# All-time laziest song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277 "2011-01-28T06:35:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/181 "2011-02-04T22:49:34Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > Unless I overlooked it, I am surprised nobody’s mentioned “Deck the Halls” after four pages. What’s with the “fa la la la la” refrain that they use throughout the song? It’s not as bad as “pa-rum-pum-pum-pum”. I just remembered an old Franklin Ajaye routine which made fun of James Brown’s um, minimalist lyrics. \*Good God there is my woman There is my woman Good God\* “Two songs!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/182 "2011-02-08T00:39:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Said the straight man to the late man > Where have you been > I’ve been here and I’ve been there > And I’ve been in between. I Talk to the Wind - King Crimson ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/183 "2011-02-10T23:32:08Z")
> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#): > > They might also have written around the word “self,” which is one of the most difficult words to rhyme without sounding forced. _Shelf_, _elf_, or _pelf_–take your pick. _Don’t be so scared of changing and rearranging yourself You could go on a date with Keith Relf…_ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/184 "2011-02-11T00:56:09Z")
> [@campp](#): > > This second verse of the Daniel Boone Show lyric has always bugged me: > > _Daniel Boone was a man. Yes a big man. > And he fought for America to make all Americans free. > What a Boone. What a wonder. What a dream comer truer was he._ > > What a Boone? A dream comer truer? You’re right. Grammatically correct would be “A dreamer comer truer-er.” ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/185 "2011-02-11T03:11:50Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > I’ll probably catch a lot of flak for saying so, but I’ve always thought a lot of Nirvana’s lyrics were just lazy… case in point: > > A mulatto > An albino > A mosquito > My libido > > I mean, come on. He’s just singing a bunch of words that end in “O” and so kind of rhyme, but have nothing to do with anything. > > Also, as much as I love the song, The Moody Blues _Knights in White Satin_. 30 something iterations of “I love you” crosses over into lazy writing. > > ETA: Rihanna’s _Umbrella_. Dragging out syllables is a borderline offense reviewable on a case by case basis, but it’s taken to an extreme here. It is Nights in white satin, not Knights. What surprises me is that this is the second time I see this error within a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/186 "2011-02-11T03:19:43Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > _Don’t be so scared of changing and rearranging yourself > You could go on a date with Keith Relf…_ Or: Don’t be so scared of changing and rearranging yourself– At least you don’t live in Philadelph- ia, P-A… ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/187 "2011-02-20T20:58:26Z")
One more: Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name “Corporate punk” has always been a colossal oxymoron, but this by far is the dumbest of the dumb. Who are these “forces”? Who’s “they”, and what am I doing that they’re telling me to? Who’s under who’s control? And, most importantly, _killing in the name of WHAT?_ ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/188 "2011-02-21T06:19:10Z")
This shouldn’t even count because dissing Eurovision is like shooting fish in a child’s plastic beach bucket with a bazooka, but this year’s Finnish representative is a song called “Da Da Dam”. The refrain goes as follows: > [@](#): > > Da da dam, da da dam > Da da da da da da, da da dam > (repeat) Also known as the “Ran out of time, didn’t bother writing lyrics to refrain” song. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/189 "2011-02-21T06:23:29Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I can’t be the first to mention Crash Test Dummies, “Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm” > > I’l just post the chorus: > > Mmmm Mmmm > Mmmm Mmmm > Mmmm Mmmm > Mmmm Mmmm Given that the rest of the song contains some of the most interesting lyrics ever to be in a hit pop song, I think I’m cool with the repetitive chorus. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/190 "2011-02-21T06:27:28Z")
I haven’t heard that particular song, but the tra-las and dee-dahs and dums are perfectly acceptable devices for refrains. You could say Shakespeare was lazy with his “Hey nonny nonny &c.” &c., but I’d disagree. There _are_ times when it seems like cheating. I never did get why “If I Were a Rich Man” from _Fiddler on the Roof_ couldn’t have elaborated a little more and left out the “Daidle deedle daidle duggle duggle deedle daidle dum” and “Biddy-biddy-bom.” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277/191 "2011-02-21T06:55:48Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > O Holy Night > > They get about 2/3 through the first verse and just give up. > Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices! > O night divine, the night when Christ was born; > O night, O Holy Night , O night divine! > O night, O Holy Night , O night divine! I was going to post how this functions as a chorus for the rest of the song, which allows repetition, but people mentioning “Deck the Halls” and “The Little Drummer Boy” make me think the whole thing is a giant woosh. But, just in case it isn’t, “O Holy Night” is repeating the phrase as a form of emphasis. This is so holy that the angels can’t stop talking about it. It’s common in theme both in the Bible and in prayers, so it doesn’t surprise me that it’s common in songs. The other verses make it clear that more lyrics could have been written. But still, I sorta can understand that one. The angels of all beings should be able to come up with more words about how awesome God is. But “Deck the Halls”? It’s people singing while they are doing stuff. And “The Little Drummer Boy”? it’s the kid playing the drum. The repetition is the point. Surely this is a joke making fun of the sillier choices in this thread. Right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-laziest-song-lyrics/569277.md?page=9)