There are some songs which would be awesome apart from a really naff lyric which seems to indicate the librettist ran out of ideas...e.g. Neil Diamond ; I am I said "I am" I said, To no one there, And no one heard at all, Not even the chair. ELP ; Still, you turn me on Do you want to be the pillow which I lay my head? Do you want to be the feathers lying in my bed? Do you want to be a colour cover magazine?, create a scene? Every day a little sadder, a little madder, Someone get me a ladder. I'm sure there are many more out there. I just heard these two over the last couple of days.
The Killers "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" I liked Bill Bailey's mocking of this - I forget his exact words - might have been "I've got ham but I'm not a hamster"
Mcarthur Park Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again... Oh, no
I'm so glad, I'm so glad I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad I'm so glad, I'm so glad I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad CREAM - I'M SO GLAD Yep. We get it it. He's glad
there are sooo many lyrical cliches...shyte like.. 'the smell of her cheap perfume', 'my heart beats like a drum', 'dance to the rhythm of a different drum', and such like crap..
like KC and the Sunshine Band?? "Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your booty"... this is both the title and the chorus lyric...
There is a song whose title is repeated well in excess of 100 times (I think the total is about 140 depending on when you fade it out). It is also a pretty damn good song!
I always considered this a metaphor for sloppy seconds - classic! Bit like a souffle, if you open the door too early it's knackered Someone opened the door on my souffle I don't think that I can take it Coz it took so long to bake it And I don't fancy it now Hmmm, hasn't got the same ring to it tho ....
Eminem "Ass like that" "I ain't never seen An ass like that The way you move it You make my pee-pee go 'Doing-doing-doing'"
Funnily enough these lyrics worked very well in one scene from the stage versions of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! Shakira did not really help in the profound lyrics stakes for me with: Lucky that my lips not only mumble They spill kisses like a fountain Lucky that my breasts are small and humble So you don't confuse them with mountains
yes squire, i will pick up that gauntlet and slap you across the face with it, you bounder, you cad.... Love me for a reason-The Osbournes, sorry, The Osmonds.. "My initial reaction is, honey gimme love, not a FACSIMILE of".... Dont stand so close to me-The Police.. "Its no use, he sees her and start to shake and cough....Just like the old man in that book by NABACOV"... oh yes that book..weve all read it and i know exactly what you mean Gordon, errr, Sting..i love this band but that line was utter pretentious boswelox. 2 words in this one... Africa-Toto "i know i must do whats right..sure as KILIMANJARO rises above the SEEEEREN-GETI"....so contrived its boardering on brilliance... i could go on...
