# Songs or Lyrics That Make You Say "Yuck" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827 "2018-03-19T15:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/121 "2018-03-26T17:47:34Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Factoid: “Blinded by the Light” was written by Bruce Springsteen. That was surprising to me. He also wrote “For You”, which was also covered by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. I’m hoping they had some original hits too. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/122 "2018-03-26T18:17:49Z")
The song “You’re Gorgeous” by Baby Bird always gives me the creeps, not any lyric in particular but just the way he sings them. And as for Bruce Springsteen, he also wrote “Fire”, with the lyric: I’m pulling you close You just say no You say you don’t like it But girl I know you’re a liar Hmmm, Bruce, not cool. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/123 "2018-03-26T18:28:39Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > I get grossed out by ACDC’s “She was a fast machine she kept her motor clean”. Pretty much all of AC/DC’s material is about teenage-boy-level sexual juvenility, but a lot of people don’t notice because Bon Scott’s singing was barely intelligible and Brian Johnson upped it several more notches. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/124 "2018-03-26T19:34:17Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > I get grossed out by ACDC’s “She was a fast machine she kept her motor clean”. Seriously. She needs to keep it well-lubricated. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/125 "2018-03-26T20:00:02Z")
The Weeknd. I like his song, “I Feel it Coming”, but the line > [@](#): > > I can feel that body shake > And the heat between your legs Makes me cringe. The rest of the song is actually nice. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/126 "2018-03-26T23:04:59Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > He also wrote “For You”, which was also covered by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. I’m hoping they had some original hits too. Well, they did have “Mighty Quinn,” in which they sang about a cup of meat. (Which, IMO, is actually in keeping with this thread now that I think about it.) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/127 "2018-03-27T02:17:50Z")
Aw, c’mon… these two lines, “I like to go just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet But jumping queues and makin’ haste, just ain’t my cup of meat” …have to be among Dylan’s greatest! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/128 "2018-03-27T06:09:31Z")
Didn’t realize that wasn’t an original either…are they the most successful cover band in history? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/129 "2018-03-29T14:15:17Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Seriously. She needs to keep it well-lubricated. Great - reminding me of Zappa’s _a grinder, a thumper, with a pre-moistened dumper_ from “Jewish Princess”. And then later on in his _Sheik Yerbouti_ album (😛 cultural appropriation album cover?:p) there’s _Ram it, ram it, ram it, ram it up your poop shoot. (fist fuck)_ from “Broken Hearts Are For Assholes”. ---
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/130 "2018-03-29T17:12:20Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > This is one of the most common “misheard lyrics” songs, but I agree with you that he might be saying “deuce” but it is definitely pronounced “douche.” I heard it on the radio recently and paid careful attention just to make sure I wasn’t listening closely enough. I don’t know if there is an accent or common regional pronunciation of “ce” as “che/sh” but it’s there. It’s the hi-hats sizzling in the background that gives it a ‘sh’ feel. “Douche” wasn’t really common parlance in the UK, back in the day, so to the ears of an English drummer, it’s a man singing “deuce” with a loose, hissy set of hats threatening to blend in with it. It’s surprising how wholly that can happen. On “Eat for Two” by 10,000 Maniacs (the MTV Unplugged version), the tone of the oboe (maybe a cor anglais?) blended with Natalie Merchant’s voice and I heard her singing “Eat for tomorrow” for ages. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827/131 "2018-03-29T20:09:29Z")
> [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](#): > > It’s the hi-hats sizzling in the background that gives it a ‘sh’ feel. “Douche” wasn’t really common parlance in the UK, back in the day, so to the ears of an English drummer, it’s a man singing “deuce” with a loose, hissy set of hats threatening to blend in with it. This is actually a really good theory, and you had me on board with it for a second, but when I went back and listened to the song it’s pretty clear it’s coming from the vocal. And if “douche” wasn’t really common parlance in the UK at the time, that’s actually more of an argument that it _is_ the vocal, because it means it’s less likely somebody would have been like, “Hey chaps, do you think we oughta give that vocal another go? It sounds like we’re advertising a feminine hygiene product”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827.md?page=6)