Bad Lyric in Top-Ten Hits

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Ddnt want to include Aerosmith, and Steve Tyler; but:

Sweet Emotion:
- Standin' in front just shakin' your (censored),
Take you back stage give a drink o' my glass
 
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Ddnt want to include Aerosmith, and Steve Tyler; but:

Sweet Emotion:
- Standin' in front just shakin' your (censored),
Take you back stage give a drink o' my glass



That that`s a band I HATE!!!!!!! Ewwww!!!!!!!!!!
 
Originally Posted By: jmac
ah, I see now.... mmm, I'm bad at making things rhyme, what else would fit that rhymes with masses, I can't think of anything right now.

Classes?
Passes?
 
Originally Posted By: jmac
ah, I see now.... mmm, I'm bad at making things rhyme, what else would fit that rhymes with masses, I can't think of anything right now.


Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at night classes
In the labs they're Bunsen burning
Institutes of higher learning
Reciting things because they've read it
Working t'ward their college credit
 
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Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Originally Posted By: jmac
ah, I see now.... mmm, I'm bad at making things rhyme, what else would fit that rhymes with masses, I can't think of anything right now.


Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at night classes

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Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Ddnt want to include Aerosmith, and Steve Tyler; but:

Sweet Emotion:
- Standin' in front just shakin' your (censored),
Take you back stage give a drink o' my glass



That that`s a band I HATE!!!!!!! Ewwww!!!!!!!!!!
I could agree, but their First Album (underproduced, thankfully) was very very good but they moved quickly downhill from there. Mama Kin, Walk the Dog - two of the better rockers, IMO. Great rhythm and lead playing.
 
Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Originally Posted By: jmac
ah, I see now.... mmm, I'm bad at making things rhyme, what else would fit that rhymes with masses, I can't think of anything right now.


Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at night classes
In the labs they're Bunsen burning
Institutes of higher learning
Reciting things because they've read it
Working t'ward their college credit



...Oh Lord Yeah!
 
Well if that is the way it is going to be...
how aboot-

"Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich"
 
Originally Posted By: jmac
Well if that is the way it is going to be...
how aboot-

"Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich"
Dang!Forgot about that one.The video is just as bad.
 
You can spot the strength of music lyrics by reading them in a spoken-word fashion. The Doors for example were very poetic and didn't need music to back them up.

Devo, OTOH...

when something's going wrong
you must whip it
now whip it
into shape
shape it up
get straight
go forward
move ahead
try to detect it
it's not too late
to whip it
whip it good
when a good time turns around
you must whip it
you will never live it down
unless you whip it
no one gets away
until they whip it
i say whip it
whip it good
i say whip it
whip it good
crack that whip
give the past the slip
step on a crack
break your momma's back
when a problem comes along
you must whip it
before the cream sits out too long
you must whip it
 
This one takes the cake!

Manfred Mann
Blinded By The Light

Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break" And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside.
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride.

Some brimstone baritone anticyclone rolling stone preacher from the east
Says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone, that's where they expect it least"
And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner, watching the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone, reminding him of romance
The calliope crashed to the ground


Last sorry --- verse:

~ Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
~ In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
~ With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round
~ With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground
~ Now Scott with a slingshot finially found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
~ And some bloodshot forget-me-not said daddy's within earshot save the buckshot, turn up the band
~ Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes
~ She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong"
 
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Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
You know, sophomoric, obscure - anything to fill out the verse. Heres two to start:

Black Dog:
- I dont know, but Ive been told, big legged woman aint got no soul -

Stairway to Heaven:
- When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed, with a word she can get what she came for -

Superstition:
- Very superstitious, nothing more to say, very superstitious, devils on his way -

Uncle Albert:
- I had another look and I had a cup of tea and a butter pie, butter pie? The butter wouldnt melt, so I put it in the pie -


Good idea for a thread, but the lyrics for Stairway to Heaven and Superstition may be obscure, but they're not there to fill out the verses....
 
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
I was hoping to stay away from bubblegum:

Shannon:

SHANNON IS GONE I HOPE SHE'S DRIFTING OUT TO SEA
SHE ALWAYS LOVED TO SWIM AWAY
MAYBE SHE'LL FIND AN ISLAND WITH A SHADY TREE
JUST LIKE THE ONE IN OUR BACKYARD


This is a song about somebody's dog....
 
Here's what Eddie originally said this song was about:

The song was written during the first gulf war, when "Papa Bush" was President, as Eddie calls him. The story is about a young Grunger kid, all dressed up in his flannels with the long greasy hair. His brother goes off to fight in the war and gets killed. He gets a letter that comes in one of those yellow army envelopes and learns of his brother's death. So, all upset, he decides to go out and walk it off. On his walk he passes by a neat, middle-aged or elderly couple sitting on their front porch having some tea, and he sees that they have an American flag out. He gives a wave, because he feels like he relates: "The flag, my brother, you know..." But they don't know, of course. They don't know what's underneath the grunge and the long hair. All they see are the outward appearances, and they don't wave back.
The song has changed its meaning over time and Eddie changes the words to suit whatever is on his mind.

But this is what it sounds like....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU
 
Originally Posted By: eljefino
You can spot the strength of music lyrics by reading them in a spoken-word fashion. The Doors for example were very poetic and didn't need music to back them up.

Devo, OTOH...

when something's going wrong
you must whip it
now whip it
into shape
shape it up
get straight
go forward
move ahead
try to detect it
it's not too late
to whip it
whip it good
when a good time turns around
you must whip it
you will never live it down
unless you whip it
no one gets away
until they whip it
i say whip it
whip it good
i say whip it
whip it good
crack that whip
give the past the slip
step on a crack
break your momma's back
when a problem comes along
you must whip it
before the cream sits out too long
you must whip it


It made more sense to those who did .....

whipits.jpg
 
Originally Posted By: MarkC


Good idea for a thread, but the lyrics for Stairway to Heaven and Superstition may be obscure, but they're not there to fill out the verses....
Nothing more to say/ devils on his way?! sonds like a fill in to me - though it was warning of the end of the song - thankfully.

Stairway was just bad metaphor.

What's up with the "Big legged woman aint go no soul?" Still working on that one.
 
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