What is the most misused song in history?

[Cascade]

Stan by Eminem. Not the song itself, but the term it spawned. Zoomers "stan" everything left and right, implying the usual admiration, although the original is about a crazy obsessed fucker.

 

[booklover]

Kerrang! magazine said of "Stairway to Heaven" : "If you put this on your stereo to seduce someone, you will not be having sex."

OTOH, in the "Zits" comic strip, teenage Jeremy has figured out how to play the opening chords on his acoustic guitar, and his mother tells him, "You were conceived to that song!" Among other things, Jeremy holds his head under a tap to wash those words out of his ear canals.

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

I've read that "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" was meant to be a sarcastic "fuck you" to an ex. It's very commonly played at graduation ceremonies and retirement parties.

That said, the bittersweet tone of the music and the lyrics at face value wouldn't tell you that.

 

[Tablet County]

Kerrang! magazine said of "Stairway to Heaven" : "If you put this on your stereo to seduce someone, you will not be having sex."

OTOH, in the "Zits" comic strip, teenage Jeremy has figured out how to play the opening chords on his acoustic guitar, and his mother tells him, "You were conceived to that song!" Among other things, Jeremy holds his head under a tap to wash those words out of his ear canals.

Obligatory:

On topic, most of the good ones have been mentioned but why the fuck do people dance to Mr Brightside? International cuck anthem.

To be fair, buddy isn't happy about being cucked, and maybe this is just personal interpretation bleeding in, but I was always under the impression that he isn't actually being cucked, he's just super insecure/paranoid about his relationship.

Stan by Eminem. Not the song itself, but the term it spawned. Zoomers "stan" everything left and right, implying the usual admiration, although the original is about a crazy obsessed fucker.

Initially the phrase was more used to refer to Kpop fans, who are that fucking insane, and eventually just became a way to exaggerate your own fanboyism of something.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

I remember that some rum company, I think Bacardi, used "Jane Says" by Janes Addiction.

Selling booze with a song about being an addict.

 

[Dysnomia]

Born in the USA.

Oddly enough it's on the radio right now.

as a kid I did not understand. But anyone who listened to the lyrics should get that it's about a Vietnam vet who comes home to nothing. No job. No hope. His brother died in 'Nam and never came home. Born in the USA and that's what he gets.

I'll further add The Doors

I've come to believe that the "Snake" Jim is always singing about is an actual road and not getting high. Well he was probably high as fuck anyway. But the snake itself is not just a head trip. It's also a road trip.

To be fair, buddy isn't happy about being cucked, and maybe this is just personal interpretation bleeding in, but I was always under the impression that he isn't actually being cucked, he's just super insecure/paranoid about his relationship.

There's lyrics like "It's all in my head" that made me think he was just paranoid. But he could be because he was cucked before. Once cucked twice shy.

 

[I Do Not Post]

I've read that "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" was meant to be a sarcastic "fuck you" to an ex. It's very commonly played at graduation ceremonies and retirement parties.

That said, the bittersweet tone of the music and the lyrics at face value wouldn't tell you that.

Makes it all the more fitting that it was used for that Seinfeld farewell video, a sarcastic cynical misdirection for a show full of them.

 

[dick brain]

To be fair, buddy isn't happy about being cucked, and maybe this is just personal interpretation bleeding in, but I was always under the impression that he isn't actually being cucked, he's just super insecure/paranoid about his relationship.

That isn't any better imo, if the hordes of people singing and dancing to it every night find that relatable.

I've noticed that a LOT of the popular songs from that era romanticize infidelity. Mr Brightside, Girlfriend, Misery Business, Dirty Little Secret, Feel Good Drag...

 

[Palm Tree Corpse]

Obligatory "Closer" mention

Definitely up there on the list. Can be interpreted in many different ways, except for the way everyone seems to interpret it

 

[Bruce Campbell's Chin]

Hallelujah

sarcastic

(((Cohen)))

Huh.

 

[Waifu Denier]

Probably the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin at every wedding, when in the Wagner opera the whole thing ends in death and tragedy.

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

Probably the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin at every wedding, when in the Wagner opera the whole thing ends in death and tragedy.

But that's how marriages end though.

 

[Ewan McGregor]

Anything by Green Day, but most commonly 'Holiday' for, well, Holidays, and 'Wake me up when September ends' every fucking September 1st.

 

[Tablet County]

Anything by Green Day, but most commonly 'Holiday' for, well, Holidays

You're telling me you don't go into a seething rage thinking about how much of a faggot Bush Jr. was every Christmas?

 

[Ewan McGregor]

You're telling me you don't go into a seething rage thinking about how much of a faggot Bush Jr. was every Christmas?

I go into a seething rage just by thinking on Bush jr. at any rate and by listening to any Green Day.

But, while we're at this, Mariah Carey's 'All I want for Christmas' must be the most Un-Christmas-y Christmas song ever.

 

[I was a Teenage “JA”-man]

Obligatory "Closer" mention

Definitely up there on the list. Can be interpreted in many different ways, except for the way everyone seems to interpret it

I know its about trent reznor’s rough patch in life, but I could never see that song being played in any instance except two goths in a bedroom.

 

[Mike Matei's Penis]

Space Oddity. It's a beautiful haunting song meant to listen to in isolation, not meant to underscore your fucking Buzz Lightyear and Call of Duty trailers.

 

[Pee Cola]

"Mellow Yellow" by Donovan was about a sex toy, and had nothing to do with getting high from smoking banana peels.

 

[Jack Hoffman]

“Drive” by Incubus has always been tainted by the drunk driving PSA’s.
I’ve met a couple of people who thought it was specifically a song telling people not to drink and drive.
Like any great piece of art, it’s open to the consumers interpretation and applicable to many boxes you may want it to fill.

 

[cactus]

If WW3 happens and they drop nukes, I want to go out like this.


What is it about?

I want to add the YMCA song. I went to a summer camp at a Y and they played this on our first day. Thank goodness I didn't know the meaning of it when I was a kid.

From what I heard, "More than Words" is pretty much saying "shut up and blow me."