Big Al Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 Faith Hill can always be counted on for mind-numbingly bad songs, but this one is the piece de resistance (meaning, I try to resist this piece every time I hear it!): It’s the way you love me It’s a feeling like this It’s centrifugal motion It’s perpetual bliss It’s that pivotal moment It’s subliminal This kiss, this kiss (It’s Criminal) This kiss, this kiss Repeat ad infinitum ad nauseaum, moving up a key with each successive repetition. Damn! Now I've got that stupid-ass song stuck in my head. And you don't even point out the most annoying thing about those lyrics: Centrifugal motion is what keeps two bodies rotating around each other, like the Earth and the moon. Do you want your baby always at the same distance away from you? Centripetal motion brings bodies together, the direction you might want if her kisses are that good. Learn something new every day! Anyway, listening to that chorus over and over and over and over is like fingernails on a blackboard; with each repeated chorus representing another fingernail added to the chorus. Quote
Dan Gould Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 Well, my take is that the opening verse says all that he wants to, and the rest is just saying it different ways. And what he's saying is "you won't let me down" because I won't/can't/have learned not to/ expect too much from a relationship ("I found out a long time ago what a woman can do to your soul"). I've got a peaceful, easy feeling, so let's fuck, and if I don't see you again, so be it. If you disappear, you can't let me down because I'm not in the clouds over you, my feet are on the ground. Quote
catesta Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 "Jenny From The Block" Children grow and women producing Men go working Some go stealing Everyone's got to make a living L O X J. Lo We off the block this year Went from a low to a lot this year Everybody mad at the rocks that I wear I know where I'm goin' and I know where I'm from You hear LOX in the air Yea, we're at the airport out DBlock Where everybody air-forced-out With a new white T.U. fresh Nothin' phony with us, make the money, get the mansion, bring the homies with us Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) From In Living Color to movie scripts To On the 6 to J. Lo to this headline clips I stayed grounded as the amounts roll in I'm real, I thought I told you I'm real, even on Oprah That's just me Nothin phony, don't hate on me What you get is what you see Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) I'm down to earth like this Rockin this business I've grown up so much I'm in control and loving it Rumors got me laughing, kid Love my life and my public Put God first And can't forget to stay real To me it's like breathing Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) It take hard work to cash checks So don't be fooled by the rocks that I got they assets You get back what you put out Even if you take the good route Can't count the hood out After a while, you know who to blend with Just keep it real with the ones came in with Best thing to do is stay low, LOX and J.Lo Act like they don't, but they know They can't get a penny from the block , At the end of the day she's still Jenny from the block. Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (South-Side Bronx!) Quote
catesta Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) I guess I'm not only picking lyrics that make me want to scream, I picking songs that make me want to punch the singer in the face. My (former) office assistant in NY listended to Top 40, which really means the top 10 and I would hear this song 20 times a day. Sean Paul "We Be Burnin'" [intro:] [Radio version:] Just gimme the gees an we be clubbing yow. Gal a make we please and we be thuggin' now. Sippin' Hennesy an we'll be bubblin' yow. Set we mind at ease we got to take it slow. [Club version:] Just gimme the trees an mek we smoke it yo. It a mek we please so don't provoke it yo. We don't need no speed so we going to coke it yo. Set we mind at ease we got to take it slow. [Verse 1:] So when you see the S.P. floating don't provoke him Cause the girls we be poking have to smoking. Best thing fi the recreation a fi get the best girls inna every nation. All Topper girls we promotin' and suportin' And dem love how we flow king here them shouting First class ticket invitation girls from New York, England and Jamaican. Everyday... [Chorus:] We be burnin' not concernin' what nobody wanna say. We be earnin' dollars turning 'cause we mind de pon we pay. More than gold and oil and diamonds - girls, we need dem everyday [ - radio version] Some got gold and oil and diamonds - all we got is Mary J [ - club version] Recognize it, we pimpin' as we riding [ - radio version] Legalize it, time to recognise it [ - club version] [Verse 2:] Girls them a page me waan fi raise me True me write nuff tune and drive them crazy. Well I man a true born Jamaican Ready fi the girls them inna every situation. We a the gal dem pro, them know we flow With the lyrical content that make them dip low and Make the club keep jumpin' Turn up the bass make we here when it pumpin'. Summertime bounce to the music people choose it Sean da P gal a cruise with... well reputed cause. We a the girls them champion, Have nuff a them like the great king Solomon. Many girls inna wi eye sight sexy dress type Se them ready fi a hype night Just gimme di light An make we blaze it the roof we haffi raise it again [Chorus] [intro] [Repeat Verse 1] Everyday... [Chorus:] Again... [Chorus x2] Edited June 9, 2008 by catesta Quote
catesta Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 Queen Buddy you’re a boy make a big noise Playin’ in the street gonna be a big man some day You got mud on yo’ face You big disgrace Kickin’ your can all over the place We will we will rock you We will we will rock you Buddy you’re a young man hard man Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day You got blood on yo’ face You big disgrace Wavin’ your banner all over the place We will we will rock you We will we will rock you Buddy you’re an old man poor man Pleadin’ with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day You got mud on your face You big disgrace Somebody better put you back in your place We will we will rock you We will we will rock you Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 Joe and I heard this gem on the classic rock station the other night driving home. He pointed out that it has completely awful lyrics and he was right. I'd never paid attention to them before. Ratt - Round and Round Out on the streets, that's where we'll meet You make the night, I always cross the line Tightened our belts, abuse ourselves Get in our way, we'll put you on your shelf Another day, some other way We're gonna go, but then we'll see you again I've had enough, we've had enough Cold in vain, she said (Pre-chorus) I knew right from the beginning That you would end up winnin' I knew right from the start You'd put an arrow through my heart (Chorus) Round and round With love we'll find a way just give it time Round and round What comes around goes around I'll tell you why Dig Lookin' at you, lookin' at me The way you move, you know it's easy to see The neon light's on me tonight I've got a way, we're gonna prove it tonight Like Romeo to Juliet Time and time, I'm gonna make you mine I've had enough, we've had enough It's all the same, she said (Pre-chorus) (Chorus) Yeah! Solo Out on the streets, that's where we'll meet You make the night, I always cross the line Tightened our belts, abuse ourselves Get in our way, we'll put you on your shelf (Chorus) Round and round With love we'll find a way just give it time, time, time, time Round and round What comes around goes around I'll tell you why, why, why, why Round and round Quote
Big Al Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Yeah, but those are DUMB lyrics! As in dumb fun! Nobody listens to Ratt expecting deep thinking! Now if you want stupid lyrics that expect you to take him seriously, we could talk about the ouevre of one Jon Bon Jovi, a fifth-rate Springsteen filtered through the worst of Billy Joel. Here's the one that made me want to slap the shit outta people for buying this crap (mainly the teenage girls I went to school with and worked with when I was a teenager in the 80's) Tommy used to work on the docks Union's been on strike He's down on his luck...it's tough, so tough Gina works the diner all day Working for her man, she brings home her pay For love - for love She says we've got to hold on to what we've got 'Cause it doesn't make a difference If we make it or not We've got each other and that's a lot For love - we'll give it a shot [Chorus:] Whooah, we're half way there Livin' on a prayer Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear Livin' on a prayer Tommy's got his six string in hock Now he's holding in what he used To make it talk - so tough, it's tough Gina dreams of running away When she cries in the night Tommy whispers baby it's okay, someday We've got to hold on to what we've got 'Cause it doesn't make a difference If we make it or not We've got each other and that's a lot For love - we'll give it a shot [Chorus] We've got to hold on ready or not You live for the fight when it's all that you've got [Chorus, repeat infinitely and scream in a higher key with each successive chorus] So, if "it doesn't really matter if we make it or not," then why the hell "live for the fight when it's all that you've got"??? HUH and WTF???? As if that wasn't enough to make you want to rip your ears off, there was the use of that stupid-ass talkbox-guitar which sounded like it was an audio outtake of the belching contest from "Revenge of the Nerds." And people thought these guys were the new Bruce and the E Street Band? Hell, they're not even close to John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band!!! And then there's this one, which should've been called "Spot the Cliche:" You - you got a nasty reputation We're in a sticky situation - it's down to me and you So tell me - is it true ... they say there ain't nobody better Well now that we're together Show me what you can do You're under the gun Out on the run Gonna set the night on fire You're out on the run Under the gun And playin' to win [Chorus:] Raise your hands When you want to let it go Raise your hands And you want to let a feeling show Raise your hands From New York to Chicago Raise your hands From New Jersey to Tokyo Raise your hands I - I've been out on the front line Where you'll go down if you waste time They'll walk all over you But I - I ain't here looking for surrender I'll raise the flag if you'll defend her It's up to you You're under the gun Out on the run Gonna set the night on fire You're out on the run Under the gun And playin' to win [Chorus] A song so unapologetically about sex, and then he decides to go all Springsteen on us with the second verse? And this shit's from over twenty years ago. How is it possible that this guy is STILL successful TODAY with new albums that feature the same old cliches (Have a Nice Day as an album title? Amazing how people will actually PAY to be insulted!), the same old cheez-whiz lite-metal that sounds like it's still 1986..... and yet, the guy's rakin' in millions. Well, I guess it's true that no one ever went broke underestimating the stupidity of the American music-buyer. Edited June 9, 2008 by Big Al Quote
catesta Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 Breaks my heart to drag "the Crue" into this shit, but this new song of their's is just completely awful. Tonight, there's gonna be a fight So if you need a place to go Got a two roof slum A magnum 7 gun And the cops don't never show So come right in Cuz everybody sins Welcome to the scene of the crime You want it, believe it, you got it if you need it The devil is a friend of mine Well if you think it's crazy, you ain't seen a thing Just wait untill we're goin down in flames Chrous We are, we are the saints We signed our life away Doesn't matter what you think We're gonna do it anyway We are, we are the saints One day you will confess And pray to the saints of Los Angeles Red line, tripping on land mines Sippin at the Troubadour Girls passed out, naked in the back now Everybody's goin to score She's all jacked up, down on her luck You wan't it, you need it the devil's gonna feed it Don't cha say it's crazy, you don't know a thing Just wait untill we're going down in flames We are, we are the saints We signed our life away Doesn't matter what you think We're gonna do it anyway We are, we are the saints One day you will confess And pray to the saints of Los Angeles Solo Give it up, give it up Give it up, give it up Give it up, give it up Give it up, give it up Give it up, give it up We are, we are the saints We signed our life away Doesn't matter what you think We're gonna do it anyway We are, we are the saints One day you will confess And pray to the saints of Los Angeles We are, we are the saints We signed our life away Doesn't matter what you think We're gonna do it anyway We are, we are the saints One day you will confess And pray to the saints of Los Angeles Quote
BruceH Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 When did Montana move south? MG Precisely. I was going to point that out but you beat me to it! Quote
BruceH Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 I've always found the lyrics to that song "A Very Good Year" that was a big hit for Sinatra to be utterly repellent, creepy, vile, and vomit-inducing. Quote
BruceH Posted June 9, 2008 Report Posted June 9, 2008 Lyrics that drive me crazy (but that a lot of others probably like): I've been to Hollywood I've been to Redwood I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold I've been in my mind it's such a fine line that keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold and I'm gettin' old edit - don't know if these are the correct lyrics, but whatever the correct ones are, they still suck. It's somehow comforting to find that someone else in the world finds those lyrics as objectionable as I always did; though I must note that it's also the particular way they are SUNG that flips them over from trite to truly obnoxious. I can't remember the name of that song but I recall that it used to be on radio stations all the goddamn fucking time. Who DID that tune? Neil Diamond? Quote
catesta Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 I've always found the lyrics to that song "A Very Good Year" that was a big hit for Sinatra to be utterly repellent, creepy, vile, and vomit-inducing. No shit? Quote
Joe G Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 I heard this for the first and only time a couple of weeks ago in the grocery store. "I need you to justify me"??? Sorry bub. There's no justification for this crap. Can i call you when its crumbiling down I don't wonna do this all alone Will you help me keep my feet on the ground When the rest of me is up and gone Cuz you no, yes you no Exactly where i'm coming from And today i just wonna say I really need you to, Justify, Justify, Justify me Open my mind to the things i can be And i no its ok when you laugh or you cry I'm Justifyed, Justifyed I'm Justifyed having your love It's more than i'll ever deserve But i need you to justify me, Theres often times you mend the ends for me And i never even had to ask, no Your even there for me emotionally And you never let me see your back, no Cuz you no, yes you no Exactly where i'm coming from And today i just wonna say I really need you to, Justify, Justify, Justify me Open my mind to the things i can be And i no its ok when you laugh or you cry I'm Justifyed, Justifyed I'm Justifyed having your love It's more than i'll ever deserve But i need you to justify me, And almost everything i do or say It reminds me of you So promise that you'll stay Your so stuck with me And i never doubt it I really need you to, Justify, Justify, Justify me Open my mind to the things i can be And i no its ok when you laugh or you cry I'm Justifyed, Justifyed I'm Justifyed having your love It's more than i'll ever deserve But i need you to justify me Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 I really hope those aren't the official lyrics, but rather the lyrics typed up by some teenager somewhere. No instead of know? Know thanks. Quote
AllenLowe Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) sounds like a stanza from a Japanese NO Play Edited June 10, 2008 by AllenLowe Quote
Shawn Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 I remember hearing this tune on the radio several years ago and wanting to pull over to the side of the road to puke... "Figured You Out" by Nickleback I like your pants around your feet And I like the dirt that's on your knees And I like the way you still say please While you're looking up at me You're like my favourite damn disease And I love the places that we go And I love the people that you know And I love the way you can't say no Too many long lines in a row I love the powder on your nose And now I know who you are It wasn't that hard, just to figure you out (Now I did, you wonder why) And now I know who you are It wasn't that hard, just to figure you out (Now I did, you wonder why) I like the freckles on your chest And I like the way you like me best And I like the way you're not impressed While you put me to the test I like the white stains on your dress And I love the way you pass the check And I love the good times that you wreck And I love your lack of self-respect While you passed out on the deck I love my hands around your neck etc.... Quote
catesta Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 I remember hearing this tune on the radio several years ago and wanting to pull over to the side of the road to puke... "Figured You Out" by Nickleback I like your pants around your feet And I like the dirt that's on your knees And I like the way you still say please While you're looking up at me You're like my favourite damn disease And I love the places that we go And I love the people that you know And I love the way you can't say no Too many long lines in a row I love the powder on your nose And now I know who you are It wasn't that hard, just to figure you out (Now I did, you wonder why) And now I know who you are It wasn't that hard, just to figure you out (Now I did, you wonder why) I like the freckles on your chest And I like the way you like me best And I like the way you're not impressed While you put me to the test I like the white stains on your dress And I love the way you pass the check And I love the good times that you wreck And I love your lack of self-respect While you passed out on the deck I love my hands around your neck etc.... hehe That band Nickleback drives me crazy. Every song sounds almost indentical, the only thing that changes is the stupid lyrics. Quote
Van Basten II Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 And then there's this little bit of brilliance by Sixpence None the Richer: There she goes There she goes again Racing through my brain And I just can't contain This feeling that remains There she goes There she goes again Pulsing through my veins And I just can't contain This feeling that remains There she goes There she goes again Racing through my brain And I just can't contain This feeling that remains There she goes There she goes again She calls my name, Pulls my train No one else could heal my pain And I just can't contain This feeling that remains There she goes There she goes again Chasing down my lane And I just can't contain This feeling that remains There she goes There she goes There she goes I played that for my son once; his comment was "That's not a song; that's a circle!" You have the wrong writer it was originally done be the La's, for what it is worth the tune is about heroine. Gotta say i enjoy the tune, the original version not the cover ! Quote
Big Al Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) And then there's this little bit of brilliance by Sixpence None the Richer: You have the wrong writer it was originally done be the La's, for what it is worth the tune is about heroine. Gotta say i enjoy the tune, the original version not the cover ! Well, I knew there was a similar version by Velvet Underground, didn't know about the La's version. Listening to it now, (thank you, Rhapsody) and in THAT context it makes more sense. It also helps that a GUY is singing this song. Having a female who sounds like she's inhaled a hot-air-balloon's worth of helium sucks all the meaning out of the song. The Sixpence version just sounds like a mindless singalong. Edited June 10, 2008 by Big Al Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) Vapid lyrics is probably the biggest reason that I dislike pop music. Then there is also the fact that you get tired of the song after about five hearings. Wish I could quote some lyrics, but I don't think I know any pop lyrics from beginning to end. Donovan Leach had the dumbest lyrics of all but the tunes were great. "First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is?" Edited June 10, 2008 by connoisseur series500 Quote
porcy62 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Posted June 10, 2008 Please stop it guys! Otherwise I'll have to trash my rock records. Quote
BruceH Posted June 11, 2008 Report Posted June 11, 2008 Neil Diamond? Neil Young. One o'those Neils. Quote
BruceH Posted June 11, 2008 Report Posted June 11, 2008 OTOH, let's not forget that the Ramones, especially on their first 3 or 4 albums, had some of the most sublimely dumb lyrics of all time. And that's a compliment. And 50's rock and dumb lyrics go together like beer and pretzels. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 11, 2008 Report Posted June 11, 2008 "Black is the colour of my true love's hair", as sung by Patti Waters. MG Quote
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