Is there a song you’ve listened to for years and then realised you completely misunderstood what it was about?
Is there a song you’ve listened to for years and then realised you completely misunderstood what it was about? I love the reggae classic “Monkey Man” by Toots and the Maytals, and have done for over twenty years. I always thought it was about someone acting like a tough guy, and one of his friends calling him out: “I’ve seen a side of you I only heard about, you acting like a big monkey man.” Wrong! It’s about a girl choosing another man over Toots. The …