Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: Amanda London

Face Me

The Plot in You

“Face Me” by The Plot in You

The Plot in You’s lead vocalist, Landon Tewers, has offered a somewhat complex, psychology-inspired explanation of the meaning of “Face Me”. But what it ultimately boils down to is this.  The narrator is in a romantic relationship...

Low

Flo Rida / T-Pain

“Low” by Flo Rida (ft. T-Pain)

The Dirty South is the geographical region of the United States from where stripper music originated in hip-hop. No one can quite appreciate strippers the way southern rappers can. Indeed, the strip club is a place...

I Gotsta Get Paid

ZZ Top

“I Gotsta Get Paid” by ZZ Top

Anyone even slightly adept in street-based contractions would know that the word “gotsta” is a combination of got and to. So in full, this song’s titular phrase (“I Gotsta Get Paid”) would actually read “I got to...

Tush

ZZ Top

“Tush” by ZZ Top

As put forth by ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill, where he grew up the term “tush” had two different meanings. One would be it referring to a person’s backside, as most universally used. But in his ‘hood,...

Jesus Just Left Chicago

ZZ Top

“Jesus Just Left Chicago” by ZZ Top

ZZ Top‘s “Jesus Just Left Chicago” is sort of a religious track, though not really overtly so. In other words, just mentioning Jesus in and of itself does not automatically make a song spiritual. Indeed claiming...

La Grange

ZZ Top

“La Grange” by ZZ Top

ZZ Top’s “La Grange” is quite terse lyrically. And what it centers on is not the city of La Grange, Texas, of which it is named after. Rather there was once a well-known brothel located there,...

"Sink the Bismarck"

Johnny Horton

“Sink the Bismarck” by Johnny Horton

The Bismarck was an impressive vessel which set sail in 1939. Actually it was a German battleship and, as implied by the aforementioned year, was therefore active in World War II. Also concerning its impressiveness, it...