Worst lyrics contained in a song?

RayCon

Laois_Man wrote: »

Has anybody mentioned Jim Steinman yet? Most of his songs

"I would do anything for love, but I won't do that"

It's about a strap-on

razorblunt

Any mention for Pitbull rhyming Kodak with Kodak?

littlevillage

RayCon wrote: »

It's about a strap-on

I guess even Meatloaf had to draw a line somewhere :eek:

PlaneSpeeking

littlevillage wrote: »

I guess even Meatloaf had to draw a line somewhere :eek:

It would get lost for one thing!

Regarding that song though, it's not confusing at all - the structure of the song lists lots of things he'll never do, or never say and then says "I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that". THAT being what he just referenced.

For example:

I'll never forget the way you feel right now

- I'd do anything for love, but not that.

Or:

I'd never lie to you and that's a fact

etc.

Actually quite a sweet song and I love the female part near the end, kill for that girls' voice!

Sugarlumps

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

It might have been mentioned here already but Phil Lynnott's rhyming of "Poor Romeo" being "all on his own-eo" is pretty bad

Jeez what a criminal lyric.

PlaneSpeeking

Fergie's "My Humps".

I refuse to even type them they are so bad!

Bigbagofcans

All you ladies pop yo' p**** like this
Shake your body, don't stop, don't miss
All you ladies pop yo' p**** like this
Shake your body, don't stop, don't miss
Just do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

Lick it good
Suck this p**** just like you should
My neck, my back
Lick my p**** and my crack

optogirl

All Saints: 'A few questions that I need to know'

NO! It's the answers you need to know.

demanufactured

Most pop "songs" contain woeful lyrics.

cavemeister

Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
So much wrong with one song but what I have highlighted what does my head in. It's just so stupid.

Like the little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and Uno cards
I'll be your best friend, and you'll be mine
Valentine
Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to
'Cause I want to hold yours too
We'll be playmates and lovers, and share our secret worlds
But it's time for me to go home
It's getting late and dark outside
I need to be with myself and center
Clarity, peace, serenity

I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry

Ipso

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

All you ladies pop yo' p**** like this
Shake your body, don't stop, don't miss
All you ladies pop yo' p**** like this
Shake your body, don't stop, don't miss
Just do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

Lick it good
Suck this p**** just like you should
My neck, my back
Lick my p**** and my crack

So empowering.

Hercule Poirot

PlaneSpeeking wrote: »

It would get lost for one thing!

Regarding that song though, it's not confusing at all - the structure of the song lists lots of things he'll never do, or never say and then says "I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that". THAT being what he just referenced.

For example:

- I'd do anything for love, but not that.

Or:

etc.

Actually quite a sweet song and I love the female part near the end, kill for that girls' voice!

It's all to do with the female part near the end:

Will you raise me up? will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?

I can do that
I can do that

Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will you hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot?
Will you take me places I've never known?

I can do that
Oh no, I can do that

I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
Sooner or later you'll be screwing around

I won't do that
No, I won't do that

Anything for love
But I won't do that

Laois_Man

I haven't changed my mind though - Steinman's lyrics are generally rather ****e!

Although those songs are still something I listen to as a guilty pleasure occasionally and they're sill a level above the feckin lullaby's regularly released nowadays

Church on Tuesday

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

It might have been mentioned here already but Phil Lynnott's rhyming of "Poor Romeo" being "all on his own-eo" is pretty bad

True, but Phil could have sang the phone-book and it would still sound incredible

Hotblack Desiato

Zorya wrote: »

Squeeze me baby till the juice runs down my leg
Squeeze my lemon baby till I fall right out of bed

Just one of the many old blues lyrics Led Zep "borrowed" in the earlier days

This isn't one though : If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the May queen

Hotblack Desiato

Billy Nice Steppingstone wrote: »

Nikki Minge

Autocorrect WIN!

DS86DS

Anything by Sabaton. The whole cheesy war porn narrative in just about any of their songs is cringe inducing

Ipso

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

True, but Phil could have sang the phone-book and it would still sound incredible

I wonder what Dancing in the Moonlight, it got me in it's spot light' phone number is.

The Tetrarch

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight


Lions hunt at night not because their eyesight is better under low light conditions than that of their prey, but because with stealth they can probably approach their prey closer at night than during the day.

Church on Tuesday

Ipso wrote: »

I wonder what Dancing in the Moonlight, it got me in it's spot light' phone number is.

Dunno, I do know that that track was No. 4 in the Irish charts and 14 in the UK from an album that was a hit record for the band though.

sligojoek

The Tetrarch wrote: »

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight


Lions hunt at night not because their eyesight is better under low light conditions than that of their prey, but because with stealth they can probably approach their prey closer at night than during the day.

And another thing. Lions don't live in the jungle. They'd never be able to catch anything with all the trees and vegetation in the way.

My contribution from one of my favourite bands. Deep Purple's "Black Night"

Black night is not right
I don't feel so bright
I don't care to sit tight
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

I don't need a dark tree
I don't want a rough sea
I can't feel, I can't see
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

Black night, black night
I don't need black night
I can't see dark light
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home

fryup

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

It might have been mentioned here already but Phil Lynnott's rhyming of "Poor Romeo" being "all on his own-eo" is pretty bad

how about...."tonight there's going to be a jail break somewhere in this town"

well yeah... the jail :rolleyes:

EPAndlee

Ooga-chaka Ooga-Ooga
Ooga-chaka Ooga-Ooga
Ooga-chaka Ooga-Ooga
Ooga-chaka Ooga-Ooga

Kyle More

bogmanfan wrote: »

'I've got soul but I'm not a soldier'


What is that supposed to mean? Shocking.

It means:
'I've got ham, but I'm not a hamster'
according to Bill Bailey.

PlaneSpeeking

Laois_Man wrote: »

I haven't changed my mind though - Steinman's lyrics are generally rather ****e!

Although those songs are still something I listen to as a guilty pleasure occasionally and they're sill a level above the feckin lullaby's regularly released nowadays

Ah come on, the sheer poetry of "on a hot summer night would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses ?"

Lovely stuff!!!!

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

"i bet you say that to all the boys"

genius!

PlaneSpeeking

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

"i bet you say that to all the boys"

genius!

Try that in Coppers and you'll get a slap but in that song it works!!!!

orourkeda1977

The Tetrarch wrote: »

Lions hunt at night not because their eyesight is better under low light conditions than that of their prey, but because with stealth they can probably approach their prey closer at night than during the day.

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

orourkeda1977

RayCon wrote: »

It's about a strap-on

"Did you ever get a ride
ever get a ride
ever get a ride of a tractor"

Church on Tuesday

DS86DS wrote: »

Anything by Sabaton. The whole cheesy war porn narrative in just about any of their songs is cringe inducing

Ditto Manowar.

orourkeda1977

Can I take your order please?

Let's eat to the beat

[Chorus]
A pizza hut a pizza hut
Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut
A pizza hut a pizza hut
Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut
McDonalds McDonalds
Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut
McDonalds McDonalds
Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut

You like it you love it
You know you really want it
The voices I hear
Whenever you're around

I want it I need it
Nothing else can beat it
Hot and spicy
Whenever I'm in town (mmm mmm)

Enticing exciting
Aroma so inviting
And when it hits
Me, I wanna take you home

Trust me you must see
Just what you're doing to me
Driving me crazy
Hungry to the bone (bone)

I think of you and lick my lips
You've got the taste I can't resist
Can't resist can't resist can't resist
Let's eat to the beat

[Chorus x2]

Would you like that to go?

Any sauces?

You're so sweet and you're neat
You knock me off my feet
You're chunky and hunky
I'm coming back for more (Hot Dog and burger)

Your taste all embraces
I gotta sing your praises
Just savor the flavors
Waiting at your door

I think of you and lick my lips
You've got the taste I can't resist
Can't resist can't resist
Let's eat to the beat

[Chorus x2]

Does anyone fancy a shake?
Shake
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Shake it to the left shake it to the right let's shake
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

I think of you and lick my lips
You've got the taste I can't resist
Can't resist can't resist
Let's eat to the beat

[Chorus]

orourkeda1977

We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party

I've got somethin' to tell ya
I've got news for you
Gonna put some wheels in motion
Get ready 'cause we're comin' through (comin' through)
Hey now, hey now, hear what I say now
Happiness is just around the corner
Hey now, hey now, hear what I say now
We'll be there for you

The Venga bus is comin' and everybody's jumpin'
New York through San Fransisco
An interstate free disco,
The wheels of steel are turnin' and traffic lights are burnin'
So if you like to party,
Get on and move your body

We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party

Hey now, hey now, hear what I say now
Happiness is just around the corner
Hey now, hey now, hear what I say now
We'll be there for you

The Venga bus is comin' and everybody's jumpin'
New York through San Fransisco
An interstate free disco,
The wheels of steel are turnin' and traffic lights are burnin'
So if you like to party,
Get on and move your body

The Venga bus is comin' and everybody's jumpin'
New York through San Fransisco
An interstate free disco,
The wheels of steel are turnin' and traffic lights are burnin'
So if you like to party,
Get on and move your body

We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party
We like to party
We like, we like to party (bus is comin')

The Venga bus is comin'
The Venga bus is comin'
The Venga bus is

The Venga bus is comin' and everybody's jumpin'
New York through San Fransisco
An interstate free disco,
The wheels of steel are turnin' and traffic lights are burnin'
So if you like to party,
Get on and move your body

The Venga bus is comin' and everybody's jumpin'
New York through San Fransisco
An interstate free disco,
The wheels of steel are turnin' and traffic lights are burnin'
So if you like to party,
Get on and move your body
The Venga bus is comin'

ohnonotgmail

Mark Knopfler - My Bacon Roll

S'cuse me, s'cuse me
Have you got my roll?
My roll? My bacon roll?
Have you got my roll?
My roll? My bacon roll?

Capt'n Midnight

Not the worst

Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie watcha,
Ging gang goo, ging gang goo.

Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie watcha,
Ging gang goo, ging gang goo.

Hayla, oh hayla shayla, oh hayla shayla, shayla, oh-ho,
Hayla, oh hayla shayla, oh hayla shayla, shayla, oh.

Shally wally, shally wally, shally wally, shally wally,
Oompah, oompah, oompah, oompah.

To the tune of Mozart’s Symphony No.1 in Eb major

dr.fuzzenstein

Light my Fire by the Doors.
It just rhymes liar, higher, fire, pyre, mire.

Cypher_sounds

“While I teabag the microphone 'cause I go nuts on it”

Sebastian Dangerfield

Deboree-deb n' deboree-de-bree-deb
Deboree-deb n' deboree-de-bree-deb
Deboree-deb n' deboree-de-bree-deb
Deboree-deb n' deboree-de-bree-deb

Oh Deborah, always look like a zebra
Your sunken face is like a galleon
Clawed with mysteries of the Spanish Main, oh Deborah...

Plopsu

bodhrandude wrote: »

I like TRex but Marc Bolan should be a contender,
'I drive a Rolls Royce because its good for my voice.'

You know that was meant as a dig, right?

Plopsu

Billy Nice Steppingstone wrote: »

"Hail a gypsy cab takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge...
Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge." Alicia Keys singing bollix

"Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger FOR more than an empty fridge"

Which seems perfectly reasonable to me.

Should mention that for a long time I thought she wanted to see her name in MONKEYS down on Broadway (which I figured had to break some sort of animal cruelty laws).

Plopsu

The Tetrarch wrote: »

A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight


Lions hunt at night not because their eyesight is better under low light conditions than that of their prey, but because with stealth they can probably approach their prey closer at night than during the day.

They also live on plains not in the jungle.

EDIT: oops somebody already said it.

HonalD

I'm the trouble starter, *unkin' instigator
I'm the fear addicted, a danger illustrated
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're a firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm the bitch you hated, filth infatuated, yeah
I'm the pain you tasted, fell intoxicated
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm the self inflicted, mind detonator, yeah
I'm the one infected, twisted animator
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter starter

Love the beat but 8 songwriting credits is taking the piss (includes Trevor Horn, Paul Morley and Anne Dudley)

Has ABC been mentioned?

That was then, this is now - lyric

"Can't complain, musn't grumble
Help yourself to another piece of apple crumble"

HonalD

Clever or worst lyrics, you decide:

“The wild dogs cry out in the night
as they grow restless longing for some solitary company.

I know that I must do what’s right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.”

Toto - Africa (I want some of what they were smoking writing that!)

razorblunt

HonalD wrote: »

Clever or worst lyrics, you decide:

“The wild dogs cry out in the night
as they grow restless longing for some solitary company.

I know that I must do what’s right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.”

Toto - Africa (I want some of what they were smoking writing that!)

Listen, we all know it's just filler until it gets to the epic chorus.

Do do do do do do do doooo

intellectual dosser

Someone called Clanbandit

I wanna f-woop, woop woop, but I'm broken hearted. Cr-cr-cry but I like to party. T-t-touch but I got nobody. Here on my own



Tiesto and Postmalone?

She say she's too young, don't want no man. So she gon' call her friends, now that's a plan. I just ordered sushi from Japan. Now your bitch wanna kick it, Jackie Chan



I hear those on the radio and start to fret about our future.

megadodge

Fun Lovin Criminals -

La di dadi, free John Gotti
La di dadi, la di


Lawdy, the local Primary school kids would be embarrassed by that tripe.

Skylinehead

HonalD wrote: »

Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.”

Toto - Africa (I want some of what they were smoking writing that!)

"How do we cram as many Africa references into this song as possible?"

Oh and Kilimanjaro is hundreds of miles from the Serengeti, not visible, never mind towering.

Oh and Kilimanjaro is twice the height of Mount Olympus, poor analogy. Unless they meant Olympus Mons on Mars, which I doubt.

Still a class song :cool:

ohnonotgmail

Nixonbot wrote: »

"How do we cram as many Africa references into this song as possible?"

Oh and Kilimanjaro is hundreds of miles from the Serengeti, not visible, never mind towering.

Oh and Kilimanjaro is twice the height of Mount Olympus, poor analogy. Unless they meant Olympus Mons on Mars, which I doubt.

Still a class song :cool:

Olympus mons would be an even worse analogy. Its slope is barely discernible from it's base because it is so wide.

Alicano

Sorry if posted already.

But : Umbrella.. ella.. ella.. ella.. eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh..
I'd be embarrassed to stand in a vocal booth recording that vocal.

Quick. Give her a Grammy!!

MetzgerMeister

HonalD wrote: »

I'm the trouble starter, *unkin' instigator
I'm the fear addicted, a danger illustrated
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're a firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm the bitch you hated, filth infatuated, yeah
I'm the pain you tasted, fell intoxicated
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm the self inflicted, mind detonator, yeah
I'm the one infected, twisted animator
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter
You're the firestarter, twisted firestarter
I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter starter

Love the beat but 8 songwriting credits is taking the piss (includes Trevor Horn, Paul Morley and Anne Dudley)

Keith Flint wrote the lyrics. All other songwriting credits are there due to Liam Howlett sampling bits from other songs like "Close to the Edit" by Art of Noise, "S.O.S" by The Breeders and "Devotion" by Ten City. I can guarantee you that all other credits are to people connected to these other groups.