'If you knew me like I know you, girl Your knees would bend and your hair would curl.' Reg Presley, I Can't Control Myself (The Troggs)
'Gonna write a classic Gonna write it in an attic Babe, I'm an addict, now An addict for your love...' Adrian Gurvitz, Classic.
Blue, blue, my world is blue Blue is my world now I'm without you Gray, gray, my life is gray Cold is my heart since you went away Red, red, my eyes are red Crying for you alone in my bed Green, green, my jealous heart I doubted you and now we're apart
For the life of me, I can't imagine anyone hearing we're -- it's so plainly just we I also think live in is pretty damn clear -- there's space between the words .
If we're talking Beach Boys sins "Be True To Your School". Possibly the least cool song ever recorded.
Keep going John, you're in the right, I know it. You and I have both chosen to die on this hill and it'll be worth it in the end.
"She's got a sister And God only knows how I've missed her And on the palm of her hand is a blister And I need more time." Positively Shakespearian.
Your sister's gone out, she's on a date You just sit at home and masturbate Your phone is gonna ring soon, but you just can't wait For that call So you stand on the corner in your New English clothes And you look so polished from your hair down to your toes Ah, but still your fingers gonna pick your nose After all... So you decide to take a holiday You got your tape deck and your brand new Chevrolet Ah, there ain't no place to go anyway What for? So you got everything, ah, but nothing's cool They just found your father in the swimming pool And you guess you won't be going back to school Anymore. billy joel - captain jack
Quoting my own post here since it seems I'm actually wrong. Which means that I used to be right! Whatever. It seems even Macca is unsure of exactly what he sang: The Grammarphobia Blog: Live and let die
Yes, I'm afraid an entire thread could be devoted to the Beach Boys' lyrical misdemeanors. But it's all part of their charm, I reckon.
Paul McCartney's Freedom "This is my right A right given by God To live a free life To live in freedom Talkin' about freedom I'm talkin' about freedom I will fight for the right To live in freedom Any one Tries to take it away You'll have to answer 'Cause this is my right I'm talkin' about freedom I'm talkin' about freedom I will fight for the right To live in freedom Yeah oh I'm' talkin' about freedom I'm talking about freedom I will fight for the right To live in freedom Everybody talkin' about freedom We're talkin' about freedom We will fight for the right To live in freedom Oh Talkin' about freedom I'm talkin' about freedom I will fight for the right To live in freedom I'm' talkin' about freedom I'm' talkin' about freedom We will fight for the right To live in freedom" This song could have used the word "Freedom" in it a few more times.
The above from Billy Joel can't actually be real, right? If so, we have the thread winner right here! This makes "Billy Don't be a Hero" sound like Chaucer! .
It's badly written but still one of my personal faves: I was suicidal 'Cause you was my idol Sweet- Action (1975) Sheer genius. In a stupid way.
"You don't need no wax job, you're smooth enough for me If you need your oil changed, I'll do it for you free Oh baby, the pleasure would be all mine If you let me drive your pickup truck and park it where the sun don't shine" Spinal Tap? Gene Simmons? Alas, no...
Just listened to it again. It's "world in which we're livin'", again. My contribution to this thread comes from Steve Miller, who has many to choose from. Today, I'll go with this from "Kow Kow": "Kow Kow Calculator Was a very smooth operator. Had himself a pet alligator, Kept it in a chrome elevator, yeah". Even Nicky Hopkins' beautiful piano fills can't polish this turd. Honorable mention, as always, to Thin Lizzy: "Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak Somewhere in the town". Probably at the jail, I'm thinking.
We had joy, we had fun We had seasons in the sun But the stars that we could reach We just starfish on the beach
