It's easy, mmkay?
Dahaha, just saw someone link to this trope to indicate they thought something was ironic.
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Yeah. This trope need rename. Name sugest something about irony and trope is about music. I read this article couple times but I always forget what is mean after see name somewhere.
Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.
"Big Rock Candy Mountain" isn't about a pedophile, as the example dealing with it seems to indicate. The place the guy is describing in the song is a hobo's paradise, not a place meant to entice youngsters. I edited this once to correct that but it got changed back.
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The mention of "Independence Day" in the Talk Radio section misrepresents the song. The girl didn't burn down the house, the mother did. The relevant lyrics go: "Well she lit up the sky that Fourth of July". "She" is a reference to the mother, as the song is in the first person perspective of the young girl. The music video makes it even clearer as it shows the mother trashing the house, then sitting down, lighting a match, and letting the lit match fall to the floor and catch the house on fire as she just sits there.
The entire premise of this trope is incredibly shaky. Most of these songs were selected because of their emotional resonance, not their lyrical content. Yes, there often is a disconnect between the lyrics and the (usually) commercial message, but for the vast majority of listeners lyrics are an incidental element of the music. It's a little like noticing that the Atlanta Hawks have blue in their uniforms and pointing out that real hawks aren't blue.
In the specific case of Sean Hannity and Independence Day, Martina Mc Bride has appreared at Freedom Concerts that Hannity hosted, so I assume that his use of the song has her blessing.