Bad Song Lyrics

[tjand72]

There have been times when I've been listening to a song and something in the lyrics just takes me out of the moment.

"Countdown to Extinction" by Megadeth has a good groove going, and then Mustaine tosses in "Liars anagram is lairs", which takes me completely out of the song. It's a bad lyric. Lyric at 1:47.



In Down's "Eyes of the South", Phil Anselmo says "she gives me so much suffrage with my pain." I'm confident that he's not talking about getting the right to vote. Another definition for suffrage is a prayer; Anselmo isn't a dumb guy, but I don't think that he meant that definition. Even if he meant the latter definition, it's obscure enough to take me out of the song. Lyric at 2:28.



I think that there's a Pantera lyric somewhere that does the same thing, but it's not coming to me at the moment.

These are otherwise good songs, but those lyrics always catch me off-guard.

Any other songs that do the same for you?

[willeyeam]

https://twitter.com/intownagain?s=09

[eddy]

You can have my credit card baby,
But keep your red hot fingers off of my heart lady.

Oh wait, I saw thin Lizzy and thought this was the awesome lyric thread

[tjand72]

Nickelback's "Photograph": "How did our eyes get so red? And what the hell is on Joey's head?"

I don't mind Nickelback and I've stood up for them in the past, but this lyric is inexcusable.

[NailedPenguin]

The entire song is inexcusable.

[tjand72]

It's an anodyne pop/rock song. It's fine. Not good, but "fine".

[the wicked child]

Iced Earth - Valley Forge.

The second verse has some great metal lyrics...

Standing barefoot, frozen bloody hands
his musket clutched, an iron grip

Then the third verse happens...

and to the ones who kept our freedom free
words can't express all that you've done

kept our freedom free? really? makes me cringe every time I think about it.

Could also add the entirety of When The Eagle Cries.

[tjand72]

Well, freedom isn't free. I think that's been established by many country musicians.

[eddy]

Well, freedom isn't free.

It costs folks like you and me

[tjand72]

Well, freedom isn't free.

It costs folks like you and me

There's a heavy ****' fee.

[Shyster]

One man, one man,
One bar, one night,
One day, hey, hey,
Just gimme gimme, gimme, gimme,
Fried chicken.

[Kaiser]

Batman beat the hell out of me, and knocked me to the floor.
I got up and knocked him to the floor.
He was being such a f***in jagoff.

Wesley willis, on I whopped Batman's ass.

[shmenguin]

INTERPOL's first album was the closest thing to perfect I had ever heard at the time. But...

Her stories are boring and stuff
She's always calling my bluff

And

Let's see about this ham

So close. So far.

[Gaucho]

I thought their follow-up was even better. All downhill from there.

[Viva la Ben]

[count2infinity]

Pretty much everything from the Red Hot Chili Peppers... That said, I don't care, still love their songs.

[columbia]

Pretty much everything from the Red Hot Chili Peppers... That said, I don't care, still love their songs.

Like Boston, I’ve never bought a RHCP record - but I do enjoy hearing them on the radio.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Cause you dont judge me cause if you did baby I’d judge you too

[Silentom]

I really can't stay - Baby it's brick outside
I've got to go away - Baby it's brick outside

[shmenguin]

I thought their follow-up was even better. All downhill from there.

Yeah, 2 and done for them. Though their 3rd has like 4 songs that are objectively good, imo.

[RonnieFranchise]

Dave Barry’s “Book of Bad Songs” has pretty much all you need on this topic- up through Y2K anyway.

[the wicked child]

Pretty much everything from the Red Hot Chili Peppers... That said, I don't care, still love their songs.

Like Boston, I’ve never bought a RHCP record - but I do enjoy hearing them on the radio.

The first Boston album is pretty amazing. That said, I think just about every song off it has been played on the radio at some point

I can't recall a single RHCP album that I've heard the whole way through that was worth purchasing.

The closest is maybe Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but even that is rife with filler.

[mikey]

I really can't stay - Baby it's brick outside
I've got to go away - Baby it's brick outside

[willeyeam]

Stop

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

Hooperay, hooperay for dear old U-N-I
We'll give a grand old alleghenee, genac, genac, genac

Nonsense word filler