# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/41 "2012-01-04T22:12:49Z")
Kiss - \*Hard Luck Woman \* I keep telling you hard luck woman You ain’t a hard luck woman You’ll be a hard luck woman Baby 'till you find your man Rags, sailors only daughter A child of the water Too proud to be a queen huh? Ok, Kiss wasn’t known for their deep and meaningful lyrics (anyone rember Uh! All night?) but even for them this is absolutely terrible writing. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/42 "2012-01-04T22:19:22Z")
I love love love Adele, I really do. But this is wrong: “But there’s a side to you that I never knew, never knew All the things you’d say, they were never true, never true And the games you’d play, you would always win, always win” It’s that last bit. It totally doesn’t match, and it drives me batty. Parallelism, Adele! Learn it, live it, love it! The line must be changed, as follows: “And the games you’d play, you would **never lose, never lose** ” Thank you. Much better. It even kinda sorta rhymes. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/43 "2012-01-04T23:11:26Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Hey [Bernie]: next time, try writing the damn song before you sing it. The premise of “Your Song” is that it’s being written on the spot. You don’t have to like it of course, but it’s both a love song and a song about the songwriting process. > [@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? I hate, hate, _hate_ this song. I think of it as the “Hey parents, don’t fuck up your daughters, because someday John Mayer will want to fuck them!” song. > [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > If whole songs are being allowed, I’ll go ahead and vent a bit of my utter and complete hatred of The Christmas Shoes. I had heard of, but never actually heard, this song until this Christmas Eve when I was in the car with my mother. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, one would have to have a heart of stone to hear this song without dissolving into tears of laughter. When it first got to the line about the mother going to meet Jesus I completely lost it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/44 "2012-01-05T08:47:35Z")
> [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > 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. > 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. Our chorus sang this song a few years ago. The audience proved its loyalty to us by not walking out during this number. If you ask me, I think the kid took the money for the shoes, and used it to buy drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/45 "2012-01-05T09:35:38Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Well no shit, has it ever snowed in Africa? Take a good look at [this picture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kilimanjaro-1938-uwm.png) of the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and tell us what you think that white stuff is. There are other snowy peaks throughout Africa, I mention Kilimanjaro specifically because it’s very well known. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/46 "2012-01-05T09:51:28Z")
I’ve mentioned it before here, but it still pisses me off when I hear that shitty song by Van Hagar with the line: “only time will tell if we stand the test of time” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/47 "2012-01-05T10:04:31Z")
The entirety of _Southern Man_. I don’t need Neil Young around anyhow. Smarmy little troll-fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/48 "2012-01-05T10:06:03Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > 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! That song always gave me the impression more of a guy falling realizing that the girl he was crazy for just wasn’t serious about their relationship. It’s a break-up song. First time I heard that song, BTW, was when I was gearing up for the day during a training exercise at the base I was stationed on. It’s surreal to be putting on a ballistic vest and hearing a song about jumping on grenades for someone.:eek: The song that bugs me the most, in general, is “Like A G6” by Far East Movement. > [@Far East Movement](#): > > Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard > When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard What does that even mean? I guess slizzard is that stage of drunk where you start inventing words. But here’s the bit that always drives me up the wall: > [@](#): > > Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6 > Like a G6, Like a G6 > Now I’m feelin so fly like a G6 Everybody insists that it’s a reference to a private jet, the Gulfstream G6. One problem. There’s no such plane. Plus, according to Wiki (the most reputable source on the Interwebs!) the song writers claim they didn’t make that connection either. They just liked how it sounded. Worth mentioning, in the music video, they DO climb into a Gulfstream jet - a Gulfstream GIV. I maintain that they are singing about the Pontiac G6, a very respectable mid-size sedan that even I, a Pontiac fanboy, would never consider to be fly. That said, they did make way for the far superior parody: [Roll a D6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54VJWHL2K3I). ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/49 "2012-01-05T12:49:35Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > The entirety of _Southern Man_. I don’t need Neil Young around anyhow. Smarmy little troll-fuck. Lyrics aside, this song absolutely _rocks_. (although I acknowledge that lyrics are the point of this thread; just want to thank you for giving me a great earworm) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/50 "2012-01-05T13:18:19Z")
> [@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. This one, I came in to post this Of course there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas…most of it’s in the Southern freakin’ hemisphere, it’s summer there. And I’m sure snow isn’t anywhere near the top of their wish list. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/51 "2012-01-05T13:32:54Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > This one, I came in to post this > > Of course there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas…most of it’s in the Southern freakin’ hemisphere, it’s summer there. And I’m sure snow isn’t anywhere near the top of their wish list. As I noted a couple of posts back, there **is** snow in Africa, and on top of the tallest peaks **there is permanent year-round snow in Africa**. So both the writers of the song **and** the people annoyed by it are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/52 "2012-01-05T16:39:58Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > Everybody insists that it’s a reference to a private jet, the Gulfstream G6. > > One problem. There’s no such plane. Plus, according to Wiki (the most reputable source on the Interwebs!) the song writers claim they didn’t make that connection either. They just liked how it sounded. Worth mentioning, in the music video, they DO climb into a Gulfstream jet - a Gulfstream GIV. > > I maintain that they are singing about the Pontiac G6, a very respectable mid-size sedan that even I, a Pontiac fanboy, would never consider to be fly.. The first time I heard this song I honest thought it was referring to the [G6 countries in the European Union](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G6_%28EU%29). I didn’t think this made a _lot_ of sense, but it was the best I could do. > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Of course there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas…most of it’s in the Southern freakin’ hemisphere, it’s summer there. Most of Africa is actually north of the equator. Take a look at a map, only about 1/3 falls in the Southern hemisphere. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/53 "2012-01-05T22:25:45Z")
I find this infuriatingly illogical: So this is Christmas And what have you done? Another year over And a new one just begun The very next stanza makes it clear that we’re still talking about Christmas rather than having jumped ahead to New Years. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/54 "2012-01-05T22:39:57Z")
“Every day a little sadder A little madder Someone get me a ladder” –Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, “Still…You Turn Me On” I actually like most of the song. But that line infuriates me every time I hear it. Come on, guys, you can do better than that! ---
**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 5, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/55 "2012-01-05T22:43:20Z")
Hey, Oakminster- if you don’t like _Southern Man_, try the other Neil Young song referenced in _Sweet Home Alabama_! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD3bGEFxGC0) ---
**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 5, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/56 "2012-01-05T23:04:42Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > “And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas” > Well no shit, has it ever snowed in Africa? Sure, and you don’t even need to climb Kilimanjaro or other snow-capped peaks. There are ski resorts in [Morocco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischliffen) (Well, it’s North Africa, but still technically Africa), [South Africa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffindell_Ski_Resort) and [Lesotho](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afri-Ski), and probably in more places too. At least in North Africa there will certainly be snow during Christmas. Down south, Christmas is in the summer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/57 "2012-01-06T17:44:06Z")
Plus, as I understand it the African continent is largely if not mostly Muslim. So yeah, they probably don’t know it’s Christmastime, or care, because Christmas is ENTIRELY IRRELEVANT TO THEM. It’s like a bunch of Muslim superstars were singing about us poor folks who don’t get to celebrate the feast of Eid. Technically true, but completely beside the point. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/58 "2012-01-06T20:18:21Z")
[QUOTE=Staind] It’s been awhile since I could stand on my own two feet again. [/QUOTE] Grrrrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/59 "2012-01-06T20:38:41Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I had heard of, but never actually heard, this song until this Christmas Eve when I was in the car with my mother. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, one would have to have a heart of stone to hear this song without dissolving into tears of laughter. When it first got to the line about the mother going to meet Jesus I completely lost it. For all the “Christmas Shoes” haters: [Patton Oswalt’s take on “Christmas Shoes”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq10bz3PxyY). ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351/60 "2012-01-06T22:22:52Z")
I’m not a grammar Nazi, but “If they say I never loved you You know they are a liar” grates on my nerves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-tick-you-off/608351.md?page=4)