# Lyrics that tick you off **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351 "2012-01-04T05:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/21 "2012-01-04T17:14:23Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > “Well tonight thank God it’s them instead of you > And there won’t be snow in Africa this christmas time > The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life” > > So suck it, you poor f\*ckers in Kenya - you’re alive, you got yours. We gots Christmas, nyah nah nah nyah nah nah. > > Good lord, I hate that song. Bah, you stole mine! “Well tonight thank God it’s them instead of you!” great message there, be thankful somebody else got screwed over at least it wasn’t you. “And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas” Well no shit, has it ever snowed in Africa? There won’t be snow in Miami either. Ha ha, those poor sorry sons-a-bitches ain’t gettin any snow. And you can’t have Christmas without snow, it’s in the rules. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/22 "2012-01-04T17:21:58Z")
Hey, you’re out in the desert, out of the rain, you’ve got nothing better to do, give the damn horse a name! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/23 "2012-01-04T17:23:21Z")
> [@](#): > > “I would catch a grenade for you, > Throw my hand on a blade for you, > Jump in front of a train for you, > But you won’t do the same!” No shit I won’t do the same! But I’ll tell you what I will do - I’ll have a restraining order taken out on you. You are one seriously f-ed up nut-job if you think all this violent imagery is somehow romantic. You come across as a borderline dangerous stalker who is a hairtrigger away from doing a Columbine number. Seriously, dude, get help! ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/24 "2012-01-04T17:34:27Z")
Steve Miller’s _Take The Money And Run_ Shifting tenses, rhymes that aren’t, and a nonsense storyline. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/25 "2012-01-04T17:40:53Z")
[This is such an incredible performance…of such an insidiously evil song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9JFieYfDa8) ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/26 "2012-01-04T17:48:52Z")
Every line of John Mayer’s “Daughters” makes me ballistic. Yes, by all means, stop messing up young girls because it’s a big hassle for him when he tries to date them and they’re all crazy bitches. Won’t anyone think of John Mayer? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/27 "2012-01-04T17:52:44Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > [This is such an incredible performance…of such an insidiously evil song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9JFieYfDa8) Oh, it’s Billie Holiday! Hey, Billie, while you’re here: You know that final verse that Sam Lewis tacked on to _Gloomy Sunday_, for no good reason, that fits about as well as tits on a boar? You really, really should have left that one out in your version. Just skipped it. Because that verse is seriously uncalled for. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/28 "2012-01-04T17:57:37Z")
Can I be pissed at an entire song? While I like the melody of James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful”, do you really expect some random girl you saw on the subway’s going to drop her entire life for you, especially when you were “fucking high” (original lyrics)? Then you kill yourself in the music video? Yeah, go ahead, the world needs less emo fuckers like you ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/29 "2012-01-04T18:02:11Z")
Theory of a Deadman says “I’ve got an '82 Fiero with a car seat in the middle” - Fieros weren’t built until 1984. Jackson Brown- “they look at life with such disregard”- if they’re looking at it, they’re regarding it. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/30 "2012-01-04T19:24:08Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > Every line of John Mayer’s “Daughters” makes me ballistic. Yes, by all means, stop messing up young girls because it’s a big hassle for him when he tries to date them and they’re all crazy bitches. Won’t anyone think of John Mayer? Sad part is…he’s 100% right. The last few women I’ve date all said that their parents NEVER said they were beautiful. These were striking women. Dads especially, please, go home tonight and tell your daughter she’s beautiful. For the love of God, tell them they’re beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/31 "2012-01-04T19:27:18Z")
'til the stars fall from the sky For you and I! Yeah, ok, it rhymes, but come on Jim. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/32 "2012-01-04T19:29:59Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > Sad part is…he’s 100% right. The last few women I’ve date all said that their parents NEVER said they were beautiful. These were striking women. Dads especially, please, go home tonight and tell your daughter she’s beautiful. For the love of God, tell them they’re beautiful. Especially if they are not. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/33 "2012-01-04T19:33:31Z")
It’s a Heinlein quote, “Always tell her she is beautiful, especially if she is not.” Just wanted to make sure someone didn’t think I was being an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/34 "2012-01-04T20:03:56Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > 'til the stars fall from the sky > For you and I! > > Yeah, ok, it rhymes, but come on Jim. And it would have been easy to fix: 'til the stars fall in the sea For you and me! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/35 "2012-01-04T20:27:29Z")
If whole songs are being allowed, I’ll go ahead and vent a bit of my utter and complete hatred of The Christmas Shoes. As I said a few weeks ago when the song was mentioned in another thread, I’m seriously not capable of generating as much loathing as this song deserves. > [@](#): > > Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please > It’s Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size > Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there’s not much time > You see she’s been sick for quite a while > And I know these shoes would make her smile > And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight We’re supposed to have our little hearts warmed by the fact that this kid’s mother is dying and, instead of spending time with her in what may be her last hours on earth (after all, the kid at least thinks it’s likely that she’ll meet Jesus tonight), he’s out buying her stupid shoes so she can be beautiful for Jesus. (Has this kid, who’s old enough to go shopping by himself, somehow never heard the saying “You can’t take it with you”?) Sure, kid, once your mother dies, you’ll be so glad you wasted precious time you could have spent with your mother by going out shopping for worthless material crap, because really, that’s what Christmas is all about and because Jesus cares so very much about the kind of shoes a person was wearing when she died. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/36 "2012-01-04T20:31:44Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > 'til the stars fall from the sky > For you and I! > > Yeah, ok, it rhymes, but come on Jim. Robbie, not Jim. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/37 "2012-01-04T20:42:54Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > 'til the stars fall from the sky > For you and I! > > Yeah, ok, it rhymes, but come on Jim. Robby, you mean. ETA: Simulpost, I swear. See, I even spelled it wrong! ---
**Author:** ![Mllz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Mllz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mllz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/38 "2012-01-04T21:11:53Z")
Plenty of offenses to gripe about in the just-passed holiday season, but for some reason this one bothered me the most this past Christmas. Maybe because Brian Wilson really oughta know better. “Christmas comes this time each year” -Beach Boys, “Little Saint Nick” Yes. Yes it does. Every single year. Same time. Most of the song’s audience is well-familiar with the concept. Once would be bad enough, but it’s repeated throughout the outro! (But at least they wished Santa a Merry Christmas. Finally! Some reciprocation for the present-deliverin’ dude!) ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/39 "2012-01-04T21:30:23Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Robby, you mean. > > ETA: Simulpost, I swear. See, I even spelled it wrong! Actually, you spelled it correctly. And whoever wrote it, we always blame the singers, don’t we? Well, I do. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/40 "2012-01-04T21:38:02Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Not so much tick me off as bemuse me, but when Tom Jones sings, “'cause it’s my word she’ll obey!” in _She’s A Lady_, I’m so glad it’s 2012. D’oh! I just realized it’s the Four Tops’ “Ain’t No Woman Like The One I’ve Got” that says that. Tom Jones just says, “and she always knows her place”- slightly less controlling, still somewhat irky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351.md?page=3)