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Post by abolishconfusion on Feb 21, 2008 19:10:46 GMT
I think "I was once a boy/Until I cut my penis off" is terribly adolescent and clumsy. Side effect of him being a clumsy adolescent when he wrote it, I imagine. Cheerio, Michael. xxx Well... yeah. I think it's the only time on that album where Patrick shows how young he was. Apart from maybe Peter Pan, but that's a whole other thread..
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Post by mimicry on Feb 21, 2008 19:14:24 GMT
Josh/hyperbole OTP <3 But anyway, my favorite couplet of bad lyricism is from the Shangri-Las, "Leader of the Pack": they told me he was bad / but I knew he was sadHa! Oh glorious subjectivity. I actually love that lyric and find it possibly the high point of a great tune. Sometimes simple lyrics are the most effective (see most of the lyrics to Pet Sounds) and I find that line and the way it's delivered pretty much paints the picture of the tormented bad boy archetype in question perfectly. I should clarify that I think it's hilarious. I get what you're saying, though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2008 19:19:03 GMT
Most of Shakira's lyrics are atrocious once they've been translated. 'Lucky that my breasts are small and humble, so you don't confuse them with mountains' is a bit of a winner, admittedly.
Johnny 'Bob Dylan' Borrell's 'I met a girl, she asked me her name, I told her what it was' was recently voted worst song lyric of all time (as according to whatever publication decreed it) wasn't it? It makes me laugh; it's Borrell's attempt to convey isolation and loneliness and it comes off as pre-school story-writing.
I used to like N.E.R.D.'s She Wants To Move, but the line 'her ass is a spaceship I want to ride' is fucking horrid.
I'm going to think of so many more, and probably get extremely wound up by them. Good thread Josh.
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Post by Xteenuh on Feb 21, 2008 19:30:40 GMT
Sorry, but most of Conor Oberst's lyrics are wank. Just happens that Theme to Pinata are so dire that they stand out. It's like a turd in a sea of mud. I actually really like that song, I've always thought the lyrics were lame in a cute sort of way... hah. I made a thread like this once a whiel ago but I forgot what song had inspired me to do so... but right now I'm thinking this thread is lacking some of the lyrical genius that is William Axl Rose. "YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?! YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE, BABY!! YOU'RE GONNA DIIEEEE!!" Also: Ain't it fun when you're always on the run Ain't it fun when your friends despise what you become Ain't it fun when you get so high Well... that you, you just can't come Ain't it fun when you know that you gonna die young
It's such fun Good fun Such fun Such fun Aah such fun Such fun Such fun aah Yeah fun, Just fun Such...
Ain't it fun when you taking care of number one Ain't it fun when you feel like you just gotta get a gun Ain't it fun when you just can't seem to find your tounge Cause you stuck it too deep into something that really stung It's such fun, ah
Well, so good to me, they spit right in my face I didn't even feel it It was such a disgrace
I punched my fist right through the glass I didn't even feel it It happened so fast
Such fun Such fun Such fun Ah such fun Such fun Such fun Ah such fun
Ain't it fun when you tell her she's just a female reproductive organs Ain't it fun when you she splits you and leaves you on the bum Well, ain't it fun when you've broken up every band that you've ever begun Ain't it fun when you know that you're gonna die youngAnd such fun and so on. We also need some K-Fed up in here: Im the talk of the town Thats the reason why they stare 4 karats in my ear If you look see a glare Im - one of a kind With a wonderful rhyme Im skatin off in a 'rari You'll get left behind My raps fully automatic like an AR Droppin - nothin but heat me an JR Im livin life in the fast lane Then the cash came Fire wont quit, still burnin like a gas flame They watch me So i duck and roll Middle fingers still up sayin fuck the globe And my dawgs still down We dont trust them hoes I live life like a King I was extra stoned Kevin Federline - I come tight with every rhyme I built a kingdom down the street from pepperdine This marijuana got me heavily sedated Im Kevin Federline America's most hated (what!)Edit: Lol, oh AFI. Double edit: Axl Rose did not actually write "female reproductive organs". Aha.
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Post by sarah on Feb 21, 2008 21:46:28 GMT
WHEN I WAS
A YOUNG BOY
etc.
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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2008 22:31:27 GMT
I used to like N.E.R.D.'s She Wants To Move, but the line 'her ass is a spaceship I want to ride' is fucking horrid. Shut up, that's a brilliant lyric! Cheerio, Michael. xxx
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2008 22:46:11 GMT
You shut up!
They can be all topical and metaphorical and shit if they want to:
'Ridin' my motorcycle down the streets While politicians is soundin' like strippers to me They keep sayin' but I don't wanna hear it...
Oooh baby you want me? Oooh baby you want me? Oooh baby you want me? Well you can get this lap dance here for free'
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Post by thornyking on Feb 22, 2008 5:36:41 GMT
There's a Shakira lyric which is something like "I would move to a third world country for you" Oh dear, I laughed at that. Horrid lyric. "they say who's that girl takin' trips all around the world cuz I rap so tight I even got my own website" "I carved your name into my arm So I would remember you Sometimes it hurts so bad I don't know what to say Enacting Sybil vane in some tragic play So afraid that I can't ever explain So now I Scream And hope it's a dream It's hard just to breathe"
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Post by Carniche on Feb 22, 2008 11:37:40 GMT
Ride with a new chick, she like 'hold up' Next to the playstation controller is a full clip and my pistola Turn a jacker into a coma Girl you ain't know, I'm crazy like Krayzie Bone Just tryin to bone ain't tryin to have no babies
It's hard to decide if the whole song IS shit or if it's just me hatin' on the song, but, whatever.
SHUT UP CHAMILLIONMAN!
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Post by Elderberry Fucking Fanta on Feb 22, 2008 16:05:55 GMT
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Post by Carniche on Feb 22, 2008 16:29:09 GMT
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Post by Rhiflect on Feb 22, 2008 20:54:16 GMT
Soulja Boy Off In This Hoe Watch Me Crank It Watch Me Roll Watch Me Crank Dat Soulja Boy Then Super Man Dat Hoe Now Watch Me yua (Crank Dat Soulja Boy) Now Watch Me yua! (Crank Dat Soulja Boy) Now Watch Me yua! (Crank Dat Soulja Boy) Now Watch Me yua! (Crank Dat Soulja Boy)
[Verse 1:] Soulja Boy Off In This Hoe Watch Me Lean And Watch Me Rock Super Man Dat Hoe Then Watch Me Crank Dat Robocop Super Fresh, Now Watch Me Jock Jocking On Them Haterz Man When I Do Dat Soulja Boy I Lean To The Left And Crank Dat thing (Now Yua!) I'm Jocking On Yo Bitch Ass And If We Get The Fightin Then I'm Cocking On Your Bitch ass You Catch Me At Yo Local Party Yes I Crank It Everyday Haterz Get Mad Cuz "I got me some bapes today"
I'm Bouncin On My Toe Watch Me Super Soak Dat Hoe I'ma Pass It To Arab Then He Gon crank it up 4 show (sho) Haterz Wanna Be Me Soulja Boy, I'm The Man They Be Lookin At My Neck Sayin This The Rubberband Man (Man) Watch Me Do It (Watch Me Do It) Dance (Dance) Let Get To It (Let Get To It) Nope, You Can't Do It Like Me Hoe, So Don't Do It Like Me Folk, I See You Tryna Do It Like Me Man That Shit Was Ugly
Im 2 clean off in this hoe Watch me crank it Watch me roll Watch me crank that roosavelt And super soak that Hoe
Im to fresh up in this bitch Watch me shuffle Watch me jig Watch me crank my shoulder work Super man that bitch
This song makes me want to kill myself. Also some of natasha bedingfields lyrics sound like something I could have written. Not a good thing.
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Post by Lauren on Feb 22, 2008 22:19:58 GMT
Soulja Boy is a terribly gross song. And degrading. And GAH. Awful.
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Post by sarah on Feb 22, 2008 22:26:07 GMT
i thought it might just be funny, but it's not even crap funny
it's just shit
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Post by Vincent on Feb 22, 2008 23:28:57 GMT
My most hated Patrick lyric is "A boy like me/should shut those books and join the army" so adolescent/"outsider" cliche it put me off Patrick for ages. That might be my favourite lyric from the song actually...what does this make me?
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Post by chloelovespw on Feb 22, 2008 23:38:57 GMT
I LOVED speakerboxxx/the love below but this is atrocious.
from 'Speakerboxxx' (Big Boi)
Drip drip drop there goes an ear-gasm Now you cumin out the side of your face We're tapping right into your memory banks (Thanks!) So click it or ticket lets see your seat belt fastened Trunk rattlin’ like two midgets in the back seat wrestlin Speakerboxx vibrate the tag, make it sound like aluminum cans in a bag But I know ya’ll wanted that 808 can you feel that B-A-S-S, bass But I know ya’ll wanted that 808 can you feel that B-A-S-S, bass
[Chorus] I like the waaaay you move I like the waaaay you move (Whoo-o-o!) I love the waaaay you move I love the way, I love the way.
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Post by Elderberry Fucking Fanta on Feb 22, 2008 23:41:41 GMT
My most hated Patrick lyric is "A boy like me/should shut those books and join the army" so adolescent/"outsider" cliche it put me off Patrick for ages. That might be my favourite lyric from the song actually...what does this make me? not Josh.
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Post by Xteenuh on Feb 23, 2008 0:01:08 GMT
Soulja Boy is a terribly gross song. And degrading. And GAH. Awful. Our gym teachers taught the dance to the kids that signed up for the Social Dance unit. Yeah, I don't think they knew at all what the song is actually about...
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Post by cheshire on Feb 23, 2008 7:19:32 GMT
I don't have anything against P!ATD, but I have to say if you're going to repeat something a million times, especially with a 'clap along everybody!' section, it had better be something more meaningful or at least more fun to say than "your eyes are as wide as the moon, and its nine in the afternoon"
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Post by thornyking on Feb 23, 2008 7:20:58 GMT
I have no clue what Soulja Boy is about.
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