So, to start christmas eve right. Lets name some songs with horrible lyrics. That lyrics that are torturously cheesy, prude and silly, dirty and over the top, or just Chris Brown.

PS This thread is meanrt as fun. No need for stan wars

L.F.O- Summer Girls-
''New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits / Chinese food makes me sick.”

Train- 50 ways to say goodbye-
''Someday I’ll find a love like yours / She’ll think I’m Superman, not SuperMinivan / How could you leave on Yom Kippur?”

Jimmy Web- Macarthur Park-
“Someone left the cake out in the rain / I don’t think that I can take it / Cause it took so long to bake it / And I’ll never have that recipe again.”

Lil Wayne- IANAHM
''I'm in the ocean gettin shark pussy'' ''Letting all these hoes ride my dick, carpool'' '' "I make her take this dick like advice"

Bruno Mars- Grenade
Every word is just shit

Barenaked Ladies- One Week
''Yesterday you'd forgiven me. And now I sit back and wait til you say you're sorry. Chickity China the Chinese chicken''


Que- Young Nigga

''Young nigga, young nigga, young nigga, young nigga
Young nigga I stay with the pistol, I hang with drug dealers
Gorillas and killers''


''Nah, you don’t want no drama boy
I eat a nigga out like an Almond Joy''

Katy Perry "Roar". Every line sounds like a cliche from a bad 80's theme song.

R. Kelly- Sex Weed
''Girl, you got that sex weed
I just want to hit it all the time
Sex so good that it gets me high
Bring that home grown to me
Girl you got that fire weed
Light it up, let me take a puff
Of your sex weed""

Neil Diamond- I Am... I Said
"'I am, I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair"

Puddle Of Mud- Blurry
"Everything's so blurry
and everyone's so fake
and everybody's empty
and everything is so messed up"

Poison- Unskinny Bop
"Like gasoline you wanna pump me/And then leave me when you get your fill, yeah ... Unskinny bop bop bop bop/She just loves to play/Unskinny bop nothin' more to say"

John Lennon- Love Is Real
"Love is you/You and me/Love is knowing/We can be/Love is free, free is love/Love is living, living love/Love is needing to be loved"


Young Busk feat. Milk
''All my bitches is bitches, all my niggas is niggas, all the faggots is faggots. Now bring the pussy faggot nigga and bitch about it''

NoVideo said:

Katy Perry "Roar". Every line sounds like a cliche from a bad 80's theme song.

It sounds like it belongs on the Rocky IV or Bloodsport soundtrack

NoVideo said:

Katy Perry "Roar". Every line sounds like a cliche from a bad 80's theme song.

yes..I agree on roar..

a lot of songs on bruno mars' debut album were pretty bad too lyrically...and the gorilla track..just no..

the drunk in love song by beyonce and jay z was really bad lyrically

the rihanna song where she plays the stripper..same..

all taylor swift' songs I heard basically..

I think I could go on forever..

Gunsnhalen said:

NoVideo said:

Katy Perry "Roar". Every line sounds like a cliche from a bad 80's theme song.

It sounds like it belongs on the Rocky IV or Bloodsport soundtrack

I luv both those soundtracks.

Enrique Iglesias: "Bailamos"

Always sounds like he is singing, "By the balls..."

Donna Summer/Jimmy Web: "Macarthur Park"

I completely agree with Gunsnhalen. The whole "cake" thing is just plain odd.


Snap: "Rhythm Is a Dancer"

Remember, "I'm serious as cancer, when I say that Rhythm is a dancer." Really?


Train: "Fifty Ways to Say Goodbye"

"Someday I'll find a love like yours. She'll think I'm Superman, not Super Minivan. How could you leave me on Yom Kippur?" Oh the poetry! And stupidness.


Culture Club: "Miss Me Blind"

Perhaps it is a British thing, but I have never heard of missing anything blind. But what always got me was when George was singing, "It can make you rich, it can make you poor... but I know that you'll miss me blind." It would have made more sense to rhyme poor with the words "even more" or something.


DMX: "Here Come the Boom"

Wow - where to begin? "Chump n*gga, I stomp a mudhole in your face. Mutha f*ck*, rip your butthole outta place." Ouch! Just what is he planning to do here?


Hilary Duff: "So Yesterday"

"If the light is off, then it isn't on." Wow, brilliant.


Janet Jackson: "Feedback"

This line always killed me, "Cause my swag is serious, something heavy like a first day period." Please say Miss Jackson (if you're nasty) isn't singing about her menstrual cycle.


"Rock-a-Bye Baby"

This one is just plain scary. "When the bough breaks, the craddle will fall. And down will come baby, craddle and all." Poor little baby.


Miley Cyrus: "We Can't Stop"

"Shaking it like we're at a strip club, remember only God can judge ya. Against the haters cuz someone loves ya, and everyone in line in the bathroom - tryin' to get in the bathroom." Really Miley? You can stop. Rehab can help you stop.

David Bowie: "China Girl"

"I stumble into town, just like a sacred cow. Visions of swasticas in my head - plans for everyone. It's in the white of my eyes." Love Bowie, don't get me wrong, but white supremecy seems apparent when later he sings, "I'll give you man who wants to rule the world." Creepy.


KLF: "Justified & Ancient"

Having Tammy Wynette sing on your song still does not cancel out ridiculous lyrics. "They're justified and they're ancient, I hope you understand." No, Ms. Wynette. I don't.


Black Box: "Ride On Time"

"'Cause you ride on time." I'm sure this was lost in translation, but "right on time" would have made much more sense. "And time won't take my love away!"


Frankie Goes to Hollywood: "Relax"

This one is just full of confusing directives. "Relax. Don't do it. When you wanna go to it. Relax. Don't do it. When you wanna come." Am I relaxing, going to it (whatever it is - maybe the grocery store?). Don't do it. Come? And don't forget to "live those dreams" and "scheme those schemes." What????


Tears for Fears: "Mothers Talk"

"My features change witha change it the weather." Then the next line: "Weekend." What does the weekend have to do with any of this?


[Jefferson] Starship: "We Built This City (on Rock and Roll)"

With a line like this, it was obvious the former glory of what was once a great band was gone. "Don't tell us you need us, 'cuz we're the ship of fools. Looking for America, coming through your schools." Ouch - are they referring to the dumbing down of America? It sounds like they are blaming themselves. Still, it was sadly a sinking ship.... Starship.


Wham!: "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go"

Something homoerotic when George Michael sang, "Turned a bright spark into a flame, my beat sperm in it never been the same."


L.F.O.: "Summer Girls"

"New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits, Chinese food makes me sick." Hmm. Too much self-disclosure.


Lil B.: "Wonton Soup"

Speaking of Chinese food... "B*tch*s suck my d*ck, cuz I look like J.K. Rowling." Just wrong on so many levels.


Will Smith: "Gettin' Jiggy With It"

Isn't there a line in there about having a Prada bag with a lot of stuff in it?


Live: "Lightning Crashes"

"Lightning crashes, a new mother cries. Her placenta crashes to the floor." Ewww!

MADONNA - I LOVE NEW YORK

I don't like cities
But I like new york
Other places make me feel like a dork
Los Angeles is for people who sleep
Paris and London
Baby you can keep

[Chorus]
Other cities always make me mad
Other places always make me sad
No other city ever made me glad except New York
I love New York [X3]

If you don't like my attitude
Then you can F off
Just go to Texas
Isn't that where they golf

New York is not for little pussies who scream
If you can't stand the heat
Then get off my street [repeat]

[Chorus]

I love New York [repeat]
Get off my street [repeat]

There is no way Rocco didn't write this.

Yeah, you may find Bruno Mars a silly lyricist but you just HEAR those songs, those radio-friendly hits, while if you hear his albums you may find some well written verses

try "Natalie" or "Moonshine" for example.. That's for people who wanna change their mind a bit about the guy.

Bruno isn't Frank Ocean or Prince when it comes to lyrics BECAUSE his songs are always about love and dancing and stuff, he isn't about politics, religion or anything like that because he chooses to, that's it..

Shawy89 said:

Yeah, you may find Bruno Mars a silly lyricist but you just HEAR those songs, those radio-friendly hits, while if you hear his albums you may find some well written verses

try "Natalie" or "Moonshine" for example.. That's for people who wanna change their mind a bit about the guy.

Bruno isn't Frank Ocean or Prince when it comes to lyrics BECAUSE his songs are always about love and dancing and stuff, he isn't about politics, religion or anything like that because he chooses to, that's it..

Sorry, i have listened to both his albums. And every song to me is cheesy, filled with cliches, and silly. Moonshine is i have tried a few times to get into him. But, i think he is a horrible writer.

Either way, i am a male (so probably not the target demographic anyways) And i think he has talent. He just makes bland songs. He's rich anyways so not like what i say is going to change that

Gunsnhalen said:

So, to start christmas eve right. Lets name some songs with horrible lyrics. That lyrics that are torturously cheesy, prude and silly, dirty and over the top, or just Chris Brown.

PS This thread is meanrt as fun. No need for stan wars

L.F.O- Summer Girls-
''New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits / Chinese food makes me sick.”

Train- 50 ways to say goodbye-
''Someday I’ll find a love like yours / She’ll think I’m Superman, not SuperMinivan / How could you leave on Yom Kippur?”

Jimmy Web- Macarthur Park-
“Someone left the cake out in the rain / I don’t think that I can take it / Cause it took so long to bake it / And I’ll never have that recipe again.”

Lil Wayne- IANAHM
''I'm in the ocean gettin shark pussy'' ''Letting all these hoes ride my dick, carpool'' '' "I make her take this dick like advice"

Bruno Mars- Grenade
Every word is just shit

Barenaked Ladies- One Week
''Yesterday you'd forgiven me. And now I sit back and wait til you say you're sorry. Chickity China the Chinese chicken''


Que- Young Nigga

''Young nigga, young nigga, young nigga, young nigga
Young nigga I stay with the pistol, I hang with drug dealers
Gorillas and killers''


''Nah, you don’t want no drama boy
I eat a nigga out like an Almond Joy''

Those Lil Wayne lyrics are good. They made me laugh which is exactly what they were intended to do. They work. Contrast that with every word Madonna has written for the last 10 years. Completely unironic awfulness. For instance "My father used to go to work/ I thought he was a jerk".

Gunsnhalen said:

Shawy89 said:

Yeah, you may find Bruno Mars a silly lyricist but you just HEAR those songs, those radio-friendly hits, while if you hear his albums you may find some well written verses

try "Natalie" or "Moonshine" for example.. That's for people who wanna change their mind a bit about the guy.

Bruno isn't Frank Ocean or Prince when it comes to lyrics BECAUSE his songs are always about love and dancing and stuff, he isn't about politics, religion or anything like that because he chooses to, that's it..

Sorry, i have listened to both his albums. And every song to me is cheesy, filled with cliches, and silly. Moonshine is i have tried a few times to get into him. But, i think he is a horrible writer.

Either way, i am a male (so probably not the target demographic anyways) And i think he has talent. He just makes bland songs. He's rich anyways so not like what i say is going to change that

I'm gonna get old school now and say... co-sign (remember when everyone on here used to say that?).

Someone did a thread a while back comparing Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" with Billy Joel's song of the same name from 30 years earlier and used it to illustrate how standards in songwriting had declined. Every word he said was so on point. The chords, melody and words. Particularly the words with Mars. They are so absolutely awful. Pop music didn't always have shit words. Many of them were pretty decent back in the day. I'm not sure Mars would've gotten away with such bad writing back then (same goes for Alicia Keys)

Will Smith: "Gettin' Jiggy With It"

Isn't there a line in there about having a Prada bag with a lot of stuff in it?

Ha-ha! Don't be silly! Have a cig-a-cigar! But bite it, don't light it!

The song is about power, control, imperialism - - it's meant to be creepy.

FormerlyKnownAs said:

David Bowie: "China Girl"

"I stumble into town, just like a sacred cow. Visions of swasticas in my head - plans for everyone. It's in the white of my eyes." Love Bowie, don't get me wrong, but white supremecy seems apparent when later he sings, "I'll give you man who wants to rule the world." Creepy.

NoVideo said:

The song is about power, control, imperialism - - it's meant to be creepy.

FormerlyKnownAs said:

David Bowie: "China Girl"

"I stumble into town, just like a sacred cow. Visions of swasticas in my head - plans for everyone. It's in the white of my eyes." Love Bowie, don't get me wrong, but white supremecy seems apparent when later he sings, "I'll give you man who wants to rule the world." Creepy.

THIS!

Love Bowies version. But the original by Iggy Pop was even darker.

BlaqueKnight said:

oh yeah..definitely

midnightmover said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Sorry, i have listened to both his albums. And every song to me is cheesy, filled with cliches, and silly. Moonshine is i have tried a few times to get into him. But, i think he is a horrible writer.

Either way, i am a male (so probably not the target demographic anyways) And i think he has talent. He just makes bland songs. He's rich anyways so not like what i say is going to change that

I'm gonna get old school now and say... co-sign (remember when everyone on here used to say that?).

Someone did a thread a while back comparing Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" with Billy Joel's song of the same name from 30 years earlier and used it to illustrate how standards in songwriting had declined. Every word he said was so on point. The chords, melody and words. Particularly the words with Mars. They are so absolutely awful. Pop music didn't always have shit words. Many of them were pretty decent back in the day. I'm not sure Mars would've gotten away with such bad writing back then (same goes for Alicia Keys)

yeah I forgot about alicia keys' bad lyrics most of the time..

cindymay said:

midnightmover said:

I'm gonna get old school now and say... co-sign (remember when everyone on here used to say that?).

Someone did a thread a while back comparing Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" with Billy Joel's song of the same name from 30 years earlier and used it to illustrate how standards in songwriting had declined. Every word he said was so on point. The chords, melody and words. Particularly the words with Mars. They are so absolutely awful. Pop music didn't always have shit words. Many of them were pretty decent back in the day. I'm not sure Mars would've gotten away with such bad writing back then (same goes for Alicia Keys)

yeah I forgot about alicia keys' bad lyrics most of the time..

Yeah, it's quite glaring with both of them since they tend to have quite dramatic melodies with soaring, drawn-out notes, so if the words that accompany those melodies are banal and pedestrian it's going to really stand out. Any songwriter worth his salt would know that instinctively, but these two seem blissfully unaware of such details.

[Edited 12/30/13 9:50am]

Donna Summer/Jimmy Web: "Macarthur Park" I completely agree with Gunsnhalen. The whole "cake" thing is just plain odd.


^ Great disco song, weird lyric about a cake in the rain... yeah that..

"Someone left the cake out in the rain, I don't think that I can take it. 'Cause it took so long to bake it. And I'd never have that recipe again"... what the h*ll is that about...?

Lammastide said:

MADONNA - I LOVE NEW YORK

I don't like cities
But I like new york
Other places make me feel like a dork
Los Angeles is for people who sleep
Paris and London
Baby you can keep

[Chorus]
Other cities always make me mad
Other places always make me sad
No other city ever made me glad except New York
I love New York [X3]

If you don't like my attitude
Then you can F off
Just go to Texas
Isn't that where they golf

New York is not for little pussies who scream
If you can't stand the heat
Then get off my street [repeat]

[Chorus]

I love New York [repeat]
Get off my street [repeat]

There is no way Rocco didn't write this.

Songs like this make it painfully apparent what little input she had on more graceful 80s and 90s work. Your first clue was her poem for assistant Melissa's birthday in Truth Or Dare.

Cinny said:

Lammastide said:

MADONNA - I LOVE NEW YORK

I don't like cities
But I like new york
Other places make me feel like a dork
Los Angeles is for people who sleep
Paris and London
Baby you can keep

[Chorus]
Other cities always make me mad
Other places always make me sad
No other city ever made me glad except New York
I love New York [X3]

If you don't like my attitude
Then you can F off
Just go to Texas
Isn't that where they golf

New York is not for little pussies who scream
If you can't stand the heat
Then get off my street [repeat]

[Chorus]

I love New York [repeat]
Get off my street [repeat]

There is no way Rocco didn't write this.

Songs like this make it painfully apparent what little input she had on more graceful 80s and 90s work. Your first clue was her poem for assistant Melissa's birthday in Truth Or Dare.

Damn, I never expected such realism from you, dude. You were always so cosy with the blinded Madge fans that I actually thought you were one of them. Kudos to you, cinny!

midnightmover said:

Cinny said:

Songs like this make it painfully apparent what little input she had on more graceful 80s and 90s work. Your first clue was her poem for assistant Melissa's birthday in Truth Or Dare.

Damn, I never expected such realism from you, dude. You were always so cosy with the blinded Madge fans that I actually thought you were one of them. Kudos to you, cinny!

I'm real like that!

Look up the lyrics to Chief Keef's Kobe.