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Worst ever song lyrics?

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  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,462
    edited July 3
    Stig said:
    sillav nitram said:
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Duran Duran - "You're about as easy as a nuclear war" in "Is there something I should know" is the most cringe inducing lyric in a song ever
    Most overrated band ever, apart from Girls on Film, utter dross.
    Their eponymous first album was brilliant from start to finish.
    I listened to that recently and thought it was shite.

    Of course, has nothing to do with my irrational dislike of Simon Le Bonbon;)
  • church-lane
    church-lane Posts: 963
    But when Saturday comes
    There's no time for glums.....

    Not one of Tilbrooks finest
  • fattmatt
    fattmatt Posts: 676
    killerandflash said:
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Duran Duran - "You're about as easy as a nuclear war" in "Is there something I should know" is the most cringe inducing lyric in a song ever
    Similarly, another good song marred by a bad line is Snap's Rhythm is a Dancer

    "I'm serious as cancer
    When I say "Rhythm is a dancer"

    Ladies and Gentlemen. We have a winner. 

    Not only terrible, but utterly classless. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 53,038
    bobmunro said:
    MillwallFan said:
    Stig said:
    "You're so vain, I bet you think this song is about you". With the words 'you' or 'you're' used sixty six times, it's not really about anyone else, is it? Sort your life out, Carly.
    I could never work this one out. If it’s not about him who is it about? 🤷‍♂️

    Mick Jagger, I believe - or at least part of it.
    It's always been said it was about Warren Beatty.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 53,038
    Stig said:
    Sheepie1985 said:
    I think Feeder - Buck Rogers deserves a mention on this.. 

    He's got a brand new car
    Looks like a jaguar
    It's got leather seats
    It's got a CD player

    But I don't wanna talk about it anymore
    I think we're gonna make it
    I think we're gonna save it
    So don't you try and fake it
    Anymore, anymore

    We'll start over again
    Grow ourselves new skin
    Get a house in Devon
    Drink cider from a lemon

    But I don't wanna talk about it anymore

    I think we're gonna make it
    I think we're gonna save it
    So don't you try and fake it
    Anymore, anymore

    Fun fact though, the lyrics are just guide vocals that Grant wrote for another band to use the song (SR-71 I think?) But the producer liked the song so much that he said he should keep it with the same lyrics too, and it ended up being the biggest song of their entire career!
    I thought it was 'drink cider from eleven '. I've been using it as a kind of mantra.
    So did I.
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,534
    CharltonManor1966 said:
    "When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench,
    I can always hear them talk.
    Me, I'm just a lawnmower - you can tell me by the way I walk"

    Genesis 
    There’s always been Ethel,
  • Dave Rudd
    Dave Rudd Posts: 3,066
    sillav nitram said:
    CharltonManor1966 said:

    My favourite band of the 70's TRex. Great band but the worst ever lyrics.

    Hot Love 1971

    Well she's my woman of gold

    And she's not very old - a ha ha
    Well she's my woman of gold
    And she's not very old - a ha ha
    I don't mean to be bold, a-but a-may I hold your hand?

    Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
    Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
    I'm a labourer of love in my persian gloves - a ha ha

    Well she's faster than most and she lives on the coast - a ha ha
    Well she's faster than most and she lives on the coast - a ha ha
    I'm her two-penny prince and I give her hot love - a ha ha

    Any worse than this out there Lifers?

    Can't possibly be...….?

    Marc Bolan, musics Shakespeare, you heard it here first, folks.

    Yes, the Bopping Elf has a lot to answer for, but let's not overlook his 1969 work 'The Warlock of Love'.

    Here's a brief review from 'The London Magazine':

    It would be a couple of years before Bolan would achieve superstardom with 1971’s Electric Warrior album, and The Warlock of Love was his first (and only) book of poetry. Yet, according to London booksellers Sotheran’s of Sackville Street, it did quite well, selling some forty-thousand-odd copies and becoming Britain’s best-selling poetry book of the year. In 1992, it was lovingly republished by the Tyrannosaurus Rex Appreciation Society, but today, even this edition is out of print. One can only hope that the major forthcoming BMG Bolan tribute album will provide the impetus for another reissue of this essential work by one of the twentieth century’s most fascinating artists:

    And with the coming of the sweet breath,
    the seeds in the garden of all hearts
    will flower immense,
    and such flames licking and long,
    will be sighted upon our lands,
    that it will seem to the highborn
    that the Earth has hatched anew.


    I note that copies of the original are going for about £350 or more, whereas you can pick up Dylan's 'Tarantula' for about £30.

    Just sayin'

  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,629
    sillav nitram said:
    Stig said:
    sillav nitram said:
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Duran Duran - "You're about as easy as a nuclear war" in "Is there something I should know" is the most cringe inducing lyric in a song ever
    Most overrated band ever, apart from Girls on Film, utter dross.
    Their eponymous first album was brilliant from start to finish.
    I listened to that recently and thought it was shite.

    Of course, has nothing to do with my irrational dislike of Simon Le Bonbon;)
    It's not irrational. Just a pub band with a bit of 80s 'glamour'.

  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,629
    Bryan Adams - “a knock on the door makes me nervous, I think I'll see you there, but no, it's only room service.”
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 86,607
    "Tonight's there's gonna be a jailbreak
    Somewhere in this town"

    Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy

    Lads, the jailbreak will most likely be at the jail.

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 86,607
    The devine Joni can do no wrong but..

    "Took all the trees, put them in a tree museum,
    Charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em"

    Big Yellow Taxi
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 86,607
    Most Oasis lyrics but one of the worst is

    "She's got a sister
    And God only knows how I've missed her
    And on the palm of her hand is a blister"
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 86,607
    All Abba lyrics but especially

    "Dancing Queen,
    Hear the sound of the tamborine"
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,732
    And I'm feelin' glad all over
    Yes, I'm glad all over
    Baby, I'm glad all over
    So glad you're mine
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 86,607
    Nothing wrong with Bolan's lyrics.

    "I drive a rolls royce,
    Cos it's good for my voice"

    Inventor of Glam rock, copied by Bowie, East London Mod to hippie minstral to pop superstar in a decade.

    RIP 
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,482
    Does anyone know who “You’re So Vain” is about?  🙄
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,482
    Are we human, or are we dancer.  

    So, if we aren’t human we’re one of Santa’s reindeer?? 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,482
    Crap lyrics from a crap band!  👸 


    I see a little silhouetto of a man
    Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
    Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
    (Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro magnifico
    But I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
    He's just a poor boy from a poor family
    Spare him his life from this monstrosity
    Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
    Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
    (Let him go) Bismillah! We will not let you go
    (Let him go) Bismillah! We will not let you go
    (Let me go) Will not let you go
    (Let me go) Will not let you go
    (Never, never, never, never let me go) Ah
    No, no, no, no, no, no, no
    (Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia) Mamma mia, let me go
    Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!

  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,539
    The first two paragraphs of the meri wilson classic "telephone man" These are bad enough the following from these is worse, so i saved you from it.

    I rented my apartment
    On a Monday at one
    A-singin' do lolly, lolly
    Shicky bum, shicky bum
    Started movin' in it
    On a Tuesday at two
    A-singin' do lolly, lolly
    Shicky do, shicky do

  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,629
    Chippycafc said:
    The first two paragraphs of the meri wilson classic "telephone man" These are bad enough the following from these is worse, so i saved you from it.

    I rented my apartment
    On a Monday at one
    A-singin' do lolly, lolly
    Shicky bum, shicky bum
    Started movin' in it
    On a Tuesday at two
    A-singin' do lolly, lolly
    Shicky do, shicky do

    She must have pissed her neighbours off big time singing that gibberish

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  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 462
    Elbow's one day in our lives - god awful lyrics to a god awful dirge....

    Oh, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day

    [Outro]
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
  • WrightCharlie
    WrightCharlie Posts: 849
    Covered End said:
    bobmunro said:
    MillwallFan said:
    Stig said:
    "You're so vain, I bet you think this song is about you". With the words 'you' or 'you're' used sixty six times, it's not really about anyone else, is it? Sort your life out, Carly.
    I could never work this one out. If it’s not about him who is it about? 🤷‍♂️

    Mick Jagger, I believe - or at least part of it.
    It's always been said it was about Warren Beatty.
    I think Carly has done a good job over the years to not say who it was and has put a few in the frame for camouflage reasons......... I've not checked this out but my brain is telling me I heard/read once it may have been a record company/production/studio guy too........?
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,539
    edited July 5
    I think the carly song was about Neil Young. But also heard it was about her ex James Taylor. 
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,347
    I'm as serious as cancer when i say rhythm is a dancer.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,946
    WrightCharlie said:
    Covered End said:
    bobmunro said:
    MillwallFan said:
    Stig said:
    "You're so vain, I bet you think this song is about you". With the words 'you' or 'you're' used sixty six times, it's not really about anyone else, is it? Sort your life out, Carly.
    I could never work this one out. If it’s not about him who is it about? 🤷‍♂️

    Mick Jagger, I believe - or at least part of it.
    It's always been said it was about Warren Beatty.
    I think Carly has done a good job over the years to not say who it was and has put a few in the frame for camouflage reasons......... I've not checked this out but my brain is telling me I heard/read once it may have been a record company/production/studio guy too........?
    I thought she auctioned the name of whoever it was (for a lot of money), of course this could be another urban myth. The smart money has been on Warren Beatty for years. Always makes me chuckle when it comes up, in the first place I worked, the carpenters department had a nicely crafted sign outside proclaiming it to be the "Carly Simon Workshop". 
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,629
    Zulu said:
    Elbow's one day in our lives - god awful lyrics to a god awful dirge....

    Oh, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day

    [Outro]
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    Throw those curtains wide!
    One day like this a year would see me right
    I reckon Mehmet would have a field day with that filth
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,888
    'And did those feet in ancient times walk upon England's pastures green'?

    No, absolutely not. Next stupid question please?
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,140
    Wiggle wiggle wiggle
    like a bowl of soup
    wiggle wiggle wiggle
    like a rolling hoop
  • WrightCharlie
    WrightCharlie Posts: 849
    Big William said:
    WrightCharlie said:
    Covered End said:
    bobmunro said:
    MillwallFan said:
    Stig said:
    "You're so vain, I bet you think this song is about you". With the words 'you' or 'you're' used sixty six times, it's not really about anyone else, is it? Sort your life out, Carly.
    I could never work this one out. If it’s not about him who is it about? 🤷‍♂️

    Mick Jagger, I believe - or at least part of it.
    It's always been said it was about Warren Beatty.
    I think Carly has done a good job over the years to not say who it was and has put a few in the frame for camouflage reasons......... I've not checked this out but my brain is telling me I heard/read once it may have been a record company/production/studio guy too........?
    I thought she auctioned the name of whoever it was (for a lot of money), of course this could be another urban myth. The smart money has been on Warren Beatty for years. Always makes me chuckle when it comes up, in the first place I worked, the carpenters department had a nicely crafted sign outside proclaiming it to be the "Carly Simon Workshop". 
    I don't know, I'm waiting for the England game anyway so I thought I'd Wiki it........ and you're right about the auction, although the guy who won the auction was told who, he was sworn to secrecy, it was also Warren Beatty but it may also have been 1 or 2 other guys who go unnamed....... or it may all have been Beatty....... she's neither confirmed nor denied..... 
    Anyway, there's still 2 hours to go before kickoff but at least we know who we've got on Saturday now.....  :)
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,462
    “Last night I heard my mama singing a song
    Ooh we, chirpy, chirpy, cheep, cheep
    Woke up this morning and my mama was gone
    Ooh we, chirpy, chirpy, cheep, cheep
    Chirpy, chirpy, cheep, cheep chirp”

    I give you, Middle of the Road. Shame they weren’t standing in it when a truck was going by.

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