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Lyrics of the Lost

Lyrics of the Lost

By Peter Davis

A series of unfair and wildly speculative investigations, critiques and interpretations - exposing the hidden meanings and agendas of overplayed smoooth radio pop songs. You may never hear them the same way again. Featured in "Top 10 Pop Podcasts on the Planet” at feedspot.com

Regular segments: Internet Theories, Misheard Lyrics, Listener Comments, and more. Visit speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your smooth pop song of suckiness and you could be on a future episode! (you can also email sound files or text to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier).
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Joe Cocker's YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL if you're a mum, backhanded insults, qualifiers, repetition on repeat, memories from the womb, the word moist, Flight of the Conchords, needs vs wants, lighthouses

Lyrics of the LostJan 29, 2022

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Cliff Richard's WIRED FOR SOUND and for crime fighting in shopping malls, road safety and brain washing

Cliff Richard's WIRED FOR SOUND and for crime fighting in shopping malls, road safety and brain washing

Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Introduction] I like small speakers I like tall speakers If they've music they're wired for sound [Verse 1] Walking about with a head full of music Cassette in my pocket and I'm gonna use it Stereo Out on the street, you know Ohohohohohohoho, oho [Verse 2] Into the car, go to work and I'm cruising I never think that I'll blow all my fuses Traffic flows Into the breakfast show Ohohohohohohoho, oho Oh, oh, oh [pre-Chorus] Power from the needle to the plastic AM, FM, I feel so ecstatic now It's music I've found And I'm wired for sound I was small boy who don't like his toys I could not wait to get wired for sound [Verse 3] I met a girl and she told me she loved me I said: "You love me, then love means You must like what I like My music is dynamite" Ohohohohohohoho, oho She said: "I'm not a girl you can put on at a standby I am a girl who demands that her love is amplified Switching to overdrive" Ohohohohohohoho, oho Oh, oh, oh [Chorus] Power from the needle to the plastic AM, FM, I feel so ecstatic now It's music I've found And I'm wired for sound Power from the needle to the plastic AM, FM, I feel so ecstatic now It's music I've found 'Cause I'm wired for sound I like small speakers (I like small speakers) I like tall speakers (I like tall speakers) If they've music, they're wired for sound I like small speakers (I like small speakers) I like tall speakers (I like tall speakers) If they've music, they're wired for sound I like small speakers (I like small speakers) I like tall speakers (I like tall speakers) If they've music, they're wired for sound [spoken] I like small speakers I like tall speakers Wall speakers Most of all I like Loud speakers


Jump to section:

(00:12) Very short introduction with relaxed vibes

(01:39) Song title, writers' details, background info from Rik of The Young Ones, lavatories, Take On Me, Mike and the Mechaincs

(03:26) To the lyrics - immediately misheard. Dune?

(05:17) Love and misunderstood audio technology.

(08:13) More mishearing. Inclusivity, and more misunderstood audio tech.

(12:12) Cliff knows the future of audio tech (but still unsure of the present). AM talk radio

(16:46) Religion or drugs?

(18:00) Cliff fights his past and the criminal underworld

(21:30) Crammed lyrics and grammar

(22:33) Cliff's cautionary road safety messages

(32:55) Infantile understanding of love

(37:30) Overdrive

(40:37) Sunglasses and mental health. The music video: Skating ability what does Avril Lavine tell us? Is it a crime-fighting TV pilot? or perhaps a post-apocalyptic cult?

(56:32) Other theories from the internet

(59:19) Misheard lyrics from the internet

(01:02:50) Saving lives

(01:05:02) Farewells


Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers!

Find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc @LyricsPodast ... and we're on all your favourite podcasting platforms.

Sound clips are included for educational reference, criticism, satire and parody in fair use. Clips remain the property of the respective rights holder and no endorsement is implied. All information and opinion is performed and expressed in-character and does not reflect reality or genuine commentary on any persons (living or dead), bands or other organisations, or their works, and is not recommended listening for anyone, anywhere.

Mar 24, 202401:05:52
Hanson's MMMBOP, scooby-di-dooby-wop, bop doo-bap, wap-baba-doo

Hanson's MMMBOP, scooby-di-dooby-wop, bop doo-bap, wap-baba-doo

Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Intro] Oh Oh, ooh Oh, ooh Oh, yeah [Verse 1] You have so many relationships in this life Only one or two will last You go through all the pain and strife Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast Oh, yeah And they're gone so fast, yeah [Verse 2] Oh, so hold on the ones who really care In the end, they'll be the only ones there When you get old, start losing your hair Can you tell me who will still care? Can you tell me who will still care? [Pre-Chorus] Oh, ooh, yeah, yeah [Chorus] Mmmbop, ba duba dop ba Du bop, ba duba dop ba Du bop, ba duba dop ba du Yeah, yeah Mmmbop, ba duba dop ba Du bop, ba du dop ba Du bop, ba du dop ba du Yeah, yeah [Post-Chorus] Said oh, yeah In an mmmbop, they're gone Yeah, yeah [Verse 3] Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose You can plant any one of those Keep planting to find out which one grows It's a secret no one knows It's a secret no one knows Oh, no one knows [Chorus repeat] [Post-Chorus] In an mmmbop, they're gone In an mmmbop, they're not there In an mmmbop, they're gone In an mmmbop, they're not there Until you lose your hair Ooh, but you don't care Yeah, yeah [Chorus repeat] [Bridge: Taylor, Isaac & All] Can you tell me? Oh No, you can't 'cause you don't know Can you tell me? Oh, yeah You say you can, but you don't know Can you tell me? Oh Which flower's going to grow? No, you can't 'cause you don't know Can you tell me? If it's gonna be a daisy or a rose? You say you can, but you don't know Can you tell me? Oh Which flower's going to grow? No, you can't 'cause you don't know Can you tell me? You say you can, but you don't know Said you can, but you don't know You don't know, oh, don't know, oh [Chorus repeats] [Outro] Can you tell me? Oh No, you can't 'cause you don't know Can you tell me? Oh, yeah You say you can, but you don't know Say you can, but you don't know, don't

Jump to section:

(00:11) Very short introduction

(00:49) Song title, writers' details, background

(02:31) Lyrics - there are some! Who knew?

(03:05) Bitter, world-weary children and pre-high school relationship trauma

(08:05) Significance of the title. Bops and boops.

(09:45) The Mmmbop unit of time and its equivalents

(11:27) Star Wars joke #1

(11:38) The Mmmbop unit of time, part 2

(12:54) Other bop meanings and spreading seed

(17:57) Moby's withdrawn confession?

(18:46) Losing friends through self-pleasure

(20:07) Early fears of hair-loss or a metaphor for a pop-career

(27:27) 'Gone' - a definition

(28:03) Gardening or Nazi uprising? via Pinterest

(31:33) Gardening knowledge and instructions

(34:40) How many relationships in your life? Science tells us

(38:45) Hanson exposed as "Plant Truthers"?

(44:16) Clues to the meaning and themes expanded in the music video

(55:00) Other theories from the internet

(50:34) Misheard lyrics

(102:38) Hanson Monopoly ... Hansonopoly?

(01:03:00) Farewells


Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers!

Find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc @LyricsPodast ... and we're on all your favourite podcasting platforms.

Sound clips are included for educational reference, criticism, satire and parody in fair use. Clips remain the property of the respective rights holder and no endorsement is implied. All information and opinion is performed and expressed in-character and does not reflect reality or genuine commentary on any persons (living or dead), bands or other organisations, or their works, and is not recommended listening for anyone, anywhere.

Feb 07, 202401:04:56
Mariah Carey's ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU and cracker jokes and inoffensive MC greetings and slavery or cannibalism and fertility and revenge and demon possession or necromancy and Maslow's needs

Mariah Carey's ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU and cracker jokes and inoffensive MC greetings and slavery or cannibalism and fertility and revenge and demon possession or necromancy and Maslow's needs

Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Intro] I don't want a lot for Christmas There is just one thing I need I don't care about the presents Underneath the Christmas tree I just want you for my own More than you could ever know Make my wish come true All I want for Christmas is you, yeah

[Verse 1] I don't want a lot for Christmas There is just one thing I need (And I) Don't care about the presents Underneath the Christmas tree I don't need to hang my stocking There upon the fireplace (Ah) Santa Claus won't make me happy With a toy on Christmas Day

[Chorus] I just want you for my own (Ooh) More than you could ever know (Ooh Make my wish come true All I want for Christmas is you You, baby

[Verse 2] Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas I won't even wish for snow (And I) I'm just gonna keep on waiting Underneath the mistletoe I won't make a list and send it To the North Pole for Saint Nick (Ah) I won't even stay awake to Hear those magic reindeer click

[Chorus repeat]

[Bridge] Oh, all the lights are shining So brightly everywhere (So brightly, baby) And the sound of children's Laughter fills the air (Oh, oh yeah) And everyone is singing (Oh yeah) I hear those sleigh bells ringing (Oh) Santa, won't you bring me the one I really need? (Yeah, oh, oh) Won't you please bring my baby to me?

[Verse 3] Oh, I don't want a lot for Christmas This is all I'm asking for (Ah) I just wanna see my baby Standing right outside my door

[Chorus repeat]

[Outro] You, baby All I want for Christmas is you, baby (You) All I want for Christmas is you, baby (Ah, oh, ah, oh) All I want for Christmas is you, baby (You) All I want for Christmas is you, baby (All I really want, baby, ooh) All I want for Christmas is you, baby (All I want, all I really want is you)

Jump to section:

(00:11) Pretty short introduction

(00:30) Christmas cracker/bon-bon jokes

(07:45) Mariah Carey = Merry Christmas

(09:43) The price of wanting you for Christmas

(13:01) Wasted presents under the tree

(15:35) Rental terms or ownership?

(16:22) Wish-slacktivism

(16:58) Purpose, hunger, skins

(17:54) The music videos and spin-offs

(22:57) Fertility struggles

(25:30) Sad scenes, bargaining, deals, Bee Gees

(27:54) TAKEN VII: the Revenge

(30:06) Get straight with Santa

(22:29) Flirting with evil

(36:01) Deep dive on Saint Nicholas, Necromancer

(39:01) Murder and/or manslaughter

(43:43) Reindeer click (singular?)

(45:29) Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

(47:42) Other theories from the internet

(50:34) Misheard lyrics

(51:30) Notable trivia and legal wrangles

(56:26) Surprise AI song #178

(01:00:04) Farewells


Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers!

Find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc @LyricsPodast ... and we're on all your favourite podcasting platforms.

Sound clips are included for educational reference, criticism, satire and parody in fair use. Clips remain the property of the respective rights holder and no endorsement is implied. All information and opinion is performed and expressed in-character and does not reflect reality or genuine commentary on any persons (living or dead), bands or other organisations, or their works, and is not recommended listening for anyone, anywhere.

Nov 26, 202301:01:44
Foreigner's I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS in case I need it when I'm older, plus hiking tips, randy monks and cowboys and the tin man from Oz but the real answer is from Artificial Intelligence in song

Foreigner's I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS in case I need it when I'm older, plus hiking tips, randy monks and cowboys and the tin man from Oz but the real answer is from Artificial Intelligence in song

Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Verse 1] I've gotta take a little time A little time to think things over I better read between the lines In case I need it when I'm older

[Verse 2] Now, this mountain, I must climb Feels like a world upon my shoulders Through the clouds, I see love shine It keeps me warm as life grows colder

[Pre-Chorus] In my life, there's been heartache and pain I don't know if I can face it again Can't stop now, I've travelled so far To change this lonely life

[Chorus] I wanna know what love is I want you to show me I wanna feel what love is I know you can show me Oh

[Verse 3] I'm gonna take a little time A little time to look around me I've got nowhere left to hide It looks like love has finally found me

[Pre-Chorus] In my life, there's been heartache and pain I don't know if I can face it again Can't stop now, I've travelled so far To change this lonely life

[Chorus] I wanna know what love is I want you to show me I wanna feel what love is I know you can show me I wanna know what love is I want you to show me

[Outro] (And I wanna feel) I wanna feel what love is (And I know) I know you can show me Let's talk about love (I wanna know what love is) The love that you feel inside (I want you to show me) And I'm feelin' so much love (I wanna feel what love is) No, you just cannot hide (I know you can show me) Yeah I wanna know what love is (Let's talk about love) I want you to show me, I wanna feel (I wanna feel what love is) And I know, and I know I know you can show me (Yeah) (I wanna know what love is) (I wanna know) (I want you to show me) I wanna know, I wanna know, wanna know (I wanna feel what love is) (I wanna feel) (I know you can show me)

Jump to section

(00:11) Pretty brief celebrity introduction

(01:02) Listener Brendan's request, song details, writer/lyricist, key dates

(01:28) Foreigner without a foreign name

(02:09) Love Song Dedications without Richard Mercer

(02:55) Listener, Brendan, gives his thoughts on us

(05:24) But enough about us, Brendan, what about the song?

(07:35) The Name of the Rose

(11:38) Monks or Jedis

(15:18) Love is fluid, or actually several fluids

(17:09) Monks, Jedis or cowboys

(21:13) Forrest Gump

(22:25) Playing possum to get the chicks

(24:36) What does the music video tell us?

(27:11) Pets

(28:23) Whose "heartbreak and pain"?

(29:39) Other pop artists that are just as clueless despite their scientific approach

(33:37) Some pop artists that get closer to the truth

(37:42) A warning to your future selves

(38:43) Important information "in case I need it when I'm older"

(41:14) Hypocritical hiking.

(42:24) Walking on a mountain of the world which is also on your shoulders

(43:05) Patronising a professional choir

(43:56) Is it about the tin man from Oz?

(46:30) Other theories from randoms on the internet

(53:43) Misheard lyrics in this song

(57:29) Dave commissions ChatGPT to write a song explaining love and it's perfect

(01:04:02) Farewells


Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers!

Find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc @LyricsPodast ... and we're on all your favourite podcasting platforms.

Sound clips are included for educational reference, criticism, satire and parody in fair use. Clips remain the property of the respective rights holder and no endorsement is implied. All information and opinion is performed and expressed in-character and does not reflect reality or genuine commentary on any persons (living or dead), bands or other organisations, or their works, and is not recommended listening for anyone, anywhere.

Oct 25, 202301:04:40
Seal's KISS FROM A ROSE on the grey or gray or the grave or the greying tower which is probably a lighthouse because it's on the sea and it snows there at sea level which means it's near the arctic

Seal's KISS FROM A ROSE on the grey or gray or the grave or the greying tower which is probably a lighthouse because it's on the sea and it snows there at sea level which means it's near the arctic

Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Intro] Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya [Verse1] There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea And you became the light on the dark side of me Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill [Pre-Chorus] But did you know that when it snows My eyes become large and The light that you shine can't be seen? [Chorus] Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey Ooh, the more I get of you, stranger it feels, yeah And now that your rose is in bloom A light hits the gloom on the grey [Post-Chorus] Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya [Verse 2] There is so much a man can tell you So much he can say You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain, baby To me, you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny Won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby? [Pre-Chorus repeats] [Chorus repeats] [Bridge] I've been kissed by a rose on the grey I, I've been kissed by a rose on the grey I've (And if I should fall, will it all go away?) been kissed by a rose on the grey I, I've been kissed by a rose on the grey [Verse 2 repeats] [Pre-Chorus repeats] [Chorus repeats] [Post-Chorus] Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya [Outro] Now that your rose is in bloom A light hits the gloom on the grey

Jump to section

(00:48) Briefest ever celebrity introduction

(00:55) Song details, writer/lyricist, key dates

(01:55) Embarrassed. Lost down the back of the couch?

(02:45) Artist's comments

(03:50) Grey vs Grave

(04:45) Liam Neeson and the Terminator and Batman music videos

(09:14) Buildings and geography

(10:25) Darth Vader's holiday home

(22:59) Seal as old lighthouse, sea captain, or a seal

(17:09) sigh ... "love is like a drug" again

(21:34) Snow as just snow

(24:22) Exact location and mixed metaphors

(26:28) Shanty or Shakespeare?

(28:47) Mechanics of kissing a rose

(30:48) Youthemisms

(41:46) Statement of indemnity

(42:32) Other theories from randoms on the internet

(52:42) Misheard lyrics in this song

(57:57) More Statements of indemnity

(59:09) Farewell


Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers!

Find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc @LyricsPodast ... and we're on all your favourite podcasting platforms.

Check out our ⁠⁠⁠merchandise shop⁠⁠⁠ just for a laugh!

Sound clips are included for educational reference, criticism, satire and parody in fair use. Clips remain the property of the respective rights holder and no endorsement is implied. All information and opinion is performed and expressed in-character and does not reflect reality or genuine commentary on any persons (living or dead), bands or other organisations, or their works, and is not recommended listening for anyone, anywhere.

Sep 17, 202359:60
Daft Punk's GET LUCKY with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers - We've come too far to give up talking pop lyrics but let's not raise the bar, just lower your expectations. We raise our cups to you!

Daft Punk's GET LUCKY with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers - We've come too far to give up talking pop lyrics but let's not raise the bar, just lower your expectations. We raise our cups to you!

It's 2013. A pope resigns for the first time ever (he hated robes that hid his buff figure), the Boston Marathon is bombed by a couple of crazy kids, Grand Theft Auto 5 is published, Chrissy Amphlett dies, as does the last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters, Annette Funicello, and Lou Reed, ... and the robo-boys of Daft Punk release this groovy thang.

What are the meanings, the messages, the attitudes, the life and times of this song? Our wide-ranging investigation includes:

(00:00) Briefest ever introduction

(00:41) Song details, writers and lyricist(s?)

(02:09) How many time is "up all night to get lucky" repeated

(02:30) Robot sounds, robot looks, robot news

(05:40) Song meaning - "cycles"

(06:21) Mixing legends/myths and science

(11:34) Pheonix - myth? legend? Japanese cartoon? 80s video game?

(19:20) Theories of the universe

(22:59) Nihilism, limitations or infinite richness

(24:36) Are we letting the universe down? Be Best?

(28:02) Cups full or empty?

(30:20) "Happy" songs

(31:01) Human courtship and toxic men

(33:20) Gambling addiction?

(33:56) The odds of life in the universe

(34:30) More toxic men

(35:45) More cosmic gifts

(37:10) A reminder of what girls do for fun

(38:44) Vampires again?

(41:15) Theories from randoms on the internet

(47:18) A shock to new English speakers

(50.07) Misheard lyrics in this song

(52:03) Notable Trivia

(56:55) The deceitful music video?

(58:15) In conclusion


Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers!

Find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc @LyricsPodast ... and we're on all your favourite podcasting platforms.

Check out our ⁠⁠merchandise shop⁠⁠ just for a laugh!

Sound clips are included for educational reference, criticism, satire and parody in fair use. Clips remain the property of the respective rights holder and no endorsement is implied. All information and opinion is performed and expressed in-character and does not reflect reality or genuine commentary on any persons (living or dead), bands or other organisations, or their works, and is not recommended listening for anyone, anywhere.

Aug 07, 202359:36
Cher's do you BELIEVE in life after love after autotune after denial after bribery after Candyman after 6 writers and 8 years after the AI apocalypse after Sonny Bono after happy ever after

Cher's do you BELIEVE in life after love after autotune after denial after bribery after Candyman after 6 writers and 8 years after the AI apocalypse after Sonny Bono after happy ever after

It's 1998. Sonny Bono dies. Shania Twain records the first version of 'THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH'. Google is founded as a company. The final episode of 'Seinfeld' airs. 'The Big Lebowski' hits cinemas . Frank Sinatra and Linda McCartney die but Bindi Irwin is born. The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property prices (property bubbles CAN burst!). Europeans agree on a single currency called the Euro. Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with Monica Lewinsky and is impeached. Microsoft becomes biggest Company in the World. A low flying US military jet severs the cable of a ski lift in Italy and 20 people plunge to their death ... and Cher releases a new #1 in a new genre for a new millennium.

What are the messages, the attitudes, the life and times of this song? Explore with us and the assistance of our new friend, YaYa from BEHIND THE LYRICS podcast. Our wide-ranging investigation includes

(00:00) Introduction and special guest from New York!

(01:17) Song details and so many writers

(01:56) YaYa in da house with the straight talk

(03:07) Who's believing what now?

(03:31) Feeding Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Bribery and imprisonment

(04:20) More time for denial, real estate matters, the Taylor Swift solution

(06:15) Yet another writer toughening the whiny lyrics

(07:47) Needing time to process but it's time to act

(09:02) Lie to yourself to move on, drunk texting

(11:22) Ask yourself, Cher! Wavering between helpful and unhelpful thoughts

(12:20) Self-affirmation and the positive Candyman

(14:24) Love after love? Serial monogamy and Princess Buttercup

(16:15) Life after death. The afterdeath, the afterbirth, the afterlove.

(19:05) Michael Bolton versus Cher, how babies are made, gaslighting

(21:36) There's no love after the AI apocalypse. Cher versus Tina Turner

(31:33) The music video: a ghost story? Bigger than Jesus?

(39:17) Internet theories

(43:18) Misheard Lyrics

(48:29) Notable Trivia

(54:13) Thanks to YaYa and The Philippines


Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers!

Find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc @LyricsPodast ... and we're on all your favourite podcasting platforms.

Check out our ⁠merchandise shop⁠ just for a laugh!

Sound clips are included for educational reference, criticism, satire and parody in fair use. Clips remain the property of the respective rights holder and no endorsement is implied. All information and opinion is performed and expressed in-character and does not reflect reality or genuine commentary on any persons (living or dead), bands or other organisations, or their works, and is not recommended listening for anyone, anywhere.

Jun 11, 202355:52
Michael Bolton's HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU when I barely know you, if you even exist, I mean, you could be Katie Couric or Lady Diana or my own mother or a figment and you're pantless?

Michael Bolton's HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU when I barely know you, if you even exist, I mean, you could be Katie Couric or Lady Diana or my own mother or a figment and you're pantless?

It's 1990. An idea for something called "World Wide Web" or "the internet" is proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in Switzerland as a way to more rapidly distribute pornography. Nelson Mandela is released from prison and goes straight, at least as far as a politician can be. His wife on the other hand ... anyway ... the Berlin Wall is demolished, largely by people trying to escape David Hasselhoff singing nearby. The Simpsons airs on TV for the first time. Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation ... but most importantly, Michael Bolton releases a big sloppy hit that was written 8 years ago.

What are the messages, the attitudes, the life and times of this song? Explore with us and the assistance of our lovely listener called Stephen. Our wide-ranging investigation includes sound effects, Laura Branigan, gender and sexuality, courtroom drama, Katie Couric, Bryant Gumbel and NBC Today morning news, fixated persons, Jodie Foster, John Kinckley Jr, The Greatest American Hero, memory versus fantasy, The Wizard of Oz, self-loathing, cheapskate dramas, her right of reply, the many looks from a woman and what they might mean, self-pity, smoky music videos, (trigger warning:) Carry On movies, murder, and domestic abuse, classy phrasing like a pro, domestic self-pity, Oedipus complex, Lady Diana, Prince Charles, and so much more.

Our regular segments that you're not supposed to live without: Misheard Lyrics, Internet Theories, Notable Trivia, and more included below.

(00:00) Introduction with sound effects extravaganza!

(01:50) Song details and gender/sexuality neutrality

(02:58) Submission from listener, Stephen Donohue, with courtroom sound effects

(04:13) Morning news Katie Couric obsession?

(06:39) Part 2: Submission from listener, Stephen Donohue, WITHOUT courtroom sound effects

(07:42) Fixated Persons

(08:18) Murdering people to impress other people like Jodie Foster?

(09:32) The Greatest American Hero that had nothing to do with the other Hinckley (John Hinckley Jr.)

(10:14) SpeakPipe us

(10:25) The music video - Present and past? Memory or fantasy?

(14:34) The music video - cheapskate tries to recoup losses?

(17:23) No right-of-rely from the lady, it's not fair!

(18:47) The many looks from a woman and what they might mean

(19:35) Imagining the imaginary

(20:30) Self-pity to the max

(22:00) How am I supposed to podcast without you?

(23:34) Smoky music videos and human air-filters

(24:38) Trigger warning: Carry On movies, murder, and domestic abuse

(28:36) Classy phrasing like a pro

(29:00) Domestic self-pity

(29:55) Oedipus complex?

(30:53) Is it about Princess Diana?

(34:00) Internet Theories

(37:45) Misheard Lyrics

(39:55) Notable Trivia

(43:34) Thanks and sponsors


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May 12, 202345:28
Shania Twain's THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH but you're in with a chance - I don't ask much - a touch of a cat or the horse from the Godfather, the right car, no Brad Pitt, James Bond or Elon Musk

Shania Twain's THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH but you're in with a chance - I don't ask much - a touch of a cat or the horse from the Godfather, the right car, no Brad Pitt, James Bond or Elon Musk

It's 1998. Google is founded as a company. The final episode of 'Seinfeld' airs. 'The Big Lebowski' hits cinemas . Frank Sinatra and Linda McCartney die but Bindi Irwin is born. The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property prices (property bubbles CAN burst!). Europeans agree on a single currency called the Euro. Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with Monica Lewinsky and is impeached. Microsoft becomes biggest Company in the World. Low Flying US Military jet severs the cable of a ski lift in Italy and 20 people plunge to their death. And Shania Twain records the first version of 'THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH'.

What are the messages, the attitudes, the life and times of this song? Explore with us and the less than competent assistance of ChatGPT. Our wide-ranging investigation includes a bad South African accent, Denmark and The Netherlands, tiny pancakes, Scarface, James Bond, Elon Musk, the car to solve everything, 'dogging', upholstery, seat-warmers, mastering the ventilation system, cats and spiders - what's the difference? The rest of the horse from The Godfather, twist-endings to each verse, Dave's passionate defense of scientists, the Brad Pitt insult/compliment, and lots of other things that might not impress Shania much.

Our impressive (much) regular segments: Misheard Lyrics, Internet Theories, Challenge Time, Notable Achievements, and more included below.

(00:00) Introduction with Peter Helliar

(01:46) Song details

(02:18) Poor accents and geography

(04:25) The 3 story narrative

(05:11) Themes and impressions

(06:06) The touch of cats

(06:29) A touch of Al Pacino

(06:51) James Bond

(08:38) Elon Musk

(09:21) The car for the job

(14:25) Unresolved Godfather issues

(15:15) Twist endings?

(16:08) Dave defends scientists

(26:14) Brad Pitt insult or compliment?

(29:27) Subliminal seduction

(33:22) The Shania-off Challenge

(48:35) Internet Theories

(49:25) Misheard Lyrics

(54:20) Notable achievements & trivia

(58:13) Is there a Yoda connection?

(58:40) Sponsors and cross promos

(61:19) Dave's barking dogs & close


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Apr 01, 202301:02:14
James Blunt’s YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL & possibly a ghost, a cultist, or a puppy. Premature vocalisation. Is life brilliant? What does ChatGPT AI think and can it write a better song? Posh Spice goes Gangsta!

James Blunt’s YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL & possibly a ghost, a cultist, or a puppy. Premature vocalisation. Is life brilliant? What does ChatGPT AI think and can it write a better song? Posh Spice goes Gangsta!

The year was 2004. Mark Zuckerberg launches a little thing called The Facebook. NASA lands a rover (good boy!) on Mars. Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Iraq and does not do well. Construction on the tallest building (to date) begins in Dubai, so that Tom Cruise can ultimately shoot an action movie around it. A disgruntled resident of Granby, Colorado, modifies a bulldozer into an armoured war-machine and destroys thirteen buildings after being annoyed by red tape at the local council. Pixar's "The Incredibles" is released to cinemas (same director as the Tom Cruise movie mentioned a moment ago!). Millie Bobby Brown, future star of "Stranger Things" is born ... as is the single "YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL" from James Blunt's debut album!

To explore this, we enlist the help of ChatGPT by Open AI, and we discuss: Street-talk, gutter-language and filthy double-negatives; whiny-privileged-white-men - are they allowed to have feelings? Pure love and tainted love; The religious cult of James Blunt; How long is a plan good for? Leslie Nielsen comedies; Army traditions; the transcendent beauty of James, himself; high on drugs or status? La-la-land; the thrill of the chase; sacrifices of 'the chosen one'; Christ on an ice-berg versus Christ in the desert; Fortress of Solitude; smiling-angel-sandwich; desperate search for non-sleazy interpretations; drug-sniffing dogs; Shymalan's ' The Sixth Sense' but with dogs; "Milo and Otis" and reincarnation; Japanese suicide traditions; the misremembrances of ChatGPT; is ChatGPT a better song writer than James Blunt? Evil robotic voices; the early songs of ChatGPT which it will be very embarrassed by in the near future. ChatGPT steals compulsively from The Beatles; faces in sandwiches; who is Adam Shaw and how did he become an angel before death? German is the language of love? Sesame Street and Triangles with a smile on their face. ChatGPT sings (via its human slave, Dave ... Slavid for short?). The Yoda-connection. With thanks to tofu and booby-razzle mags hidden in the forest.

Our beautiful, beautiful (it's true) regular segments: Misheard Lyrics, Internet Theories, Notable Achievements, and more.

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!

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Feb 27, 202301:08:28
A-ha’s TAKE ON ME -their sketchy video, their sketchy translations, their wrestling, their employment interview techniques, insect life cycles, and shying (shiny?) alien shape-shifting body-snatchers

A-ha’s TAKE ON ME -their sketchy video, their sketchy translations, their wrestling, their employment interview techniques, insect life cycles, and shying (shiny?) alien shape-shifting body-snatchers

1984 - Apple’s first Macintosh computer is launched (priced at $2,500). Michael Jackson is rushed to hospital with second degree burns from fireworks while filming a Pepsi commercial. The first untethered spacewalk is made by Astronauts. The mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, is released. Torvill and Dean win the first perfect-score gold medal for ice skating. Comedian Tommy Cooper dies live on TV, suffering a massive heart attack, which is mistaken as part of his act. Princess Diana gives birth to Harry. Happy Days is cancelled after 11 seasons. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is first broadcast, narrated by Ringo Starr. 36 pop musicians from across Britain and Ireland form Band Aid and record Do They Know It’s Christmas to raise money for Ethiopian famine victims.
... and Norwegian synth-pop band, A-ha, knock up their first version of TAKE ON ME, though it will take two more versions, another year, and a new video clip before it becomes a hit.

What does it have to say? What interpretations have fallen between its translation from Norwegian to English? Is Falsetto a language of its own? Are Norwegians predominantly dark, sad, or wet?

To explore this, we discuss: Job interviews; herring sortation and safety; stalking or romance (again); prayers on your death-bed; Norwegian courtship rituals, alien shape-shifters; narcissism; regulation unitards; sperm donation; issues of consent; the Kama Sutra; kids' obsession with Minecraft; insect life cycles; Frankenstein; Yoda (again); motorcycle racing as a metaphor for sex; Altered States; George Costanza; Invasion of the Body Snatchers; The Thing; the Norwegian for "touch me" or "toe me"; enchanted flutes; Lego cakes; Weezer; Real Big Fish; Toto's Africa (again); Nelson Mandela; Car Alarms and bamboo socks.

Take on our regular segments: Misheard Lyrics, Internet Theories, Listener Comments, and more.

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Jan 18, 202301:06:07
The Beatles Christmas face-off: John Lennon’s HAPPY X-MAS (WAR IS OVER) versus Paul McCartney’s WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME – The guilt trip versus the Atari sound effects. Happy X-mas Kyoko & Julian!

The Beatles Christmas face-off: John Lennon’s HAPPY X-MAS (WAR IS OVER) versus Paul McCartney’s WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME – The guilt trip versus the Atari sound effects. Happy X-mas Kyoko & Julian!

The 1970s … a boom time for smoooth music but dark times for The Beatles, torn apart and born again in their separate musical identities, each feeling their way to rediscover who they were before The Beatles, who they are now, and who they could become (before their soft new shells harden). All four would flirt with becoming Christmas Beatles, but only John Lennon and Paul McCartney would achieve immortality on Smooth Radio at Christmastime. 

Who is the “immortal snail” and will John and Paul have to face it before the Earth is destroyed? Deploying their weapons of passive-aggressive song writing from both ends of a troubled decade, John and Paul are locked in a very slow battle for Christmas Beatle supremacy. Paul harnesses the ear-piercing power of his new Commodore VIC20 home computer. John name-drops his family struggles, leaves one child and embarks on a life-long odyssey to find the another, but finds time to send us all on a guilt trip.

A further two dark souls would also be born in this decade, their ultimate destiny would be to analyse, interpret, critique, speculate wildly, and sit in judgement of much greater people that came before them. This time with two songs and two artists to consider - can they upset two sets of fans at once? Challenge accepted. Is there really a debate as to which song is better? Is John idealistic, unrealistic or both? When was Paul cool, exactly? Is there a race of cowards? War is over if you want it (or fear it?) (or is it?).

Also discussed: The Pogues, Maroon 5, Tom Mcrae, Eminem versus Moby, Madonna versus Aled Jones, Jay Z versus Burt Bacharach, Don't Look Now, In Bruges, and protesting in a bag.

We also have brand new (and terrible) Christmas bob-bon puns to moan over. Learn the famous painters of history at the same time. What is Boxing Day anyway? Is it true that John and Paul had a physical fight? We have the exclusive audio of it going down.

Simply wonderful regular segments: Misheard Lyrics, Internet Theories, and more.

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!

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Dec 22, 202201:09:38
Take That's BACK FOR GOOD ... or are they? Nope, just stopping by to warn us all about toxic relationships, domestic abuse, the Incredible Hulk, the Pied Piper, Gas-Lighting, and a Police siege

Take That's BACK FOR GOOD ... or are they? Nope, just stopping by to warn us all about toxic relationships, domestic abuse, the Incredible Hulk, the Pied Piper, Gas-Lighting, and a Police siege

The year was 1995, the 1st Toy Story movie debuts and delights the world, a toxic male in Japan sends out his minions to gas people on a subway, a toxic male bombs the Oklahoma Federal Building, an ex-football toxic male is found innocent of murdering his wife and her boyfriend because a glove didn't fit, The New York times and Washington Post publish a toxic male's (Unibomber) manifesto, and the boys of Take That (and That and That!) portray another toxic male in BACK FOR GOOD.

How do Microsoft applications figure into this? Was "Windows 95" the spark for this pop song? Or is this a song of redemption through Christ? How dangerous is pottery? We send our reporter on the ground, Dave, back to 1995 to live in Britain for a first-hand account while fighting off mad-cow disease.

Whatever we said whatever we did, we didn't mean it.

Regular segments are BACK FOR GOOD: Misheard Lyrics, Internet Theories, and more.

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!

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Nov 27, 202240:39
Spandau Ballet's TRUE stories of war and world domination, plus the joy of traditional dancing (if you can), pop invasions, machine guns and barbed wire, smoking too much Kemp, said or told or known?

Spandau Ballet's TRUE stories of war and world domination, plus the joy of traditional dancing (if you can), pop invasions, machine guns and barbed wire, smoking too much Kemp, said or told or known?

The year was 1983, a whole revolution around the sun from last episode's subject and I was enjoying Return of the Jedi in the cinema (despite the Ewoks) and the onset of puberty (no enjoyment there). Dave was already lamenting his youth (from a previous life), like the Dave from 2001 A Space Odyssey, Dave was already becoming the timeless star-child with a soul as old and cold and wise as time itself.

Meanwhile, Spandau Ballet landed a song (and album of the same name), TRUE, which was either the worst thing ever or completely perfect ... depending on what paper you read. What did it say about the history and future of the British empire? And biological weapons. And importantly, fadoobadahs! Why do 80s pop groups harass old people in the street to do their own work? Is SMOOOTH pop music a tool of the ultra-right wing lizard people? MARVS or MERVS? Which country queues the best? Real power cannot be given, it must be taken. Sharp suits and frilly pirate outfits. Were they outflanked by Duran Duran? Lessons from Ukraine and Trump's USA. The subtlety, or not, of code. Other Brit invasions and the Grunge-defense. Keeping time but forgetting line. The fight between the pop world and the folk dancing world for what is true and real. Scottish reals or reels. What does Nabokov say about the seaside? Unlimited fascist world dancing! Internet theories about drugs and mental health. The sound of the soul and the vibe and alien hackers. Soul-sound deals! Misheard lyrics and dubious Spanish.

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!

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Oct 27, 202241:39
TOTO's song about AFRICA and geographic uncertainties, hearts of darkness, fish, David Attenborough, Gods, Satan, verbs we never possessed, things that are just like the same thing, and racism?

TOTO's song about AFRICA and geographic uncertainties, hearts of darkness, fish, David Attenborough, Gods, Satan, verbs we never possessed, things that are just like the same thing, and racism?

The year was 1982 and while Ms Pacman was striking blows for feminism and Roger Moore's James Bond was becoming increasingly absurd, TOTO landed this lovely tune which they put some unfortunate lyrics to. Does the curvature of the earth play a part or is this an anthem for Flat-Earthers? Is Dave just a contrarian and TOTO-apologist or is TOTO themselves a Devil's advocate? Are Africa's wild dogs just a pack of foxy oxymorons? Harassing an old man on the street to write you a pop song is a form of abuse. References to restless natives that don't age well. What does "Revtangoon" think? And so much more. TOTO tried their best and still have an enduring impact, (I) bless their hearts. May they also continue to be heard at an undisclosed location in the Namib desert for many years until the dunes smother the solar panels.

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!

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Oct 01, 202248:04
Phil Collin's SUSSUDIO - is it a girl? Is it a drug? Is it a self-help therapy? Is it a cry for help? Is it stuttering? Is it racist or ableist? Is it pseudo? Is it Susan, Judy and Cleo? Or much more?

Phil Collin's SUSSUDIO - is it a girl? Is it a drug? Is it a self-help therapy? Is it a cry for help? Is it stuttering? Is it racist or ableist? Is it pseudo? Is it Susan, Judy and Cleo? Or much more?

The 1985 hit from Phil Collins with the mysterious title. Is it a simple story of youthful infatuation or is it much more metaphorical? Is SUSSUDIO the name of Apple's next virtual assistant or marital aid? Can you get it to spell "SHELL OIL" and other naughtier words upside-down on its LCD display? Is SUSSUDIO a post-hypnosis trigger-word? Black magic? Should it have been (badly) sung as a fairy-tale about a wooden boy?  What does Lenny think? How do the side subjects of World War II airforce banter, semaphore and watch-faces, and curiously-named bakeries come into this? David Letterman's investigative probe. The dark shadow of AMERICAN PSYCHO. What sort of baldness did Phil and Bill Bailey experience?  Is SUSSUDIO a name or a word anyway? Night-clubs based on sarcasm and murder? How much should a vodka-lime-soda cost? Is a jacket required? What's gone wrong with a youth jazz-band? Air-fryers - are they any good?

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!

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Aug 08, 202239:17
The Bee Gee's TRAGEDY of being vampires? or banshee or other soulless being, or is it the tragedy of Kevin Costner's WaterWorld? Or Steps? Or the tragedy of Cambridge university exams? Also cat vomit!

The Bee Gee's TRAGEDY of being vampires? or banshee or other soulless being, or is it the tragedy of Kevin Costner's WaterWorld? Or Steps? Or the tragedy of Cambridge university exams? Also cat vomit!

The 1979 hit from the Bee Gees explores either a life of eternal supernatural turmoil or just feeling a bit off and apathetic on a particular morning. What are the real tragedies we should be singing about? How do The Beatles and a 'Sergeant Pepper' movie fit in? Pop-boat-people immigration! Alanis Morissette chimes in (Dave impersonates perfectly). Kevin Costner develops a movie from this song! Barry Gibb's screen-test as Chewbacca in Star Wars. One of the Gibbs explodes. Is Tiny Tim involved? Talk-show walk-outs ... and so much more!

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page anchor.fm/peter-davis6 and press the message button to record me your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!

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Jun 30, 202254:41
Charlene's I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME but she's been to Paradise, Butte County, California and several other places including one of the thousands of islands owned by Greece. The Nice one?

Charlene's I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME but she's been to Paradise, Butte County, California and several other places including one of the thousands of islands owned by Greece. The Nice one?

Charlene the one-hit-wonder of 1982 (after a false start in 1976). Here is the fairy-tale story of the almost-rise and fall and then rise and then fall again of Charlene and her big hit of womanly wisdom (as written by 2 men in a conspiracy of the patriarchy). Is Charlene a ghost wandering around a mansion in an old wedding dress? Do ladies marry Englishmen when they're depressed? Sweetshops and sweatshops. Hey Lady! Unglamorous Georgia. Hillbilly talk. Amputating the limbs of preachers. Is a woman an island? Unborn children. Don't walk away, come back! How many Kings have undressed Charlene and who were they? What does Marilyn Monroe have to do with this? What are the things a woman ain't s'posed to see? Dick-pics in 1976. Edward Penishands? Former Vice President Mike Pence. Indian curses. Bavarian waterslides. COST versus FREE. The Arnott's Family Assortment. Is it about Lady Diana? Dustin the Turkey.

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page anchor.fm/peter-davis6 and press the message button to record me your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!

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May 12, 202252:25
Madonna's OPEN YOR HEART (if you can defeat her lock), sexy symbolism and mixed metaphors, Madge vs Cyndi Lauper, Star Trek, the romance of sexual harassment, chastity & explosives, witchcraft

Madonna's OPEN YOR HEART (if you can defeat her lock), sexy symbolism and mixed metaphors, Madge vs Cyndi Lauper, Star Trek, the romance of sexual harassment, chastity & explosives, witchcraft

Madonna's 5th biggest hit ... that was fished out of Cyndi Lauper's bin. Enough sexual innuendos to rival Benny Hill, Freudian sex symbols (percussion), locks and keys, pointy booby-traps, how to MAKE a man love you, explosive neck-bands, chastity heart-belts, when sexual harassment was called romance, alarm-monitoring logistics, exotic dancers kissing small boys, Mathletics and fan fiction, the loneliness of 1 although it goes into everything, extra strong insect repellent and fuel efficiency, and it's really all about puppies anyway.

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Mar 28, 202252:40
The Crash Test Dummies' things that make them go Mmm and Ahh, minor childhood traumas and the hyper empathy of men with long hair, the Canadian connection to Alien Abduction, conspiracy, witchcraft

The Crash Test Dummies' things that make them go Mmm and Ahh, minor childhood traumas and the hyper empathy of men with long hair, the Canadian connection to Alien Abduction, conspiracy, witchcraft

This 1993 song gives focus to so much, including emotional men struggling with their feels (or their apathy) and their words. How can the Smooth music listener contend with the voice of Satan and still get to yoga on time? Childhood mini-traumas. The Ying and Yang of Hair and skin pigments. Canadian contributions to culture and the cinematic climax of Dumb and Dumber. Pretentious use of the word "vignette". Othering. C+C Music Factory and Arsenio Hall. The inertia of hair colour. Biosafety. PentaCostco and godly or Nazi salutes. The mystery of skin and hair conditions, and the bigger mystery of "reaction videos". Albino witchcraft and preventative murder in Africa. Corrective Frankenstein shoes. Empathy-gasms. Extra teeth and extra toes. Total Recall mutations. Weird Al Yankovic. Venom versus the Melanocyte. Marie Antoinette. Stem cells. Cancel culture and cosmetic clinics. Anal probes. Who hasn't seen "Sling Blade"? Audio soundscapes of pizza. Door handle life-hacks.

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Feb 27, 202244:59
Joe Cocker's YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL if you're a mum, backhanded insults, qualifiers, repetition on repeat, memories from the womb, the word moist, Flight of the Conchords, needs vs wants, lighthouses

Joe Cocker's YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL if you're a mum, backhanded insults, qualifiers, repetition on repeat, memories from the womb, the word moist, Flight of the Conchords, needs vs wants, lighthouses

A short song that has it all, including the Oedipus complex, the Beatles, moisture content, birth experiences, Pavarotti, screaming, lots of sweat, Spice Girls, Genesis, hot mamas, Jessie's and Jimmy's and Stacey's Mom, Hello Fresh meal deliveries, even the sweet lips of Jesus, bad impressions (again), tunnel-boring machines, CHUDs, and remote drones.

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Jan 29, 202237:09
George Michael’s LAST CHRISTMAS I gave you my brooch, my crazy frog, my explosive device, my cheeseburger, and my cynical speech from Trainspotting. A Christmas special.

George Michael’s LAST CHRISTMAS I gave you my brooch, my crazy frog, my explosive device, my cheeseburger, and my cynical speech from Trainspotting. A Christmas special.

Wham!!! It’s a bumper Christmas edition. What is LAST CHRISTMAS potentially about? Incest, terrorism, Jeffrey Epstein parties, heart transplants, a cursed brooch and more. A special hello to those playing WHAMAGEDDON this month - best of luck!

We've got exclamation marks, the war on Christmas, a smidge of Ridge, Barry Manilow, short-shorts, sad Christmas songs, we OUT George Michael (a bit late), heteronormative showbusiness, Greek origins and bad accents, first-name surnames, the Cola wars, regifting hearts and foot-spas, making George love other people and things, Richard Gere, miniature donkeys and tiny ponies, Arnold Schwarzenegger, a change of heart, consent, arranged marriages, key parties, brooch metaphors, brooches for men? Sick burns, Indian-giving, sooky tantrums, Boy George Michael, bleach and blow-dryers, big hair as a metaphor for happiness, fake girlfriends and sex-workers, merciless repetition, merciless repetition, the lost fad of changing ring-tones, peer pressure, beds are burning, Taylor Swift, George as a dumper, George as a terrorist, George struggles with codes and explosives, James Bond, Tears For Fears as enemy spies, bitter-sweet Christmases, choose life, choose McDonalds, choose to throw pickles at the window, choose promos, choose tweenage angst, a pity-cheeseburger, Groundhog/Christmas day, webbed fingers/feet, experimenting on rabbits, Christmas emotional pressure, getting jelly, 80s shoulders, taking advantage emotionally, the big brooch-move, the movie tie-in with spoilers, and giving your heart-transplant away.

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Dec 09, 202154:37
Carly Simon's YOU'RE SO VAIN that this song IS about YOU, plus Schrodinger's Cat, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, and odontophobia

Carly Simon's YOU'RE SO VAIN that this song IS about YOU, plus Schrodinger's Cat, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, and odontophobia

We've dipped way back into the early 70s again to assess Carly Simon's break-up revenge hit. It's pretty much all in the title ... plus drunk party guests, fruity accessories, bees, gavotting, fighting a mirror, a self-fulfilling prophecy, horribly-wounded cats, pentium computing, Space Cadet Pinball, clues and insult-puzzles, stir your coffee, narcissistic personality disorder, paranoia, haunting teeth, stalking, and online quizzes.

What does it say about her ex(es)? What does it say about her? How is a Japanese businessman involved? What does Marie Kondo have to say about all this? Enquiring minds want to know!

If you want to play along at home, try this (way too) short NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER quiz (https://www.mind-diagnostics.org/narcissism-test)

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Nov 10, 202142:22
Billy Joel's PIANO MAN and other super heroes, super egos and unconvincing bar scenes

Billy Joel's PIANO MAN and other super heroes, super egos and unconvincing bar scenes

It's a listener-driven episode, as Jennifer raises Billy Joel's hit from the early 70s and recalls the uncomfortable "raw sexuality" of his stage performance. Dave's scientific background comes to the fore as he prepares a drink they call "loneliness" and we explore the ultimately tragic or heroic backstory to the song. Should pianists sing in a lounge bar or stay in the background? Did anyone ask for the harmonica? Is it a Gay Bar? We also discuss ableist dwarf-jokes, www.celebheights.com, feeling orright, self-aggrandising, clever or dumb, constrictive garments and recall, the wrestling origins, asking neighbours for underwear, rocketman or pianoman, the justice league of bar characters, don't feed pianomen bread, and businessmen getting stoned?

It's completely wrong in every regard but understanding Piano Man is like climbing Everest and our thoughts are like the first frozen corpses you come across before you've even left base camp.

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Sep 15, 202125:37
Cyndi Lauper's GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN WITH RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Cyndi Lauper's GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN WITH RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

It's a confession-packed episode, as one should expect when men blithely discuss what women want. Thankfully, there's an appearance by Lenny (sounds like a man's name but she identifies as female) to save it from being an unpalatable sausage-fest of Peter, Dave, and random internet message-board dudes. Also there's surprising depth to be discovered in the lyrics of Cyndi's breakout hit of 1983. Certainly shocked me. Enjoy!

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" features flirting with danger while dancing with the devil, getting titular, police reviews, types of fun, movie tie-ins, nerds and incels have their say, introspective video games and the joy of resource management, bad impressions, work ethics and unproductive fun, more bad impressions, silly syllables, hiccups, outing a podcaster, contractual negotiations, women's rights to fun, global organisations on fun, male origins and hypocrisy, switching meanings and perspectives, Israelites and The Hooters, creepy rapist friends, kale and covid, complex fun, disdain for boy-fun.

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!

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Jul 31, 202122:04
Starship's WE BUILT THIS CITY ON hoopla, beaver pelts, snakes, hate, and interdimensional accidents

Starship's WE BUILT THIS CITY ON hoopla, beaver pelts, snakes, hate, and interdimensional accidents

Welcome back from our break. No, that sounds wrong ... if we've been away, surely it's you that should be welcoming us back? ... Thanks, it's lovely to be back here again and you're looking great.

Dave and I have made up for the absence with a bumper 22 minute podcast, and you pretty much need every second of that if you're going to tackle a subject like Starship's much maligned 80s hit.

"We built this city on rock and roll" achieves a beautiful unification that only mutual hate can bring, and we consider inappropriate protest anthems, load-bearing instruments and warranty issues, destructive sound waves, city planning and engineering, metaphors and chief exports, demolition-sustain, illicit hoopla, snakey radio slang, tax evasion, beats and choke-holds, streetwise 50 year old kids; Alfred Hitchcock, airplanes and starships, in-song advertising, Bernards, Elton John, acoustic levitation, stealing plans from Superman, snake-charming in an alternate universe, dementia, tearing a sonic hole in the space-time continuum, and feedback from Rolling Stone, Blender and GQ magazines.

Play along with the lyrics:

[Chorus] We built this city We built this city on rock and roll Built this city We built this city on rock and roll [Verse 1] Say you don't know me Or recognize my face Say you don't care who goes To that kind of place Knee deep in the hoopla Sinking in your fight Too many runaways Eating up the night [Pre-Chorus] Marconi plays the mamba Listen to the radio, don't you remember? We built this city We built this city on rock and roll [Chorus repeats] [Verse 2] Someone always playing Corporation games Who cares they're always changing Corporation names We just want to dance here Someone stole the stage They call us irresponsible Write us off the page [Pre-Chorus repeats] [Chorus repeats] [Verse 3] It's just another Sunday In a tired old street Police have got the choke hold, oh And we just lost the beat Who counts the money Underneath the bar Who rides the wrecking ball Into our guitars Don't tell us you need us 'Cause we're the ship of fools Looking for America Coming through your schools [Bridge] I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge On another gorgeous sunny Saturday And I'm seeing that bumper to bumper traffic Don't you remember? ('Member, 'member) It's your favorite radio station In your favorite radio city The city by the bay, the city that rocks The city that never sleeps [Pre-Chorus repeats] [Chorus repeats] [Chorus repeats] [Outro chorus repeats]

Skip to sections we cover:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:02) Song details, current reaction

(03:20) The title, metaphor, construction safety

(06:38) Individual lyrics examined

(11:26) Commercial hypocrisy 

(13:45) Counterpoints by Dave

(19:43) Conclusions

(20:27) Acknowledgements, sponsor thanks, close

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Jun 26, 202122:05
Whitney Houston's GREATEST LOVE of Cloning, Spiritual Possession, and Boxing

Whitney Houston's GREATEST LOVE of Cloning, Spiritual Possession, and Boxing

My guest expert contributors this week are Dave and Lenny, bravely confronting the lyrics of Whitney Houston and "The Greatest Love of All" which features narcissism, sociopaths, self-love-making, living eternally through clones or children, scientific ethics, Whitney versus Mariah, Lord of the Rings, Muhammad Ali, audio-black-face, Saturday morning cartoons, a white lady called Linda, self-help, self-made, haunting your ex and possession, dignity and celebrity magazines, fairy sparkle sounds, and Bobby Brown.

Play along with the lyrics:

[Verse 1] I believe the children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be Everybody's searching for a hero People need someone to look up to I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs A lonely place to be And so I learned to depend on me

[Pre-Chorus] I decided long ago Never to walk in anyone's shadows If I fail, if I succeed At least I'll live as I believe No matter what they take from me They can't take away my dignity

[Chorus] Because the greatest love of all Is happening to me I found the greatest love of all Inside of me The greatest love of all Is easy to achieve Learning to love yourself It is the greatest love of all

[Verse 2] I believe the children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be

[Pre-Chorus repeats]

[Chorus repeats]

[Outro] And if, by chance, that special place That you've been dreaming of Leads you to a lonely place Find your strength in love

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Apr 14, 202119:10
UPSIDE DOWN about Diana Ross and Space Oddities

UPSIDE DOWN about Diana Ross and Space Oddities

My guest expert contributors this week are Dave and Gillian. We form a three-pronged trident* of cancel-culture and our words-of-woke may skewer any pop song you might have previously enjoyed. You're welcome.

"Upside Down" features a lyrical crime spanning hundreds of years, Shakespearean translations, being respectful about your abuse, the sun's eventual burn-out, disorientation in pop music, prolapses, homicidal astronauts, ruptured lungs, gender politics, mediaeval torture, and infidelities with Ground Control.

*is there any other kind?

Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Intro] I said, Upside down, you're turning me You're giving love instinctively 'Round and 'round, you're turning me

[Chorus] Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round and 'round Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round and 'round

[Verse 1] Instinctively, you give to me the love that I need I cherish the moments with you Respectfully, I say to thee I'm aware that you're cheating When no one makes me feel like you do

[Chorus] Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round and 'round Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round and 'round

[Verse 2] I know you got charm and appeal You always play the field I'm crazy to think you're all mine As long as the sun continues to shine There's a place in my heart for you, that's the bottom line

[Chorus] Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round and 'round Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round and 'round

[Verse 1] Instinctively, you give to me the love that I need I cherish the moments with you Respectfully, I say to thee I'm aware that you're cheating But no one makes me feel like you do

[Chorus] Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round, 'round Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round and 'round Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round and 'round Upside down Boy, you turn me inside out And 'round, 'round

[Outro] Upside down, you're turning me You're giving love instinctively 'Round and 'round, you're turning me. I say to thee, respectfully Upside down, you're turning me You're giving love instinctively "Around and around, you're turning me." I say to thee, respectfully I said, "Upside down, you're turning me." You're giving love instinctively Around and around, you're turning me I say to thee, respectfully Upside down, you're turning me You're giving love instinctively "'Round and 'round, you're turning me." I say to thee, respectfully Upside down, you're turning me

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers!

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Mar 20, 202117:27
The horror that is GIVE IT UP by KC and the Sunshine Band

The horror that is GIVE IT UP by KC and the Sunshine Band

For this inaugural episode, I'm joined by Dave, music expert and possible unabomber, as we take a very deep dive into a very shallow pop song, risking severe spinal injury. 

"Give it up" has amateurish romance, coercion, status-theft, goitres, parasitic twins, gas-lighting, possessiveness, drooling libido, hobby ideas, the id/ego/super-ego, donuts, Julia Roberts, the films of Richard Curtis, game-players, and basic instincts.

Risk is integral to all new ventures, so we appreciate that you've risked your time on this new podcast. Tell your friends! (if you like it)

Play along at home with the lyrics:

Everybody wants you
Everybody wants your love
I'd just like to make you mine, all mine

Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na now
Baby, give it up
Give it up
Baby, give it up
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na now
Baby, give it up
Give it up
Baby, give it up

Everybody sees you
Everybody looks and stares
I'd just like to make you mine, all mine

Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na now
Baby, give it up
Give it up
Baby, give it up
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na now
Baby, give it up
Give it up
Baby, give it up
Give it up

Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na, now
Baby, give it up
Give it up
Baby, give it up
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na, now
Baby, give it up
Give it up
Baby, give it up

Everybody wants you
Everybody wants your love
I'd just like to make you mine, all mine

Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na now
Baby, give it up
Give it up
Baby, give it up
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na, now
Baby, give it up
Give it up
Baby, give it up

Can you give it?
Can you give it?
Give it up
Come on, baby
I need your love (Give it up, give it up, baby, give it up)
Do you know I want you baby
Come on baby I want your love (Give it up, give it up, baby, give it up)
Give it up, some of your love
Come on and play the game of love (Give it up, give it up, baby, give it up)
Everybody, is it me, give it up
Come on, baby
I need your love (Give it up, give it up, baby, give it up)
Can I touch you, can I love you?
Come on, baby, baby
I love you (Give it up, give it up, baby, give it up)

Can you give it, give it up?
Come on, baby
Give me your love (Give it up, give it up, baby, give it up)
Don't you know I want your love?
Come on, baby, I need your love

Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speakpipe.com/lyrics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠poidadavis@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if that's easier). Cheers!

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Feb 21, 202114:47