It does if you think he’s saying “we’re livin’,” not “we live in.”
Having been an eye witness to all the 60s, 70s, and 80s (I haven’t been paying attention the last 20 or so) I want to nominate an entire song. While the lyrics are dopey beyond belief the song is one of my very favorites of the 70s and, IMHO, one of the best ever.
Led Zepplen’s “Trampled Underfoot.”
Wot, no T. Rex? Fantastic songs, appalling lyrics:
You’re like a car
You’re pleasing to behold
I’d like to call you “Jagu-ar”
If I may be so bold.
Well, you won’t be beating her off with a stick.
You’re a hubcap diamond star halo
Is that good or bad?
Did you ever see a woman
Coming out of New York City
With a frog in her hand?
No. And neither did you.
Actually, it’s “You’ve got a hubcap diamond star halo”
Great song, BTW.
I have to add this one about Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx. I do like the song (OK, I’m a sap), but there’s one phrase that drives me nutso, because it is SO grammatically incorrect that it makes my ears cramp.
Whatever it takes, or how my heart breaks.
Even if my heart breaks, no matter how my heart breaks, anything like that would make some sense, but the way it’s written is just WRONG!!!
Oh, and there’s this Reba McIntyre song that says:
Sometimes wonderful can fall apart sometimes.
I guess the second “sometimes” was in case you didn’t hear the first one.
I’m so glad this thread was resurrected! Allow me to add a favorite of mine:
Hootie and the Blowfish
Every time I look at you, I go blind.
So, how many times could you actually look at her, Hootie? Unless elsewhere in the song he mentions regaining his sight, which I doubt.
From The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
As the big ships go,
it was bigger than most
Sadly, for all of Hootie and the Blowfish’s sins, that one isn’t their fault. The song was originally done by the Canadian band 54-40 in the 80s, then Hootie did a cover that sounds exactly the same as the original.
As for bad lyrics, I’m sure I’ll think of some good (bad?) examples the instant I hit submit.
I think the worst lyric hands down is Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses :
‘With an ironclad fist I wake up and
French kiss the morning…’
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It’s a stretch calling it “rock and roll” but Neil Diamond has the worst line in popular music with “and no one heard at all, not even the chair.”
A close second is Bob Seager’s “Until you’ve been beside a man, you don’t know who he knows.”
A couple of pages ago “Kung Fu Fighting” was mentioned. Now I happen to enjoy the song, it’s fun, especially when the Geico Gecko sings it, but if you want to point out the really bad lyrics then try;
They were funky China men
from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up
and they were chopping them down
One of my most cringeworthy lyrics is another song from Train. I have managed to block out the title and the rest of the lyrics so all I can quote is “she wears high heels when she exercises”. Not only is it bad but just the idea of exercising in high heels makes my ankles hurt. From what I recall the entire song is pretty bad but like I said I have managed to forget the rest so I am not going to go looking for more examples.
Sometimes having a memory like a steel colander can be a blessing.
The Rolling Stone’s Honky Tonk Women:
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind
Yes, I know it’s a coded drug reference. It’s also a bloody stupid lyric.
“well you’re built like a car, ya got a hubcap-diamond star halo”
“get it on, bang a gong, get it on”…
For some reason that wacky song sticks in my ear-I have no Idea what he is talking about!
Well, if we’re inflicting bad song lyrics on each other, here’s a doozy:
Cheeseburger in paradise (paradise)
Medium rare with mustard ’be nice (paradise)
Heaven on earth with an onion slice (paradise)
I’m just a cheeseburger in paradise
Stick a coconut in it, Jimmy Buffett.
From Your Song:
“Well a few of the verses well they’ve got me quite cross
But the sun’s been quite kind while I wrote this song”
Quite. And how can you forget the color of the person’s eyes?
From Paint It Black:
“I could not fore see this thing hap pe ning to you.”
Then there’s My Ding-a-ling. Less said the better, I think.
And while I’m killing this thread,
“Sloopy I don’t care what your daddy do,
Cause you know Sloopy girl I’m in love with you.”
I admit I read through this thread kind of quickly, but I didn’t see what to me is the most obvious one of all:
“I am, I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair.”
–Neil Diamond
And how about this one:
“I’ve been undressed by kings
And I’ve seen some things
That a woman ain’t s’posed to see.
I’ve been to paradise
But I’ve never been to me.”
Um…yeah. Whatever.
Please forgive if I’ve overlooked these “gems” posted previously in the thread.
Beat ya to it.
KISS, Love Gun
Nowhere to hide, baby, nowhere to run
You pulled the trigger of my love gun
That is wrong on so many levels.
It also seems to be ripped off from an Albert King song called The Hunter.
“Ain’t no need to hide, ain’t no use to run.
Cause I’ve got you in the sights of my love gun.”