About the show
Lyrics to Go is a show about bad song lyrics. Listen in as music geeks Marc Davis, Seth Ford and guests discuss songs with terrible, misunderstood or confusing lyrics.
Episodes
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117 - Under My Thumb
March 20th, 2023 | 57 mins 17 secs
blind faith, mind games, misogyny, rolling stones, stockholm syndrome, under my thumb
Does it get any worse than Brown Sugar? You be the judge! Marc and Seth pick apart another Rolling Stones song and this time, they're excusing and glorifying treating a woman like shit with the non-single Under My Thumb.
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116b - Relax (Unedited)
March 13th, 2023 | 2 hrs 5 mins
edging, frankie goes to hollywood, leather daddies, premature ejaculation, relax
This is the full 2 hour discussion about the song Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. There is a lot that got cut out about LGBTQ rights, stories about the gay nightlife in Fort Myers, chunks of stuff we talked about in the music video, some funny banter, and issues and information about things in the queer community writ large. It was really difficult to decide what to cut out so I wanted to also make the whole conversation available if anyone was interested.
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116 - Relax
March 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 22 mins
edging, frankie goes to hollywood, leather daddies, premature ejaculation, relax
Seth and Marc get the help of friends Logan and Adam to get deeeeep inside a song that's maybe so obvious that you didn't think it was about what it's about. One of the longest episodeepisodes yet with tons of great conversation about LGBTQ rights so make sure you pack a lunch.
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115 - Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
March 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
aerosmith, dude, dude looks like a lady, incorrect pronouns, transphobia
Seth and Marc get out the ol' whiteboard to try and make heads or tails out of this classic rock juggernaut that catapulted Aerosmith back into the limelight. Is it transphobic? Is it fetishising? How does he make that "gi-gi-gi-gi-gi-gi-gi-gi" noise so fast?!
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114 - Cheeseburger In Paradise
February 27th, 2023 | 38 mins 27 secs
cheeseburger in paradise, dumb puns, dumb songs, jimmy buffett, please stop it
A beach bum's wild fantasy about a delicious burger or a Kafka-esque hellscape in which he wakes up as a full formed "sensuous treat" that has no choice but to desire to eat himself from the outside in? You be the judge.
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113 - I'm No Angel
February 20th, 2023 | 52 mins 32 secs
allman brothers, bruce springsteen sound alike, gregg allman, i'm not angel, scary
Another week, another creepy guy talking about cradles... this time, it's Gregg Allman and the song he made famous: "I'm No Angel." Proudly proclaiming how much of a troubled past he has and openly admitting to planned theft. Come on and love me, baby.
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112 - Wild World
February 13th, 2023 | 58 mins 14 secs
cat stevens, stockholm syndrome, teat for the tillerman, wild world, yusuf, yusuf islam
If you're "letting someone go" but you're really just trying to frighten them into staying with you, how much of a shitbag are you? Probably a big one. The guys take on Yusuf Islam's Wild World... the song that may have spurned the song I'm Just A Girl by No Doubt.
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111 - Young Girl
February 6th, 2023 | 48 mins 15 secs
gary puckett, gary puckett and the union gap, gaslighting, mental terrorism, the union gap, young girl
The guys go back to the Golden Age of music... The Wrecking Crew, the Wall of Sound, and the Horny Old Guy. Seth and Marc take a look at the rollercoaster of emotions that is Young Girl by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. It's in the name!
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110 - Jessie's Girl
January 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
backstabbing, bad friendship, gary's girl, jessie's girl, mania, rick springfield, rick springthorpe
Seth and Marc call on Doubled Feature's co-host Max to ask themselves "with friend's like Rick, who needs friends?" That's right, they're taking on Rick Springfield's Jessie's Girl and all of the mania and stalking that go along with it.
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109 - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
January 23rd, 2023 | 52 mins 59 secs
for a white guy, offspring, pretty fly, pretty fly white guy, quasi racism, the offspring
What do you get when you mix a molecular biologist, a former janitor, and some ridicule of the white middle class? Seth and Marc unfortunately find out in this week's episode where they look into the lyrics to Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
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108 - Semi-Charmed Life
January 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 26 mins
creampies, crystal meth, primus, semi-charmed life, stephan jenkins, third eye blind
Seth and Marc look into the true meaning behind one of the 90's upbeat and infection jams; Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind. Is it all as lush and catchy as it sounds or is there a terrible crystal meth addiction and some red panties hidden somewhere in there?
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107 - Barbie Girl
January 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 6 mins
aqua, aquarium, barbie girl, misogyny, plastic surgery
Seth and Marc painfully comb over the lyrics to Barbie Girl which are either creepy as hell or misogynistic as hell. Throw in the terrible music video and awful voices and this one hurt.
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106 - Hey Ya!
January 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
andre 3 stacks, andre 3000, andre 3k, hey ya!, nostradamus, outkast, speakerboxxx, the love below
The guys look into the lyrics for the hit Outkast/Andre 3000 song Hey Ya! one of the rare episodes where the lyrics are actually amazing but the meaning has been overlooked and that's all part of the genius.
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105 - Wonderful Christmastime
December 25th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
christmas music, macca, occult, paul mccartney, the beatles, wonderful christmastime
Break out your ancient synthesizers and handclaps... Seth and Marc will bring the eggnog and discuss the frightening endurance of the strange and simple Wonderful Christmastime. Did he write it when he was 8? Why can't we look down? Why didn't anyone tell him how boring this song is?
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104 - Figured You Out
December 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
chad kroeger, figured you out, gaslighting, kroeger, manipulation, misogyny, nickelback, yikes
Seth and Marc can't get enough shitting all over Nickelback. This time, it's their weird and questionable pro-bro-anthem Figured You Out which posits that even though the narrator loved all of these behaviors from the beginning, it's okay to suddenly change course and say he knows the "real" her and dump her while nothing changes. Classic.
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103 - Californication
December 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
bad lyrics, californication, red hot chili peppers, rhcp, yikes
As soon as we decided on doing another Red Hot Chili peppers song, I had to call in my bud who can't stand them. Greg from Nice Guys stops back in to help unfurl the lyrical diarrhea that AKieds is spewing out of both ends this time; like usual, 10% sense making to 90% insane drivel... and hypocritical drivel at that.