The silliest/worst lyrics you've ever heard...

[putu enjula]

A song I heard yesterday inspired me to start this thread....

Please post YOUR favorite bad/silly lyrics...    remember they have to fit within the guidlines!

Here's the line that inspired me...

"I love you like a mango...   drop your love on me"

Obviously a reggae song  

Before anyone gets offended, just remember even a good song can have silly lyrics!

[Neofolis]

I'm struggling to think of good silly lyrics, but there are plenty of lyrics, that I find a little annoying.

Luther Vandross - "You must have known that I had feelings deep enough to swim in"

is one that leaps instantly to mind.

[metalfan]

"And now you're back

From outer space

I just walked in to find you here

With that look upon your face..."

"I Will Survive"

Whoever of the disco divas sang this, I can't really recall, but I always thought it was very silly

The other one is more recent and about sums it up for what I think of the lyrics of every similar artist in this genre:

"Your Fergilicious..."

[Neofolis]

Possibly the silliest lyrics of all time are from a song by the Spitting Image team called The Chicken Song.  I don't know if this song is known internationally, as I understand the UK is more of a haven for gimmick songs than other countries.  Correct me if I am wrong, I'd really like to be.  Anyway, this is the chorus, which gives you some idea of the general theme of the song.

Hold a chicken in the air,

Stick a deckchair up your nose,

Buy a jumbo jet,

And then bury all your clothes,

Paint your left knee green,

And extract your wisdom teeth,

Form a string quartet,

And pretend your name is Keith.

Should I add that this reached No.1 in the UK.

[osideterry]

For me, the band "America" takes the prize for worst lyrics. First up, here's the refrain for "Ventura Highway".

cause the free wind is blowin through your hair

And the days surround your daylight there

Seasons crying no despair

Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

or these classic lines from "The Tin Man"

Oh, Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man

That he didn't, didn't already have

And Cause never was the reason for the evening

Or the tropic of Sir Galahad

So please believe in me

When I say I'm spinning round, round, round, round

Smoke glass stain bright color

Image going down, down, down, down

Soapsuds green like bubbles

[paulgila]

"de doo doo doo,de da da da,is all i want to say to you."

this is the reason why sting was voted worst songwriter

EVER by "blender" magazine.

[_Keith]

So, let me understand, you guys actually listen to the lyrics of songs.  Are ya'll nuts?

Said in my best southern drawl.

[paulgila]

yes i do,keith,but at my own risk

[_Keith]

..

[_Keith]

OK, so do I.  But I ain't admitting it.  Wait, I just did.  

I have to say though, there is nothing funnier than watching a bunch of southerners (and sometimes yankees) sing along to "Sweet Home Alabama" like they grew up in Birmingham, knowing 9 out of 10 of them are not from Alabama, and may have never even been there.

And I are a southernor, so I feel priveledged to talk about my own. :cool:

[paulgila]

they have 12 step programs that can stop you from paying attention to song lyrics,but as far as being a southerener yer stuck with it :laugh:

[_Keith]

(pohonkelapa @ Jan. 21 2008,12:47)

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they have 12 step programs,,,,but as far as being a southerener yer stuck with it :laugh:

There are 12 step programs for that too.  

But you won't find me in one.  :laugh:

[PALM MOD]

Someone please give me grounds to delete this thread.

Now I've got "The Tin Man" in my head, and I can't get it out.

[bgl]

Dean,

Patience, and I'm sure your wish will be granted!  And I was under the mistaken impression that ALL lyrics are silly. But, then I try not to listen to them, so what do I know...!?

Bo-Göran

[putu enjula]

(osideterry @ Jan. 21 2008,09:24)

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So please believe in me

When I say I'm spinning round, round, round, round

Smoke glass stain bright color

Image going down, down, down, down

Soapsuds green like bubbles

WOW!  I never knew that's what they said during that part!  That's soo lame!!!

Apparently they were on something!  

I never could stand their other song-

"Ive been through the desert on a horse with no name

It felt good to be out of the rain

In the desert you can't remember your name

cause there aint no one for to give you no pain

La, la ..."

I had to go to a lyric website because I couldn't remember the second line....   I forgot about the "Laa Laa La lalala la la   la la la laaaa la"

The funniest part to me about going to the website is that they offered "America" ringtones!!!  LOL!!  HAHAHAHAHAHA :laugh:  :laugh:

[osideterry]

Sorry Dean. I have more America lyrics to share, but will refrain just to keep this thread going.

I now have de doo doo doo,de da da da stuck in mine.

[_Keith]

(IPSPTModerator @ Jan. 21 2008,13:52)

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Someone please give me grounds to delete this thread.

Now I've got "The Tin Man" in my head, and I can't get it out.

I said "southern," now that is political, right?.  Please delete this thread.   Not enough?  Democrat, Republican, Liberal, Conservative, now there.   Surely that is enough.

[putu enjula]

(pohonkelapa @ Jan. 21 2008,09:28)

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"de doo doo doo,de da da da,is all i want to say to you."

this is the reason why sting was voted worst songwriter

EVER by "blender" magazine.

Ironically in the same song Sting says:

"Poets, priests and poiticians

Have words to thank for their positions"

[putu enjula]

(osideterry @ Jan. 21 2008,11:12)

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Sorry Dean. I have more America lyrics to share, but will refrain just to keep this thread going.

I now have de doo doo doo,de da da da stuck in mine.

No America ringtones for us!!! NO WAY!!!

[putu enjula]

(keiththibodeaux @ Jan. 21 2008,09:29)

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So, let me understand, you guys actually listen to the lyrics of songs.  Are ya'll nuts?

Said in my best southern drawl.

Sometimes I REALLY try to ignore them...  esp. if it sounds like they are going to be horrible!  I guess it's kinda like looking at a traffic accident...  you don't really want to but you do anyway.

[putu enjula]

How about this one by Styxx?

"Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo

Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto

For doing the jobs that nobody wants to

And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto

For helping me escape just when I needed to

Thank you-thank you, thank you

I want to thank you, please, thank you"

That stynxx.

[GREENHAND]

Sky rockets in flight.

afternoon delight

ohohoh afternoon delight.

oh man that song sucks!

[putu enjula]

(keiththibodeaux @ Jan. 21 2008,09:42)

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OK, so do I.  But I ain't admitting it.  Wait, I just did.  

I have to say though, there is nothing funnier than watching a bunch of southerners (and sometimes yankees) sing along to "Sweet Home Alabama" like they grew up in Birmingham, knowing 9 out of 10 of them are not from Alabama, and may have never even been there.

And I are a southernor, so I feel priveledged to talk about my own. :cool:

What's up with KENTUCKY Fried Chicken using "Sweet Home Alabama?" ???

[Shon]

All time worst rap lyric is from Will Smith's "get Jiggy with it"," I gotta Prada bag with alot of stuff in it"

[osideterry]

"Mr. Roboto" is pretty bad. "Come Sail Away" by Styx might just have it beat.

I think songs written in an obviously abstract way are in a different category. Just because it doesn't make sense at first doesn't mean it isn't brilliant or well-written.

[paulgila]

anything by styx fits in this discussion.

[DoomsDave]

(metalfan @ Jan. 21 2008,08:26)

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"And now you're back

From outer space

I just walked in to find you here

With that look upon your face..."

"I Will Survive"

Whoever of the disco divas sang this, I can't really recall, but I always thought it was very silly

The other one is more recent and about sums it up for what I think of the lyrics of every similar artist in this genre:

"Your Fergilicious..."

Gloria Gaynor, from the Gong Show to fame . . . .

(remember the Unkown Comic?)

[DoomsDave]

(Neofolis @ Jan. 21 2008,12:12)

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Possibly the silliest lyrics of all time are from a song by the Spitting Image team called The Chicken Song.  I don't know if this song is known internationally, as I understand the UK is more of a haven for gimmick songs than other countries.  Correct me if I am wrong, I'd really like to be.  Anyway, this is the chorus, which gives you some idea of the general theme of the song.

Hold a chicken in the air,

Stick a deckchair up your nose,

Buy a jumbo jet,

And then bury all your clothes,

Paint your left knee green,

And extract your wisdom teeth,

Form a string quartet,

And pretend your name is Keith.

Should I add that this reached No.1 in the UK.

England sounds like a fun place!

That song's a hoot!  The imagery . . . . .

The video, link below puts it into context, which is even sillier . . . .

:laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:

CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VIDEO OF CHICKEN SONG

[kylecawazafla]

I really enjoy songs by Kanye West because I like the beat and laugh at the lyrics.

[metalfan]

I think "America" were all stoners, that explains their weird lyrics.

But nothing can explain the lyrics to "Icky Thump" by the White Stripes....

"IIIIIIEEEEEEE

Icky thump

Who'da thunk?

Sittin drunk in a wagon to Mexico

Ahh well

what a crump

Well my head got a bump

When I hit the radio"

Okay, I think this is drivel.

[Zac in NC]

I could quote some Monty Python Lyrics but that would get this thread deleted, and I don't want too. And I too now have Da doo doo doo, in my head.

How about from Levon....

Levon sells cartoon balloons in town

His family business thrives

Jesus blows up balloons all day

Sits on the porch swing watching them fly

And jesus, he wants to go to venus

Leaving levon far behind

Take a balloon and go sailing

While levon, levon slowly dies

Zac

[DoomsDave]

Niel Diamond could be silly when he felt like it, especially back in his stoner phase:

Porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie,

Vanilla soup, a double scoop please.

No, maybe I want, maybe I won't, maybe I will.

The titti fruit, with fruity blue cheese.

Ah, but porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie,

Don't let it get on your jeans, I know it sounds a little strange,

but you got to eat it with gloves--or your hands will turn green.

Ah, but porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie,

It weaves its way through my dreams,

And I do believe I'm gonna have one and leave enough room for dessert,

chicken ripple ice cream.

Not Cheech Marin or MOnty Python, but worth a smile, especially in your own stoner phase . . . .

[Walter John]

"Manambe Lavaka" has some crazy lyrics, could get this thread whacked into the chipper so I won't mention them.

Speaking of America, lovely tunes, cool harmonies, musianship is always tops but you could mention every second song for bad lyrics, my all time America odd lyric is the song "Muskrat Love", the title says it all.

And remember, OZ never did give nothing to the Tin Man  

[Neofolis]

What about Aphrodisiac Jacket by The Cult.

Aphrodisiac Jacket,

Napoleon Machine Gun,

Plastic Fantastic,

Lobster Telephone

What?

[paulgila]

every single cult song sounds exactly the same,but has progressivley "stupider" lyrics.

[putu enjula]

Mr. Greenleaf,

I only know "Muskrat Love" by Captain and Taneal so I looked up the one by America...   here's a sample for everyone..

Nibbling on bacon, chewin on cheese

Sammy says to susie honey, would you please be my missus?

And she say yes

With her kisses

You're right, that's pretty bad

[putu enjula]

(metalfan @ Jan. 21 2008,16:37)

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I think "America" were all stoners, that explains their weird lyrics.

But nothing can explain the lyrics to "Icky Thump" by the White Stripes....

"IIIIIIEEEEEEE

Icky thump

Who'da thunk?

Sittin drunk in a wagon to Mexico

Ahh well

what a crump

Well my head got a bump

When I hit the radio"

Okay, I think this is drivel.

LOL! That cracked me up Gina.

True, they may have been "stoners," but that's no excuse!!

To me, when someone tries to write weird lyrics on purpose, it's just not as funny as when someone tries write to good lyrics and fails miserably!   maybe that's a little cruel

[putu enjula]

(GREENHAND @ Jan. 21 2008,11:51)

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Sky rockets in flight.

afternoon delight

ohohoh afternoon delight.

oh man that song sucks!

Hahahaha!!

How could that one have slipped my mind?!!?!  That's the best WORST ever!! That song blows. The name of the band is also horrible...  "The Starland Vocal Band"

Has anyone actually listened to all the lyrics to that song?

Very naughty for 70's radio!

Naughty and stupid.

[metalfan]

Seventies radio was a very strange place to be as a teen. My sister drove an old bomber Fire Chief Pontiac that was about 15 feet long and it only had AM radio. So all we had was top 40 crud. Then my father agreed to let her put an 8 track player in there and at least we got some Led Zepplin and Kiss.

Even after we got hold of a car that had an FM radio the selection wasn't that much better.

The only thing that we really liked to listen to was vinyl.

Its interesting reading these books by the guys in Motley Crue. It really shows just how much the record labels controlled what you heard on the radio in the 70's and 80's, and even into the 90's.

Slash from the "then fledgling" Guns N Roses was a good friend of Nikki Sixx, when Motley Crue was already established and raking in millions. Motley Crue was touring with Whitesnake and hated them, and wanted the record label to let them tour with then-infant Guns and Roses because they believed that they were the "next big thing" if only they could get some exposure. The record label fought everything they did. I remember seeing an almost unknown Guns and Roses playing an outdoor street festival in Los Angeles in about 1986 for free.

MTV banned most of the videos by bands like Motley Crue and other rock bands because they didn't fit into the squeaky clean automaton pattern of New Wave and soft rock like Fleetwood Mac. Heaven forbid a kid should actually see a tattoo on a rocker's arm.

I think music history is very interesting. You have to wonder what was going on in these people's heads to lead to some of the weirder lyrics of the 70's and 80's.

[Paul S]

This one always bugs me - White Room by Cream.  Ok, the guitar solo is divine but the words?  

In the white room with black curtains near the station.

Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.

Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes.

Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment.

I mean - tired starlings?