- I'm quite confused on these lyrics.
- ♪ This hit, that ice cold ♪ - I like this.
♪ (rock intro) ♪
- (FBE) Today, we're gonna have you read some lyrics from top songs
all by one artist and have you tell us the meaning and what you think.
Then after, you're gonna get to listen to the songs you read
and tell us your thoughts. But this artist has had a lot
of hit songs, but we tried to fit as many as we could in here.
- Okay. What's his name? - (FBE) I can't tell you yet.
- Oh! (laughs) Okay.
- Every once in a while, I find somebody that I really like,
which I never would've listened to otherwise.
- Okay. Let's give it a shot.
- "When I see your face, there's not a thing
that I would change." This guy's in love.
- "'Cause you're amazing just the way you are."
- "When you smile, the whole world stops
and stares for a while."
- "Because girl, you're amazing just the way you are."
I know this song. - He thinks she's amazing.
He loves her face. He loves her smile.
Sounds like a good deal.
- He's totally taken with her. He totally just thinks
she's just gorgeous and wonderful and that she should stay that way,
that there's no need to do anything else.
- It's romantic. It's sentimental. It's pure. It's clean.
It's honest, and I like it.
- "Tell the devil I said hey when you get back
to where you're from. Mad woman, bad woman,
that's just what you are.'"
- "You'll smile in my face, Then rip the brakes
out of my car. Gave you all I had,
and you tossed it in the trash."
- "To give me all your love is all I ever asked,
'cause what you don't understand is I'd catch a grenade for ya."
Aw, I feel sorry for him. He's really in love,
and she's just no good.
- He's not happy with her, because in the end,
she doesn't realize or understand that he would die for her.
- This guy's hurting for her, and she doesn't give a damn about him.
He's pouring his soul out to her, but it's not working.
- Wow. (chuckles) I'm choking up.
This guy'd take a bullet for this girl.
That's what I'd do for my wife.
- "Too young, too dumb to realize..."
- "That I should've bought you flowers and held your hand."
- "Should've gave you all my hours when I had the chance."
I'm, uh... (choked up) This one's... Sorry, guys.
- "Take you to every party, 'cause all you ever wanted
to do was dance. Now, my baby's dancing,
but she's dancing with another man."
- I know who sang this.
- (FBE) Who? - Bruno Mars.
- (FBE) Yes! - (chuckles) I love him.
- It's about somebody that's so typical in men,
because men are dumb that they lose somebody,
because they didn't give them the attention that they needed.
- Sort of reminds me of something I did once,
or didn't do. Maybe I should've.
But it's too late now.
- I've been in love before. I mean, before I met my wife
and had my heart broken too, a few times. And it just hurts.
And that's what this guy's saying, and he's made some mistakes.
She knows. It's like, "Gosh, I should've picked up on it."
That's... that got me. (chuckles) I'm sorry.
- (FBE) This next song is technically just featuring our artist,
but I couldn't not put it in. - Okay.
- "This hit, that ice cold. Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold."
- "This one for them hood girls, them good girls,
straight masterpieces. Stylin', wilin',
livin' it up in the city."
- "Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent.
Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty."
- I'm quite confused on these lyrics.
- Now he's learned too much. Now he's full of himself.
- "Kiss myself 'cause I'm so pretty" is like me saying,
"I'm my own best fan," you know? Everything I do is-- I'm hot spit.
- He's being a little vain there, but hey, if you
don't toot your own horn, nobody else will.
- "Jump in the Cadillac, girl. Let's put some miles on it."
- "Anything you want just to put a smile on it."
- "You deserve it, baby. You deserve it all,
and I'm gonna give it to you."
- "Gold jewelry shining so bright, strawberry champagne on ice."
Ew. "Lucky for you,
that's what I like. That's what I like."
- He's talking about the girl he wants to take some place
and sounds like a good deal.
- He's got a healthy opinion of himself.
"Anything you want just to put a smile on it." That's sweet.
- So, he's really courting her now. He's taking her for a ride
in his Cadillac car, and they're gonna go for a drive,
'cause she deserves it. She deserves it all.
He's gonna give it all to you.
Most of it is quite poetic and nice and sweet. Not all of it.
Some of it gets a little bit tough and egotistical about himself.
- (FBE) So, do you know whose lyrics you've been reading?
- No, I don't. - Right now, I'm totally clueless.
- I can't think of the name, but I know
from the first song who it is. - Bruno Mars.
- (FBE) So, these were lyrics to songs from Bruno Mars's repertoire.
- Yes! Of course. I love Bruno Mars. He's cool.
- Bruno Mars! Yes, yes, okay.
- This is Bruno Mars? Oh, okay.
Well, maybe I've heard them. I don't know.
'Cause I've seen Bruno Mars a couple times,
like at the Super Bowl.
- He's so good. I know his whole life story.
- (FBE) So, Bruno Mars is known for his retro-inspired showmanship.
Rolling Stone once said, "Anyone from the age five
to 95 can walk out of a Bruno Mars concert
feeling like the show was designed just for them."
- That's great. That's very smart on his part.
- I could see that.
He speaks to a lot of people with these lyrics.
- Well, that may be a little bit exaggerated,
but I mean, I think anyone
can get something out of it, 'cause he's entertaining.
- He's very natural. He's not fake.
He doesn't act like it's fake. It's him.
- (FBE) Well, let's play you the songs you read.
- Okay, let 'er rip!
- ♪ When I see your face ♪ - That's the song. I love this song.
- ♪ There's not a thing... ♪ - I've heard it.
- ♪ 'Cause you're amazing ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Just the way you are ♪
- So, he's like Jason Mraz with some pizzazz.
- I'm not gonna try and sing it, because... (chuckles)
I have no voice today.
- ♪ 'Cause girl, you're amazing... ♪ - This song has great rhythm.
- Okay. It's very commercial pop.
- It's really good. - Good rhythm. Gets you moving.
- This is my daughter's music. And because she has
her music loud all the time, it becomes my music.
- ♪ Tell the devil I said hey when you get back to where you from ♪
♪ Mad woman, bad woman... ♪ - This one I always hear in my car.
- ♪ Yeah, you'll smile in my face, then rip the brakes out my car ♪
♪ Gave you all I had... ♪ - I like that line a lot.
- ♪ You tossed it in the trash... ♪ - Ooh.
- This is a done-wrong song.
- ♪ ...all I ever ask, 'cause what you don't understand is ♪
♪ I'd catch a grenade for ya ♪ - All right. Yeah.
- When somebody'd catch a grenade for ya, there's no greater sacrifice.
- It's pop. I'm not a-- never was a big pop person.
- ♪ Too young, too dumb to realize ♪ - This is a sad one.
- ♪ That I should've bought you flowers ♪
- Yeah, you should've. - ♪ And held your hand ♪
♪ Should've gave you all my hours ♪
♪ When I had the chance ♪
♪ Take you to every party... ♪ - See, this, I like this.
I like good ballads, and this is really good.
- ♪ Now my baby's dancing, but she's dancing with another man ♪
- This song actually tortures me.
- Seeing her with another man, that is like, "I'm totally destroyed."
He was really in love with this girl.
- ♪ This hit, that ice cold ♪ - I like this.
- This is good exercise music.
- ♪ Them good girls, straight masterpieces ♪
♪ Stylin, wilin', livin' it up in the city ♪
♪ Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent ♪
♪ Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty ♪
- (chuckles) "Gotta kiss myself, 'cause I"m so pretty."
I like that. I'm gonna have to take that to work tomorrow.
- It's got a nice beat to it, you know, you can hear the words,
not that I understand it.
- ♪ Jump in the Cadillac ♪ ♪ Girl, let's put some miles on it ♪
♪ Anything you want... ♪ - This one, I don't listen--
I haven't heard this much.
- ♪ You deserve it all ♪ - This is the same artist?
- ♪ Cool jewelry, shining so bright ♪ - That has a really nice beat.
Makes you wanna dance.
- ♪ Lucky for you, that's what I like ♪
♪ That's what I like ♪ ♪ Lucky for you,
that's what I like ♪ ♪ That's what I like ♪
- Very nice. - That's very almost like the old R&B.
- He is the best. - Hit a range of emotions there.
One of those songs realizing he made a mistake.
He should've bought flowers. He should've spent more hours.
And I've been there.
- Oh, I liked him a lot. We've all maybe had our heart broken
once or twice or multiple times, and it hurts.
And he's just telling about it.
- His music definitely has a touch of... yeah.
That boy's doing all right. My hat's off to him.
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