The irony of this is, while people like to think he was trolling us, insulting pop music fans, etc, what he really does is illustrate a great point: music, even with singing, isn't always about a message. Lyrical content doesn't matter if the music is great.
A great example of this is PJ's Yellow Ledbetter. One of their best songs ever but Eddie sings NOTHING. He 100% unintelligible. Even if you read along with the so-called lyrics, language-wise, it's still all gibberish. So then why is Yellow Ledbetter one of PJ's most popular songs? Because Eddie, with that voice of his, is an INSTRUMENT, like the guitars and drums. He IS music with his beautiful voice.
Thank you.
I was 13 when my mom died in a car crash. And this song meant everything to me. I thought if I prayed enough to the hook she would come back. I had no idea what this song was about, but it got me through.
This was my Grandpa’s favorite song. He sang it to me as a kid. The day after he died I woke thinking I would be seeing him, hoping it was a bad dream, it wasn’t. I went to my grandmas house and found a CD labeled “Sean” (my name), My first and favorite grandson.
It had this song in it and I started crying.
Rip Robert F. Seiler
October 17th, 1956—January 16th, 2019
Gone, but not forgotten