Worst lyrics?

[irishgrizzly]

No enough people listen to song lyrics, I guess that's why there's...

http://reallybadlyrics.com/

[Teh Don Ditty]

The Doors and Queen do not belong on there.

Really bad lyrics, as the site says, seems to belong to more recent music.

[Drumjim85]

lil' wayne.

[yg17]

lil' wayne.

Or just about any other rap song....

[marold280]

Lady Gagging whore. (gaga)
she is generally awful.

[Kashchei]

I've always cringed when I heard McCartney sing (in "Live and Let Die")

And in this ever-changing world
in which we live in

[Henri Gaudier]

Although I wouldn't consider Shaun Ryder a great artist anyone who wrote ...

"Son I'm thirty .. I only went with your mother cos she's dirty ... and I don't have a decent bone in me ... what you get is just what you see yeah!"

.... deserves not to be on this rather short, daft list..

[Melrose]

I know there are songs out there with only a few words repeated endlessly for the whole song, but none come to mind atm. Those always smack of a lack of creativity for the writer..

"All I Need Is a Miracle" by Mike & the Mechanics - a good song, but incredibly simplistic, redundant lyrics..

[Unspoken Demise]

Womanizer

Apparently that guy is a womanizer.
Repeat it
over and over
eventually EVERYONE
will know he's a womanizer.
If not, you can just jump start your career again by repeating another word over and over.

Circuses come to mind....

Eventually everyone will forget all the crazy.
And remember the pop teen we once all knew and loved.

[SlasherDuff]

I love Guns N' Roses but the song "Anything Goes" bothers me

"I been thinkin' bout, thinkin' bout sex, I was hungry for something that I haven't had yet"


AARRGGGHH!

[GGGUUUYYY]

Or just about any other rap song....

You couldn't be more wrong.. Unless your talking about mainstream hip hop:confused:

[steve2112]

I know there are songs out there with only a few words repeated endlessly for the whole song, but none come to mind atm. Those always smack of a lack of creativity for the writer..

"All I Need Is a Miracle" by Mike & the Mechanics - a good song, but incredibly simplistic, redundant lyrics..

Just pick one of several KISS songs. "I wanna rock n roll all night, and party every day" repeated about 50 times.

Almost anything by Journey. Some of the cheesiest, sappiest lyrics every to show up in rock.

[Dagless]

I don't follow new music at all but on the way into town my sister put the radio on, amongst the trash was a song with some lyric-

"Are we human or are we denser?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we denser?"

... What. The Killers I think they were called. And as if by magic my brother next doors playing some song about a girl having turntables in her eyes, nutters!

[Jaffa Cake]

The Killers lyrics are actually "Are we human or are we dancers?', which I'm sure you'll agree makes much more sense...

[arkitect]

No enough people listen to song lyrics, I guess that's why there's...

http://reallybadlyrics.com/

How on earth did Bohemian Rhapsody get to be on that list?

:confused::confused:

[Unspoken Demise]

No enough people listen to song lyrics, I guess that's why there's...

http://reallybadlyrics.com/

Wow, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is on there.
The guy's response?

"See kids this is why drugs are bad ok?"

Its a song about LSD

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

[woolyback]

Its a song about LSD

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Not according to the people who actually wrote it...

[Unspoken Demise]

Not according to the people who actually wrote it...

Link? Thats what I've always heard. It makes sense.

[Surely]

Link? Thats what I've always heard. It makes sense.

According to John, it was about a drawing that his son drew of a woman named Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

I think that John was FOS. That song was inspired by, if not about, LSD. It just wasn't acceptable to write a song about drugs at that time, so they had to make up something to reduce the controversy.

[Unspoken Demise]

According to John, it was about a drawing that his son drew of a woman named Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

I think that John was FOS. That song was inspired by, if not about, LSD. It just wasn't acceptable to write a song about drugs at that time, so they had to make up something to reduce the controversy.

Yeah, that does make a lot of sense.

[benflick]

Sugarland's "All I Want To Do".
Ugh. Most annoying song ever!

The Killers lyrics are actually "Are we human or are we dancers?', which I'm sure you'll agree makes much more sense...

Haha, it's actually "Are we human or are we dancer". No "s" at the end of dancer. Anyway, that song is just weird. However 'I can't stay" by The Killers is a great song.:)

[MrM]

Insert Popozao by Kevin Federline here.

[emt1]

katy perry

[dsnort]

The Doors and Queen do not belong on there.

Really bad lyrics, as the site says, seems to belong to more recent music.

Nah, The Doors belong. "C'mon Baby light my fire" Repeat 80 times. End with "Try to set the night on FIIIIIUUUUURRRREEE!" Plenty of cheese there.

I love Guns N' Roses but the song "Anything Goes" bothers me

"I been thinkin' bout, thinkin' bout sex, I was hungry for something that I haven't had yet"


AARRGGGHH!

Wasn't "aiieeeiiiieeeeiiii" an original Axl Rose lyric?

How on earth did Bohemian Rhapsody get to be on that list?

:confused::confused:

Rock Opera is an acquired taste.

[Melrose]

Just pick one of several KISS songs. "I wanna rock n roll all night, and party every day" repeated about 50 times.

Almost anything by Journey. Some of the cheesiest, sappiest lyrics every to show up in rock.

Not 'Faithfully', surely? :D

I agree about Kiss - Although Detroit Rock City was good.

[CaptMurdock]

This guy needs a serious refresher course...

Let's go a little old-school here with Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting":

"They were funky Chinamen
From funky Chinatown."

:o

[steve2112]

Not 'Faithfully', surely? :D

I agree about Kiss - Although Detroit Rock City was good.

My friends make fun of me for getting twitchy when we are out in public and Journey comes on. It doesn't help that Steve Perry's causes me pain in my ears. (Yeah, I know...this from a guy who likes Geddy Lee :)) I think the condition is the result of a college roommate who loved Journey and bought the CD boxed set. He proceeded to play that stupid thing all the freakin' time. At one point, I threatened to throw the whole thing out our 6th floor dorm window. He bought some headphones after that. :)

As for bad lyrics...even the greats can have those moments that make you say WTF?? One of my favorite bands, Led Zeppelin did it on Dancing Days. "I saw a lion and he was standing alone with a tadpole in a jar". Uhh...WTF?? I'll have some of what you guys were having! I won't even get into D'yer Mak'er.

[gkarris]

How about "Your Body Is A Wonderland" by John Meyer?

(or most of his songs for that matter - way overplayed and overrated, sort of the 21st Century Billy Joel... :eek:)

[Jaffa Cake]

Haha, it's actually "Are we human or are we dancer". No "s" at the end of dancer.Ah well, that makes even more sense. Well done those Killers, I say. :p

[iBlue]

Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy diggy said the boogy said up jump the boogy.



but somehow it's still satisfying to say. :o

[Melrose]

How about "Your Body Is A Wonderland" by John Meyer?

(or most of his songs for that matter - way overplayed and overrated, sort of the 21st Century Billy Joel... :eek:)

I can't stand John Mayer. My (former) guitar teacher was in college w him, and said he was one weird dude ... and he said they made horrible fun of his first album.

Steve I don't mind some Journey, tbh. But their mainstream hits - the ones you ALL THE TIME are the bad ones. There're a few deeper cuts that aren't so bad. But Perry's voice grates on my ears after a while, so it's like "two songs.. k done."

[Ish]

What about that verse in 'Good Morning Starshine'?

Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song

[CarlisleUnited]

Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss a Beat:

Television's on the blink (there's nothin' on it)
I really wanna really big coat (with words on it)
What do you want for tea? (I want crisps)
Why didn't you join the team? (I just didn't)

[michael.lauden]

I can't stand John Mayer. My (former) guitar teacher was in college w him, and said he was one weird dude ... and he said they made horrible fun of his first album.

Steve I don't mind some Journey, tbh. But their mainstream hits - the ones you ALL THE TIME are the bad ones. There're a few deeper cuts that aren't so bad. But Perry's voice grates on my ears after a while, so it's like "two songs.. k done."

ahaha oh his FIRST album.

[SwiftLives]

Someone left the cake out in the rain....

[MOFS]

No enough people listen to song lyrics, I guess that's why there's...

http://reallybadlyrics.com/

Is this your website? It's just it's a bit ... austere. Seems very subjective - almost a facebook list made into a website. I remember there was a vote, and Des'ree's Life was voted worst song lyrically ...

Ooh, I get the shivers
I don't want to see a ghost,
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast
And watch the evening news


BBC link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6626239.stm)

[benflick]

Chacarron Macarron, by far the worst.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmPehlHK3w

[That-Is-Bull]

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.
I'm beggin' you to beg me.
I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.
I'm beggin' you to beg me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.

I HATE this song. I get pissed off every time I hear it just because of how incredibly stupid the lyrics are. I always picture some 13-year-old writing this song thinking "wow 'i want u 2 want me' this is so clevr!!!! ima repeat it over and over and over and over and over EVEN THOUGH IT'S EXTREMELY STUPID AND NOT CLEVER AT ALL."

And the fauxing beginning where the moron says "I want... you... to want... me" OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO STAB MYSELF IN THE EARS THE NEXT TIME I HEAR THIS SONG ON THE RADIO

[Melrose]

I HATE this song. I get pissed off every time I hear it just because of how incredibly stupid the lyrics are. I always picture some 13-year-old writing this song thinking "wow 'i want u 2 want me' this is so clevr!!!! ima repeat it over and over and over and over and over EVEN THOUGH IT'S EXTREMELY STUPID AND NOT CLEVER AT ALL."

And the fauxing beginning where the moron says "I want... you... to want... me" OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO STAB MYSELF IN THE EARS THE NEXT TIME I HEAR THIS SONG ON THE RADIO

I hear you. bad lyrics. Bad, bad lyrics.

Michael.Lauden - yeh, the first one. He only improve marginally, which still isn't enough (imo) to bring him up to the 'listenable' point.

[iBlue]

Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss a Beat:

Television's on the blink (there's nothin' on it)
I really wanna really big coat (with words on it)
What do you want for tea? (I want crisps)
Why didn't you join the team? (I just didn't)

I think it's a great demonstration of how ridiculous our yoofs are. The lyrics are purposely obnoxious, of course.

[MOFS]

I think it's a great demonstration of how ridiculous our yoofs are. The lyrics are purposely obnoxious, of course.

I'd disagree. CF...

I say high, you say low
You say why, and I say I don't know
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello

Hardly rocket science, eh?

[mysterytramp]

"The movement you need is on your shoulder." I saw a documentary in which Paul says that was a throwaway line that he meant to change before the final cut. John talked him into keeping it, and each time Paul sings it, he thinks of John.

As competitive as the Beatles were, something tells me that John knew Paul had a classic (about his son no less) and was determined to make sure there was at least one tiny piece of ****** in it, if only for future ball-busting rights.

"I'm getting closer to my home" ... Now that's a stupid lyric. Grand Funk sings it over and over again, apparently never getting any closer.

mt

[arkitect]

Someone left the cake out in the rain....

All the sweet, green icing flowing down…

[Chundles]

"Shush baby, shut your lips,
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips"

That stupid Lady Gaga song about riding a disco stick.

[Peterkro]

All the sweet, green icing flowing down…



In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants:confused::confused:

[arkitect]

In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants:confused::confused:

I love the Seventies Sixties… :D

[iBlue]

I'd disagree. CF...



Hardly rocket science, eh?

huh? What does that have to do with me thinking the Kaiser Chiefs' "Never Miss a Beat" lyrics aren't so bad?

[sammich]

Toop Toop [Remix] - Cassius
It's from MoS Annual 2007 so it's forgiven for having nonsensical lyrics. If you listen to this song, it's just, strange....

After all the words we sing
I got my eyes on my machine
You could just put online
So I got some piece of mine
I could keep up during night
Im gonna search people fight
Hanging out on every
All I got is a machine

As a honourable mention, Sandstorm - Darude (http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=xPndGEa9Ztw%3D).

[djellison]

'Isn't it ironic, don't you think'

No, Alanis, it's not ironic. Thus, rendering the song itself, unintentionally ironic :)

[chappy87]

http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=47950&in_page_id=7

The competition was fierce, but a song by Nineties star Des'ree has been voted the worst ever pop lyric.

'I don't want to see a ghost/It's the sight that I fear most/I'd rather have a piece of toast/Watch the evening news,' she sings on Life.

[Surely]

The chorus from the song "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac:

Thunder only happens when its raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say... women... they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean... you'll know

WTH is that? They aren't even true statements...... it can thunder without raining...... players only love you when they're playing? What does that even mean?

[MacVixen]

The chorus from the song "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac:

Thunder only happens when its raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say... women... they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean... you'll know

WTH is that? They aren't even true statements...... it can thunder without raining...... players only love you when they're playing? What does that even mean?

Well, the thunder lyric I'll agree with you on, but I actually understand the players line.

"Players only love you when they're playing" = guys (or gals for that matter), who like to sleaze around only seem to have the hots for that particular person when they are "in the moment" so to speak, so "only when they're playing".

[Surely]

Well, the thunder lyric I'll agree with you on, but I actually understand the players line.

"Players only love you when they're playing" = guys (or gals for that matter), who like to sleaze around only seem to have the hots for that particular person when they are "in the moment" so to speak, so "only when they're playing".

Regardless, just horrible. It's like she threw 4 lines together that at least rhymed.

Was the slang word 'player' even used in that way in 1977?

[ViciousShadow21]

the worst lyrics i have ever heard are in a song called "Butterfly" by Crazy Town.

Here is a the first verse and if you want a really good laugh HERE (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/crazytown/butterfly.html) is the whole song

Come my lady
Come come my lady
you're my butterfly
Sugar.baby

Such a sexy,sexy pretty little thing
Fierce nipple pierce you got me sprung with your tongue ring
and I ain't gonna lie cause your loving gets me high
So to keep you by my side there's nothing that I won't try
Butterflies in her eyes and looks to kill
Time is passing I'm asking could this be real
Cause I can't sleep I can't hold still
The only thing I really know is she got sex appeal

[sanPietro98]

Def Leppard always said that lyrics don't matter, it's all about the sound. I think this is exhibit A:

Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone
Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp
Demolition woman, can I be your man?
Razzle 'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light
Television lover, baby, go all night
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss ah innocent sugar me, yeah
Hey!
C'mon, take a bottle, shake it up
Break the bubble, break it up

[mysterytramp]

That pseudo-intellectual claptrap from Kansas ... "Dust in the Wind" is Exhibit A.

Styx records should be burned.

I love Bob Dylan (you might have picked that up from my sig) but "Wiggle, Wiggle" is a crime against humanity.

mt

[dantherevelator]

I love Bob Dylan (you might have picked that up from my sig) but "Wiggle, Wiggle" is a crime against humanity.


How about in Moonlight, when he boogered up something he loved enough to steal?

"For whom does the bell toll for, love?
It tolls for you and me."

Gak! I dunno Bob, for whom does it toll for?

[Surely]

That pseudo-intellectual claptrap from Kansas ... "Dust in the Wind" is Exhibit A.

Styx records should be burned.

I love Bob Dylan (you might have picked that up from my sig) but "Wiggle, Wiggle" is a crime against humanity.

mt

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup,
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop

or

Wiggle 'til you're high, wiggle 'til you're higher,
Wiggle 'til you vomit fire

That's pure poetry! :D I always hoped that Dylan was just screwing with everyone with that song.

How about "Handy Dandy"? Yikes.

I noticed your sig. One of my favorite Dylan songs.

[misohoni]

To paraphrase Desree' "I just saw a Ghost, I'd like to have a piece of Toast...and watch the evening news.." = pretty bad.

[amd4me]

"beats so big i be steppin on leprechauns"

[Ivan P]

There's this little-known ABBA song called Soldiers that has a line that I totally despise - "They drum their drums and look so strong". I'm just not a huge fan of using the same word as both a verb and noun so close together. But then again they weren't very big on English grammar...

[DoFoT9]

lil' wayne.

Or just about any other rap song....

Lady Gagging whore. (gaga)
she is generally awful.

Womanizer

Apparently that guy is a womanizer.
Repeat it
over and over
eventually EVERYONE
will know he's a womanizer.
If not, you can just jump start your career again by repeating another word over and over.

Circuses come to mind....

Eventually everyone will forget all the crazy.
And remember the pop teen we once all knew and loved.

katy perry

"Shush baby, shut your lips,
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips"


oh come on! how could you call ANY of these songs/artists crap!?!? they are mainstream!! they are number 1/near number1 on charts all over the world. they are VERY good songs. i can tell you are all out of the loop :rolleyes:

That stupid Lady Gaga song about riding a disco stick.
best lady gaga song ever - its called love games

[TuffLuffJimmy]

The best part about this thread is you know everyone here who knocks Gaga really loves her music.



Guilty pleasures, anyone?

[djellison]

Maybe not the worst lyrics, but possibly the most annoying

Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella, ella ella, eh eh eh
Under my umbrella ella ella, eh eh eh,
Under my umbrella ella ella, eh eh eh,
Under my umbrella ella ella, eh eh eh, eh eh eh

eh eh ehshut UP about yer frickin brolly.

[maxrobertson]

The Doors and Queen do not belong on there.

Really bad lyrics, as the site says, seems to belong to more recent music.

A LOT of early bands had horribly stupid lyrics. Pop music these days has really bad music, yeah, but that's never been unusual.

[maxrobertson]

The best part about this thread is you know everyone here who knocks Gaga really loves her music.



Guilty pleasures, anyone?

Her music is sh**. You don't have to listen to her more than a little bit to know that. You might like her, but that doesn't mean other people have to.

[maxrobertson]

You couldn't be more wrong.. Unless your talking about mainstream hip hop:confused:

Yeah, really. I don't really listen to hip hop, but if you think rap has bad lyrics, you're ignorant. Non mainstream rap focuses almost entirely on lyrics. That's what it's historically about. That's like saying all rock lyrics are bad because you've only listened to nickelback.

How about "Your Body Is A Wonderland" by John Meyer?

(or most of his songs for that matter - way overplayed and overrated, sort of the 21st Century Billy Joel... )


Yeah, I've gotta say it's probably one of the worst songs ever written. Everything about it is sappy, insipid AND disgusting and creepy.

[amd4me]

I love how in half of these posts people post pretty deep and meaningful lyrics.
They just dont see the meaning.

[mysterytramp]

As a kind of coda to this discussion, I wanted to share how much I've been grooving lately on Bruce Springsteen's "Long Walk Home" from Magic. Lyrically, it's definitely one of his best and maybe one of the best that's been out in a while. It's a great metaphor, that the long walk home is returning to our values, to our roots. It speaks directly to what we're going through now and I'm sure it will speak to nearly any age and any political stripe that comes along.

The last verse is amazing:

Here everybody has a neighbor
Everybody has a friend
Everybody has a reason to begin again

My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town,
It's a beautiful place to be born.
It just wraps its arms around you,
Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone
You know that flag flying over the courthouse
Means certain things are set in stone
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't"


A fine bit of writing.

mt

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I love how in half of these posts people post pretty deep and meaningful lyrics.
They just dont see the meaning.
examples? Maybe the posters do indeed see the meaning you see, but find it pretty shallow. I consider all songs about a vague love to be shallow, but you might find then to the Mariana Trench.

[scotty96LSC]

Or just about any other rap song....

Exactly.

[amd4me]

examples? Maybe the posters do indeed see the meaning you see, but find it pretty shallow. I consider all songs about a vague love to be shallow, but you might find then to the Mariana Trench.

Most love songs are crap.

[Dagless]

The best part about this thread is you know everyone here who knocks Gaga really loves her music.

Eh, hows that then? I don't like her music and she isn't a guilty pleasure.

the worst lyrics i have ever heard are in a song called "Butterfly" by Crazy Town.

Good gravy, I haven't heard that song since, 2000? I forgot all about it but yea, horrible song, horrible video too.

[Surely]

^^^^ I agree with raggedjimmi, I don't like Gaga's music and she isn't a guilty pleasure of mine either.


Most love songs and crap.

Great answer, well said.

You should write songs and crap.

[amd4me]

^^^^ I agree with raggedjimmi, I don't like Gaga's music and she isn't a guilty pleasure of mine either.




Great answer, well said.

You should write songs and crap.


well like babi I be in love wit you. Buy you da nicest **** yo.

[Kyrahlynn]

According to John, it was about a drawing that his son drew of a woman named Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

I think that John was FOS. That song was inspired by, if not about, LSD. It just wasn't acceptable to write a song about drugs at that time, so they had to make up something to reduce the controversy.


Agreed. There's no way that song wasn't drug-inspired (or induced!) That said, it has some fascinating lyrics that are fun to visualize... they're very abstract, but not bad :p

[abijnk]

Alicia Keyes - Dragon Days

And it feels like, dragon days
And the fire's hot
Like the desert needs water
I need you a lot
Dragon days
I need to be saved
I'm missin' you
(and the days drag on and on)

[yancey47]

Anything with or like:

"Down on my knees, begging you please"

"You're a star, that is what you are"

[Tomorrow]

According to John, it was about a drawing that his son drew of a woman named Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

I think that John was FOS. That song was inspired by, if not about, LSD. It just wasn't acceptable to write a song about drugs at that time, so they had to make up something to reduce the controversy.

I'm pretty sure the story is real - there's even a scan of the picture:

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Lucy_in_the_Sky_with_Diamonds

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Alicia Keyes - Dragon Days

And it feels like, dragon days
And the fire's hot
Like the desert needs water
I need you a lot
Dragon days
I need to be saved
I'm missin' you
(and the days drag on and on)
Dragon, drag on.

Am I the only one who thinks that's a really funny pun?

[mysterytramp]

Journey -- a band I've never been able to stomach -- seems to be having something of a resurgence, maybe because "Don't Stop Believing" closed the Sopranos. Ok, OK, I'll put my Journey-hate aside long enough to say that DSB isn't horrible. But this is some of the dumbest lyrics in rock:

Some will win
Some will lose
Some are born
to sing the blues.

Ugh. People should just la-la-la through that verse. It's less inane.

mt

[Surely]

I'm pretty sure the story is real - there's even a scan of the picture:

http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Lucy_in_the_Sky_with_Diamonds

Yes, I know there is an "actual picture" of Lucy. However, it was thought to have been produced after-the-fact, in order to make the "my kid drew a picture so we wrote a song" story seem more believable.

Besides, if you actually read the link you posted, you would have read the following in the fourth paragraph:

However, during a newspaper interview in 2004, McCartney was quoted as saying, "Day Tripper, that's one about acid. Lucy in the Sky, that's pretty obvious.

[Teh Don Ditty]

Journey -- a band I've never been able to stomach -- seems to be having something of a resurgence, maybe because "Don't Stop Believing" closed the Sopranos. Ok, OK, I'll put my Journey-hate aside long enough to say that DSB isn't horrible. But this is some of the dumbest lyrics in rock:

Some will win
Some will lose
Some are born
to sing the blues.

Ugh. People should just la-la-la through that verse. It's less inane.

mt

Best. Drunk. Song. Ever.

Seriously.

[Freis968]

I was shocked to see that someone actually typed out all the lyrics to:

Revolution 9 by The Beatles.

That not only gets my vote for worst lyrics but worst song ever as well...

http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/alley/5118/beatles/revolution_9-ly.html

[LizKat]

I don't really mind a lot of the not-wrapped-very-tight lyrics of alt rock or even some pop -- after all, I do like puzzles, and laughing at absurdities-- but when I'm in the supermarket and something like the below bit from a Trace Adkins song oozes out of the audio system, I often enough think about abandoning my shopping cart and leaving the store empty-handed.

"Every light in the house is on
just in case you ever do get tired of bein' gone.
If I should ever start forgettin'
I'll turn the lights off one by one
for you to see that I agree it's over,
but until then I want you to know
if you look south you'll see a glow:
that's me waitin' at home each night to hold ya."

A good band and a good beat can transform bad lyrics into great music. But when the lyrics are just plain insipid and the music also lacks inspiration, that's a pretty high bar for the performers to face (and for listeners to tolerate).

The best lyrics draw you into a story. Willie Nelson's "City of New Orleans" (about the train of that name, not the town) is wonderful:

"... and the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers
ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel;
mothers with their babes alseep, rockin' to the gentle beat
and the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
Good mornin' America, how are ya?
Say, don't ya know me? I'm your native son!
I'm the train they call The City Of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done..."

When you have heard that song, you have heard a story, shared a journey, learned something about the USA. And you haven't a clue whether the singer-songwriter's personal heart is broken or he's had a really good day. When the song is over, you may well feel sad over "the disappearin' railroad blues" but mostly you're sorry the song is finished. It's like coming to the end of a book you have liked, feeling sad there are not more chapters.

The Trace Adkins' "Every Light in the House" track reveals only that he is obsessed about the "you" to whom he is singing. The lyrics caricature rather than illuminate the pain of a broken heart. When that song is over, you are GRATEFUL!

[Surely]

^^^ City of New Orleans was one of the first songs that I learned how to play on guitar. :cool:

[LizKat]

We seem enroute to converting this thread into one on "best lyrics" :confused: :)

[eskalation.dk]

50 Cent - Wanksta
We in the club doing the same ol' two step
Gorilla unit cause they say we bugged out
Cause we don't go nowhere without toast we thugged out

Makes no sense whatsoever.

[Beerfloat]

Shakira wins:
Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains

:o

She admitted she didn't speak english real well when she wrote the song so she just sorta slapped something together that rhymed.

[michael.lauden]

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[obeygiant]

john mayer - say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say


LOL. For sure!



Last night I had the strangest dream
I sailed away to China
In a little row boat to find ya
And you said you had to get your laundry cleaned
Didn't want no-one to hold you
What does that mean
And you said

Ain't nothin' gonna to break my stride
Nobody's gonna slow me down, oh-no
I got to keep on movin'
Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride
I'm running and I won't touch ground
Oh-no, I got to keep on movin'

[Firefly2002]

Or just about any other rap song....

LOLGOOD1

oh wait, no, you just sound old :/

[pimentoLoaf]

Blinded by the Light (http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/blow/blindedbythelight.htm)

:eek::confused::eek::confused::eek::confused::eek::confused:

[Surely]

Blinded by the Light (http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/blow/blindedbythelight.htm)

:eek::confused::eek::confused::eek::confused::eek::confused:

It is not all gibberish- the phrases have meaning: wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_by_the_Light) and songfacts (http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=964)

[DELLsFan]

"...Choke me in the shallow water
Before I get too deep
What I am is what I am
You what you are or what
What I am is what I am
You what you are or..."

All time 80s epic Fail

LOL! :cool:

[Surely]

"...Choke me in the shallow water
Before I get too deep
What I am is what I am
You what you are or what
What I am is what I am
You what you are or..."

All time 80s epic Fail

LOL! :cool:

You have the lyrics partially wrong. It's:
"What I am is what I am
Are you what you are or what?"

It's a cool song with interesting lyrics.

"Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box,
Religion is the smile on a dog"

[steve2112]

Best. Drunk. Song. Ever.

Seriously.

Nope. I have NEVER been drunk enough to like Journey. Just like I have never been drunk enough to like the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard.

[cycocelica]

lil' wayne.

Or just about any other rap song....

Sadly both of you keep a narrow point of view of hip hop/rap and wouldn't know a good rap song if it blared in your headphones.

With that said, Soulja Boy Tell 'em - Kiss Me Through the Phone has some terrible lyrics.

[Surely]

Sadly both of you keep a narrow point of view of hip hop/rap and wouldn't know a good rap song if it blared in your headphones.


The problem is that all of the popular hip hop/rap (e.g. Lil' Wayne) really really sucks. It's just so bad.

The only good hip hop/rap is made by indie artists, and the casual listener doesn't get to hear it because the radio doesn't play it.
For example: D-Sisive (http://www.myspace.com/dsisive) (check out his song "Brian Wilson"), K-OS, and Grand Analog.

[obeygiant]

Blinded by the Light (http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/blow/blindedbythelight.htm)

:eek::confused::eek::confused::eek::confused::eek::confused:

ha ha, wrapped up like a douche, another rubber in the night.


Didn't know it was written by Springsteen.

[Tomorrow]

john mayer - say what you need to say, say what you need to say,...

In that vein, I give you The Police:

Sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS,...

"...Choke me in the shallow water
Before I get too deep
What I am is what I am
You what you are or what
What I am is what I am
You what you are or..."

And The Beatles:

I am he, as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together.... And it only gets worse from there.

[Mike Teezie]

I humbly submit the most unintentionally hilarious lyics ever:

From 311's Evolution:

On the periodic table they got it all wrong
Let me lay it down for you in this song
People want PT*
They want AU*
Lemme tell you what you really ought to do
Figure out ways to master silicon
Fiber optic connectors
Whatevers beyond
So many people don't even attempt to understand
The limitless possibilities of man

*exceptionally hilarious

[Ivan P]

In that vein, I give you The Police:

Sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS,...



And The Beatles:

I am he, as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together.... And it only gets worse from there.

...see how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly...IM CRYIN'.

Apparently that entire song was inspired by some of Lewis Carroll's work...

[ezekielrage_99]

Lady Gagging whore. (gaga)
she is generally awful.

LOL I agree, she is just plain bad...

I think Wesley Willis should make the list as well, although he is kinda cool is an alternative way.

[Henri Gaudier]

As a kind of coda to this discussion, I wanted to share how much I've been grooving lately on Bruce Springsteen's "Long Walk Home" from Magic. Lyrically, it's definitely one of his best and maybe one of the best that's been out in a while. It's a great metaphor, that the long walk home is returning to our values, to our roots. It speaks directly to what we're going through now and I'm sure it will speak to nearly any age and any political stripe that comes along.

The last verse is amazing:

A fine bit of writing.mt

I like the odd BS. album. Nebraska is wonderful. I even like Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart films but this is saccharine brain rot. As for your roots? They're horrific. Your nation is built on genocide. Quit idealising yourself. Now .. I know this reads harshly .. it's not meant to but please ... come on!

[Xavier]

stacks on d, Patron on ice..

aka every other rap song

[Gasu E.]

This is a dumb discussion about a dumb website. Song lyrics are not intended to exist outside the musical context. There is nothing dumb about repeating a lyric, especially when is attached to rich variations in melody, instrumentation and voice modulation.

[djellison]

There is nothing dumb about repeating a lyric, especially when is attached to rich variations in melody, instrumentation and voice modulation.

Umbrella ella ella eh eh eh

Melody? None. Instrumentation? None. Voice Modulation? None.

I agree - in the right context, repeated lyrics can and do work. But in many cases, they are a symptom of lazy writing and production. Furthermore, this thread is not about bad songs because of their lyrics - it's specifically about the lyrics themselves outside of their musical context. And, when you read some of them, they're utter bloomin' nonsense.

Of course, to label a discussion as dumb....only to join in. Hmm.

[cycocelica]

The problem is that all of the popular hip hop/rap (e.g. Lil' Wayne) really really sucks. It's just so bad.

The only good hip hop/rap is made by indie artists, and the casual listener doesn't get to hear it because the radio doesn't play it.
For example: D-Sisive (http://www.myspace.com/dsisive) (check out his song "Brian Wilson"), K-OS, and Grand Analog.

This just helps reiterate my first point. Go buy Tha Carter I-III and listen to other songs that weren't played on the radio. His can lyrically dominate almost anyone.

stacks on d, Patron on ice..

aka every other rap song

It's actually "stacks on deck" meaning he is wealthy.

But judging music and lyrics is almost as stupid as arguing over politics. It never gets anywhere.