The Earthlings sang about cows, and James Blunt sang about a rapist. Unknown facts about famous songs (25 photos + 11 videos)

We are what we consume, including information.





If everything is more or less clear with the sources, then with others everything is much more complicated.

Often, even native speakers do not understand the context. The true meaning of the work can only be learned from primary sources.

Not long ago, James Blunt, who is the author of one of the hits of the 2000s, You’re Beautiful, said that the meaning of this song is not at all romantic.



A popular slow-burner at all school discos and the soundtrack to many lovers' scenes in movies, it is actually a story about a drunk guy who stalks an unfamiliar girl on the subway.





According to James Blunt, the girl was saved from a bad end by meeting her boyfriend.

“They labeled me: ‘Oh, James Blunt! Isn’t this just a romantic in love?” Fuck it... It's not like that. “You’re Beautiful” is not a f***ing tender and romantic song. It's about a young man who, heavily high, is chasing someone else's girlfriend on the subway, and at that very moment her boyfriend appears right in front of him. He should be locked up or imprisoned for his perversity."



Blunt is not the only one who intended a different meaning, but people heard something different in the work.

The list of misunderstood creators also includes the well-known cult group The Beatles with the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.



Girl in the sky with diamonds? Unsurprisingly, almost everyone who heard the song thought it was a classic example of the Beatles-era drug popularization song.



Moreover, you all know the popular slogan about rock and roll, intercourse and prohibited substances harmful to the human body.



That's why Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was considered an ode to LSD. John Lennon denied this theory, saying that the song was based on a drawing by his son Julian.



Like, he drew his friend Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

Madonna with the song Like A Virgin.



The resonant song about puberty caused a storm of shock and conversation; it was believed that this shocking presentation only fueled the topic of loss of virginity.



In fact, everything is more decent and touching than it seems at first glance. The song's lyricist, Billy Steinberg, stated that the song is about the story of his relationship.



After parting with his beloved, Steinberg says that it is impossible to again feel the feelings as during the first love. But if new feelings are strong, then they can heal, thereby giving a new storm and palette of emotions.

Johnny Cash with the song You Are My Sunshine



This work was published in 1939 and is considered one of the anthems of the state of Louisiana.



Country style compositions are mistakenly classified as children's songs. This is due to the fact that the chorus is quite lyrical and sweet.



But if you listen to the lyrics of the song more carefully, you can hear a ballad about the broken heart of the author, who was abandoned by his beloved.



“You told me once, honey, that you really loved me.

And no one could come between us.

But now you've left and fallen in love with someone else.

You destroyed all my dreams."

At the dawn of the new millennium, Outkast released the song Hey Ya. The hip-hop group's single took first place on the music charts in the USA, Norway, Australia and Sweden.



At first glance, a composition that is called that, has a “viral” chorus, a dance arrangement and a fairly cheerful video, should it carry fun and positivity?



But no, if you listen to what the lead singer of the group Andre 3000 sings, you can understand that this is a tragic story about how the author experiences a failed relationship.



“If they say, ‘Nothing lasts forever,’ why should love be any exception?”

The verses literally talk about the main character’s experiences: “Why are we so reluctant to admit that we are unhappy here?”



And the noisy chorus further enhances the meaning of the line from the song: “You don’t want to hear me, you only want to dance.”

Where would we be without rock classics? The Rolling Stones once decided to dedicate the theme of the slave system and violence by the colonialists.



This is exactly what the driving song Brown Sugar is about. Did you think the song was about sweet brown sugar?



This was not the case:

"The old ship carries slaves to the cotton fields,

They will be sold at the New Orleans market.

The old and scary slave owner knows that everything is fine with him,

You can hear him having fun with women at night.

Brown sugar, why do you taste so sweet?”

Mick Jagger later said that if he were writing this song now, he would subject it to severe censorship.



“God knows what I'm talking about in this song. It's such a mess. All the disgusting things at once. […] I would never write a song like that now. I would probably censor myself and think, “Oh God, I can't. I need to stop. I can't write that crudely."



It’s good that the song was released in 1971, and not in our time, otherwise the musician would have had a hard time.

By the way, not only foreign hits have a different subtext. There are also songs on the stage that are sung about something completely different.



The group "Earthlings" - the hit of this group is their anthem to space flights. "Grass near the house". What if the first version of the song was not about space, but about cows?



But it was so, because the poet Anatoly Poperechny and Vladimir Migulya initially put into the song the meaning of longing for one’s father’s house, where there is grass, a barn and the eyes of a cow.





Who did Alexander Vasiliev sing about in the composition “dictionary”?



Many people think that we are talking about Boris Grebenshchikov, who at that time often visited Tibet and was generally associated with Eastern religion.



But no, we are talking about the popular singer Linda in the nineties, who released the album “Songs of Tibetan Lamas” just at that time.



Many famous songs have a real backstory. Did you know that Alla Borisovna Pugacheva does not sing about an imaginary couple of an artist and an artist in the song “A Million Scarlet Roses”. We are talking about the Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani and the French actress Margarita de Sèvres.



She came on tour to Tiflis, and the elderly artist, in order to win the heart of his beloved, actually sold all his property. With the money he earned, he bought many flowers, but it is unknown whether they were roses.

 

What is certain is that such a generous and beautiful act was crowned with failure, because the actress did not reciprocate the man’s feelings.



Although, this story has a small continuation. They say that many years later the caretaker of the Louvre recognized the same actress in the visitor who was admiring the painting of her admirer.

But Roman “The Beast” Bilyk in one of his songs really talked about his unhappy love. No, it’s not “See you soon” or “Just such a strong love.” We are talking about another hit of the 2000s, “Rain-Pistols.”



In the middle of the song, a voice recorder recording made by the musician’s friend and colleague Alexander Voitinsky is turned on. He inserted this passage into the song without telling Bilyk anything and let him listen to it.



At first, Roma “The Beast” was offended by his friend, but later he thought that it looked organic. So a piece from the musician’s personal life remained in the composition.

Many people have heard some of these songs thousands of times, but they knew their meaning and history of origin. This is not a definitive list of such songs, share interesting facts about your favorite songs. It will be interesting to read. It's time to check your playlist, maybe you're listening to a story about slave traders - rapists and don't even know it.