Rock music has produced its fair share of deathless poetry — precious little of which features in Crap Lyrics, a book by British writer Johnny Read the full post.
Oct 29
2009
03:25 PM ET
'Crap Lyrics': What's your favorite example of lyrical lousiness?
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“She’s homeless, she’s homeless, la- da -dee- da- da-la- da- dee -da -da”
“She’s homeless, she’s homeless, la- da -dee- da- da-la- da- dee -da -da”
ha did you two plan that
This from Jill Scott…”Living my life like it’s golden, living my life like it’s golden, living my life like its golden,living my life like its golden-golden”
“I’m restless tonight, because I wasted the light”
“(So Just) Shake shake shake like a lettuce leaf,
shake it til the slugs fall off!
”
“Can’t explain all the feelings that you’re making me feel
My heart’s in overdrive and you’re behind the steering wheel”
How about White Lion’s “When the children cry” which contains the line…”when the children fight…let ‘em know it ain’t right.”
You got a great car
Yeah, what’s wrong with it today?
I used to have one too,
Maybe I’ll come and have a look.
I really love
your hairdo, yeah
I’m glad you like mine too,
See what looking pretty cool will get ya?
So, what do you do?
Oh yeah, I wait tables too.
No, I haven’t heard your band,
‘Cause you guys are pretty new.
But if you dig on vegan food
Well come over to my work
I’ll have them cook you
Something that you’ll really love.
’cause I like you
yeah I like you
and I’m feeling so bohemian like you
Yeah I like you yeah I like you.
And I feel whoa ho woo
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Wait
Whose that guy
Just hanging at your pad
He’s looking kinda bummed
Yeah, you broke up, thats too bad.
I guess it’s fair if he always pays the rent
And he doesn’t get bent
about sleeping on the couch when I’m there
DANDY WARHOLS stupid name silly lyrics
Bang a gong. Get it on.
The lyrics to Starship’s “We Built this City on Rock-n-Roll”. That song always bugs me. Also, Manfred Man’s lyrics from Blinded by the Light”… “revved up like a deuce”…
This song had a moment several years ago and the first few lines buggged me.
“While he was schemin’
I was beamin in the Beamer, just beamin’”
Blu Cantrell – “Hit ‘em Up Style”
I understand the “need” to rhyme “schemin’” and “beamin’” but then why wasn’t she driving something that would make her song sound less stupid.
And WTF is “Hit ‘em Up Style”?
“Do you feel the way you hate? Do you hate the way you feel?” Thanks Bush for that suckiness.
I’m so low yeah I look like an Asian- Lil’ Wayne.