I can't believe I am actually going to put up a post about this... sigh... the content of my blog is soooooo going downhill. If you are fortunate enough to know me, you that as well as being very humble I also have an extremely wide assortment of music I like. It truly runs almost the entire range of genres. If I hear something and it is catchy, intricate, moving, etc... I don't judge from where it came. I just take the song for what it is. Something that gave me pause long enough to pay attention.
That being said... There is this damn song out there that I CAN NOT get out of my head. (And yes... It is currently in my iPod playlist. Don't you judge me!) The song is "London Bridge" by Fergie. Listened to the song quite a few times and even checked out the video to see if I couldn't figure out what is meant by the term "london bridge". I figured it was something naughty, and I had some theories, but as much as I am loathe to admit it; I googled it. Found mostly guesses at sexual positions and women's anatomy. But, I also found this explanation. I don't know if I buy it, but I am amazed somebody put this much thought into it. What do you think?
That being said... There is this damn song out there that I CAN NOT get out of my head. (And yes... It is currently in my iPod playlist. Don't you judge me!) The song is "London Bridge" by Fergie. Listened to the song quite a few times and even checked out the video to see if I couldn't figure out what is meant by the term "london bridge". I figured it was something naughty, and I had some theories, but as much as I am loathe to admit it; I googled it. Found mostly guesses at sexual positions and women's anatomy. But, I also found this explanation. I don't know if I buy it, but I am amazed somebody put this much thought into it. What do you think?
The first verse is obviously about using her fame to get benefits those who are not as well-off or good-looking can have, and exploiting it to teenage girls to make records. Then of course the "me love you long time" is a beautiful reference to the vietnam war in which we blew up the villages of many innocent families, and many of the girls were left to whore themselves out for money, and since their english was so bad, they said it like that.--C
Second verse is about dancing around and acting like a whore, but not admitting to it. However, she uses the shorter term "ho" for whore. This is incorrect. Hos get paid, she means sluts. They give it up for free.
The third verse is about getting really drunk and feeling kinda slutty, then wandering about without her shoes on.
Fourth, she gets upset because the papparazzi is trying to take a picture of her while she's puking her brains out. I'm assuming this is the source of "the bass" which she claims to have.
Well, since at no time was London Bridge a drawbridge, I grew confused at first. Then I realized that somewhere in the meth-bender Fergie had in the late 90's she studied the history of London quite feverishly, being that she couldn't sleep. She knew that it was the only bridge across the River Thames, and as such, the only way into London. On occasion, the bridge was destroyed to prevent enemy troops from crossing into their city. In a brilliant metaphor, she is likening this to her situation with the paparazzi, with whom she wishes to "burn her bridges". However, I'm still not clear on if she meant from the the Normans or the Danes. Clearly she includes her dancing friends to protect them from the paparazzi/ danish/ gaul invasion. What an amazing songwriter!!!
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