Continued from: The worst lyrics, post your best examples. Song: The Girl Is Mine. Artist. Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. Lyric: "The doggone girl is mine". "Doggone"?!
I'll be amazed if this isn;t in the original thread but: "He promises me I'm as safe as houses, as long as I remember who's wearing the trousers" - Never Let Me Down - Depeche Mode. Great record, reaaaally bad line.
“Burn Bitch Burn” and “Secretly Cruel” by Kiss are two of the worst songs I’ve ever heard, and this is coming from a shameless Kiss-nerd. These were both written when Gene Simmons didn’t care about the band and was trying to break into Hollywood. We all know how successfully that worked out. See the below lyrics: “I wanna put my log in your fireplace” “It was a hot day, she wore lingerie And nothing else in-between” “Then she bared herself, And stripped my soul, Began to shake, rattle and roll Then I took control, yeah”
Lynyrd Skynrd- "Ooooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of death surrounds you" Yes, I smell it and it stinks!!
Song: Scrambled Eggs Artist: Pauly & The Moondogs Lyric: "Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs."
As has been mentioned time and time again, the line in that Des'ree song about not wanting to see a ghost because it's the sight she fears most, she'd rather have a piece of toast and watch the evening news!
Artist: Bonnie Raitt Song: Sweet And Shiny Eyes Lyric: "Your sweet and shiny eyes are like the stars above Laredo, like meat and potatoes to me."
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
"I get some headaches when I hit the heights Like in the morning after crazy nights" that's OK, then... "Like some mother in law in her nylon tights"! Queen - Coming Soon. Roger Taylor is masterful at bad lyrics! Though he has wrote a lot of good stuff too.
talk about juvenile and banal at the same time: mccartney - and it's over 5 minutes long. "Let 'Em In" Someone knocking at the door Somebody ringing the bell Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Do me a favour Open the door And let 'em in Oh yeah Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Do me a favour Open the door And let 'em in Let ‘em in Sister Suzy, Brother John Martin Luther, Phil and Don Brother Michael, Auntie Gin Open the door and let 'em in Let ‘Em In Someone knocking at the door Somebody ringing the bell Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Do me a favour Open the door And let 'em in Oh yeah Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Do me a favour Open the door And let 'em in Let ‘em in Sister Suzy, Brother John Martin Luther, Phil and Don Brother Michael, Auntie Gin Open the door and let 'em in Oh yeah Sister Suzy, Brother John Martin Luther, Phil and Don Uncle Ernie, Auntie Gin Open the door and let 'em in Yeah, yeah Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Do me a favour Open the door And let 'em in Oh yeah, yeah, let ‘em in now Sister Suzy, Brother John Martin Luther, Phil and Don Uncle Ernie, Uncle Ian Open the door and let 'em in Yeah, yeah Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Someone's knocking at the door Somebody's ringing the bell Do me a favour Open the door And let 'em in Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
"I love you, 'cause you tell my things I want to know / And it's true that it really only goes to show." - Beatles, Ask Me Why
My go-to example of a bad lyric is this one: Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'd hide And pray for the thunder and the rain to quietly pass me by Lordy!
Always always always hated these Grant Hart lyrics: Running around like an insane maniac Anywhere that you please Taking advantage of anyone handy To satisfy your disease You're a soldier You're a soldier Going off on a big adventure You never want it to end Saving up a million stories To tell to all your friends You're a soldier You're a soldier Knocking over everything that's standing in your way Can you tell me just how many did you kill today? You're a soldier You're a soldier Patrolling the world with your little boy face And a grown-up gun that shoots You got a fresh-scrubbed teenage outlook on terror And a khaki attitude You're a soldier You're a soldier
Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You The actual song is relatively well written, but this hook/chorus drives me nuts with frustration every time I hear it. "I really really really really really really like you!"
The Brazilian/South American thrash metal scene of the late '80s (Sepultura, Sarcofago, MX, The Mist, etc.) was a gold mine of terrible/unintentionally hilarious lyrics. Obviously, a big part of that was due to the language barrier between English and the musicians' native Portuguese. My brother had a pen pal in Brazil back then with whom he used to trade records. Every time he got a new "shipment" from this guy we'd read the lyric sheets out loud to each other and laugh ourselves silly. Unfortunately, most of the examples I can think of off the top of my head are too filthy/unprintable for a family-friendly forum, but here's a tender little ditty from Sarcofago called "Deathrash" (sic) that should give you an idea. It reads like someone putting the lyrics to Metallica's "Whiplash" into Google Translate, changing them to Portuguese, and then back to English again.
