Rihanna: Any thoughts?

[Lik3]

I think she is a talented, yet passable, singer but I also think that she could have someone write some cleaner lyrics. I love the song, "Diamonds in the Sky", but there is a drug reference in that song. I don't listen to all of her songs because they are dull or have drug references. To those who listen to her, does she have any cleaner songs without drug references that are listenable?

 

[Irod Sama]

Yeah i like her music and all but where was the drug refference in diamonds in the sky

 

[talitha]

There is not a drug reference in "Diamonds". She uses the word "ecstacy", but she is talking about bliss, not MDMA.

Rihanna is a very, very talented woman who needs Jesus.

 

[ewells36]

In regards to the reference of drugs the OP stated, here are the lyrics to the song

"Diamonds"

Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond

Find light in the beautiful sea
I choose to be happy
You and I, you and I
We’re like diamonds in the sky

You’re a shooting star I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I’m alive
We’re like diamonds in the sky

I knew that we’d become one right away
Oh, right away
At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays
I saw the life inside your eyes

So shine bright tonight, you and I
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye, so alive
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky

Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky

Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky

Palms rise to the universe
As we moonshine and molly*
Feel the warmth, we’ll never die
We’re like diamonds in the sky

You’re a shooting star I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I’m alive
We’re like diamonds in the sky

At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays
I saw the life inside your eyes

So shine bright tonight, you and I
We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye, so alive
We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky

Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky

Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky

Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond

So shine bright tonight, you and I
We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye, so alive
We're beautiful like diamonds in the sky

Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Oh, yeah
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond

[* a nickname for MDMA – a compound used in "Ecstasy"]

I highlighted and underlined the reference. Molly is slang for MDMA aka the drug Ecstasy. The other ecstasy she is referring to when the word ecstasy is used is bliss, but when Molly is used, its a reference to a drug

Just thought I would help

 

[talitha]

Hmm, I thought I knew all the words to that song. When I was growing up, mollies were speed..... but same difference. Never knew that.

 

[ewells36]

Hmm, I thought I knew all the words to that song. When I was growing up, mollies were speed..... but same difference. Never knew that.

Heck today, Molly seems to be all the rage. The awesome talented (using that term very lightly - awesome and talented) Miley Cyrus sings about it in We Cant Stop, oh that and cocaine and a lot of rappers rap about Molly

It would be quite funny if people thought Molly, ones that didnt know what it means now, would be like - Who is this Molly girl everyone sings and raps about.

 

[OBEY]

I think she is a talented, yet passable, singer but I also think that she could have someone write some cleaner lyrics. I love the song, "Diamonds in the Sky", but there is a drug reference in that song. I don't listen to all of her songs because they are dull or have drug references. To those who listen to her, does she have any cleaner songs without drug references that are listenable?

It wasn't until "Rated R" that she started using profanity in her music. All of her work before that was clean, and even mild obscenities were censored entirely.

 

[Resilient Mixedbreed]

It's not the lyrics you need to worry about but the meaning behind said lyrics. I see this as a song about her relationship with Satan. If it were about a human then why the references about being in the sky, shining bright, finding light, eye to eye, we'll never die, shooting stars,

"I knew that we’d become one right away
Oh, right away
At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays"

Really...

Surely most people know the connection between illumination/the sun/rays/energy to be satanic/egyptian

I've not really paid much attention to this song but a quick glance at the lyrics posted above and I picked out some things that stood out to me.

Obviously the song is catchy, the melodies are always catch, Satan is the master of music what do you expect.

Drug references/swearing is not the thing that should be making you question modern day secular music. Look out for all the sun/light references.

 

[Thunder Peel]

She's just another overrated pop singer who relies on shock and sex to sell her records. Nothing new there.

 

[OBEY]

It's not the lyrics you need to worry about but the meaning behind said lyrics. I see this as a song about her relationship with Satan. If it were about a human then why the references about being in the sky, shining bright, finding light, eye to eye, we'll never die, shooting stars,

"I knew that we’d become one right away
Oh, right away
At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays"

Really...

Surely most people know the connection between illumination/the sun/rays/energy to be satanic/egyptian

I've not really paid much attention to this song but a quick glance at the lyrics posted above and I picked out some things that stood out to me.

Obviously the song is catchy, the melodies are always catch, Satan is the master of music what do you expect.

Drug references/swearing is not the thing that should be making you question modern day secular music. Look out for all the sun/light references.

I can't tell if you're for real or not. There's really people out there who think like this? Live life, dude.

 

[Jupiter Drops]

To those who listen to her, does she have any cleaner songs without drug references that are listenable?

Probably this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS4InT7Ycdkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t7fLDtgtuE

 

[Jupiter Drops]

All along it was a fever
A cold sweat hot-headed believer
I threw my hands in the air, said, "Show me something,"
He said, "If you dare, come a little closer."

Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now, tell me now, tell me now, tell me now you know.

Not really sure how to feel about it.
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you.
It takes me all the way.
I want you to stay

It's not much of a life you're living
It's not just something you take–it's given

Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now, tell me now, tell me now, tell me now you know.

Not really sure how to feel about it.
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you.
It takes me all the way.
I want you to stay.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, the reason I hold on
Ooh, ooh, ooh, 'cause I need this hole gone
Funny you're the broken one but I'm the only one who needed saving
'Cause when you never see the light it's hard to know which one of us is caving.

Not really sure how to feel about it.
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you.
It takes me all the way.
I want you to stay, stay.
I want you to stay, oh.

I thought it could be about someone seeking Jesus since the lyrics sounded like it and also Mikky Ekko (the guy who wrote and sang part of the song) has a Christian background.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Look at the lyrics. Notice anything?

Extreme repetition. The hallmark of someone who can't write lyrics.

That's really the only reason I don't like her music. Pop stars are not musicians, they are entertainers. Big difference there.

I don't look to lyrics like you find in "Diamonds" for any deep meaning because there simply isn't one there. It's music that is created to sell drinks at clubs and bars. To sell the "hookup scene" and to play on the radio so they can throw in ads in between songs. Pop music is a marketing tool and a very effective one at that.

This is nothing new BTW. Disco music from the 70s, Pop and New Wave in the 80s, all the same, pointless, catchy music made to sell.

 

[bill5]

I think she is a talented, yet passable, singer

Frankly I can't imagine why. Just another in a long, long line of no-talent hacks. gag.

I truly pity kids today. It's like eating nothing but hot dogs and "potted meat" all their life and wondering why others who have had better tell them what utterly horrific garbage it is they're eating. It's what they grew up on and about all they know, so their standards are so low and they don't know any better and don't/can't "get it." Truly tragic.

 

[EstherStar]

Its a personal favourite of mine and I love Rihanna but she is clearly rolling a joint in the beginning of the vid. Its a definite hint at smoking rock.

Satan is the lord of music?? Where on earth does it say that?

 

[seashale76]

I think she is a talented, yet passable, singer but I also think that she could have someone write some cleaner lyrics. I love the song, "Diamonds in the Sky", but there is a drug reference in that song. I don't listen to all of her songs because they are dull or have drug references. To those who listen to her, does she have any cleaner songs without drug references that are listenable?

Completely agree. When I don't consider the lyrics- I like her songs. When I do actually listen to the lyrics- I generally wind up sad and shaking my head. Unfortunately- the music industry is run by those who push a certain image onto the public- be that illuminati conspiracy crap in videos (don't laugh- serious or not that mess is really there), an overtly sexual image, or drug references. They've decided those things sell- so that is all they're willing to give the public. Sadly- they're right.

 

[Sammy-San]

Rihanna - Umbrella Lyrics - YouTube

I like Rihanna's song Umbrella, but I'm not really a fan of most of her songs.

 

[Jesmincan]

I'm not really keen on her because I dont like her attitude.. I used to listen to many of her albums.. I guess that Take a Bow doesn't have drug references? there are some others im sure but cant think of them off the top of my head!

 

[chaoticfirefly]

I like her. Don't listen to her often and the song I do usually listen to is Unfaithful.

I hate her boyfriend/partner/thing because of what he did to her in the past. He belongs in jail and she deserves better.

I find her really pretty too =w=

 

[Glico]

I hope she comes back with a new album this year, really need new music from her.