Cheap trick surrender what is it about

I'll go verse by verse. Mother told me, yes, she told me I'd meet girls like you. She also told me, "Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch. This verse is now pretty self explanatory. Soldier's falling off. I'll get to the chorus later Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things. But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years.

The father is trying to validate the mother's advice to the son, but at the same time being quite sarcastic to the mother. Someone else clued everyone in on a very important play on rhyming scheme This is just like in the movie, Nacho Libre.

Jack Black sings an ode to his forbidden love interest after exiling himself to the desert: I ate some bugs, I ate some grass I used my hand Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year? Ev'ry time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear? When I woke up, Mom and Dad are rolling on the couch. Rolling numbers, rock and rolling, got my Kiss records out. He's maturing, discovering that grownups were actually young rebels once too. This is further reinforced by the last two lines, when the boy finds his parents mackin on the couch, doin' lines with rolled dollar bills, rockin' to Kiss records.

He's wokin up to the reality. Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird. Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away, ay, ay, ay.

Go ahead and surrender your inhibitions now and then. Get freaky and let loose once in awhile There was an error. I think you've pretty much nailed it, fiomojo. The break in the rhyming scheme in the second stanza looks like a deliberate poetic device. In the outtake version of this song, an alternate lyric is used: Now I had heard the WACS recruited old maids, dykes and whores But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years.

Notice how the lyric is "one of those" in both versions? In either case, the alternate version implies to me that the hidden rhyme might not be "whores. I think the chorus is just amazing because it has so many simultaneous meanings. Surrender to lust, conformity, Americans, soldiers, whores, etc. Hell, it might even refer to the Philipines surrendering to the Japanese, then the Americans, etc. It's interesting that it has so many allusions to war surrender, soldier, WACS, etc.

And if you're wondering why those lyrics, "Now I had heard the WACs recruited old maids for the war," don't make much sense, it's because they weren't written that way. The original lyrics were deemed too racy: "Now I had heard the WACs were either old maids, dykes or whores.

It was the first Cheap Trick single to enter the Billboard Hot chart, peaking at number The song originates from , as it was played in concerts before its release like many Cheap Trick songs.

The narrator describes how his parents are weirder and hipper than many teens would believe. For example, the narrator describes how he discovers his "mom and dad are rolling on the couch" and listening to his Kiss records late at night "rolling numbers, rock-and-rolling, got my Kiss records out". One track included was "Surrender", where the author John M. Borack wrote "A no-brainer selection, to be sure, but since I believe that it's clinically impossible to get tired of this rock and roll funhouse, it belongs here.

A stone classic for the ages. This song is also notable for being the last song played over the PA at Green Day concerts before the band makes their way on stage. Speaking Recovery New Jersey Craig Allen Published: August 26, Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Would you believe Filed Under: Craigs posts , Newsletter , Weekends. Categories: Talking About Facebook Twitter instagram pinterest youtube. Search Search for: Search.

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