song lyrics explication

[shart_attack]

Like poetry explication, this.

Name an artist/ band, and then give us a two- to three-sentence (max) synopsis of the lyrical contents of a specific song of theirs—preferably inside quote bars—and based on your brief description of it, we'll try to guess the name of the song.

I'll start with an easy one, for an example.

The band that wrote this song is Living Colour.

Description:

There is a difference between a leader and a mass media manipulator.

Can you name the song?

 

[Pennywise]

Cult of Personality.

 

[shart_attack]

Cult of Personality.

DING-DING-DING-DING!!!

Well done, brutha!!!

Now stump us, if you please.

 

[Pennywise]

BIG BLACK

"A small mid-western town afflicted with rampant child abuse."

I will be very surprised if anyone gets this.

 

[shart_attack]

BIG BLACK

"A small mid-western town afflicted with rampant child abuse."

I will be very surprised if anyone gets this.

Dammit, bro.

We're still just tryin' to kickstart this thing, and you're already throwin' something that tough at us???

May take a day or so for us to name this one.

 

[ErikViking]

BIG BLACK

"A small mid-western town afflicted with rampant child abuse."

I will be very surprised if anyone gets this.

Janie's Got a Gun? Aha, misunderstood! Disregard.

 

[shart_attack]

Pennywise, if an hour or more goes by, you may hafta scratch it and give us another one instead.

That one may be too hard for the beginning stage of this thread — don't cha think, bro?

 

[Pennywise]

The song is called "Jordan, Minnesota".

Okay here's an easier one

IGGY POP

"Repossession of cars"

 

[Pennywise]

Pennywise, if an hour or more goes by, you may hafta scratch it and give us another one instead.

That one may be too hard for the beginning stage of this thread — don't cha think, bro?

You said, and I quote, ahem- "stump us"...

 

[shart_attack]

You said, and I quote, ahem- "stump us"...

Right, right.

My bad on that.

S'pose I shoulda been a bit more careful with my wording of that.

The song is called "Jordan, Minnesota".

Okay here's an easier one

IGGY POP

"Repossession of cars"

Butt Town?

 

[Pennywise]

Butt town?? WTF is that even a song?

 

[ErikViking]

The Passenger?

 

[shart_attack]

Butt town?? WTF is that even a song?

Fo realz, yep. It came out in like 1990, I think.

YouTube it sometime.

I don't know much Iggy Pop.

I'm seriously hopin' that someone else here does.

 

[Pennywise]

The Passenger?

No, but it's nice to know that someone around here is familiar with Iggy.

Here's a hint "Emilio Estevez".

 

[ErikViking]

Billyisarunaway?

 

[Pennywise]

 

[ErikViking]

This is really hard... Didn't even occur to me...
Estevez - billy the kid - well...

 

[shart_attack]

Iggy Pop repoman

Well, shit. And double shit.

I guess this means the next one defaults back to you, bro.

Hit us with something a bit more mainstream, would ya?

 

[Pennywise]

I thought you were cool, Shit Attack. Alright, here's one for the lame ass mainstream citizens-

CAPTAIN AND TENILLE-

"Squeaky rodents, amore`"

 

[shart_attack]

I thought you were cool, Shit Attack. Alright, here's one for the lame ass mainstream citizens-

CAPTAIN AND TENILLE-

"Squeaky rodents, amore`"

Muskrat Love.