# Lines you hate in a song you like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654 "2018-04-18T18:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/1 "2018-04-18T18:09:55Z")
Sucking on a chili dog… _Jack and Diane_ ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/2 "2018-04-18T18:30:12Z")
It’s a weird line but it doesn’t really work with the music to say ‘eating a chili dog’. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/3 "2018-04-18T18:34:04Z")
When I was very young, I heard “Blowin’ in the Wind” and really admired it. Now the first line really does bug me - “You **did** just call him a man!” 🙂 I know that’s pedantic, but I can’t help it. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/4 "2018-04-18T18:35:31Z")
neither does sucking… weird lyric ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/5 "2018-04-18T18:36:05Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > It’s a weird line but it doesn’t really work with the music to say ‘eating a chili dog’. That’s a whole category to me - Lines That Only Go That Way Because They Fit. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/6 "2018-04-18T19:08:38Z")
Coincidentally, **Taylor Dayne’s** _Tell it to My Heart_ just came on and I’m not fond of the song in general but what I really hate is the line “I can feel my body rock”. I’m not sure why but the term “rock” as used in pop music just grates. \*\*Aerosmith’s \*\*_Sweet Emotion_ “When some sweet hog mama with a face like a gent”. So obvious that “gent” was used only to rhyme with “went” and it’s not even used correctly. I mean, a gent \*is \*a man but , what, this woman had a face like a well groomed, polite man? Just doesn’t work for me. I’m sure someone will come along and mention “the point is probably moot”. Lyrics often piss me off so I’m sure I’ll come back with more. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/7 "2018-04-18T19:25:16Z")
All the songs off of Navy Blues by Sloan are great, but every time they sing “Chester the Molester” in the song of the same name it gets more sleazy and irritating. I mean, it was _meant_ to be sleazy but they succeeded too well. If they had only said it once or twice it would have acceptably set that wanna be playa barfly vibe. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/8 "2018-04-18T19:34:51Z")
The Beatles “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” is one of my favourite Beatle songs but I try not to let the lyrics register in my conscious mind because they are stupid. McCartney writes the song and never fixes all the dumb things he’s put down on paper: “By the banks of her own lagoon” “And so I quit the police department And got myself a steady job” ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/9 "2018-04-18T19:56:08Z")
> [@K364](#): > > The Beatles “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” is one of my favourite Beatle songs but I try not to let the lyrics register in my conscious mind because they are stupid. McCartney writes the song and never fixes all the dumb things he’s put down on paper: > > “By the banks of her own lagoon” > “And so I quit the police department > And got myself a steady job” Cool story about that last part: > [@](#): > > Lennon and McCartney were in New York in May 1968 to announce the formation of Apple Corps. In October that year, when the White Album had been completed, McCartney flew to the city once again to see Linda Eastman. > > And the end of his two-week stay, McCartney was in a taxi heading to JFK airport. At the time he needed a final verse for She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, and noticed the driver’s police identification panel on the dashboard. The ID had a photograph of the driver, along with the name Eugene Quits, above the words ‘New York Police Dept.’ > > _“So I got ‘So I quit the police department’, which are part of the lyrics to that. This was the great thing about the randomness of it all. If I hadn’t been in this guy’s cab, or if it had been someone else driving, the song would have been different. Also I had a guitar there so I could solidify it into something straight away.”_ > **[She Came In Through The Bathroom Window](https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/she-came-in-through-the-bathroom-window/)** > > Written by: Lennon-McCartney Recorded: 25, 28, 30 July 1969 Producer: George Martin Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald Released: 26 September 1969 (UK), 1 October 1969 (US) Available on: Abbey Road Anthology 3 Personnel Paul McCartney: vocals,... ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/10 "2018-04-18T20:00:10Z")
American Pie: When the jester sang for the king and queen. While the King is obviously Elvis, I believe “queen” is just in there to rhyme with “James Dean.” I would have changed it to: When the jester sang for the king and was seen In a coat he borrowed from James Dean. The “coat” is the red windbreaker worn by both Dean and Dylan in iconic photos. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/11 "2018-04-18T20:06:42Z")
“Patty Hearst, heard the burst, of Roland’s Thompson gun and bought it.” Love Zevon, always cringed at that line. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/12 "2018-04-18T21:44:23Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Sucking on a chili dog… _Jack and Diane_ The whole thing’s already too sexual. The verse is about teenage sex and J&D doin’ in un’ the shade tree. Throw in hot dogs and “suckin” and its a Freudian nightmare. “Suckin’ on Jackie’s “dog” outside the Tastee Freeze Diane sittin’ on Jackie’s face, got his head between her knees” We had our own version. We hated that song when it was new. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/13 "2018-04-18T21:59:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Diane sittin’ on Jackie’s face, got his head between her knees" For that to work, Jack would need one _really_ big head! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/14 "2018-04-18T22:12:53Z")
Whichever Clapton song it is that goes, “sit here lying on my bed.” ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/15 "2018-04-18T22:32:17Z")
I may be in the minority, but I _love_ the song [Answering Machine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVf0DpcrCeI), by Rupert Holmes, better known for "Escape (The Pina Colada Song.) I am a serious musician and music theoricist, and from that perspective, the song is awesome. The groove is awesome, the chords are interesting, the guitar parts are cool, the song structure is really cool and unique. The lyrics are also pretty good, in my opinion. And I like Holmes’ voice. But when he says “then I stepped out to buy some dog food for the cat”, I cringe. It’s like, he’s trying so hard to be ironic or clever or something with this, but it fails. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/16 "2018-04-18T22:33:58Z")
Another Beatles song, _I Saw Her Standing There_. After “She was just seventeen”, they decided “Never been a beauty queen,” didn’t work, so they went with “You know what I mean” which, ironically, is meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/17 "2018-04-18T22:37:54Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Whichever Clapton song it is that goes, “sit here lying on my bed.” _Please Be with Me_ You can’t hear him starting the line with an “I” on the album version, but you can make it out on outtake from the recording session below. (I skipped the video ahead). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/am3Jom2VrDk/hqdefault.jpg "Eric Clapton Gypsy (please be with me) 1974") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am3Jom2VrDk&t=0m46s) The Original by _Cowboy_ had the “I” (sung by Duane Allman): [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qw763JTPHsc/hqdefault.jpg "Cowboys please be with me feat Duane Allman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw763JTPHsc&t=0m44s) ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/18 "2018-04-18T22:45:05Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > Another Beatles song, _I Saw Her Standing There_. After “She was just seventeen”, they decided “Never been a beauty queen,” didn’t work, so they went with “You know what I mean” which, ironically, is meaningless. The way Bill Maher said it on the last episode of _Real Time_ gave it meaning. 😃 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ugLbotr1RuQ/maxresdefault.jpg "New Rule: The 'What Were You Thinking' Generation | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugLbotr1RuQ&t=2m50s) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/19 "2018-04-18T22:46:16Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > _Please Be with Me_ > > You can’t hear him starting the line with an “I” on the album version, but you can make it out on outtake from the recording session below. (I skipped the video ahead). > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am3Jom2VrDk&t=0m46s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am3Jom2VrDk&t=0m46s) > > The Original by _Cowboy_ had the “I” (sung by Duane Allman): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw763JTPHsc&t=0m44s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw763JTPHsc&t=0m44s) Thanks for the info. It sure is a pretty song. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654/20 "2018-04-18T22:54:58Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > Another Beatles song, _I Saw Her Standing There_. After “She was just seventeen”, they decided “Never been a beauty queen,” didn’t work, so they went with “You know what I mean” which, ironically, is meaningless. I always thought that line was innuendo, which isn’t meaningless. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hate-in-a-song-you-like/812654.md?page=2)