# Love the music hate the lyrics (It has a good beat and the kids can dance to it.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130 "2013-09-06T00:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boozilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/1 "2013-09-06T00:15:02Z")
I had never heard Blurred Lines before the VMA coverage (because I’m an old fart) but geez louise – I wish there were different lyrics because I could listen to the music all day. (Yes, I’ve seen the parody/role reversal video). Makes me wonder if it many songs with offensive or nutso lyrics would be as successful with different lyrics – and if so, why don’t those young’uns write better lyrics so we could all enjoy that stuff??? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/2 "2013-09-06T00:37:34Z")
“My parents hate it” is a point in favor of a piece of music, for most teens. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/3 "2013-09-06T02:36:43Z")
If you like the music but hate the lyrics of “Blurred Lines,” have you heard Marvin Gaye’s [“Got to Give It Up”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRcVQDELAd4)? “Blurred Lines” borrows heavily from Marvin Gaye’s song. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/5 "2013-09-06T06:12:44Z")
_Pumped Up Kicks_ is one that comes to mind. It makes you want to move but man! the lyrics are dark. But also very “adapting” and therefor–hopefully—healthy, to me. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/6 "2013-09-06T10:14:07Z")
A lot of Emerson, Lake & Palmer is this way for me. Virtuoso musicians, with bad high-school poetry lyrics. Thank god for long instrumentals. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/7 "2013-09-07T00:25:06Z")
A lot of Stevie Wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/8 "2013-09-07T00:38:39Z")
[Stranglehold. Ted Nugent.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwLmyaa454) Damn I love that song. I could have an orgasm just from listening to that intro. But the lyrics…well, it’s a charming little ditty about domestic violence. \* You ran that night that you left me, You put me in my place. Got you in a stranglehold now, baby, Then I crushed your face\*. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/9 "2013-09-07T14:31:51Z")
Then there’s “Beer for My Horses” by Toby Keith and Willie Nelson. Great music but it’s about lynching! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/10 "2013-09-07T16:13:51Z")
I find that a lot of jazz songs have lyrics that sound stupid to me, but I still enjoy the music. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/11 "2013-09-07T17:44:40Z")
_Imagine_, by John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![sweet\_chemist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@sweet\_chemist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweet_chemist)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/12 "2013-09-07T21:03:49Z")
This reminded me of the Flo Rida song [Whistle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSnkWzZ7ZAA). It has the most stupidly eye rolling lyrics ever, but I absolutely dig the whistle hook, and the music in the song as well. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/13 "2013-09-07T22:31:39Z")
The ultimate example for me is _Stairway To Heaven_. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/14 "2013-09-08T00:37:41Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > The ultimate example for me is _Stairway To Heaven_. Eh, get the bustle out of your hedgerow. mmm ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/15 "2013-09-08T01:01:04Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Eh, get the bustle out of your hedgerow. > mmm Don’t be alarmed now…it’s just a spring clean for the May queen. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/16 "2013-09-08T01:56:48Z")
I immediately thought of _Shake That_ by Eminem featuring Nate Dogg. [QUOTE=Nate Dogg] Two to the one from the one to the three I like good p\*\*\*y and I like good trees Smoke so much weed you wouldn’t believe And I get more ass than a toilet seat [/QUOTE] I love the beat, but the lyrics get worse, including a part where Nate longs for a girl who will sit around the house waiting for him “with no panties on.” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/17 "2013-09-08T03:30:51Z")
“Smooth Criminal” by Michael Jackson really fucking rocks. But…Annie are you OK? What? The song “Cologne” by Ben Folds is really great musically. And 90% of it is great lyrically. But then he starts talking about the astronaut who went crazy and put on diapers to drive across the country. Totally takes you out of a lovely song. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/18 "2013-09-08T03:51:55Z")
“Aeroplane” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Did the parents of the small children who appeared in the video listen to this song beforehand? It’s a song about S&M! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/19 "2013-09-08T14:54:21Z")
“China Grove,” Doobie Brothers. One of the most hard-driving tunes ever, with ineffably stupid lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/20 "2013-09-08T18:22:13Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > “China Grove,” Doobie Brothers. One of the most hard-driving tunes ever, with ineffably stupid lyrics. Didn’t they also do “Music Is The Doctor”? That’s a terrible song too. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130/21 "2013-09-08T18:23:19Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > The song “Cologne” by Ben Folds is really great musically. And 90% of it is great lyrically. But then he starts talking about the astronaut who went crazy and put on diapers to drive across the country. Totally takes you out of a lovely song. How about “Brick”? It’s about a guy taking his girlfriend to have an abortion the day after Christmas. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-music-hate-the-lyrics-it-has-a-good-beat-and-the-kids-can-dance-to-it/668130.md?page=2)