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That reminds me of 'Pedagogical Pop', a 15 minute show I used to catch sometimes on the BBC World Service, where the lyrics to current chart songs were dissected & explained for the benefit of foreign listeners. All done in a very dry BBC way.
I remember it from the 70s/80s where they'd pick a song such as Every Breath You Take by Police. It could be a bit comical depending on what song was the subject - "he's expressing his love for her & appreciation of her shapely body using fruit as a metaphor. A metaphor is.."
In my first teaching job I had to help a non-native English teacher break down scenes from Toy Story with particular emphasis on idiom. She seemed a bit shocked when I explained that 'Son of a building block' was a corruption of something... non-family friendly.