Have you ever heard a song with an inexplicable title? Happens to me all the time. The song is great, but you have no idea what the title means. Well, these are "4 Songs With Really Stupid Reasons For Their Extremely Mysterious Titles".
4. “Hair of the Dog” by Nazareth
Here are the lyrics to the chorus of the song:
Now you're messin’ with a
A son of a bitch
Now you're messin’ with a son of a bitch
Now you're messin’ with a
A son of a bitch
Now you're messin’ with a son of a bitch
If you think you haven’t heard this song before, it’s because you probably thought the name of the song was “Son of a Bitch”!
Yes, Nazareth originally wanted the name of the song to be “Son of a Bitch”, but the record company told him to go screw himself, and to get a more appropriate title. So, he came up with “Hair of the Dog” (or “Heir of the Dog”). Haha, do you get?
“Heir of the Dog” is comes close to meaning “Son of a Bitch”! Now do you get it?
3. “I am the Walrus” by the Beatles
The Beatles were a very strange group of musicians. They were great musicians, no doubt, but they very often had weird whims. Yes, the lyrics of “I am the Walrus” are complete nonsense. However, the title has a very subtle meaning behind it. John Lennon was actually making a reference to a poem called “The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll. By calling himself the Walrus, John Lennon is calling himself the hero.
You haven’t yet heard the funny part. In the poem, the Walrus is actually the villain, and the Carpenter is the hero. John Lennon realized to late the title of his song should have been “I am the Carpenter”. But, I guess, his subconscious was pulling his foot out of a pile of deep shit, since “I am the Carpenter” could have been taken as a reference to Jesus, and John Lennon really didn’t need another uprising. (John Lennon said in an interview that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, and caused massive angry reactions.)
2. “Badge” by Cream
Anyone that has heard this song has wondered, why on Earth is it called “Badge”??? There are no badges, police officers, or even badgers in the song. Why is it called “Badge”?
So, actually what happened was that George Harrison (I told you those Beatles were a funny folk!), who helped Eric Clapton write the tune of the song, had terrible handwriting. He wrote the word “bridge” at the top, but Eric Clapton thought it said “badge”. Honestly speaking, it was a funny mistake, so Clapton decided to keep it. The two had a chuckle, they kept the title, and Cream blew up in record sales. The End.
1. “25 or 6 to 4” by Chicago
This song has really mysterious lyrics and a really mysterious title. Here are some lyrics that make it sound as if he is killing himself:
Waiting for the break of day
Searching for something to say
Flashing lights against the sky
Giving up I close my eyes
What these lines really are referring is the guitarist of Chicago, Robert Lamm, singing about writing a song, and failing. (Searching for something to say... Giving up I close my eyes). However, he finally finished singing about it around 3:34 or 3:35 in the morning. That makes the time around 25 or 26 minutes to 4 o’clock; or, in other words, “25 or (2)6 to 4”!
4. “Hair of the Dog” by Nazareth
Here are the lyrics to the chorus of the song:
Now you're messin’ with a
A son of a bitch
Now you're messin’ with a son of a bitch
Now you're messin’ with a
A son of a bitch
Now you're messin’ with a son of a bitch
If you think you haven’t heard this song before, it’s because you probably thought the name of the song was “Son of a Bitch”!
Yes, Nazareth originally wanted the name of the song to be “Son of a Bitch”, but the record company told him to go screw himself, and to get a more appropriate title. So, he came up with “Hair of the Dog” (or “Heir of the Dog”). Haha, do you get?
“Heir of the Dog” is comes close to meaning “Son of a Bitch”! Now do you get it?
3. “I am the Walrus” by the Beatles
The Beatles were a very strange group of musicians. They were great musicians, no doubt, but they very often had weird whims. Yes, the lyrics of “I am the Walrus” are complete nonsense. However, the title has a very subtle meaning behind it. John Lennon was actually making a reference to a poem called “The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll. By calling himself the Walrus, John Lennon is calling himself the hero.
You haven’t yet heard the funny part. In the poem, the Walrus is actually the villain, and the Carpenter is the hero. John Lennon realized to late the title of his song should have been “I am the Carpenter”. But, I guess, his subconscious was pulling his foot out of a pile of deep shit, since “I am the Carpenter” could have been taken as a reference to Jesus, and John Lennon really didn’t need another uprising. (John Lennon said in an interview that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, and caused massive angry reactions.)
2. “Badge” by Cream
Anyone that has heard this song has wondered, why on Earth is it called “Badge”??? There are no badges, police officers, or even badgers in the song. Why is it called “Badge”?
So, actually what happened was that George Harrison (I told you those Beatles were a funny folk!), who helped Eric Clapton write the tune of the song, had terrible handwriting. He wrote the word “bridge” at the top, but Eric Clapton thought it said “badge”. Honestly speaking, it was a funny mistake, so Clapton decided to keep it. The two had a chuckle, they kept the title, and Cream blew up in record sales. The End.
1. “25 or 6 to 4” by Chicago
This song has really mysterious lyrics and a really mysterious title. Here are some lyrics that make it sound as if he is killing himself:
Waiting for the break of day
Searching for something to say
Flashing lights against the sky
Giving up I close my eyes
What these lines really are referring is the guitarist of Chicago, Robert Lamm, singing about writing a song, and failing. (Searching for something to say... Giving up I close my eyes). However, he finally finished singing about it around 3:34 or 3:35 in the morning. That makes the time around 25 or 26 minutes to 4 o’clock; or, in other words, “25 or (2)6 to 4”!
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