And I Meant, Everything I Said
Ok, I am going to admit something really embarrassing to you, my loyal readers. I have horrible taste in music. Horrible, and incredibly varied. Actually, maybe I should re-phrase, for the most part, I have pretty good taste in music, but, their are definitely some questionable artists in my i-pod, such as Rod Stewart, ABBA and there may even be a Jessica Simpson song on there (I am sorry, but I couldn't get "With You" out of my head for months, which must mean something). Anyway, along with those somewhat questionable artists (and that's just a sampling), lies REO Speedwagon. That's right, I listen to REO! Anyway, this morning on my walk to work was one of those times that I was grooving on the Speedwagon. So, I am rocking out (as always) on my 7 1/2 minute walk from my apartment to my office, and their massive hit, "Keep on Loving You" begins playing. I have always thought of this song as a song of love. Yet, as I listened carefully to the lyrics this morning, I came to a whole new conclusion. As the chorus sang out to me; "And I'm gonna keep on lovin you, cause it's the only thing I wanna do, I don't wanna sleep, I just wanna keep on lovin you" occurred to me that this is not a love song at all. No, no, no-it seems to me that this is a song about "doin' it" all night long. It's about a marathon sex session, not love. Anyway, maybe this is just my minds way of telling me that its been WAY too long, but that is how I interpreted said song this morning.
Please share with me your own interpretations. I'd be curious to hear if anyone agrees with me, or if I am just crazy (which is probably true anyway).
8 Comments:
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At 2:50 PM, Anonymous said…
I think REO hold a special place in my musical heart... right there next to Boston and Journey. You cant really like them (I guess you could but I don't) but you have to respect theyre staying power. Speaking of staying power check out my webstite... hehe
At 3:07 PM, Rook said…
I think that I may actually like REO Speedwagon. In your face, Dirk. Does anyone remember that awesome scene in Billy Madison, when Adam Sandler pulls up to the high school in his IROC rocking the stonewashed demin REO jacket. I am laughing outloud just thinking about it...
At 4:33 PM, Anonymous said…
"You should’ve seen by the look in my eyes, baby
There was somethin missin
You should’ve known by the tone of my voice, maybe
But you didn’t listen
You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin
And though I know all about those men
Still I don’t remember
Cause it was us baby, way before then"
I don't know. I think its about a whore being gang raped.
At 4:46 PM, Anonymous said…
Why is it a "whore" who is being gang raped? Are "whore's" the only people getting raped??
At 5:01 PM, Rook said…
Ha! Whores, gang-rapes, cat furniture, REO, Thirty Funnel Steve, Michal Moore and the rest of it. This really has been the best week ever!
At 4:37 PM, Anonymous said…
Of course I remember in Billy Madison when he pulls up in a trans-am blasting billy squire and has a bitchin reo shirt on. But don't forget the part on the stairs where billy is getting down to the Culture Club (I'll tumble for you any day Rook.
P.S. It was not an Iroc it was Bandit style trans-am, t tops and all.
At 3:02 PM, Glenn Fink said…
If you wanted to get rid of cat furniture ads in the blog, you could turn on word verification under Settings > Comments. That would cause everyone to feel like they've been drinking since dawn and now they have to do a reading sobriety test, but it would get rid of those posts.
As for REO, there are people that swear their early discs (like "T.W.O.") are worthy, I just haven't gotten around to them yet. I heard the tuna fish disc once and it had some nice tracks on it.
No comment on the wacky lyrics debate...
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