“Cat's in the Cradle” focuses on a father-son relationship. “I used to love it as a kid, but it absolutely crushes me as an adult with children,” one music lover shared.
One music fan called it “the poster child for ‘sounds beautiful until you read the creepy lyrics.'” Another noted, “Even Sting was disturbed by how people misinterpreted his song.”
“Macarena” was always played during its heyday and had a popular dance associated with it. But no one realized it was about a girl cheating on her boyfriend while he was deployed.
Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
Everyone knows the lyric, “Some folks are born to wave the flag.” Too many people ignore that the song mentions that “it ain't me”… they're no senator's son.
On paper, the idea of a political thriller based on a Michael Crichton book, directed by Philip Kaufman, and starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes sounds fantastic. In practice, Rising Sun is a hateful piece of nastiness.