Songs that changed for you after you learned the lyrics

[Grehnhewe]

There is a cost for everything in capitalist societies...even love.

 

[Kramodlog]

Especially man love.

 

[Grehnhewe]

Supply and demand.

 

[Kramodlog]

You'll be demand, I'll supply.

 

[Grehnhewe]

But I am a closet socialist?

 

[Kramodlog]

You live in California and come from Britain. Seems pretty out in the open.

 

[Robin Hoodlum]

They are like hippies over there.

They should do something about their pest problem.

 

[Kramodlog]

Deodorant?

 

[Jhaelen]

I suspect that's a pretty common one. Some groups clearly didn't understand it back around 1984. I wasn't very interested in it, musically, and so didn't really pay any attention to the lyrics (I preferred Springsteen from several years earlier). It was Stanley Clarke's cover of it in 1985 that grabbed my interest and that's when I actually noticed the lyrics in the verses.

Ah, that reminds me of Gary Jules' cover of 'Mad World', originally from Tears for Fears. I never paid any attention to the lyrics in the original version, but the cover version really grabbed me. This is a general rule for me: Cover versions are only worthwhile if the put a completely new spin on the original. E.g. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' from Tori Amos is really great.

 

[The_Silversword]

The Kinks - Lola. Once I realized that Lola was a guy, that song definitely took on a new twist.