Diesel Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Happy New Year all:band: On the "Most Overrated Band..." post, someone mentioned the excesses of Yes, ELP etc.It got me thinking that a Crap Lyrics thread might be cool. These might fall into the following example categories....Bad Grammar - the writer can be arsed finding the right wordsPretentious - has some inner meaning for members of the band only or they're simply trying to look "clever" (e.g Yes, ELP)Yes - "In and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky and they stand there"Yes - "Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are"What The F***? - not to be confused with Pretentious - just plain daft lyrics.The Tamperer (featuring Maya) - "What's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?"Cheesy - Any toe-curlers - usually 70's or 80's love songs (e.g. Spandau, Lionel Richie etc)Spot The Cliche' - Predictable retreads (e.g. Whitesnake, any Hair/Poodle Rock Bands)I've stuck a couple of examples in there, please feel free to submit you're own faves.Love & PeaceDZL"sitting on the fence as always!"Ps - apologies if this has already been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake Wifebeater Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 The worst lyric of all time has to be the one about apologising for bleeding on someone's shirt after being stabbed by them. Just thinking about it boils my piss, it's incredibly false. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Don't Stand So Close To Me (The Police) -"It's no use' date=' he sees herHe starts to shake and coughJust like the old man inThat book by Nabakov"Buy a thesaurus, you lazy sod.[/quote'] What's your problem with that lyric? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 It just sounds to me like the Stingster couldn't be arsed that day' date=' unless "that book" is relevant in some way... [/quote'] Nabakov wrote "Lolita". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 any "lyrics" by missy elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_collector Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 I reckon 'I am the walrus' by the Beatles fits nicely into the "What the F***?" category...... Vey imaginative but profoundly silly. I give you.......'Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eyeCrabalocker fishwife pornographic priestessBoy you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers downI am the eggman, they are the eggmenI am the walrus, goo goo goo joob'and.....'Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel TowerElementary penguin singing Hare KrishnaMan you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan PoeI am the eggman, they are the eggmenI am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joobGoo goo goo joob goo goo goo joobGoo gooooooooooo jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba joobaJooba joobaJooba joobaJooba jooba' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 The "I am the Walrus" lyrics are great!The worst lyrics ever maybe those of S.O.A.D's "lonely day". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Maverik Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked - "Let's get the Rock outa here!" = worst lyric ever written! Hahaha, but ya gotta love it anyway! Andy xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 The worst lyric of all time has to be the one about apologising for bleeding on someone's shirt after being stabbed by them. Just thinking about it boils my piss.that wrecks me too! i try not to think about it too much!!on the other hand' date=' best lyric ever - will smith (Freakin' it)I read in rap pages they refer to me as softYeah more like microsoftawesome! /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 I reckon 'I am the walrus' by the Beatles fits nicely into the "What the F***?" category...... Vey imaginative but profoundly silly. I give you.......'Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eyeCrabalocker fishwife pornographic priestessBoy you been a naughty girl' date=' you let your knickers downI am the eggman, they are the eggmenI am the walrus, goo goo goo joob'and.....'Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel TowerElementary penguin singing Hare KrishnaMan you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan PoeI am the eggman, they are the eggmenI am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joobGoo goo goo joob goo goo goo joobGoo gooooooooooo jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba joobaJooba joobaJooba joobaJooba jooba'[/quote']That was the whole point of it as he was horrified that the kids at his old school were "studying" his lyrics and he thought that would fuck them right up Anyway Saxon... getting a tad confused by day and night always amused me..."...This is Scandinavian 101Flight from Hawaii coming out of the sunKennedy, you should be in sightWe can't see a thing here in the night..."Mind you Saxon and heavy metal in general amuse me anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 What's your problem with that lyric?My problem with this lyric is that Sting's clearly going to get his hole aff some sexy wee schoolie, whilst the rest of us get feck-all:laughing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Another one of my all time crap lyrics was form that abysmally bad 70's outfit, Smokie (shite name as well)."Mexical girl don't leave me alone, I've got a heart as big as a stone".I mean, what the f***??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 What's wrong with Jon Anderson just making up meaningless lyrics? (By the way, I think he just made them up to match with the thoughts he had when he heard the music. And that's not exactly like they have special meanings to band members or even to himself.) They conjure images... and then these images have a meaning more personal to the listener than a meaning which is really obvious and purposefully conveyed by the writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pop-notmyface Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 write crap lyrics?no problemo!simply scream them, and nobody will understand!(converge maybe?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollerskates Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 The entirety of any Brand New album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayeth Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Crappest lyrics ever areWhen you try your best' date=' but you don't succeedWhen you get what you want, but not what you needWhen you feel so tired, but you can't sleepStuck in reverseWhen the tears come streaming down your faceWhen you lose something you can't replaceWhen you love someone, but it goes to wasteCould it be worse[/quote']Pure generic boredom rubbish piss nauseating shut the hell upery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollerskates Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 When you try your best' date=' but you don't succeedWhen you get what you want, but not what you needWhen you feel so tired, but you can't sleepStuck in reverseWhen the tears come streaming down your faceWhen you lose something you can't replaceWhen you love someone, but it goes to wasteCould it be worse[/quote']These sound like lyrics that Alanis Morisette wrote, then thought "I have enough already", and threw them in the bin, only for Chris Martin to find several years later when looking through her rubbish, that for some reason had not been collected in several years, and this is the worst story ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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