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Cracked lists its 20 worst rhymes in pop music history.

Thoughts? Omissions?

What about something like "Ha" by Juvenile? Just because you add "ha" after every verse doesn't make the song rhyme... And I'm surprised Missy doesn't appear at all on the list... she's certainly had her share of jibberish rhymes.

pffft. they forgot all about roxette.

Cold-blooded

"i'm serious as cancer, when i say rhythm is a dancer" - i think it was 'performed' by dance a outfit called snap. truly dreadful!!!

Any song where I am instructed to "feel the heat (or beat) from the street".

alicattt said:

Hah, okay. Yeah, that one beats them all. I've never been able to get that gem out of my head even after all these years.

my pet peeve...the overly used REAL/FEEL combo....mostly KILLED TO DEATH in R&B...i hate that!


Be for realllll
let me know how you feeeellll
BULLSHIT!

Nvncible1 said:

Or "high" and "fly." Or "party" and "Bacardi."

In bermuda triangle.....
lookin' at it from my angle


Remember from Barry manillow?

And also more recently from the darkness:

One way ticket to hell 'n' back


Love 'em both!

One of my favorites:

"I was your lover and your secretar(y)
Working every day of the week
Was at the job when no one else was there
Helping you get on your feet"

I cannot believe Madonna didn't make this list for rhyming "latte" with "shot-tay".

from 2 legends! Not very well known bootleg song though
None other than Bob Dylan + Eric Clapton.

You talk to me in sign language
laaa al lala laa....
While I'm eating a sandwhich
sign language....

alicattt said:

"SO SNAP! GET OFF MY BACK! OR I WILL ATTACK! AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT!!" Yeah I remember that song. Real weak rhymes.

Can you pay my bills?
Can you pay my telephone bills?
Can you pay my automo-bills?
Then may we can chill.

PurpleCharm said:

I think that one falls in the "so bad it's good" category. Hell, Beyonce's best acting job is singing that line with a straight face.

Tom said:

Homegirl musta been high.

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I'm drinking a Soy latte,
I get a double shotte,
It goes through my body,
And you know I'm satisfied
I drive my Mini Cooper
And I'm feeling super-dooper
Yo they tell I'm a trooper
And you know I'm satisfied
I do yoga and Pilates
And the room is full of hotties
So I'm checking out the bodies
And you know I'm satisfied
I'm digging on the isotopes
This metaphysics shit is dope

rita mae, rita mae
you've got your body in the way
when it's your mind that I want
you don't have to go to college
you've got all the freakin' knowledge, rita mae

Another Bob Dylan classic.

PurpleCharm said:

actually, we could probably have a separate thread on this topic featuring beyonce lyrics exclusively. for instance, i think the lyrics from "bugaboo" are definitely worse.

by the way, i can't believe no one has contributed any r. kelly lyrics yet.

But out there the world is a beautiful place
With mountains, lakes and the human race

New Order - Krafty

And then almost every Noel Gallagher lyric sucks too. And so do R Kelly's.
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Shapeshifter said:

I think some of Barney's lyrics have a sort of idiot savant perfection to them, but when he's bad, he's really bad.
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I've never heard this song, but the NME did a really vicious review of Roger Taylor's '94 solo album that singled this particular line out for (highly deserved) ridicule:


I went to the ukraine
They don't have much to eat
No sugar on the table
But the people stay sweet

Roger Taylor - Revelations
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damosuzuki said:

You're absolutely right. Sometimes he'll accidentally write some great ones. My favourite is probably this: "There was too many ways that you could kill someone/Like in a love affair, when the love is gone" (1963)

Shapeshifter said:

Yup - and, laugh at me if you like, I've always thought the chorus of regret had a kind of off-handed genius about it. to quote that hoary old rock cliche, it's such a fine line between stupid and clever

Any song that rhymes the words "disco" & "Frisco", eg He's The Greatest Dancer by Sister Sledge.

Yea, 19 of those were by Tony M.

damosuzuki said:

Great hurt lyrics in "Regret" - in fact, most of "Republic" is basically a break-up album, full of festering recrimination, with an accent on fraud and treachery., Not surprising really, since New Order recorded it (their last great album, and my favourite) during the collapse of Factory Records.

Oh shit! We're talking BAD lyrics here aren't we? How about this - another New Order lowlight - Slow Jam.

The afternoon was very clear
The sun was beating down on me
I got thirsty for a beer
That I had to go to sea
The sea was very rough
It made me feel sick
But I like that kind of stuff
It beats arithmetic

"Can't complain mustn't grumble
Help yourself to another piece of apple.
Crumble".

ABC - That Was Then This Is Now

Tom said:

That was the first thing I thought of.

PurpleCharm said:

I absolutely HATE that song.

Mostly because of that exact line too.