Why Don’t You Come Over To My Place? No Really…
If there is one song that does it for me, it’s “Come Go With Me” by Teddy Pendergrass. This is one of my FAVORITE songs ever. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it and now every time it comes on I feel things, good things.
A few nights ago I decided to look up the lyrics. After reading the words, the song has taken on a slightly different meaning. I think maybe, just maybe, Teddy was a little desperate and under the cover of night wanted to grab himself a moped.
Lets take a closer look:
From the song-
I don’t feel like bein’ lonely tonight
You see, I want, I want some company
And you look like you’re just my type
You’re the kind, you’re the kind
Whose spirits are runnin’ free
Wow. So Teddy doesn’t feel like being lonely and miraculously this girl fits his “type”? What a crazy coincidence. And notice how he doesn’t say she’s attractive, instead she looks like her “spirits are runnin’ free”. I don’t really understand what he is saying here, but I take it to mean she looks like someone he might have a chance with.
Lets take a sip of some cold, cold wine
And dance to the music nice and slow
And you won’t be under any kind of pressure
You see, we’ll just let, we’ll just let the evenin’ flow
READ: “Ooops! How did that Rohypnol get in your drink?”
The chorus-
Come on and go with me
I’d sure like that, baby
Come on over to my place
It would be so nice, it would be so good
Come on and go with me
Come on over to my place
Good for who, Teddy? Good for who?
More from the song-
You look like you’re just bored to death
And you wanna get away
You wanna get away from this noisy crowd
Let’s go where it’s nice and quiet
Where there’s nobody, nobody else around
This man has stones. What if she wasn’t bored? What if she was just waiting for her date to meet her? And why is he in such a hurry to get her alone? Teddy should know seduction is an art, I am appalled by his lack of form here.
And a little later, we come to-
My car’s right outside, we can leave right now
That’s if you’re ready to go
I know you’re just meetin’ me
You see, I’d understand it
I’d understand it if you said no
But don’t you do it baby
His car is right outside? They can leave right now? Gone is the charm, now he just sounds desperate and dangerous. And if the first part of this verse failed to set off alarm bells, that last line should have. But don’t you do it baby. This where she needs to call security.
Now while this approach would not have worked for me, Teddy obviously knew what he was doing because she eventually agrees to leave with him.
So now I encourage all of you to take a closer look at song lyrics. I still think “Come Go With Me” is sexy as hell, but in the back of my mind dwells the possibility there is much more to it.
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From XKCD-
39 Responses for "Why Don’t You Come Over To My Place? No Really…"
He might as well titled it “Hey Girl, I Have Some Candy In My Car. Wanna Go For A Ride? Your Mommy Said It Was Ok.”
Ted loves roofies. That’s really made my day.
Oh and this post got me thinking about when I revised some Air Supply lyrics. It’s a bit crude but I think you’ll get a cheap laugh out of it.
I have had that experience so many times: liking a song for years and then analyzing the lyrics to find some odd surprises. A song for me like that was the Monkee’s “Daydream believer.”
Mimzie- I know right? I’ve played this out in my head to see how it would go in real life and it all leads to the same place: CREEPY.
Qelqoth-Clearly he must need them with a technique like this… AND I will read that post!!
Damien Riley- See, now I have to look up those lyrics now.
lol Jillian you are too funny. I HAD to go listen to the song, and it sucks that they lyrics are so creepy because it’s actually a nice sounding song! lol
Oh and I like the new header image btw
“I think maybe, just maybe, Teddy was a little desperate and under the cover of night wanted to grab himself a moped.”
Oh gosh Jillian, I am sitting here laughing out loud, a moped. That is one analogy that I’ve never heard put on that song. Excellent.
Have a wonderful day!
This sounds like the last call anthem.
Fragileheart- I know… lol. I still love the song, but I know there’s another side to it! And thanks regarding the header! I wish I could design my own… just something else to work on. I need to get my hands on a good graphics program.
Sheila- Haha, that Teddy might be a sneaky one, but I have his number now!
.45- Hmmm, does all this sound just a little too familiar to you??
So, basically a moped is something you pick up at last call?
Um. That IS upsetting when you break it down like that~
lol @ mimzie’s comment
“does all this sound just a little too familiar”
Nah. I quit writing lyrics ages ago. Mötley Crüe kept stealing my thunder.
(dang, no scallops)
Mike- A “moped” is a girl you’d like to bang, but don’t want to show to your friends… quite possibly because she’s fugly. Now, you can pick one up at last call, but I think some guys don’t even wait till then.
Meleah Rebeccah- LOL… yep, I feel like the freakin Sherlock Holmes of hidden song meanings! Mimzie never fails to crack me up.. she’s spot on, though!
.45 Uh huh. I think the scallop image was a result of the planets aligning in some perfect formation thereby causing the brief phenomena you experienced. It will probably never happen for another couple centuries…
HAHAHA!! I had to listen to this song, and I love it!! I might have to pull a Teddy P one of these days!!!
LOL!!
Im bacK!!!!
Nothing ruins a song quicker than analyzing it.Both for the listener and the writer of the song LOL
“I think the scallop image was a result of the planets aligning in some perfect formation”
There were scalloped potatoes, though, with chicken breast and spinach. This OpenID is making me hungry.
I never really pay attention to song lyrics and was amused to find out that my latest favourite song contains the lyics ‘and for you I keep my legs apart!’. To think I have been humming along to that, hehe
Single In the City- Haha… be careful slippin guys those roofies!! And welcome back!!!
Frank- I’m just bringing the truth to the people the only way I know how!
.45- Shit, me too. I don’t do spinach though… gross. :-/
Claire- Haha, that’s awesome. I’m also lovin the underlying commitment, too!!
Gotta watch out for Teddy! He’s a smooth talker and a fast walker, apparently! hehehe
I am picturing him leading some woman by the elbow very quickly to his car parked outside now.
This song will never be the same for me.
Much like that one ply TP. LOL!
How am I ever supposed to listen to that song again? I felt like I should be on Dateline’s undercover series just reading the lyrics!!
Moped is right..never heard of that word before, but it fits. I do know the song.
Don’t dissect Love Ballad now.
is this what you call Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism?lol, found you through personal blog in blogcatalog. this blogs fun indeed!:D
come over my place too!:D
-catea
The_Mrs- Apparently he’s a stalker!! And how come the lady in th song couldn’t see that?? Weird!!
Monique- LOL @ “Dateline”. Seriously. I still love Teddy, though!
Natural Woman- Oooo, I LOVE “Love Ballad”! I consider that one of the best love songs ever, it’s untouchable by Human hands for sure! I also love “Kissing You” by Keith Washington. O…M…G!
Cathara- Hey! Thanks for stopping by. I will certainly return the gesture. Yeah this blog is all about Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism!
Oh dear on listening to other songs that do it for me, I really could never make a love mix tape as it would make me seem depraved
haha!
You are so crazy, LOL!
But it’s like that Police song “Every breath you take” that sounds so romantic until you realize it’s very threatening & stalkerish, LOL.
Half the songs I love to death have some crazy a$$ lyrics like that!
Claire- LOL.. no way, mixed LOVE tapes are AWESOME!!!
Angelika- Hahaha, I love that song too. The melody really does fool you! I am, definitely going to start paying more attention to lyrics now!
happy easter jillian!
Haha, nice analysis hun.
I’ve got a song for you. It’s an oldie, but it kinda fits along the same lines…
Listen to Aaron Hall’s “Don’t Be Afraid” and tell me what the lyrics make you think of…
Monaco- Thanks!
TOPolk- Oooo, I’ll give this a listen and get back to you!!! :-DD
Teddy looks so smooth; who would have thought that he was so…unsubtle? I think I’ll continue to just hum and sing what I think are the lyrics. Ignorance may be bliss here!
I’m sooo glad that you helped me analyze that song! You never know when you might be somewhere and all of a sudden Teddy Pendergrass breaks out in that song…I would have gone with him, just because the song IS SEXY as ALL HELL! He is very deceptive and I would not have gotten the hidden meaning if it were not for you! Thank GOD for you Jillian. You’ve saved countless mopeds…errr, I mean women from being lured by this predator!!! LOL!!!!
Jillian, of course the girl say yes, it is his song after all
Keli- LOL. I think you might be right!
Random Chick- Hahaha. See, this is me giving back to the community! :-O
Shelly- You know, you make a good point!!
Jillian,
Hope you had a beautiful day!
Your blog is so much fun…I got some good laugh! sure next time i will pay more attention to lyrics
♥ & ((hugs))
bindi
LMAO! “Ooops! How did that Rohypnol get in your drink?”
I love analyzing lyrics!
LMAO… what was he thinking when he wrote those lines??? LOL..
I’m sure mr. pendergrass would be glad he didnt get to meet you. LOL…
When analyzing music lyrics, I am sometimes left scratching my head. In the song “The Reflex”, what the hell does Simon LeBon mean when he sings that he’s “dancing on the valentine”?
Haha, I must be slipping! There are comments I DID NOT reply to?? What the…?
Dawn- Seriously… when you just read the lyrics, the man comes off very stalkerish!
Arv- Oh yeah… no way I would have left with him. I mean, unless he bought me a few drinks. Everyone knows you owe the guy something after that…
Malcolm- Thanks for dropping by! See now I have to look up this song. But I find a lot of people only listen to the beat and chorus without paying attention to the other words. I like reading lyrics and knowing what a song is about, ya know?
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