Weird thing is, I never found Kurt’s vocals particularly unintelligible. The verses are pretty easy to understand; the chorus, I admit, is a little more difficult–I’m not sure I got “a mulatto an albino” on first listen, but “a mosquito, my libido” wasn’t hard to decipher, even though I had no idea what it meant (or even means now.) The production on that album is pretty clean and the vocal mixed fairly forward (at least compared to a lot of underground/alternative music at the time.)
So just what the hell is a “Rocket Man” anyway? He says it’s his job five days a week, but the only detail he gives is that it’s lonely. Does he just blast off into space, and then come back down?
And why bring up raising your kids on a cold and lifeless planet?
Anyway, good song though.
It is. And it does make sense, if you take Olympus not as the geographical mountain in Greece, but as the seat of the Greek Gods.
Very astute of you, Kelby.
I don’t think I’ve ever encountered this revelation on the information superhighway before.
mmm
ETA: Nor Africa nor Unnamed Horse
3 words, Good morning Starshine
glinny glin glooby?
Atomic - Blondie
Its not just that the lyrics aren’t great, there are not many of them, its basically a chorus repeated over and over. The word tonight is repeated rather a lot, and I can’t quite get the connection between beautiful hair and nuclear fission.
“Nobody But Me” by the Human Beinz: " no no no no no no no no no no no no no no…" etc.
This would be the default winner of the thread if it wasn’t for that pesky "good song’ qualifier 
Seriously, this song almost demands a thread of it’s own entitled “what the hell were they thinking?” or “songs that a grown man should be embarrassed to sing”.
Yes, the lyrics are stupid. I am no America defender (no, wait, I love America - but that’s diff…sigh ;)), but I guess I have assumed that since the song was written about a heroin trip, this was a POV description of being completely zonked on “horse.”
I see the dude out in the desert, all focused and trippy and trying to describe it to some other strung-out junkie in a pseudo-deep sorta way that just comes out stupid…
So: stupid by intention, so not, to me, within the scope of the OP. Similar to I am the Walrus, where Lennon was being abstruse with his word salad to mess with critics’ heads…
?? Don’t have much invested in that interpretation, but there it is…
You behave yourself or we’ll make you listen to Shatner’s version. 
“Moonlight Shadow” gets my vote. Lovely song, great Oldfield music, stupid lyric: “4AM in the morning…” as opposed to the other 4AM in the afternoon…
I agree completely.
I just remembered “Firework” by Katy Perry. I wouldn’t call it good, but it was definitely popular. The song starts with a metaphor so inane that cracks me up all the time.
I love The Beatles, but Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is a horrendous song.
Silver Dagger by Ebony Buckle
Her voice is haunting but the lyrics are depressing.
And maybe not even the dumbest song on the album, lyrically. “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road,” anyone? :smack:
Rivingtons - Papa Oom Mow Mow is a perfectly good doo-wop song. But the lyrics:
I opened this thread to mention R.E.M. Great music, largely nonsensical lyrics, and it all works well together.
Hee. So, apparently that song was all over the radio, but somehow never sank into my consciousness. I went to see** Moulin Rouge **and enjoyed the crowd of men: “Here we are now, entertain us!” Years later I found out that was part of Smells Like Teen Spirit". :smack:
Tin Man:
The first two lines are fine I guess, but the last two???