For fun: What do you think the dumbest song lyric of all time is?

[QCast_Michael]

I have two:

1. "No, I cannot forget from where it is that I come from" (Small Town, John Mellancamp)

2. "Logs on the fire fill me with desire" (Merry Christmas Darling, The Carpenters)


Next?

 

[MonorailMan]

At the moment I couldn't say. But it'd more than likely be from one of Elton John's songs. Some of his lyrics don't make sense to me.

 

[ridraggamuffin]

"And for one crowded hour, you were the only one in the room" -
One Crowded Hour by a band called Augie March from Australia.

"I'm serious as cancer when I say rhythm is a dancer!" -
Rhythm is a dancer by Snap

"I wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah" -
Wannabe by Spice Girls.

 

[rpmdfw]

I'm thinking that

"My humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps" should be high on the list!

 

[cybertheo]

Ok - I have several - but I'll start with the #1 offender I can think of

From the Human League song "Heart Like a Wheel"

'You won't make any friends with an m16. WhenYou blast your way through here.'

How do you go from "Don't You Want me, Baby" to that???


and does any one Know where the lyrics "da-did-ily Qua Qua" come from?

Fun thread - you should start a new one with favorite lyrics...

 

[Disneysoloist]

"In the desert, you can't remember your name, for there ain't no one for to give you no shame". (America - A Horse with No Name)

"Someone left the 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... Ohhhh Nooooooooooo" (MacArthur Park - Richard Harris/Donna Summer et. al.)

"Jeremiah was a bullfrog. Was a good friend of mine. Never understood a single word he said, but I helped him-a drink his wine. Yes, he always had a mighty fine wine. Singing, 'Joy to the World - all the boys and girls, now. Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, joy to you and me' (3 Dog Night - Joy to the World)

Ok, there were some serious drugs going around in the 60's and 70's. I haven't even mentioned "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

 

[jlewisinsyr]

Ok, there were some serious drugs going around in the 60's and 70's. I haven't even mentioned "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

As soon as you said that, I was thinking of the Family Guy episode where Peter and Lois decide to enter a singing competion and are having a hard to until they get drugged up...HILLARIOUS!

 

[starann]

A song by Kasey and Jojo "You are close to me like my mother, close to me like my father, close to me like my brother, close to me like my sister......"

Come on add in the family dog and the ice cream man and you are all set. I think they are the most unpoetic lyrics EVER!!!!!

 

[ckenlady]

Me and you and a dog named Boo.... traveling and living off the land

 

[Safari Queen]

"I'm never gonna dance again. Guilty feet ain't got no rhythm" - George Michael, Careless Whisper

 

[rosiep]

"In the desert, you can't remember your name, for there ain't no one for to give you no shame". (America - A Horse with No Name)

"Someone left the 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... Ohhhh Nooooooooooo" (MacArthur Park - Richard Harris/Donna Summer et. al.)

"Jeremiah was a bullfrog. Was a good friend of mine. Never understood a single word he said, but I helped him-a drink his wine. Yes, he always had a mighty fine wine. Singing, 'Joy to the World - all the boys and girls, now. Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, joy to you and me' (3 Dog Night - Joy to the World)

Ok, there were some serious drugs going around in the 60's and 70's. I haven't even mentioned "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

I always hated Horse with No Name....ugh

Then there's Muskrat Love,
and Mac Davis' Baby, Don't get Hooked on Me...ugh

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

"...world in which we live in..." Paul McCartney. That has to be the number one worst lyric of all time.

 

[Disneysoloist]

We're only skimming the surface, people!!

"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow
Don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen" (Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin)

A who? In your what?

"Baby cried the day the circus came to town
'cause she didn't want parades just passin' by her
So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown
While she danced without a net upon the wire
I know a lot about 'er 'cause, you see
Baby is an awful lot like me" (Don't Cry Out Loud, Melissa Manchester)

Alright, took up with a clown?? A baby????? That's just wrong.


Peaches come from a can,
They were put there by a man
In a factory downtown
If I had my little way,
I'd eat peaches every day
Sun-soakin' bulges in the shade (Peaches, by the Presidents of the United States)

This band was whack.

More to come. This is a fun thread!!

 

[ConcKahuna]

"I'm never gonna dance again. Guilty feet ain't got no rhythm" - George Michael, Careless Whisper

Bad grammar aside, at least this lyric is allegory, unlike some of the other nonsense songs out there.

A song I hate is 311's "Down". Here's a sample..

Chill light on my sight as my ego becomes
A funky child with some words onmy tongue

 

[cybertheo]

'On the ice-build iron sanity is a place most never see
It's a hard warm place of mystery, touch it, but can't hold it'
From Maniac - Michael Sombello
What?

"Black Cars Look better is the Shade" - Black Cars
Just plain dumb...

 

[J. Worthington Foulfellow]

This thread is nothing without the presence of Madonna.

And so I offer as the worst of her lyrics these gems from her missive "Impressive Instant"


"I like to Singy Singy Singy

Like a Bird on a Wingy Wingy Wingy

I like to Rumba Rumba Rumba

Dance to a Samba Samba Samba"

And so ends my dramatic interpretation of the poetry that is Madonna lyrics.

 

[wallyb]

I've got a love hate relationship
with a few old "story songs"

You're having my baby.
Run Joey run.
Billy don't be a hero.
Seasons in the sun.
The night the lights when out in Georgia.

There's more - but I think you get my drift.

 

[rpmdfw]

I've got a love hate relationship
with a few old "story songs"

You're having my baby.
Run Joey run.
Billy don't be a hero.
Seasons in the sun.
The night the lights when out in Georgia.

There's more - but I think you get my drift.

"We had joy, we had sun, we had seasons in the sun; but the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach"

LOVE THAT SONG! But it really is kind of a downer, isn't it?


Actually, I love all of those songs. They're wonderful.

 

[turkygurl]

How about my least favorite lyrics of all time

"She thinks my tractor's sexy."

Makes me wanna vomit.

 

[wallyb]

"We had joy, we had sun, we had seasons in the sun; but the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach"

LOVE THAT SONG! But it really is kind of a downer, isn't it?
Actually, I love all of those songs. They're wonderful.

Then we've got:
Shannon (the dead dog song)
Excape (the Pina Colada song)
Oh gaaawd and Helen Reddy had a few-
Delta Dawn
Angie Baby
Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)