned before but Golden Brown is supposed to be a nickname fore heroin.

[sixtyten]

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Was a common name for heroin in the 60s. I've heard it used in old docos about drug use many times. Heroin is brown before it's synthasised.

I have heard of Brown as a slang term and China White, but not China Brown

[Etch-a-sketch]

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I understood it to be out obsession with a former lover, the lyrics seem to reflect this too, not about big brother. It certainly isn't a love song.

Well, I saw an interview where Sting said it himself...so go figure.

[Etch-a-sketch]

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Also..China brown???
What is that? it does not even exist.

Was a common name for heroin in the 60s. I've heard it used in old docos about drug use many times. Heroin is brown before it's synthasised.