I’m becoming obtuse!
Growing up, I was always amused by adults (and others) who didn’t get the meaning behind pop/hip hop song lyrics. For a kid from the sticks, I was pretty good at deciphering (dirty/hidden) meaning in a song lyric and/or making sense out of new words and phrases in pop music.
Nowadays - I think I’m losing my touch!
I heard “London Bridge,” by Fergie* (from The Black Eyed Peas) on the radio this morning - I was listening to the lyrics - and I just don’t get it!
I thought that looking them up online might help…
Well, actually, it’s the chorus that I just can’t decipher:
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge want to go down
Like London London want you to go down
Like London London be going down
Excuse me?
Now, I shall try googling the meaning behind the song’s title….
I will also check out Urban Dictionary…
Nothing.
Anyone know what it means?
*The-Opposite-of-Awesome:
1) She humps a royal guard (ooh - London!) in the video. Nasty.
2) Many women like her, like, in a sexual way. I don’t get it! She looks so plastic! And evil! - It’s the eyebrows, among other things.
July 27th, 2006 at 8:01 am
Beyond the fact that she could be refering to her vaginal lips coming together in sex (Bridge is up, they’re open, but bridge is down, and they are closed), this could seriously be in reference to the nursery rhyme “London bridge is falling down”.
When originally played, two people would trap a third person in the middle and keep them there. Seriously.
That’s my guess.
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July 27th, 2006 at 8:03 am
This may appear twice. Sorry if it does.
This could be two things:
1. London bridge as representation of her vaginal lips. When “up”, they are open, but when in coitus, the lips are closed, or “down”.
2. “London bridge is falling down” is the nursery rhyme. In that game two people trap a third person in between them until the third person does something to get out (the Tower of London is over by the bridge). This could be what she’s getting at as well.
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July 30th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
i heard Fergie talking about her new single “London Bridge” on the radio. She said it’s controversial [like always] and that there is a meaning behind it.
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July 31st, 2006 at 8:18 pm
ooh good points.
As a commenter below mentioned, it is supposed to be “dirty.”
But wouldn’t the lips be closed/down when not in coitus and up/open when having sex?
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August 1st, 2006 at 3:06 pm
oh gosh…let’s get historical……like in the 1200’s some queen failed to recontruct and maintain the london bridge and thats why it fell..honestly……so maybe when fergie says her ‘london bridge want to go down’ refers to her persona as everytime she wants to to the ‘right’ thing (as not being a ho) she obviously gives in and becomes one….and therefore meaning its hard not being horny…and thats why her london bridge keeps wanting to fall…. yeh……something like that……hahah
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August 1st, 2006 at 7:40 pm
hah.
Good points, Miriam!
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August 29th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
Maybe it just means that she feels weak every time that person is around. London Bridge came down because it was weak and then was built up stronger. Just a thought.
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August 29th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Good thoughts.
Thanks for your comment, Lou!
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October 4th, 2006 at 6:23 am
i believe this refers to the original nursery rhyme which it has been speculated to mean impitance and that london bridge represents the penis
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October 30th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
just passing through. Here’s what I found out, because I was curious as well!
http://www.exposay.com/fergie-reveals-sexy-meaning-behind-her-london-bridge-song/v/4568/
Believe it or not, Fergie’s new catchy song isn’t really about the London Bridge or the cute nursery rhyme for that matter. The Black Eyes Peas hit solo single is really about a foursome sex orgy - the horror!
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