Janice Johnson
10-14-2005, 11:52 AM
I thought Kids In America by Kim Wilde was a happy peppy song, until I read what the song was about. Kids living in poverty!:eek:
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View Full Version : Songs you thought were happy but are really depressing? Janice Johnson 10-14-2005, 11:52 AM I thought Kids In America by Kim Wilde was a happy peppy song, until I read what the song was about. Kids living in poverty!:eek: Steve M. 10-18-2005, 09:00 PM I thought "Happy Together" by the Turtles was a happy song, but the happiness is in the narrator's imagination! ("Imagine me and you, I do. . . ,") Number 9 Dream 10-18-2005, 09:27 PM "I Started a Joke"-- The Bee Gees....judging by the title, you'd think we were in for a barrel of laughs. corrin 10-18-2005, 11:15 PM Oh man, I'm stuck. I can't think of any happy/ depressing songs... RustyShackleford 10-19-2005, 12:43 AM The song "Last Kiss" its about this guy and girl are on a date and they crash the car and she dies, Ive heard the orignal and it has this happy/upbeat sound to it, but then I heard Pearl Jam's version and they make it sound sad the way its suppose to be Kazza 10-19-2005, 09:18 AM The song "Last Kiss" its about this guy and girl are on a date and they crash the car and she dies, Ive heard the orignal and it has this happy/upbeat sound to it, but then I heard Pearl Jam's version and they make it sound sad the way its suppose to be On the Spanish version of the song, the guy is the one that gets killed:crazy: TheGreatPretender 10-19-2005, 11:44 AM Hammer To Fall- By Queen. It sounds like a great heavy rock song with an upbeat guitar solo....and it's about nuclear war. Janice Johnson 10-20-2005, 08:57 AM Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson The song sounds slightly upbeat until you listen to the lyrics. The song talks about poor kids and people who don't have any place to go. Wanna Be Startin Somethin by Michael Jackson The song has an upbeat peppy sound, but listen to the lyrics and they are not upbeat or peppy at all until the 180 degree change at the last stanza, starting from "Lift your head up" until the last "Mama sa, mama coo" Janice 10-20-2005, 12:17 PM Bruce Springsteen's, 'Born In The USA' sounds very upbeat, but I believe it's about Vietnam. crystals 10-20-2005, 03:45 PM "That'll Be The Day" by Buddy Holly. The tune sounds very happy and upbeat, but listen to the lyrics: "That'll be the day when you say goodbye. That'll be the day when you make me cry. You say you're gonna leave. You know it's a lie. 'Cause that'll be the day when I die." What makes it more depressing than just listening to the song is the knowledge that Buddy Holly died in a plane crash when he was about 22 years old. Talk about depressing. ): |