Best Ever Albums

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

Romanelli — Wed, 8 Nov 2017 11:58:17 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 11/08/2017 16:58

I've seen all good people turn their heads each day
So satisfied I'm on my way
I've seen all good people turn their heads each day
So satisfied I'm on my way

Take a straight and stronger course
To the corner of your life
Make the white queen run so fast
She hasn't got time to make you a wife

'Cause its time is time in time with your time
And its news is captured
For the queen to use

Move me on to any black square
Use me any time you want
Just remember that the goal
Is for us all to capture all we want
(Move me on to any black square)
Ey, yea, yea, yea

Don't surround yourself with yourself
Move on back two squares
Send that Instant Karma to me
Initial it with loving care
(Don't surround yourself with yourself)

'Cause its time is time in time with your time
And its news is captured
For the queen to use

Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda
(Don't surround yourself with yourself)

Don't surround yourself with yourself
(Don't surround yourself)
Move on back two squares
Send that Instant Karma to me
(Send that Instant Karma to me)
Initial it with loving care
(Don't surround yourself)

'Cause its time is time in time with your time
And its news is captured
For the queen to use

Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda
(All we are saying)
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda
(Is give peace a chance)
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda
(All we are saying)
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda
(Is give peace a chance)

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

Antonio-Pedro — Sat, 4 Nov 2017 09:40:19 GMT

Author: Antonio-Pedro

Posted: 11/04/2017 13:40

"Imma ride in that pussy like a stroller" - Jamie XX's Good Times (I Know there's Gonna Be)

"I feel like me and taylor might still have sex, why I made that bitch famous"n - Kanye's Famous

these are also my favorite lyrics of all time

literally lyrical shitposting

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

Infinity183 — Sat, 4 Nov 2017 02:38:17 GMT

Author: Infinity183

Posted: 11/04/2017 06:38

"The purpose of a woman is to love her man"
- Kylie Minogue in "Kids" with Robbie Williams. It's a rockin' pop song with bits of "Superstition" and excellent modern production, but that one obnoxious lyric leaves a dark cloud over the entire track and directly reminds me of Wayne Fontana and The Mindbender's abominably sexist and heteronormative song "The Game of Love."

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

bobbyb5 — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 17:58:19 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 11/02/2017 21:58

Liedzeit wrote:

bobbyb5 wrote:

Which version do you think is great?

The original. The one by Richard Harris. Donna Summer’s version was okay but not more. The reason is that while Harris probably was dead serious when he is singing it, the whole thing sounds like a parody. Camp maybe is the word. I love the way he is trying to sound like a great singer. It really moves me the the one second makes me laugh the next. Whereas Donna is a great singer but she does not really add something special to the song.

Yeah. I actually like the record as a whole better than her singing. I rather like the music itself.

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

Liedzeit — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 17:54:23 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 11/02/2017 21:54

bobbyb5 wrote:

Which version do you think is great?

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

bobbyb5 — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 17:02:56 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 11/02/2017 21:02

Fischman wrote:

The Jimmy Webb reference spurred my memory.

Glen Campbell's last album, Ghost on the Canvas (2011), of original material was positively brilliant; chock full of excellent songs (and I say this as a dedicated country music hater).

But the title cut had this positively awkward lyric jammed in:

"In between here and there, there is a place that we can grow
The spirits make love in the wheat field with crows"

Hmmm. Do the spirits make love with each other? Or with the crows? Either way it's kind of awkward. Heh heh

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

Fischman — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:55:18 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 11/02/2017 20:55

The Jimmy Webb reference spurred my memory.

Glen Campbell's last album, Ghost on the Canvas (2011), of original material was positively brilliant; chock full of excellent songs (and I say this as a dedicated country music hater).

But the title cut had this positively awkward lyric jammed in:

"In between here and there, there is a place that we can grow
The spirits make love in the wheat field with crows"

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

bobbyb5 — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:54:11 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 11/02/2017 20:54

rkm wrote:

I've come to love the song and this record in particular

Ten Easy Pieces by Jimmy Webb

It's a terrible lyric, but maybe any other lyric wouldn't be an improvement?

Sometimes nonsense is exactly what's required for an audience to divine their own meaning from a song.

I'm actually a fan of Jimmy Webb. Just about a week ago I put him in my singer/songwriter chart. Although I'm still not sure about MacArthur Park, I know for a fact that a lot of his other songs are great

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

rkm — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:53:05 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 11/02/2017 20:53

bobbyb5 wrote:

Which version do you think is great?

I think the recipe they're singing about is for a cake. Because the old cake got left out in the rain and it got all fucked up. So he had to make a new one. And I guess he lost the recipe.

I take it to mean this: a recipe is a plan, and the best plans of men fail. You only have one chance to get married for the first time and live happily ever after, for instance. After that, the recipe is gonna need to be different, and the cake is gonna be different. It's a song about thwarted idealism and grief, in my mind.

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

rkm — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:47:25 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 11/02/2017 20:47

I've come to love the song and this record in particular

Ten Easy Pieces by Jimmy Webb

It's a terrible lyric, but maybe any other lyric wouldn't be an improvement?

Sometimes nonsense is exactly what's required for an audience to divine their own meaning from a song.

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

bobbyb5 — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:43:48 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 11/02/2017 20:43

Liedzeit wrote:

Come on, cause it is. Sometimes it is a blessing that I do not get all the lyrics. Although I did wonder what kind of recipe he was singing about.

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

Liedzeit — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 16:38:58 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 11/02/2017 20:38

bobbyb5 wrote:

and is this really a great song?

Come on, cause it is. Sometimes it is a blessing that I do not get all the lyrics. Although I did wonder what kind of recipe he was singing about.

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

bobbyb5 — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 15:49:46 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 11/02/2017 19:49

rkm wrote:

Spring was never waiting for us dear
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground beneath your knees
The birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing chinese checkers by the trees

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

[Instrumental Interlude]

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left my cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to make it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

Can you believe I actually thought of this one? The lyrics are absurdly bad. Then I thought, it has to be a GREAT SONG with bad lyrics, and is this really a great song? I happen to love the Donna Summer record, but not the original. So I really couldn't decide if it was a great song with bad lyrics, or just a bad song with bad lyrics. I'm not sure. Ha ha

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

rkm — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 15:43:27 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 11/02/2017 19:43

Spring was never waiting for us dear
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground beneath your knees
The birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing chinese checkers by the trees

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

[Instrumental Interlude]

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Someone left my cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to make it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

Fischman — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 15:24:53 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 11/02/2017 19:24

bobbyb5 wrote:

The things that come to mind first are great songs that unfortunately have the worst kind of bullshit religious or hippie type lyrics. Or stupid political lyrics.
But the music is so great on these records that you don't even mind singing the crappy lyrics. Like these great songs

My Sweet Lord, Give Me Love, and What is Life by George Harrison

Peace Train by Cat Stevens

Because by the Beatles

All You Need Is Love by the Beatles

Love Child by Diana Ross and The Supremes

Love Train by The O'Jays

Great choice there! Awesome groove; painfully cheezy and at times awkward lyrics

"Please don't miss this train at the station
'Cause if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you"

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

Liedzeit — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 10:47:02 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 11/02/2017 14:47

Elenore by The Turtles

"Elenore gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy et cetera
Elenore can I take the time
To ask you to speak your mind
Tell me that you love me better"

This is so bad it is nearly good again. I mean "et cetera" does not even rhyme with anything. (That was John Peel´s example of stupid lyrics.)

Re: Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

bobbyb5 — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 08:09:52 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 11/02/2017 12:09

The things that come to mind first are great songs that unfortunately have the worst kind of bullshit religious or hippie type lyrics. Or stupid political lyrics.
But the music is so great on these records that you don't even mind singing the crappy lyrics. Like these great songs

My Sweet Lord, Give Me Love, and What is Life by George Harrison

Peace Train by Cat Stevens

Because by the Beatles

All You Need Is Love by the Beatles

Love Child by Diana Ross and The Supremes

Love Train by The O'Jays

Worst Lyrics In Great Songs

DJENNY — Thu, 2 Nov 2017 03:05:02 GMT

Author: DJENNY

Posted: 11/02/2017 07:05

What is the worst lyric in an otherwise great song.

Even though I find this lyric funny I'll drop my example below:

"They're spaghetti - They possess me" Atoms For Peace - Amok