![]() ![]() It’s a true force of goodness in the word and is in many ways actually transcendent, making joy out of a terrible situation while never actually underselling the situation itself. So the song laughs and it criticises it’s angry enough to deliver it’s left wing political points, yet is feel-good enough that you can sing it during your daily commute and actually feel uplifted by it. To situate Bills as the modern equivalent of this music fits perfectly and makes the political subtexts of this song even juicier. Jazz and ragtime came out of marginalised black working class American cultures and became their version of folk songs, being happy tunes which voiced the concerns of the average man and thus gave them a cathartic release from the stresses of the everyday. The decision to write this song with a jazz/ragtime-piano groove is brilliant too. oul, oul, oul oul oul”), yet it’s ridiculousness is also it’s point: it is ridiculous that we can live in some of the richest countries in the world, yet still have large sections of our societies who are barely make ends meet it is ridiculous how people leave the poor to their lot it is ridiculous how work obsessed our cultures are to begin with. It is also just very funny (“My shoes… They have no soul…. It’s grounded, relatable and voices a concern that thousands of people in the world currently have. It’s the type of thing that pop music hasn’t been for years now. I’ve complained previously about the way that current pop music frequently refuses to actually tackle with the problems of living in 21st Century Britain/America, yet here we have “Bills”, a song about how difficult it is to pay the bills in a time of social inequality and an increasingly dysfunctional job market. 3 below Cheerleader and See You Again is almost as bad. 8 – I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen.Ī world where Bills by Lunchmoney Lewis isn’t in the charts is a world that’s wrong. 3 – Bills by Lunchmoney Lewis – and this week’s No. Let’s pick the two songs in the Top 10 that I currently have the most to say about: this week’s No. As such, I suppose I better talk about some other songs. 4.The problem with running a blog where I review every UK No. If you can’t afford to pay your share of the bills, the partnership is over. Destiny’s Child sings about a spouse who insists on footing the bill at first but who eventually starts asking to borrow money and use your automobile.īeyoncé begins to have doubts about the viability of the relationship at the midpoint when she realizes she may require support in times of difficulty.īy the song’s last chorus, she has had all she can take and needs assistance immediately. Then they settle into their routines and lose interest in previous activities. The opening verses of this song discuss how, during the honeymoon period of a relationship, some partners would take you out and indulge you, essentially giving you a glimpse of their best selves. ![]() It’s no surprise that this timeless classic remains popular among young people today, thanks to its R&B-style smoothness, superb harmonies, and infectious rhythms of the 2000s. Lyrically, This is one of the best songs with bill in the title. The comic high point, if you will, is the portrayal of Brother Bill and the singer as “the first four-legged jet,” i.e., as being so alarmed by this out-of-the-ordinary occurrence that they were racing at “the speed of light,” even uphill. Listeners who have never experienced genuine fear need not feel left out of the joke the absurdity of a grown man’s sudden and contagious terror may be appreciated even without prior knowledge of the phenomenon. More people probably went hunting back then than do today. And they see what they initially believe to be a grizzly bear, fire at it, and then realize it’s a “White” person, causing both to run away.Īgain, though, that’s just a fun theory about the song’s meaning. However, if we wanted to stretch our imaginations about the story’s possible symbolism, we could consider the possibility that the narrator and Brother Bill were intended all along to be Black hunters. However, “the doggone thing turned white” after being shot, which the narrator claims are abnormal behavior for a living creature. A creature “resembling a grizzly bear” is encountered by the party. The main event of the featured story takes place on a hunting trip taken by Brother Bill and the lead singer. Additionally, Brother Bill and the singer (who calls him that) is the story’s two primary protagonists. Comedic in tone, “Brother Bill” hearkens back to the days before the widespread availability of television when story-based songs were typically much more descriptive. ![]()
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