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  • #16
    Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

    Originally posted by Clare View Post
    Quen's first single was called "Keep Yourself Alive", but Freddie, sadly, didn't.
    There are a whole load of Queen lyrics that are now ironic, especially almost all the words of Who Wants To Love Forever.
    The Trickster On The Roof

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    • #17
      Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

      I used to mishear "do the fandango" in Bohemian Rhapsody as "do the fan Dando" Very ironic in the long run...
      I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
      There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
      I'm having so much fun
      My lucky number's one
      Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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      • #18
        Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

        Elton John's "Kiss the Bride" is also an ironic title considering that he now has a husband.
        I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
        There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
        I'm having so much fun
        My lucky number's one
        Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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        • #19
          Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

          Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
          There are a whole load of Queen lyrics that are now ironic, especially almost all the words of Who Wants To Love Forever.
          No irony there, he knew he was dying then...
          Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas - go figure!

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          • #20
            Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

            Originally posted by George 1978 View Post
            I used to mishear "do the fandango" in Bohemian Rhapsody as "do the fan Dando" Very ironic in the long run...
            Especially as Queen fan Barry Bulsara (he changed his surname to Freddy Mercury's real surname!) was originally found guilty of her murder.
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            • #21
              Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

              Originally posted by zabadak View Post
              No irony there, he knew he was dying then...
              In 1986? It's from the film "Highlander" about an immortal chap. Also, Brian May wrote it, I gather.

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              • #22
                Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

                Originally posted by zabadak View Post
                "Imagine no possessions," sang John Lennon, while in his huge mansion and surrounded by possessions!
                Elvis Costello alludes to that in "The Other Side Of Sommer". He sings something like, "Wasn't it a millionaire who said 'imagine no possessions'?"

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                • #23
                  Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

                  Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
                  Especially as Queen fan Barry Bulsara (he changed his surname to Freddy Mercury's real surname!) was originally found guilty of her murder.
                  It was very controversial at the time, I know that.
                  I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
                  There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
                  I'm having so much fun
                  My lucky number's one
                  Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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                  • #24
                    Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

                    Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
                    There are a whole load of Queen lyrics that are now ironic, especially almost all the words of Who Wants To Love Forever.
                    Live not love
                    Ejector seat?...your jokin!

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                    • #25
                      Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

                      Originally posted by Clare View Post
                      In 1986? It's from the film "Highlander" about an immortal chap. Also, Brian May wrote it, I gather.
                      Ah yes, I was thinking of The Show Must Go On...
                      Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas - go figure!

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                      • #26
                        Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

                        Not quite an ironic lyric, but something involving Sir Cliff Richard which I thought I would share:

                        In 1985 Mike Yarwood did a celebrity "old people's home" sketch for one of his Thames comedy shows, involving Bruce Forsyth and George Burns - the clip was repeated on Thames' End of the Year Show on New Year's Day in 1992 just before they were to hand over to Carlton. Cue Yarwood appearing as a youthful tennis-playing Cliff Richard:

                        "How old are you now?" asked one of the other characters.

                        "Seventy-eight", replied Cliff.

                        Now, the irony is that Cliff is indeed 78 now, and so at the moment, any comedic irony is now lost. Mind you, talking about Sir Cliff, was Bachelor Boy supposed to be ironic about his lifestyle?
                        I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
                        There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
                        I'm having so much fun
                        My lucky number's one
                        Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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                        • #27
                          Re: Ironic lyrics and titles in songs

                          Not mentioned as far as I can see - Nirvana - Come As You Are

                          "And I swear that I don't have a gun!"

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                          Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas - go figure!

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