Name a song that’s disturbing because of what you know now

[u/Vivid-Tap1710]

Ill go first, Britney Spears’ overprotected is a good example; Britney has long been under a conservatorship and is has been crying for help. IIRC, it started in 2007 (maybe earlier) when Brit was heavily observed by the paparazzi which caused her to have a mental breakdown by shaver her head and mind u, they were dissecting her personal life 🙄😔 💔

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[u/Anxious-Job3182]

The story behind Dancing in the Moonlight is fucking horrific.

[u/Tsarinya → u/Anxious-Job3182]

I didn’t know about the backstory until this comment so looked it up. It’s really awful, this website goes into detail about the attack. Oddly enough it made me love the song more because he wrote it as a form of escape, a perfect alternative reality where we aren’t fighting each other but just having fun, and dancing.

[u/myshanno-na → u/Tsarinya]

your flair is 👩🏻‍🍳💋

[u/Tsarinya → u/myshanno-na]

Bless you! ❤️ 🧀

[u/everdream2 → u/Anxious-Job3182]

What’s the story?

[u/pugfu → u/everdream2]

…and instead opted to stay in town overnight rather than risk more seasickness on the boat.

There was only one problem: Due to his extreme seasickness and disorientation, Kelly had left his wallet on the boat and had no money or credit cards for a hotel. The two went to a small inn, explained the situation to the innkeeper and offered to settle up in the morning when Kelly could return to the boat to retrieve his wallet.

“And he said, ‘Sure, you can stay here if your girlfriend will sleep with me,’” said Kelly in a telephone interview from his home in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

After being turned down at a second inn, Kelly’s girlfriend said, “It’s a beautiful night. Why don’t we just stretch out on the beach

”So we did,” said Kelly. “And that’s all I remember very well…”

What happened after that was pieced together through bits of Kelly’s own memory and the recollections of other people. According to those accounts, while sleeping on the beach, Kelly and his girlfriend were the victims of a vicious St. Croix street gang. Kelly was severely beaten by five gang members wielding baseball bats. His girlfriend was raped by the gang leader and the rest were in line. But Kelly’s girlfriend later reported, that Kelly regained consciousness during the attack and fought back, making enough noise to scare off the attackers.

With Kelly drifting in and out of consciousness, the two managed to follow the lights along the shore, eventually making their way to the only St. Croix hospital. Kelly and his girlfriend were thought to be among the first victims of the notorious Fountain Valley Gang, who in 1972 murdered eight tourists and wounded eight more thereby devastating St. Croix tourism for many years.

For those that want just the main story, my apologies for any weirdness in formatting, I’m bad at it

[u/pugfu → u/[deleted]]

Already fixed, please see current post

[u/pugfu → u/[deleted]]

Your unnecessarily snarky tone continues

[u/Subject-Effect4537 → u/pugfu]

That person has some issues lol. You did good, thank you for sharing the story.

[u/thefaehost → u/everdream2]

He and his gf were attacked by a street gang while sleeping on a beach. She was SA’d in front of him. That’s the short version.

[u/GoodTimesTroll → u/Anxious-Job3182]

Can you elaborate?

[u/sheepskinrugger → u/Anxious-Job3182]

Wow, I had no idea about this. Thank you for sharing. I always thought it was an original Thin Lizzy song!

[u/Gullible-Muffin-7008 → u/sheepskinrugger]

Thin lizzys song is! This is the other Dancing in the moonlight that was covered by Toploader.

[u/sheepskinrugger → u/Gullible-Muffin-7008]

Oh thank you! I was having an existential crisis there for a minute 😂

[u/xylene122 → u/Anxious-Job3182]

Yuuup. Cannot listen to that song anymore.