You all know what I'm talking about. What are the word pairings that seem
to have been used in every goddamn song since 1929?

I think the biggest offender as a genre has to be love songs, so that's where I'll start.

Arms and Charms

The Mistress decrees that from this day on, songwriters who rhyme "arms and charms" together
(as in hold you in my arms/fill you with my charms)
will be shot on sight, with no mercy whippings.

Add your own offenses to the list, darlings.

throw your hands in the air
and wave em like you just don't care

party and bacardi

here's a question: a) would u rather party all night long until the break of dawn; b) party all night long until the early morn; or c) party all night until the early light?

"me" and "be"

vanity69 said:

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i love you...i place no one above you

meltwithu said:

Oh how I hate that.

Okay, this one is definitely illegal from now on:

Knees and Please

minneapolisgenius said:

This one gets a lighter sentence because it's basically a party chant. It's not necessarily put down in lyrics and passed off as serious songwriting. So it gets life in prison instead of one between the eyes.

Together
Forever

FunkMistress said:

At LEAST life in prison I say. Someone had to start it though, and it must be in a recorded song somewhere. Where did it originate from originally I wonder?
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Sorrow
Tomorrow

minneapolisgenius said:

Oh, it's definitely used in recordings. So it totally qualifies.

I think it originated from MC battles and hip-hop parties in the early 80s. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

FunkMistress said:

You're right I'm sure.

Anything that rhymes with "high." John Legend is sooooo guilty of this on his record. Half that mutha fucka's record has songs with that damn rhyme.

vanity69 said:

That is a tired one. I liked it way back on Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince's Rock the House, but not so much on the new Mariah album.

"heart" and "part" (or "apart")

and, of course, any dr. seuss type rhyme (e.g., some combination of "mad,""bad,"
"sad," and "had")

This one seems to show up in every new mainstream hip-hop song aimed at wooing the ladies: icy and wifey.

meltwithu said:

that was my first thought when reading the thread title


OK, then I'll go fo

...waiting.. ..anticipating..

Dancelot said:

Yeah, this one gets double punishment since they mean almost the same thing!

How about (I'm thinking 50 Cent here)


Hot and got.

anything w/the phrases "baby girl" and "thug appeal". especially if you're from some stupid boyband.

isobelfq said:

Play by the rules. We're talking rhymes here.

Like "baby girl" and "world."

"boy" and "joy" or some shit like that.

"fire" and "desire" is annoying, too...

on and on

I'm loving this.

FunkMistress said:

i hate that word..."wifey". what kinna shit is that?

FunkMistress said:

fine. "I'm for real" and "Thug Appeal" and "rock your world" and "baby girl" but i still hate those phrases.

COOL / SCHOOL / FOOL

"Car" and "Star".

You don't know how pissed I get when I hear this, over and over and over and over and over, from Prince, the Beatles, Marilyn Manson, everybody!