Motley Crue - Misunderstood (Music Video, 1994) (HQ/HD)

MOTLEY CRUE
"Misunderstood"
(Motley Crue)


Little old man contemplates
Suicide twice a day
Life's passed him by
Little old woman scared and blind
Left alone in desperate times
Life's passed her by


CHORUS:

Oh life it's misunderstood them
So they close their eyes
And dream of better days
Oh life it's misunderstood yeah
Life's not always fair or so they say

Little boy with vacant eyes
Daddy won't be home tonight
And he don't know why
His mother she sits alone
Tangled in the web she's sewn
She lives lie to lie


CHORUS:

Strangled, caged, left alone
Doin' time in a broken home
Feelin' left to die
I'm a product of your troubled ways
You made me what I am today
Now you're askin' why

Oh, life it's misunderstood me
So I close my eyes
And dream of better days
Oh, life it's misunderstood me
Life's not always fair or so they say

Restless soul deep inside
Searches for some piece of mind
Livin' just to die
I'm an angry man I always have
Had to fight to survive my past
Sign of these times

Life, it's misunderstood me
And I know, know you've been there too
Time lets a restless soul fade away
Life's not always fair
Life's not always fair
Or so they say

Yeah, life it's misunderstood me
So I close my eyes
And dream of a better day
Oh, life it's misunderstood me
Life's not always fair
Life's not always fair
Or so they say

Little boy with hopeful eyes
Daddy's comin' home tonight
So don't you cry





"Misunderstood" is a power ballad by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on their 1994 eponymous album. The lyrics were written by vocalist/guitarist John Corabi and bassist Nikki Sixx, while the music was written by Corabi, Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist Mick Mars. The song charted at number 24 on the Mainstream rock charts.

It was the final song recorded with Scream singer John Corabi.

"Misunderstood"

Single by Mötley Crüe
From the album Mötley Crüe
Released: May 12, 1994
Recorded: A&M Studios, Los Angeles CA, and Little Mountain Studios, Vancouver, Canada
1993
Genre: Hard rock
Length: 6:53
Label: Elektra
Songwriters: John Corabi, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars and Tommy Lee
Producer: Bob Rock


"Misunderstood" was released as a maxi-single that included three other tracks; a remix of the song, "Hooligan's Holiday" (Extended Holiday Version), the non-LP track "Hypnotized," and the album version of "Hooligan's Holiday." "Hypnotized" was later included on the Crücial Crüe edition of the album in 2003. It is their last single to feature John Corabi on vocals, as he parted ways with the band a few years after its release.

A video was made to promote the single, and was directed by Brian Lockwood. The video, which featured the band playing in front of an old house while showing clips of the characters mentioned in the song, first aired in May 1994.

MTV refused to air the video as there was a suicide reference in the lyrics and a man putting a pistol in his mouth in one of the scenes. This is widely believed to be a smokescreen for what was punishment for an interview with the band when the album was first released, earlier in the year.

Bassist Nikki Sixx felt insulted by the MTV interviewer's line of questioning and walked out of the interview. Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee later appeared on the MTV program, Headbanger's Ball, when a third video, for the album's tenth track, "Smoke The Sky" (which featured clips from the 1936 film Reefer Madness) was filmed and also directed by Brian Lockwood. This video was aired, but only a few times. This is the band's third video to be rejected from MTV, following "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "You're All I Need".

"Misunderstood" was one of the first songs that the band wrote with Corabi when he joined Mötley Crüe, working out the acoustic part of the song during one of their first rehearsals together.

Lyrically, the song tells a story describing the lives of several people who are dealing with the fact that life has passed them by. Glenn Hughes is featured on background vocals.

Track listing

All songs written by John Corabi, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars and Tommy Lee.

"Misunderstood" - (6:53)
"Hooligan's Holiday" (Extended Holiday Version) - (11:06)
"Hypnotized" - (5:29)
"Hooligan's Holiday" (LP Version) - (5:40)



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