Lyrics for Weekend Warriors

Poor Monday.  There are many songs and lyrics about it.  But none are very flattering.  Tuesday has gotten some minor recognition in songs and lyrics.  And Wednesday and Thursday are virtually forgotten.  But Friday and the weekend?  They're the darlings of songs and lyrics.  Judging from the number of songs about weekends, even famous musicians and bands look forward to them -- or they remember their pre-fame days when the weekend was the finish line of their obstacle course through the week, and pay tribute to them in their lyrics.

"Just Got Paid (Friday Night)" by country singer Johnny Kemp is an upbeat song with lyrics celebrating what the opening night of the weekend is all about: hitting the town, shedding the office persona, and cutting loose.  Some of those good-time lyrics are, "Just got paid, Friday night/Party huntin', feelin' right/Body shakin' all around/Nobody thinks when I'm gettin' down."

Rock band Loverboy loves weekends -- they wrote not only one, but two songs with lyrics about those three magical days.  First up is "Friday Night," featuring the lyrics, "Friday night, Friday night/I just got paid, no sleep 'til Monday/Friday night, Friday night/Who cares, it's only money."  They also wrote the ultimate anthem with lyrics about why people bother to toil away during the week:  "Working for the Weekend."  It hit #2 on the charts with its churning, power-pop music and universal lyrics, "Everybody's working for the weekend/Everybody wants a little romance/Everybody's goin' off the deep end/Everybody needs a second chance."

Remember the Bay City Rollers?  The Scottish boy-band scored the first #1 smash hit of the US Bicentennial year in 1976 with "Saturday Night," and its rousing, chanted lyrics, "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y....NIGHT!"  Delivered with the enthusiasm of a cheerleading squad, those simple, two-word lyrics perfectly captured the anticipation of the weekend, and the excitement of its arrival.

For Elton John's lyrics writer, Bernie Taupin, Saturday night was about letting off steam in a different way -- by guzzling some liquid courage, and putting up your dukes.  He wrote the lyrics to "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)," about his teen years in British bars, where brawls were nothing unusual:  "Don't give us none of your aggravation/We had it with your discipline/Saturday night's alright for fighting/Get a little action in."

Sunday has its share of admirers, too.  Queen paid tribute to it with the bubbly, campy lyrics and music of "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon."  The tune bounces along like part of an operetta, and includes the lyrics, "I go out to work on Monday morning/Tuesday I go off to honeymoon/I'll be back again before it's time for sunnydown/I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon."  The lyrics, which sound as though they're being played on an old-fashioned gramophone, were fed from the studio where Freddie Mercury was singing through a tin bucket in another studio.

One of the Bangles' most famous songs is titled, "Manic Monday," but the lyrics are really all about how much they enjoy Sundays: "Its just another manic Monday/I wish it was Sunday/'Cause that's my fun day/My I-don't-have-to-run day."  Prince, who apparently is a big fan of Sundays, actually wrote the music and lyrics -- and the song became the Bangles' first hit.

Sorry, Monday.  When it comes to lyrics, there aren't many nice ones about you.  But, hey -- it's better to be infamous than to be ignored, right?

How Lyrics Set The Mood For A Song

Lyrics or the words of a song are one of the most important parts of a song. The words of a song form the most recognizable part of a song and they can be considered as the meat of the song. Background beats, voice of the lead singer, sound of guitar are some of the important parts of a song but the lyrics are the most recognizable part of a song. They are an integral part of any music tune and they turn a song into an appealing song.

It takes good amount of time to come up with appealing and meaningful words for a song and it would be a mistake for any artist to take lyrics lightly. Lyrics have a significant importance and so, it's very important to take them seriously. When someone listen a song on radio, he's likely to remember some key lines of the song instead of the background beats and other sounds. It's much easier to recognize a song with the help of its words instead of using the drum beats to recognize it.

However, the background music is equally important and it should not be neglected. A good song is a song with appealing lyrics and background beats. People usually relate their own life with lyrics of the song, and some people enjoy songs that convey some message or have some meaning. So, it's very important for an artist to take lyrics seriously. An artist should spend quality time to make sure that the song has appealing lyrics.

It's very important to understand the words of a song in order to understand the meaning of the song. Some people find it tough to remember the lyrics completely and this is the reason why most of the artists publish the lyrics. Some artists usually giveaway lyrics with the CD, and some artists publish lyrics on their web sites. Also, there are a number of web sites that maintain a collection of lyrics. Some web sites charge a small fee for providing the music lyrics whereas some web sites provide lyrics for free. So, if you're looking for lyrics of a particular song then you should use the Internet to find the lyrics.

However, you should make sure that you use a legitimate web site for finding and downloading lyrics as there are a number of web sites which provide lyrics without the artist's permission. Also, a number of web sites use different kinds of spyware to infect an end-user's system. They try to infect the user's system so as to collect the personal information of the user. So, an individual should use reputed web sites for finding and downloading lyrics.

An individual should use web sites which provide legal and licensed music lyrics. It is also safe to use web sites which provide licensed music lyrics. A simple web search can get you hundreds of web sites which provide music lyrics and you can also use the reviews to find a reputable site. It is also very easy to search lyrics on a web site as a search box is usually available on a web site. An end-user needs to fill-in the required details in the search box in order to search the lyrics of a particular song.

At the end, the words of a song are very important as people remember songs by the words, and you can use the Internet to find the music lyrics.

The Hilarious Manglings of Misunderstood Lyrics

Musicians agonize over their lyrics.  They struggle for hours to pinpoint the perfect song lyrics to express what they feel, and to make us feel it, too.  They irritably stare at a blank computer screen, as though the machine is withholding brilliant lyrics from them.  They irritably stare at the ceiling, but the ceiling’s not telling them anything, either.  They’re surrounded by wadded up pieces of paper filled with lyrics that came close, but not close enough.  They mutter.  They mumble.  They pace.  They guzzle coffee.  They wonder if they’ll ever sleep again.  Then, when leaping from the roof seems like an appealing option, it finally hits them:  the perfect lyrics!

And, after all of this, what do listeners do?  They misunderstand the lyrics!

Admit it—you’ve done it.  Heck, we’ve all done it.  Driving in the car, radio on, belting out the lyrics to a song at the top of our lungs, when our passenger laughs hysterically and asks, “Is that what you think they’re singing?”  With all due respect to the songwriters, misunderstood lyrics can actually be hilarious.  And some of them have become as famous as the real lyrics.

Here are a batch of misunderstood lyrics.  You might just recognize a few and say, “So, that’s what the lyrics really are!”

“Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix

This Hendrix classic tops the list of most commonly misunderstood song lyrics.

     

      •     The real lyric:  ‘Scuse me, while I kiss the sky.

      •     The misunderstood lyric:  ‘Scuse me, while I kiss this guy.

“Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Another widely—and comically—misunderstood lyric.

      •     The real lyric:  There’s a bad moon on the rise.

      •     The misunderstood lyric:  There’s a bathroom on the right.

“Blowin’ in the Wind” by Bob Dylan

      •     The real lyric:  The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.  The answer

            is blowin’ in the wind.

      •     The misunderstood lyric:  The ants are my friends, they’re blowin’ in the

            wind.  The ants are a-blowin’ in the wind.

“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by The Rolling Stones

      •     The real lyric:  We’re gonna vent our frustration.  And if we don’t we’re

            gonna blow a 50-amp fuse.

      •     The misunderstood lyric:  We’re gonna vent our frustration.  And if we

            don’t we’re gonna blow up 5th Avenue.

“Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi

      •     The real lyric:  It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not.

      •     The misunderstood lyric:  It doesn’t make a difference if we’re naked or

            not.

“Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin

      •     The real lyric:  A big-legged woman ain’t got no soul.

      •     The misunderstood lyric:  A pig-headed woman ain’t got no soul.

“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” by AC/DC

      •     The real lyric:  Dirty deeds and they’re done dirt cheap.

      •     The misunderstood lyric:  Dirty deeds and they’re done with sheep.

As long as musicians are writing lyrics, listeners will be mangling them.  The songs may not remain the same, but fans’ love of them—misunderstood or not—will.