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Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast

#191 - Famous Songs With Misunderstood Meanings + What They Were Actually Written About

Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast

Nashville Podcast Network

Music, Music Interviews

4.84.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Bobby and Eddie talk about famous songs that are actually misunderstood. The artists wrote them about one subject but over time people have taken them to mean something completely different.  From Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton, "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen, "Closing Time" by Semisonic and more!

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0:00.0

Picture Miami. Picture its beaches. Picture three radio journalists assassinated in cold blood.

0:09.2

This is silenced, the radio murders.

0:12.4

You left the body there for reason. It was the calling card. It's like the mafia used to do.

0:17.2

The mastermind has never been caught. To find him, we had to go deep into a world of drugs and darkness.

0:24.4

And there were these hints of a much bigger conspiracy.

0:28.8

I clearly gave it me in the light.

0:30.8

I'm Osvalotian. Listen to silenced, the radio murders.

0:34.4

On the iHart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:40.4

Badass of the week hosted by me, Ben Thompson, and my co-host, Dr. Pat Lerich.

0:45.2

That's me!

0:46.0

It's an exciting new podcast from iHart Radio that dives into stories of incredible badasses

0:50.6

throughout history, fiction, and mythology. We're talking about ninjas, Vikings, pirates,

0:55.1

explorers, and scientists, and even the occasional awesome dog.

0:58.3

You mean like goofy?

0:59.6

Is goofy a dog or is Pluto the dog?

1:02.2

Anyway, no. More like Sergeant Stubby.

1:04.0

Ooh, we'll have to listen to find out.

1:05.9

New episodes of Badass of the Week drop every week.

1:08.5

Obviously.

1:09.5

On the iHart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:13.5

Hola, hola! It's your girl, Cheekies.

1:15.9

And I'm back with brand new episodes of my podcast, Cheekies and Chill and Dear Cheekies.

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