These Songs Have Darker Meanings Than You Think! (Macarena, Gangnam Style, 99 Luftballoons)

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We found songs that are way darker than they are presented or are remembered. We wanted to get adults reactions to listening to the lyrics meaning!
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These Songs Are Darker Than You Think! (Macarena, Gangnam Style, Born In The USA)
0:00 Intro
0:21 Macarena
1:45 Paper Planes
3:16 Ring Around The Rosie
5:07 99 Luftballoons
6:30 Poker Face
8:10 Slide
9:29 Gangnam Style
11:11 Blackbird
12:41 The Way
14:10 Enter Sandman
15:48 Zombie
17:07 Final Thoughts

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@KaitLynnHt 4 ай бұрын

Not only was The Cranberries song meaning not hidden or unknown, i really didn't like how they were making fun of Dolores' voice. Her voice is so haunting and sad, you can feel the emotion in the song.

@brinmoody 4 ай бұрын

That bothered me too, especially because she was doing something called Keening, which is a culturally significant form of traditional mourning in Ireland.

@digitalbath263 4 ай бұрын

Just pure ignorance and they have no idea about the Troubles

@edgeofsanity9111 4 ай бұрын

They're Americunts, they don't have enough thought going on to realize such things

@ethereal_333 3 ай бұрын

They really showed their intelligence or lack thereof.

@kurotsuki7427 3 ай бұрын

The keening is always so haunting and I wish i could sing like that.

@ChickensToo 2 ай бұрын

The style of singing that they are making fun of at the beginning of "Zombie" is called "keening" and is a way Irish women sing for funerals and when in mourning, which this song essentially is doing....mourning the death of two British children during 'the Troubles". I hope they all went home and googled the children so they could learn more about what facilitated their deaths.

@1PositivePanda23 2 ай бұрын

💯

@dianamiller3307 Ай бұрын

Yeah all of this was just really insensitive and sounds like a bunch of idiots talking. It's frightening to think that most people are this stupid

@DayGloClam Ай бұрын

Most of them also laughed at the elderly couple found at the bottom of a ditch, so I think the problem goes beyond not having enough information.

@katefarr2036 4 ай бұрын

“Zombie” breaks my heart every time I hear it. It’s so much grief and pain in one song.

@Spuckeblase 4 ай бұрын

I don’t know how others knew about the song, but we discussed it and the background in school. I still get goosebumps every time I hear it. Can’t understand how you can make fun of the way Dolores sings it, I could just cry everytime I hear her zombie echo 😢

@Ladymusicc 4 ай бұрын

So sad he didn't know she was singing in english. (Zombie) laugh if you want, but she was iconic. So sad she passed away. I was so ready to hear more from her.

@gregoryeatroff8608 4 ай бұрын

When the Beatles toured the United States, they refused to play in segregated venues. "Let everyone sit together or we walk."

@TonySantuccistudios 2 ай бұрын

I feel the same way. We all need to stick together. White black etc . We are what makes the world greater. Not trump

@user-cw8fe6ml5f Ай бұрын

That we did until certain politicians decided we are collectively awful and non important aspects of people became primary.

@SpinX522 4 ай бұрын

I'm sorry Sharon, but the Goo Goo Dolls are not a one hit wonder.

@cknight2316 4 ай бұрын

I felt so insulted when she said that

@therecliningreader548 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I did a double take at that.

@Wellch 4 ай бұрын

A two hit wonder?

@therecliningreader548 4 ай бұрын

@@Wellch Google says 19 in the top ten. I can think of 4 off the top of my head.

@Liz_Lizille 4 ай бұрын

Ikr.

@tardis301192 2 ай бұрын

What makes the song Zombie even sadder is Dolores of the Cranberries died the morning of the day she was supposed to record the song again with the band Bad Wolves

@yomogami4561 2 ай бұрын

it was sad but bad wolves did a nice tribute cover and donated the proceeds to dolores' children

@carolanndenton5933 2 ай бұрын

aww dolores..such a fabulous strong unique sound..pity

@karenshields1974 2 ай бұрын

@@carolanndenton5933it's not true

@r.g.9610 4 ай бұрын

I thought it was always very clear what Zombie was about.

@adamruss656 3 ай бұрын

They have to actually pay attention to the lyrics to get it. they hear Zombie and probably think it's about the undead

@RB-nt6zx 3 ай бұрын

It's sad, that all the commentators were so insensitive and disrespectful to "Zombie". Especially mocking the keening of Dolores, which is an Irish traditional style for funeral songs and mourning. My fingernails curled the other way watching this.

@karawardlaw4090 3 ай бұрын

I know. That made me so mad!!! First off, making fun of the way she was singing was disrespectful enough, but to make fun of the song, too. Especially after they were told the meaning behind it. Seriously!!!

@tianevandermescht9163 3 ай бұрын

It's truly sad. Dolores had such a beautiful unique voice 🥹💜

@Jack_Ss 3 ай бұрын

Holy shit y’all are so sensitive. How the hell would anyone not Irish immediately know that?

@karawardlaw4090 3 ай бұрын

@Jack_Ss well, I didn't know that, but it still bothered me that they were making fun of the song. Simply because of the fact that it is a serious song with real meaning

@loftyradish6972 2 ай бұрын

@@Jack_Ss I'm not Irish but when I heard the song for the first time as a 13 year old girl I knew it was an extremely sad song and that it held a lot of meaning. Its not about being Irish, its about using your ears and eyes. Its obviously about war, and the way she is singing sounds like crying. You don't need to be Irish to realise that. These people were trying to be entertaining but just came out as obnoxious. Why are you upset that people are giving justifiable criticism? You sure you aren't too sensitive?

@brinmoody 4 ай бұрын

Zombie is definitely a sort of jab at how far the P-IRA had gone by that point of the troubles, and being fed-up with how the conflict was effecting children, British and Irish alike. 'Its the same old theme, since 1916, in your head, in your head they're still fighting..." Referring to The 1916 Easter Rising that ultimately was the catalyst for the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Civil War, and eventually, spiralling into the Troubles in the North. There is a heck of a lot of history driven emotion packed into this song. A century of ongoing violence in different forms that spiralled out of control as the decades wore on. Also, side note, the type of vocalization used by Dolores here is something called Keening, and is a traditional way of mourning/grieving in Ireland. It has a deep historical/cultural significance and history and I think it's the cherry on the top of this amazing and emotionally charged song.

@chiarac3833 2 ай бұрын

Yes, and the way they mocked her was culturally insensitive. If they were mocked, we'd be canceled, what a load of shit.

@brentbarnett1058 3 ай бұрын

Zombie by the Cranberries featured a Vocale Style called "Keening" Which Dolores O'riordan was adept at. It is litterally and absolutely a song about grief and loss.

@TheYoinkan1503 3 ай бұрын

Right! I hear people karoke this song and almost mockingly imitate her voice/style. its really sad tbh

@ballamisfamilyalbum Ай бұрын

Dewd, Delores passed away not too long ago. And she had a big heart. Whippersnappers need to show a little respect. Sincerely, Gen X.

@Treatsandthreadscom Ай бұрын

Word

@brisgeek Ай бұрын

Agreed. Signed, a millennial.

@BCFBreakfastClubFan Ай бұрын

From one Gen X-er to another, thank you. She was also wildly talented, and had one of the most haunting voices I've ever heard. Her voice still stays with me today. There will never be another like her.

@digitalbath263 4 ай бұрын

"Zombie" doesn't have some hidden, dark, meaning. it's pretty obvious it's a song about war and hate. Not everyone knows about the Irish Revolution, unfortunately, but it's very easy to discern from the lyrics and her crying singing that it's very emotional song

@bettylocks9753 4 ай бұрын

It's an exceptionally emotional song and having spent time living in Northern Ireland in the early 90s, during the troubles, it resonates a lot. As a singer myself, I can rarely sing this song without choking up.

@bobbychase5616 4 ай бұрын

i had no idea the meaning but know it as ufc star korean Zombie's walk out song and got emotional when it played one last time after his last fight when he retired

@more7642 4 ай бұрын

@@bobbychase5616 there is nothing to be proud of. You just don't know the story behind one of the most influential song of 90's.

@jamUSA24 3 ай бұрын

It doesn’t get more clear than these lyrics… With their tanks and their bombs And their bombs and their guns In your head, in your head, they are crying… Another mother's breaking Heart is taking over When the violence causes silence We must be mistaken It's the same old theme Since nineteen-sixteen In your head, in your head, they're still fighting With their tanks and their bombs And their bombs and their guns In your head, in your head, they are dying

@dr_dreadknought7165 3 ай бұрын

Honestly the song could be about any war really although when it says 1960 I'm pretty sure it's referring to what happened with nam.

@JohanHaagg 3 ай бұрын

How can people think Zombie does have anything but a dark meaning? It is right there in your face.

@WendyAtHome21 Ай бұрын

I can't believe someone referred to a song by Goo Goo Dolls as a "One Hit Wonder." They had so many great hits.

@khy0te605 4 ай бұрын

"Thanks" to all of the reactors for mocking the keening that Dolores was doing. Keening is a type of traditional Irish singing used to express sorrow for the death of people. The presenter should've hit all of them with that little bit of information so we could watch the reactors react to it after making fun of it.

@Dondingo4 4 ай бұрын

I will accept no Delores O'Riordan slander.

@tempestrider8712 Ай бұрын

I'm Asian too but I can understand Dolores O'Riordan pretty well. I don't appreciate tjose two guys mocking her. She sings beautifully.

@DukeHalliday-cv4fx Ай бұрын

Exactly

@DukeHalliday-cv4fx Ай бұрын

Keith Should SHUT THE F*CK UP AND DON'T MOCK THE LATE DOLORES O'REARDON.... R.I.P.

@SounderMom31 2 ай бұрын

A lot of nursery rhymes are actually very very dark in their meaning and message.

@petewharton8449 4 ай бұрын

The song 'Zombie' always gets me so bad cos my wife would've gone into Warrington town centre that day if it hadn't been raining (she was 3 when it happened). She could so easily have ended up being one of the victims outside of where McDonalds is now.

@MsKaz1000 4 ай бұрын

I remember that day I had been shopping in Liverpool and around that time there had been a lot of bomb scares going on and I got home and heard the news it was so sad

@Niamhmariephelan 2 ай бұрын

Im born and raised in Ireland, do yout research on the cranberries, R.I.P Delores 🇮🇪🇮🇪

@karenshields1974 2 ай бұрын

I loved the cranberries but it always pissed me off when she sang Zombie. How did the troubles effect her and why react so strongly after a bomb on mainland UK. There were shit loads for her to sing about that actually happened in Northern Ireland.

@zuzukris4952 4 ай бұрын

Ring around the Rosie is about the plague, and was actually in the US before it came to England. It was written about how horrible the plague was. There were more lyrics that were printed in a book in the 1850s, but have been lost with time. It wasn’t written during the plague, and back then Ashes to ashes didn’t mean cremation. It meant death. That’s why they would say it at funerals. Also, the GOO GOO DOLLS ARE NOT ONE HIT WONDERS!! They are a great band!

@adamruss656 3 ай бұрын

are you mansplaining? lol. kidding but while it's likely true, it hasn't ever been confirmed. But yep. ashes to ashes means from ashes we are born and to ashes we shall return; the cycle of life

@DukeHalliday-cv4fx 2 ай бұрын

R.I.P. DOLORES O'REARDON OF THE CRANBERRIES... *Had The Pleasure Of Meeting The Whole Band Here In Toronto Canada Years Before She Passed Away She Was Pregnant At The Time So I Gave Her A Teddy Bear 4 Her Son*

@spirithalloweenboy 3 ай бұрын

The fact that the one girl called The Goo Goo Dolls emo, and then the other lady said they were a one hit wonder band just made my blood boil, me being a grunge geek 😂

@larryk731 4 ай бұрын

99 red baloons/99 luftbaloons is extremely dark. The English version is not a translation of the German version. The English is about baloons accidentally starting a nuclear war but the German version (translated as written) takes place 100 years AFTER a nuclear war - an even darker song. All of this is hidden by a 1980s synth pop melody.

@laurieherman4159 23 күн бұрын

I lost respect for all of them when they started mocking Delores of Cranberries. I can admit growing up I was not a fan of hers but as I got older, I recognized her talent. She was beautiful and had an amazing vocal talent. She was taken too soon. As far as what zombie was about, it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure it out if you pay attention to the lyrics. R.I.P Delores.

@ch1ckmom217 17 күн бұрын

Thank you, that really got to me too, specially because I loved her music.

@dreznoryorkekeenanbuckley2226 12 күн бұрын

Haven't gotten there yet.... Already incredibly pissed!!!! PPl have NO respect!!!

@aliceB357 10 күн бұрын

It’s sad she did not say anything when the English were killing Irish people including children in Northern Ireland.

@Bercuda 2 ай бұрын

It actually hurts me how much they made fun of Dolores because of the way she sang. It's like making fun of kurt cobain because of how bad he sings. When them singing perfect isn't the point of their music. It's to bring emotions and have you feel way they want you to feel.

@brandonaustin5536 2 ай бұрын

I agree, that kind of pissed me off actually. It's how she sings

@sunniduran5144 2 ай бұрын

I don't know anyone who doesn't think her voice is absolutely perfect. No auto tuning needed like they have to use these days.

@jfearless3420 2 ай бұрын

I think they sing great. What do you mean?

@brandonaustin5536 2 ай бұрын

@@jfearless3420 because they were making fun of her...disrespectfully

@jfearless3420 2 ай бұрын

@@brandonaustin5536 bercuda mentioned that he/she didnt think they sung great if you re-read her post. I was saying they did.

@pleviathan 4 ай бұрын

Bad wolves made a cover on Zombie and switched out some words, bombs and guns to drones and 1916 to 2018, to make the song relevant to todays wars and Dolores was actually gonna sing with them. But she sadly passed before that could happen.

@cutepiku 3 ай бұрын

Zombie had evolved pretty quickly to be an anti-war song, played at various protests. If I recall, she directly helped and approved of the updated lyrics because she acknowledged and respected how the song had changed. The world really suffered a loss when she passed.

@Austral13 4 ай бұрын

How do they not know about 99 Red Balloons and Zombie. Growing up in the 90s, we were taught about the turmoil going on overseas. And those songs made it clear what they were about. The lullaby didn't ruin nothing for me, then again I grew up on german ones. Surprised Everlast 'What its like 'hasn't been touched on, the topics are heavy but an important message. Also, country songs, like Garth Brooks 'The Thunder Rolls'.

@XaniDecayed 2 ай бұрын

Wow the mocking of Dolores' voice was really cringe. It makes me upset. She was amazing and always managed to get the fans to feel what she was feeling.

@kitsunelee007 2 ай бұрын

I'm Gen X and 99 Red Balloons is BEYOND ICONIC! I can vividly remember hearing it at 1am on the radio and asked my Grandfather to translate it which led down a truly life changing moment.

@maurer3d 4 ай бұрын

Ok, Zombie is a great song, butt how can you include it in a list of songs with darker meaning, when every single word of the song is clear what it is about.

@f5checker 4 ай бұрын

You mean like almost every song on this list...

@ethereal_333 3 ай бұрын

Yea this video was pretty stupid IMO. And the “reactors” annoyed the hell out of me.

@shr3dm3tal 2 ай бұрын

The fact that dude made fun of the cranberries I automatically hate him

@stephfahey1101 2 ай бұрын

I think Dolores was dressed as the Goddess Eiru in that video. Eiru is the Patron Goddess of Ireland in Celtic/Irish mythology. Eiru is also the Goddess of Peace. Ireland is named after Eiru.

@leierkreuz1529 2 ай бұрын

Ériu in Old Irish, Éire or Erin in Modern Irish, Éire is also the name of Ireland in Gaelic.

@phastinemoon 3 ай бұрын

7:44 - not a lot of people know? Girl! In 2009, it was all anyone was talking about with Gaga. If it wasn’t how shocking this song was, it was all the rumors that she was an MTF trans woman.

@Anni28264 2 ай бұрын

As someone German, I vibed to 99 Luftballons since my childhood. The text is pretty clear. Basically humans felt threatened by these balloons and there ended up being 99 years of war. That’s basically what happens in the lyrics.

@AmandaGeyerSnobahr Ай бұрын

Music comforts the disturbed, and disturbs the comfortable.

@HocusPocus7474 3 ай бұрын

How come none of these people could make the connection between a song being about SIDS and telling a bed time story meant to keep the kid awake?

@kyrauniversal 3 ай бұрын

Because people refuse to talk about SIDS.

@beatsventura8813 2 ай бұрын

Cuz they stupid

@jamesrawlins735 4 ай бұрын

MIA was such an influential figure. I don't love all of her songs, but you can't deny her style and how huge it was in a lot of the 2000s.

@OMGgirls_WORLD Ай бұрын

I feel so old now. I know every word to all these song. I'm absolutely shocked that there are ppl who have never heard of Metallica!..whaaat!???

@katarinatibai8396 Ай бұрын

Same here 😅😘👋

@kirageorge 2 ай бұрын

Ok, so my heart dropped when they said GOO GOO DOLLS was a one-hit wonder... wth.,... LOL, and Metalica's Sandman, back when that came out, it was SOOOO popular, even hard-core rap listeners in my community knew that song (I am Black American)... but, everyone in the world doesn't know every song... (It's scary that I knew every song on this list tho...)

@jasonbooth7566 2 ай бұрын

The Disrespect with the cranberries

@mplwy 2 ай бұрын

That was hard to watch. Then, she didn't even give them the background of what was going on in Northern Ireland. 😥😠

@aluminumfalcon552 2 ай бұрын

Great song, great singer, important message in the song.

@alexisb3829 2 ай бұрын

Ikr!

@soulsnatcha402 3 ай бұрын

I weep for the idiocy and lack of empathy these people feel

@TheBorgAssassin 3 ай бұрын

"Choices have Consequences" The Dude was DRAFTED, he had NO Choice.

@MISHA33006 3 ай бұрын

shes dumb, she cant help it....

@CorvusCorone68 Ай бұрын

16:23 the double irony of not recognizing the language and it actually being by an Irish band; on one hand he's right, it's not English cuz it's Irish, but on the other hand she's singing in English

@divinefallfromgrace Ай бұрын

RIP Dolores O'Riordian. 💜

@xConflictGodzx 4 ай бұрын

As someone that’s from Northern Ireland it’s good that a song as popular as zombie exists to help people learn about what our country has been through

@Zodia195 4 ай бұрын

90s were my teen years so I do remember hearing about what happened over there and it made me sad.

@jaye9464 2 ай бұрын

In the UK we don't say 'ashes to ashes'. We say 'atisshue atisshue'(as in sneezing)

@strineys.957 2 ай бұрын

Same as in Australia. I was wondering what she was talking about when she said “Ashes to ashes…” very confusing.

@ThirdCoastGems 2 ай бұрын

Goo-goo Dolls were NOT "emo", nor were they "one hit wonders". SMDH

@snakeyes0003 3 ай бұрын

@6:59 “Come on Barbie let’s go party” was just perfect

@jamUSA24 3 ай бұрын

Imagine calling the Goo Goo Dolls a one hit wonder 😂

@johnw8578 3 ай бұрын

Yep, that got me too.

@mylife-23 2 ай бұрын

Every kids nursery rhyme is dark

@no1gdfan 4 ай бұрын

Ashes to ashes is a regular phrase used by Catholic priests during burial "ashes to ashes, dust to dust"

@CrisSelene 4 ай бұрын

I don't even live in an English speaking country and I know that. The education system really let these folks down if they can't make this simple connection

@no1gdfan 4 ай бұрын

@@CrisSelene for real right lol

@Mattdewit 4 ай бұрын

I mostly know about it because I was raised a Christian. It refers to a verse in Genesis that says from dust you are made and to dust you shall return.

@awg7068 2 ай бұрын

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust" is part of the service that the Priest or Parson reads from the Bible, meaning that we all return back to that state after death, not cremation.

@karenshields1974 2 ай бұрын

That's still got nowt to do with the rhythm. Its about the plague

@Rkenton48 2 ай бұрын

1918 Spanish Flu kids' song: We had a little bird, his name was Enza. We opened up the window and in flew Enza.

@mrwassef 2 ай бұрын

She said Goo Goo Dolls was emo 😂

@sharks9555 3 ай бұрын

i..... paper planes? how did anyone ever miss the meaning to that? she blatantly says in the song lyrics that she's making visas at the border for people, the lyrics in general are not shy. "it's a political statement?" yikes, the media literacy in this country is like a hairball down the drain - stuck right where you can't get it to come back up. it's really giving andre 3000 in hey ya! saying "y'all don't wanna hear me, you just wanna dance"

@truediva18 3 ай бұрын

You could tell that they didn't really listen to the lyrics. I knew the lyrics, so I got it. I think that if the lyrics were clearer, then they would have gotten it.

@mylovenjawe3894 3 ай бұрын

who tf was listening to the lyrics of that song 😂

@jaywilliams3321 2 ай бұрын

Um...FYI The Goo Goo Dolls had more than one hit.

@thenerdspot4309 Ай бұрын

The disrespect towards Dolores O'Riordian is hands down a fight-able offense. Kunck if you Buck 100%

@burtbackattack Ай бұрын

I don't think anyone with a fully working brain could misunderstand what this song is about. But the way they casually joke around while discussing it annoyed me. Won't be watching any shit from this channel again.

@waternineeightlotus2869 Ай бұрын

@@burtbackattacksame

@janetmoreno8909 4 ай бұрын

ashes, ashes doesn't mean cremating bodies ,it just means dying. You know like at funeral when the minister says ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

@moodycowcrafts4862 4 ай бұрын

We always sang it as ‘atishoo’ not ‘ashes’

@Magicpants34484 3 ай бұрын

I'm doing a project on Zombie and have now learned so much about the IRA

@tsnap4 Ай бұрын

Also, fun fact about "Poker Face" the second time in the chorus when Gaga sings "Po-po-poker face" she's not singing "poker face," she's singing "f-- her face." According to Gaga, only one radio station ever reached out to her to confirm the lyric before playing it.

@larsonfamilyhouse Ай бұрын

Yeah so the guy who said it was about giving h*** was correct lol I noticed that too!

@tinashifflett9196 2 ай бұрын

Paul McCarthy chose not to tell his wife she had terminal cancer. She only had weeks and he didn't want her to feel bad for dying❤

@carolanndenton5933 2 ай бұрын

or be scared about it..sometimes it is better not to say..especially when they do not have much longer to live..better they be in more happier hopeful spirits..aww

@piou77piou Ай бұрын

For the Paper planes song I always assumed it was a dark song about street violence especially murder and robberies because of the gunshot and money noises.

@harveyleznik 2 ай бұрын

Surprised Pumped Up Kicks wasn't in there.

@Hyde_Hill Ай бұрын

They have done a react with similar title with that song in it before.

@visionhawk4403 4 ай бұрын

But the phrase "from ashes to ashes and from dust to dust" was still said during the plague as part of a death ceremony as based on the Bible. This is said before the casket goes "down" into the ground.

@elsabooknerd8502 4 ай бұрын

As a German I found it very interesting how they didn’t know or realize that 99 Luftballons is about the Cold War and the wall, because from the lyrics that was always so clear, eversince I was super young. And I didn’t even think about the fact, that someone who does not speak German might not find it as clear

@kareneaton4052 Ай бұрын

Did that thing just call the Goo Goo Dolls a one hit wonder?

@dbsagacious 4 ай бұрын

8:42 Did she just call Goo Goo Dolls a one hit wonder? oof

@AprilMiller5312 4 ай бұрын

I think yall should do more "nursery rhymes". See see my playmate, red rover, London Bridges... there's soo many.... but only if u REALLY wanna ruin a childhood....

@boop9430 4 ай бұрын

I want this 😂

@ketrianrenolsin9608 Ай бұрын

While I enjoyed this, the reaction to the Cranberries really annoyed me. So disrespectful. Dolores had a wonderful voice and Zombie is such a powerful song.

@robertsylvester3542 Ай бұрын

Uh oh I haven’t made it that far yet. But I loved her voice. And you’re right she was extremely talented. I had the first 2 albums but the 2nd one I listened to a lot. 😊zombie was a badass tune too.

@MetalMama-Mimi523 4 ай бұрын

8:42 Sharon, you of all people should know The Goo Goo Dolls are anything but a one hit wonder.

@randomlibra 4 ай бұрын

SHARON!!!! The Googoo Dolls weren't one hit wonders. They had quite a few hits. Don't make me be THAT person LOL. Ima just drop "Iris" here and see if it rattles any memories

@MaireGraves 4 ай бұрын

And “Black Balloon”!

@lanlan4889 3 ай бұрын

The Cranberries are Irish not English babes

@jhuyyg 3 ай бұрын

They're talking about language, not nationality. He couldn't understand her words so he thought she wasn't singing in English. Host later mentioned them being Irish.

@rogerweston7450 Ай бұрын

Thumbs down for those two dissing Zombie.....

@crystalhamptonhines 2 ай бұрын

The Fastball song... for years, I imagined little kids left behind. At least, in reality the kids were actually grown. I still kinda liked the song as people yearning to escape the humdrum of reality, only dreaming and not actually leaving their kids. Knowing that they were both elderly, is sad, but also makes me hope they had that autonomy to go out their own way, and weren't actually confused, scared, and lost at the very end. Some elderly couples do make a pact at the end, and in my opinion, after you lived a full life, raised your kids, retired and in bad health, why stay and suffer because society says so? If you lived your life for nearly a century, then I believe you have the wisdom to do what you think is best for yourself.

@amandaholt5791 2 ай бұрын

The English version of ring ‘o roses says achoo not ashes, so sneezing not cremation.

@DaraelDraconis Ай бұрын

Fun fact regarding _Ring a Ring of Roses_ - a couple of the lyrics are noticeably different as it's known in England compared to the American version. The most standout one is that instead of "ashes, ashes" we sing "atishoo, atishoo", as in the onomatopoeia for sneezing. We also sing "roses" rather than "rosies", as you may have noticed.

@michellehellyer1163 Ай бұрын

jip South Africa also with England with the lyrics

@Tribalfan88x Ай бұрын

"Songs with darker meanings than you think" .... Well, maybe they should stop thinking and actually listen to the lyrics?!

@bulletsxdame 4 ай бұрын

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust was typically said during funerals in England. When laying someone in rest.

@debbielough7754 4 ай бұрын

Still is.

@jeneenr33 25 күн бұрын

I'm sorry but some of the songs are obvious if you actually listen to the lyrics...Good Good Dolls for example: Don't you love the life you killed? priest is on the phone, your father hit the wall, your mom disowned you. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@jryan5897 Ай бұрын

Another one might have been I Don’t Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats

@caseytaylor8425 3 ай бұрын

I had a Bolivian baby sitter growing up and I asked her what the Macarena meant. I was about 7 at the time and she paused realllllly long before saying "Oh they're just talking about the things this girl named Macarena likes to do. Like her hobbies" 😂I know why she had to pause before answering now

@vannahvengeance7903 4 ай бұрын

One by Metallica is definitely darker than Enter Sandman.

@jrasicmark1 3 ай бұрын

Wow, I thought sure they would bring up that Kicks song about kids wearing the latest shoes and it turns out the song is about a mass shooting at a school. Or "I Don't Like Mondays" which is also about a mass shooting at a school (and the shooter said her motive for doing it was because she didn't like Mondays). Or the "Paved paradise, put up a parking lot song because it sounds so happy, but the lyrics are about how we're slowly turning the planet into one huge parking lot with no trees. Or Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA; most people think it's a patriotic song, but it's actually a commentary about how an area is devastated when the local factory shuts down. Billy Joel's "Allentown" had a similar subject. Or even "Who Let the Dogs Out"; most think it's an innocent song about dogs, but it turns out the "dogs" in the lyrics are actually unattractive women in a club.

@johnw8578 3 ай бұрын

Or Pearl Jam's song Jeremy

@MichaelLovely-mr6oh 3 ай бұрын

The first song is called "Pumped up Kicks" by Foster the People and the song "I Don't Like Mondays" is by the Boomtown Rats.

@lrvdo Ай бұрын

15:52 he made himself look like a jackas* . You don't need to watch the video, still the meaning of the song is pretty obvious and it was haunting.

@alexwilliams8488 Ай бұрын

Thumbs down for them making fun of the cranberries.

@ashleyparkhurst4848 2 ай бұрын

Don’t mock the Cranberries singer Delores.

@JeshuaSquirrel 4 ай бұрын

Regarding the underlying premise of "99 Red Baloons", I think many of these people wouldn't sleep well again knowing how many times that situation happened. Many times a computer error incorrectly interpreted flying birds or just nothing as an enemy missle launch. The only reason war didn't start was a human in the minute man silos not being comfortable launching the retaliation. One of those was a simple as "Why would missiles from North Korea be coming to North Dakota instead of the West Coast?" I wish I was exaggerating.

@ultimatebishoujo29 4 ай бұрын

No way

@xbrandi12345x 3 ай бұрын

How on earth do these people not know 99 Luftballons by Nena or Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls? Those songs are played everywhere in my area, even now. You always hear this stuff at the grocery store. Don't order your groceries for delivery, go to the store and learn these songs. Bust a move in aisle 5. Then again in aisle 10. Why? Because the grocery store needs some excitement and they have some decent back in the day tunes. Did you think it was all about food? Hell no!

@TELLViSiON Ай бұрын

Thumb down for disrespecting Zombies

@elizabethseyler8564 4 ай бұрын

Should have included “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam the story behind that song is so chilling

@Templarofsteel88 4 ай бұрын

Dude needs to have his ears looked at if he can't hear that Dolores O'riordan is singing in English.

@knowledge-girl 4 ай бұрын

There were quite a few happy 1980s songs that were about the end of the world due to nuclear war. "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" is about a guy who is a nuclear scientist and ends up destroying the world, the future so bright because of nuclear bombs. "I Melt with You" is about the nuclear apocalypse and holding on to the person you love as the world is destroyed around you. "1999" is about partying as the world is destroyed by nuclear weapons.

@Hucklebubba 4 ай бұрын

"Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Although that one was pretty on-the-nose; and while certainly up-tempo, not necessarily happy-sounding.

@analou3357 3 ай бұрын

This made me.realize.how.folks dont listen to lyrics at all and thats scary. No wonder we are were we are w music.

@loftyradish6972 2 ай бұрын

I don't know how some people can listen to a song in their native language and not pay attention to the lyrics. I listen to a lot of songs in other languages and still know the lyrics because I check out the translations. My favourite surprise lyric was on what I thought was a party song, until I read the translation of the chorus which was "woo, there is no tomorrow, there is already a mortgage on my future" and got slapped headlong into a doom spiral about the reality of my economic future.

@Furgemancs 2 ай бұрын

Now we would just need Stan by Eminem, that was daaaark!

@_Peter_Silie_ 2 ай бұрын

In macarena the mentioned boyfriend is not only drafted to army, but is sent to the front as bullets fodder

@joselugo4536 Ай бұрын

Just like in Ukraine...

@milhousevanhoutan9235 2 ай бұрын

Gangnam Style has a hilarious memory for me. I showed my mom the video and she cracked up at a few points, but when Hyuna walks on the train my mother who was in her SIXTIES at the time said "God damn, that woman is beautiful."

@Misantropo451 3 ай бұрын

Even my grandmother know about Metallica 😅

@juskahusk2247 2 ай бұрын

The original German version of 99 Red Balloons was about a conventional war but the English version was about nuclear war. Shows just how quickly these things can escalate.

@carolanndenton5933 2 ай бұрын

she wrote that song after going to a rolling stones concert ..where mick jagger release 99 red balloons into the air,,inspired

@SingingSealRiana 2 ай бұрын

. . .IT was about cold war, and there was the threat of nuclear war so yeah . . . Ever since they where invented every world war would He a nuclear war

@DrDeadpool1984 4 ай бұрын

So Ring Around the Rosie is actually about the Bubonic Plague in 1350. Most of your interpretation is correct, but "Ashes Ashes" used to sound a bit different in order to mimic the violent sneezing fits victims often had before death.

@izishalwaysinlove 3 ай бұрын

Yep. & in England, the line is actually taught as "a-tissue, a-tissue" like sneezing meaning you're sick with the plague.

@karmajaystar13 3 ай бұрын

Yeah idk where they got ashes to ashes

@stannnerjjtkp 3 ай бұрын

Why didn’t they ban the song for kids bro