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Shania Twain "Man, I feel like a woman" ...why have such a bad line and then make it the title of the song?! http://open.spotify.com/track/66CTx0E05qpihO0YKBVHq0
Shania Twain "Man, I feel like a woman" ...why have such a bad line and then make it the title of the song?! http://open.spotify.com/track/66CTx0E05qpihO0YKBVHq0
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I don't want to see a ghost,
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast
The old classic
I'm sure this thread has occured at least 17 times..
*greatest
I had to listen to a terrible album the other day
by some woman called Polly Scattergood. One of the lyrics was, "you can spit on my French knickers"...
Without fail, this:
No mommy don't do it again,
don't do it again,
I'll be a good boy
I'll be a good boy, I promise.
No mommy don't hit me,
OW, why did you have to hit
me like that mommy?
Don't do it you're hurting me O-HOW.
Why do you have to be such a bitch.
Why don't you why
don't you fuck off and die!
Why can't you just fuck off and die!
Why can't you just leave here and die!
Never stick your hand
in my face again, bitch.
FUCK YOU!!!
I don't need this shit!
You stupid, sadistic, abusive, fucking whore.
Would you like to see how it feels mommy?
Here it comes get ready to DIE!
:D
Oooo Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa \m/
He said worst not best!
i quite like this
even though it is really bad pseudo-punk rubbish and makes no sense
they can't criticise upper class people
whilst rhyming 'classes' with 'arses'. it smacks of hypocrisy.
the manics knew this with 'masses against the classes'. that's more like it.
All people who pronounce “class” to rhyme with “arse” are toffs?
I’m guessing you’ve never seen EastEnders.
we're headed for venus
maybe you've seen us?
Just imagine that he's saying "penis"
and you've got a whole new song.
I know its almost a cliché to say it
but the 'Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball...' line from Champagne Supernova -still- grates on me a decade and a bit on. Even as a 12 year old hearing it, I thought it was crap.
Nicky Wire in recent years should probably get a few posts in this thread too.
Absolutely.
Miss Euorpa Disco Dancer - both written and sung by the Wire is possibly the lowest point in human history (ish).
My answer is always This Song by the Enemy - unbelievably trite, patronising and hilarious all at once. Plus rat boy is prominent in the video so is good to watch in a peverse, disgusting sort of fashion.
It's even better
When you've skipped vital university classes, paid over the top for flights and tickets at short notice to see them and he sings it live for you. Good memories.
Sounds like some kind of David Lynch nightmare sequence
Congratulations on the effort though.
BRAIN DEAD MOTHER FUCKERS
I love that bit.
One of the highlights of an otherwise pretty middling album.
Song title/lyric shocker
Now I know we don't expect Scouting For Girls to come up with any earth shattering ground breaking music or lyrics but whoever came up with
I Wish I Was James Bond
as a song needs shooting
lets grow old together
and die at the same time
(!!!)
This is either the best lyric in the world. Or the worst.
"there was something like a wall between us
That stopped you going down - on my penis"
By Papa M (Dave Pajo) on the (excellent) Whatever, Mortal LP
Certainly an attention grabbing one, that
Personally I think it's a bit of a try-hard Will Oldham attempt. An otherwise pretty great album, though.
makes sense he hangs out with Bonnie Prince a lot don't he?
They're big mates, yeah
Doesn't mean he's anywhere near as good at the slyly filthy lyric though. He is, however, a fantastic guitarist. One of my favourites, in fact.
I think almost all of the reviews I read mentioned that lyric
Attention grabbing indeed. It's either wince or grin isn't it?
One of my all time favourite albums that.
ooh eee ooh aah aah ting tang walla walla bing bang
this isn't the best lyric thread
weirdly I was thinking how shit this was...
..and how much i hate mcartrey this very morning.
there's a whale in the pool with my mother,
and my dad paints the house different colours,
where would we be, if we couldn't dream?
that's pretty bad
Whilst I love Idlewild
Roddy has written some truly awful lyrics in his time.
_
I created myself to be on my own
but i didnt expect to be alone
did you create yourself to be on your own
these are the reasons things should be unknown
I REQUIRE YOU TO STOP AND LISTEN
^ This
Roddy's a little like Paul Banks in that he can cover the really touching, the really embarassing and the really dull all in one track.
Pretty much the entire of Lily Allen's "Fuck You Very Much"
As Bush-baiting goes it's a) juvenile and a bit rubbish and b) a bit late since he's out of office
"Your just some racist who can't tie my laces" stands out as being a particularly bad moment (especially as, for all the things you could accuse Bush of, racism isn't really one of them anyway)
And a chorus of
"Fuck you,
Fuck you very very much
Cause we hate what you do,
And we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch
Fuck you,
Fuck you very very much
Cause your words dont translate,
And its getting quite late
So please don't stay in touch"
is hardly incisive political commentary either. It's a bit shit all round really. Decent tune though.
^ this
Thread title pretty much describs the essence of the kooks
Just take 24 times repeated words 'love it all'
'you need a vacation, to wake up the cavemen and take them to mexico'
Adam Green is abit weird, no?
later in the song: 'tomorrow gets closer, a purple bulldozer is calling you on the phone'
I luuurve
that shit
you're right
he writes terrible nursery rhyme gubbins. I once interviewed him too, easily the most obnoxious musician I've ever met. He claimed that his lyrics take him weeks to finish because he is very particular about each line. He wasn't being funny.
give me big black men give me white boys skinny give me ice cream on
my birthday - Courtney Crackersby Love
Everyday I Love You Less And Less ..........
I can't believe that you and me did sex.
Eh?
What do you want for tea?!
I WANT CRISPS
actually spat out tea
thanks :)
also shocked that that "did sex" is the lyric. was sure it was "...needed sex", amazing.
i've always tried to figure out the second line
if it's really what you reckon, then i'm lost for words.
I’m pretty sure that’s what it is, yeah
weird, same here.
it sounds oddly plausible but unbelievable at the same time.
i went out on a date with a girl a bit late
she had so many friends!
JUMP
POGO POGO POGO POGO POGO POGO POGO
BOUNCE
POGO POGO POGO POGO POGO POGO POGO
and the winner is...
I use mouthwash
Sometimes I floss
I've got a family
And I drink cups of tea
im sorry for being controversial
but "i was looking for a job and then i found a job, and heaven knows im miserable now."
ummmmmmm
Still love the band mind you
I always thought that was intentionally simplistic
Since the song was to parody the Sandie Shaw song 'Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now'. Or perhaps I am just blinded by Morrissey fandom.
That said, the new album has some cringeworthy moments. For example
I was driving my car,
I crashed and broke my spine,
So yes, there are things worse in life than
never being some-one's sweetie.
That's how people grow up...
What?
I don't get why you'd think that was a bad lyric.
I think Morrissey's prone to the odd terrible lyric but I think that's a very, very good one.
Surely the point he's making is that when you're unemployed you're unhappy 'cos your desperate to find a job and earn money and then when you're unhappy 'cos you have to waste so much of you're life working. So basically you're fucked either way. I think that lyric's an incredibly concise way of saying that.
I never realised how truly awful the following actually is...
...which is a damn shame as apart from the lyrics, I feckin' love this song:
I gotz to hmmm, to throw on
And go on, you know I gotz to flow on
Selectors on ya radio play us
cause were friendly for ozone
But thats not all so hold on
Tight, as I rock the mic right
Oh.. excuse me, pardon
As I syncronize with the analyzed
Upcomin vibes the session,
Let there be a lession, question
You carry protection
Or will your heart go on
Like celine dion - karma chameleon
Yeaah, straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
Hit me!
Styles, steelos, we bring many kilos
So you could pick yours, from the various
Ambitious, nutrious, delicious, delirious
Or vicious, just tell us
We deliver anything from accappellas
To best sellers, suckers get jealous
But their soft like marshmellows
You know they cant handle us
Like debbie does dallas
Yeah, we come scandalous so who tha fuck
Is alice, is she from buckinham palace?
Yeaah, straight from the top of my dome
As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone
I have just remembered though...
...that Freestyler gets extra kudos for being the only song I can think of that opens with the screech of an eagle, and going all "Bill Odie on yo' ass". Magical.
Barney has written some stinkers...
Could be that Im just losing my touch
Or maybe you think my moustache is too much
Satellite is out of control
But you and I are brothers of the soul
And you and I will come in from the cold
shite no?
i saw some pub rock band the other day
one of the songs featured the lines:
'Like a cigarette you hold me
Like a dog you put me down'
i had to leave the room cos i was laughing too much.
"GIIIIIIRL...
your sex is on fire"
Need I say any more!
Might still have a soft spot for them
BUT, my vote actually goes to Reef for their lyrics in 'Weird':
In the morning when we wake
We go down to the place
When we get there we kick a ball
We kick a ball in the car
you rise you fall
you're down then you rise again
WHAT DON'T KILL YA MAKE YA MORE STRONG
Broken Beaten & Scarred by Metallica
how in fuck have we had this whole thread without mentioning Scouting For Girls?
07; Britain's finest secret agent, licensed to kill.
Mixing business with girls and thrills.
I've seen you walk the screen, it's you that I adore.
Since I was a boy I've wanted to be like Roger Moore.
A girl in every port, and gadgets up my sleeve.
The world is not enough for the both of us it seems.
So I wish I was James Bond, just for the day.
Kissing all the girls, blow the bad guys away.
And I wish I was James Bond, just for the day.
Kissing all the girls, blow the bad guys away.
Hello Mr Bond, I've been expecting you.
Martini in your hand, and that eyebrow that you move.
Don't take this the wrong way, I know it might sound odd.
I'm the next double 0, I'm the right man for the job.
So I wish I was James Bond, just for the day.
Kissing all the girls, blow the bad guys away.
And I wish I was James Bond, just for the day.
Kissing all the girls, blow the bad guys away.
I've a license, I've a license, I've a license to thrill.
I've a license, I've a license, I've a license to kill.
I've a license, I've a license, I've a license to thrill.
I've a license, I've a license, I've a license to kill.
I wanted to be you, I wanted to be you, I wanted to be someone else.
I wanted to be you, I wanted to be you, I wanted to be someone else.
And I wish I was James Bond, just for the day.
Kissing all the girls, blow the bad guys away.
And I wish I was James Bond, just for the day.
Kissing all the girls, blow the bad guys away.
And I wish I was James Bond, just for the day.
Kissing all the girls, blow the bad guys away.
Roger and Sean and Timmy and George and Daniel and Pierce and maybe one day me
Right, now this band are so dull I don't even know what their lead singer is called. But, fucking hell, what a fucking tulip.
I was a little too reactionary
with all my swearing there. Apologies and that.
Wiggy Wiggy Wiggy
I'm gettin' Jiggy.
her stories are boring and stuff
she's always calling my bluff
(darn)
heh
First thing I did when I opened the thread was to Apple+F Interpol.
For those that haven't seen it, this is one of my favourite pieces of dismissive writing:
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-worst-lines-on-interpols-first-album.htm
i really do miss stylus
you wear those shoes like a dove
paul is consistent at least
Oh Paul....
But you're so young
You're so young
You look in my eyes
You're so young, so sweet, so surprised
You look so young...
(drum roll)
Like a daisy in my lazy eye
"There's nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio THAT I CAN BELIEEEEVE IN!"
Ugh
ALL MY LIFE
OH
WATCHIN' AMERICA
i've got soul
but i'm not a soldier
but you are an arsehole.
and "And they killed a man for his giro today" - i mean, fuck off how contrived
Reminds me of the Bill Bailey skit
"'I've got soul but I'm not a soldier?' What does that even mean? It's like saying 'I've got ham but I'm not a hamster'"
Oh dear, and the funniest thing about Killamangiro is that people think that's actually genuinely good lyrics and wordplay. Oscar Wilde is spinning in his grave
Of montreal's:
I spent the winter on the verge of a total breakdown
While living in Norway
Is just so bizarrely odd and terrible, that I have to love it.
Hmmmm, didn't expect Of Montreal
to appear in this thread... it's about his depression, in Norway apparently. I see what you mean though... ish.
yeah, I know
it's all a true lyric, and tells the story of what happened, just every time I hear it it stick outs of the music and lacks any real flow.
I love it, but because of the weird absurdity of it, it's just a real WTF moment.