Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: Amanda London

Seven Bridges Road

Eagles

“Seven Bridges Road” by Eagles

The Eagles are a band whose most-successful single is 1977’s “Hotel California“, and relatedly they are in fact from Los Angeles. So it may seem kinda weird that they dropped a song like “Seven Bridges Road” based on...

Hanging Around

The Stranglers

“Hanging Around” by The Stranglers

The term “hanging around” is a colloquialism that points to the idea of, most generally put, loitering. And in this song, the vocalist details different venues that were part of the London club scene in...

Home

Scotty McCreery

“Home” by Scotty McCreery

“Home” is derived from Scotty McCreery’s Same Truck project, an album which is largely dedicated to the singer’s small-town roots. Accordingly, many of the tracks contained therein serve the purpose of idealizing such a lifestyle. But in this...

Shake It

Metro Station

“Shake It” by Metro Station

Even though Metro Station’s “Shake It” is obviously based on a dancehall motif, it isn’t actually centered on encouraging sexy ladies to dance per se, as these types of things usually tend to go....

Small Town Girl

Scotty McCreery

“Small Town Girl” by Scotty McCreery

The album “Small Town Girl” is derived from, “Same Truck”, is one in which, as its name sorta implies, is partially inspired by Scotty McCreery’s small-town roots. And in this particular piece he is delineating the type of...