"Take my hand and we'll make it I swear -- Livin' on a prayer."
What was the #1 song the day you were born? Google the date and #1 song and then post your #1 song on your LJ - preferably with a Youtube vid if you can find one!
Number one from Feb. 14th, 1987 for the next 4 weeks.
Listening to the lyrics...makes me feel at home. Like how it is right now. Makes more sense to me than it ever did when my mom listened to it.
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Another song that was #1 for...I don't know, the same period of time? Lol. I'm not 100% sure which was top at that exact date but either or....But this was #1 from Feb. 14th, 1987 for one week.
I ran into a movie called Jacob's Ladder...? Something about a Vietnam Vet fighting...paranoia? Ghosts of war? I got the feeling it was a PTSD thing.
The lyrics are pretty funny though: "she was running from a fat man selling salvation with his hand" and I guess there might be some post-war err...mentality in it (I'm too lazy to research this, terrible, I know) but mostly I read the lyrics as anti-religion:
Now he's trying to save me / Well I'm doing the best that I can
Just another fallen angel / Trying to get through the night
[...]
Hey Mister, I'm not in a hurry / And I don't want to be like you
And all I want from tomorrow / is to get it better than today
The rhyme is pretty bad, the rhythm is poor but their chorus is kinda catchy in a ...80s kinda way so I guess that's how they made it work? I think the 80s were sort of about making depressing lyrics sound upbeat LOL
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And on another note, I've fallen in love with this young vagabond with bushy long hair and a boyish face singing I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU -- THESE FIVE WORDS I SWEAR TO YOU waaaaaaah~~~~~ Given that I've never liked jean jackets or long hair (don't get me started on curly long hair on men...) this means that Bon Jovi is just that good.
Click to viewNumber one from Feb. 14th, 1987 for the next 4 weeks.
Listening to the lyrics...makes me feel at home. Like how it is right now. Makes more sense to me than it ever did when my mom listened to it.
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Another song that was #1 for...I don't know, the same period of time? Lol. I'm not 100% sure which was top at that exact date but either or....But this was #1 from Feb. 14th, 1987 for one week.
I ran into a movie called Jacob's Ladder...? Something about a Vietnam Vet fighting...paranoia? Ghosts of war? I got the feeling it was a PTSD thing.
The lyrics are pretty funny though: "she was running from a fat man selling salvation with his hand" and I guess there might be some post-war err...mentality in it (I'm too lazy to research this, terrible, I know) but mostly I read the lyrics as anti-religion:
Now he's trying to save me / Well I'm doing the best that I can
Just another fallen angel / Trying to get through the night
[...]
Hey Mister, I'm not in a hurry / And I don't want to be like you
And all I want from tomorrow / is to get it better than today
The rhyme is pretty bad, the rhythm is poor but their chorus is kinda catchy in a ...80s kinda way so I guess that's how they made it work? I think the 80s were sort of about making depressing lyrics sound upbeat LOL
--
And on another note, I've fallen in love with this young vagabond with bushy long hair and a boyish face singing I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU -- THESE FIVE WORDS I SWEAR TO YOU waaaaaaah~~~~~ Given that I've never liked jean jackets or long hair (don't get me started on curly long hair on men...) this means that Bon Jovi is just that good.