What are some crazy song lyrics that make you go WTF?

Stu stu studio . . . Phil Collins.

You know, as much as I was a fan of the band Live for their first two albums, some of those lyrics are simply silly. Forcing a way to incorporate the word " placenta ", with a straight face, reminds me of 5th grade poetry. And that's just ONE example. Trust me, they've got a lot of lyrics that make me cringe. I mean, " We all get the flu, we all get AIDS, we've got to stay together."

*shudder*

Then again, I could do no better and I still listen to Throwing Copper relatively often.

"skinned our hearts and skinned our knees"


(We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.......arghhhhhhhhhhhh)

"I cooked your food, I cleaned your house, and this is how you pay me back for all my kind unselfish loving deeds.. Huh??
Well you just wait, they'll find you yet and when they do they'll put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!"

Craig, I heard the flipside was the same song running backward.

Would allen o'days tune. undercover angle qualify for this thread?

Yes.

Tdanner, that song bugs the hell outta me too. Rod McKuen murdered a brilliant tune.

(In the original version, Jacques Brel implied a set of knees, but the context was far different. "Le Moribond" is a dark and sarcastic number about a dying man saying goodbye to the people in his life. He confesses to his priest that he has no faith, rips into the fellow that sleeps with his wife, and snidely wishes his chronically cheating spouse farewell. Brel was equally cutting with "Au Suivant" and "Les Bigotes" -- the former is a raw expose about army whorehouses and militarism, while the latter paints a scathing portrait of bitter old church ladies. He was a prolific genius.)

Worst lyrics? I would add The Crystals single, "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" -- a misguided social commentary that comes across like an ode to Stockholm syndrome. It was written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King with production and arrangement by infamous wife beater, Phil Spector. "He hit me and I knew he loved me... he hit me and I was glad... he hit me and I knew I loved him..."

>>Craig, I heard the flipside was the same song running backward.<<

It was. Even the label was printed in backward type - including the Warner Brothers "WB" logo.

100% agree Littlesongs. (But I was far to insecure to open the discussion to Brel. He's a passion I share with very few.)

To the Crystals I will add Hank Jr.s "Attitude Adjustment" ... wife won't cook - give her an attitude adjustment...won't clean - attitude adjustment, etc. Finally wife (and her sister if I recall) give him an attitude adjustment. The label sent out promotional tire irons with the Hank Jr phoenix logo and the song title printed on them. Talk about clueless!

(I traded my Shaun Cassidy and my Cher satin pillowcases for 4 mint original Filmore posters, including two GDead, but I've hung on to the tire iron!)

To Steve and Randy,

I always thought the "Undercover Angel" was about Farah-Fawcett Majors, as she starred on "Charlie's Angels" and both her name and the song's title have the same cadence: DA-da DA-da DA-da.

Nelly "It's getting Hot in Here"

the line is;

"Is that your ass or is your momma half reindeer"

I kid you not.

2 things leave me disturbed about this lyric.

A) I believe that it is meant as a compliment to a womans rear end. Meaning, Nelly finds SOMETHING no matter how big or how small attractive about a reindeers rear end.

B) That it is meant as a compliment at all.

"Her Placenta Falls To The Floor"
-Live

Why not physical MASTURBATION?

he...he.. just joking

Lander c'mon man, you can't REALLY be thrown for a loop on MOST rock lyrics...they are meant to be cryptic and vague...We could go on and on on strictly early to mid 90's music...

i.e.

"I wish I could eat her cancer, when she turns black."
-Nirvana

I know a girl who thinks of ghosts
She'll make ya breakfast
She'll make ya toast
She don't use butter
She don't use cheese
She don't use jelly
Or any of these
She uses vaseline

This is what my daughter sings in the car these days:

I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob . . .

The only Ring I gave you was the Ring around your tub. CW 1970's

Paul Anka? Havin' My Baby?

Skep,
it's not Stu, stu, studio

Its not? Oh. Well, at least one person here is actually reading my posts!

I used to love her but I had to kill her...

GNR

I used to love her but I had to kill her...

GNR

...but it's all over now! ...and it's nice to know the Beatles are still having an impact on young America.

I had a hand in the exposure of the early Beatles when she was a toddler, but this later stuff, she picked up at middle school.

System Of A Down.
Lots of weird lyrics.

"Gonorrhea,Gorgonzola,Gonorrhea,Gorgonzola,"

Bananna,Bananna,Bananna,Bananna,Terra-cotta,Bananna,Bananna,Bananna Terra-cotta pie!!

My Cigaro is much bigger than yours. :-p

For me in music and topic since Christmas music is soon my lyrics will come by a entertainers song titled Angel's Among Us All and another Hear the Angels Sing. Since I love to do it in the sin-bin every night and enjoy the findings of them in our self in music and more...

Joe

Almost any lyric by the B-52s.

"There's a moon in the sky. It's called THE MOON!"

Spinal Tap "Big Bottom" lyrics

Then again....Spinal Tap....nuff said

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Big-Bottom-lyrics-Spinal-Tap/720EED439507 704B48256DCE002F4A41

From "The Beat Goes On"...Sonny and Cher. Check out the 2 lines that end each verse. Wow.

Charleston was once the rage, uh huh
History has turned the page, uh huh
The mini skirts the current thing, uh huh
Teenybopper is our newborn king, uh huh

[Chorus]

The grocery store's the super mart, uh huh
Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh
And men still keep on marching off to war
Electrically they keep a baseball score

Freeze Said
Lander c'mon man, you can't REALLY be thrown for a loop on MOST rock lyrics...they are meant to be cryptic and vague...We could go on and on on strictly early to mid 90's music...

i.e.

"I wish I could eat her cancer, when she turns black."
-Nirvana


Hey Freeze, you do know that "Heart Shaped box" By Nirvana is all about Courtney Love's Vagina, Right??? Heart Shaped box= Vagina! (No joke)

I get the first of the quoted verse above from "The Beat Goes On" but not the second. The first verse is about changing entertainment and pop culture. "Charleston" is the name of a dance associated with swing music. The song contrasts that against what were the current fashions in the 1960s: mini skirts and Top-40 (teenyboppers). The second verse I can follow until the last line: is that last line supposed to refer to broadcast media coverage of the war?

I once bought my son that system of a down cd and then heard the album version lyrics where the word is not actually "Cigaro" but more explicit.

Ouch, I hate when that happens.

he was about 13 at the time.

Tdanner, having confessed a mutual hankering for chanson, I think I love you.*

* In an entirely appropriate context, of course.

"I Think I Love You" -- now that is a tune with an abundance of dyspeptic pentameter. Scanning through the lyrics, there are only half a dozen actual rhymes and a whole bunch of clumsy stretches. "I think I love you... So what am I so afraid of? I'm afraid that I'm not sure of... A love there is no cure for..." Huh?

Justin_timberfake, that "Heart Shaped Box" you speak of is not a tribute Courtney Love's wedding vegetables. It refers to the candy box that she used for her stash and rig. The song is about her successful attempts to keep him addicted to heroin.

Alfredo- "Electrically they keep a baseball score" - I think it's just a reference to electric scoreboards... you know, instead of the manual kind with a guy behind it changing the numbers.

Saying I love you Is not the words I want to hear from you It's not that I want you Not to say, but if you only knew How easy it would be to show me how you feel More than words is all you have to do to make it real Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me Cos I'd already know What would you do if my heart was torn in two More than words to show you feel That your love for me is real What would you say if I took those words away Then you couldn't make things new Just by saying I love you More than words Now I've tried to talk to you and make you understand All you have to do is close your eyes And just reach out your hands and touch me Hold me close don't ever let me go More than words is all I ever needed you to show Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me Cos I'd already know What would you do if my heart was torn in two More than words to show you feel That your love for me is real What would you say if I took those words away Then you couldn't make things new Just by saying I love you More than words

This lyrical "masterpiece" brought to you by Extreme. (1991)

> Alfredo- "Electrically they keep a baseball score" - I think it's just a reference to electric
> scoreboards... you know, instead of the manual kind with a guy behind it changing the numbers.

Yikes! I think of myself as a vintage technology guy, but I had totally forgotten that at one time electric scoreboards would have been considered "newfangled." :-0

This lyrical "masterpiece" brought to you by Extreme. (1991)

LMAO, I assume that was Sarcasm Right??

Extreme was the biggest pile of steaming dog turd!

Extreme is in the same class of crappy early 90's bands like Nelson, Winger, Damn Yankees, Firehouse. - AWFUL!!!!

But, but, but what about that awesome mix tape you made me with all of the above "bands"?

You've changed, Beano. You've turned into Beano the Meano, and I want my Stephen Stills CD back ASAP. And also that teddy bear I gave you. You can keep the Billy Ray Cyrus CD. I know how much you love it.

Beano, yes.

BTW, that Extreme POS was a #1 record. Why, is anyones guess.

Hey, I like/d it.........

(F.Y.I. Muzak plays it *almost every day* on FM1. Lots to love andensum....... ;o)

> BTW, that Extreme POS was a #1 record. Why, is anyones guess.

Maybe, people liked it?

Ok, so how did the cool subject header get created?

Ghosts and spooks in the pdxradio server??

So you can no longer say MENTAL MASTURBATION ON PDX RADIO??????? Come on Dan, that is pretty lame! What happend to "FREEDOM OF SPEECH"??

You don't have absolute freedom of speech on Internet message boards, unless you happen to own and operate the server on which the board is hosted and your ISP is not monitoring the content of your message board. If you are on somebody else's message board, then you have to play by the rules that the owner or moderator of that board has established. I think it was Doug (Missing_KSKD) who brought up this point a while ago.

Sorry JT, but the new title is funny too.

I wish I could add thread subtitles too.

Justin, if you plunk down a good wad of cash on the 'donate' page, you might have a bit of sway with the website owner.

Already have! Thats why I made such a stink!

On the original topic, I nominate a song by T Rex called "Hot Love." It was released in the U.S. as a follow up to "Bang a Gong (Get it On), but it stiffed before hitting the Billboard Top 40 for reasons that will be obvious if you go to the link below.

The song starts with gems like "Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch, uh huh,"
and "She's faster than most and she lives on the coast, uh huh."

Then the joke becomes complete about half way through when the song is hijacked by a group of really bad "La-La" singers.

http://www.divshare.com/download/5718607-240

The new title is relevant to the actual subject. "Mental masturbation" brings to mind an image you will thank me for not sharing.