Category Archives: what the hell is this song about anyway

Tomorrow by Silverchair [what in the hell is this song about, anyway?]

New York City has a rock station again… and they’re playing old Silverchair songs.  This is better than not having a rock station, but in all honesty, this is not exactly filling the new music void just by playing “Tomorrow” or Fun’s “We are Young” three times a day.  Anyway, let’s dig into this… this…  song.  I guess it’s a song. Continue reading

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We are Young by Fun [what in the hell is this song about, anyway?]

I’ve been hearing “We are Young” by Fun on the radio a lot lately, and I really like how it sounds (although it’s intense redundancy can only be tolerated for so long), but I have no idea what the hell it’s about – or exactly what is being said.  To remedy that, I looked up the lyrics. Continue reading

Even Flow by Pearl Jam [what in the hell is that song about, anyway?]

If you haven’t heard it in a while, take a list to “Even Flow” by Pearl Jam from their 1991 debut album, Ten.  I’m not even going to ask you what this song is about – let’s just focus on what in the hell Eddie Vedder is saying.  This is a typical problem when it comes to Vedder’s vocal styling, but I have always felt that this is the best example of his yammering.  Adam Sandler agrees.

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Turn It On Again by Genesis [what in the hell is that song about, anyway?]

Today, I listened to Genesis’ hits album, starting with “turn it on again.”  What in the hell is that song about, anyway?  Let’s take a look at the lyrics and try to figure it out.

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