Have you ever listened to a dance song? I mean actually listened to the lyrics. They're insane, semantically. I know many people know this but how many people truly appreciate the madness of dance lyrics that make them get up and dance like rabid raccoons on crack?
to explain this train of thought, I've recently come into possession of a Basshunter album. "Now you're gone" Is a collection of inspiring rhythms that instantly makes me a happier person just by hearing them - probably because Swedish girls are involved somewhere by proxy. However since I've been going to bed earlier than usual I've let the album play on repeat as I go to sleep. The have been two upshots of this; I'm learning some very basic Swedish and have realised just how bad the lyrics are.
I'm not sure entirely what most of the songs are about in the first place, and the lyrics haven't helped overly much. "Now you're gone" is probably the easiest one to figure out, but the video shows the couple getting back together, even while the lyrics go on about how much they miss each other. Despite being right there, dancing maybe half a gnat's foreskin distance from each other.
Then there's "All I ever wanted". To begin with this might seem to be a song about trying to get a girl back, but after a little thought and exploration the lyrics seem applicable in a number of circumstances. For instance, it could be an apologetic song about how he did something to try and make her happy that went wrong. Or it could be sung post-mortem after he accidentally killed her.
"Dream girl" confuses me greatly, I think it's about a girl wanting a guy back. Or possibly a celebration of two people who have found their soul mates. Or a prostitute's advertising campaign.
I'm just not sure about "Bass creator". Any song that's first line is missing a word and the lyrics seem to have no relation to it's title while contradicting themselves kind of transcends in depth investigation.
"I can walk on water" doesn't need analysis. Or it does, just more than I've given it. There's only so much meaning you can get from a song in which the main lyric is "La lala lalala lala".
Having translated both "Dota" and "Boten Anna", one will discover they are in fact about computer games - "Dota" more obviously to anyone who has any idea what DotA is, but a look at the lyrics in English reveals a lot about "Boten Anna".
I'm not trying to bring Mr.Basshunter's music down, not in any way at all. I think it is one of the greatest gifts from one man to his species EVER. I am in fact listening to the album as I type this. On repeat. Endlessly. Because there is nothing wrong with it.
Despite my comments on the lyrics, it is still fantastic to listen to.
Other dance songs that need to have their lyrics looked at include "9pm (til I come)", "Holy Virgin","Born Slippy", the apparently timeless classic "Doctor Pressure" and every song ever written by The Prodigy. None of them really make any sense, or in fact have any kind of explanation beyond 'Well the words sound good in that order'. They all, however, manage to make people feel better.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm afraid I can't fight the pull of the music any longer and must go dance like a rabid raccoon on some kind of mind-altering drug. Ecstasy sounds good.
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