Really Bad Song Lyrics

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crackerkorean

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There are songs that have lines that are just horrible. I just cant stand them. I will put the lyric up but also link to a video so that you can hear it in context.

Here are two that I can think of.

Fergie - Big Girls Dont Cry
Lyric: And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnbBVWDtYm0

Gwen Stefani - Holla Back Girl
Lyric: Let me hear you say, this **** is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
this sh*t is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Again, this sh*t is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
This sh*t is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AU-kAnB24I

What are some others?
 
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First off, I must apologize to all who may listen to these. :no:

I’ll go with a couple of Pop Ladies for their creative song writing and one that is just annoying.

I don't like cities, but I like New York
Other places make me feel like a dork
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I Love New York • Madonna • The Confessions Tour (2007)

Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
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Whenever,Wherever • Shakira • Laundry Service (2001)

THE ENTIRE SONG
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I’m Too Sexy • Right Said Fred • Up (1992)

So many more trash songs!

Regards,
TB
 
Without a doubt, "Macarana" takes the cake for me for bad lyrics, or more accurately, no lyrics that I can ascertain.
 
Anything by Solja Boy.

"Superman dat ho"???

He should be sentenced for life for calling his atrocities "music". I'm extremely happy he died out as quickly as he did.
 
I kissed a girl and i liked it..............my god what a bad song........just..catchy but bad

and anything by green day. terrible.
 
Yngwie Malmsteen

As Above, so Below

There's a hole in the sky
But don't ask me why
Because I don't know
There is a long way to go
Future will show
Where the road is leading us

I will never die
'Cause I will fly
To the other side

I'm trying to fight
For what is right
But evil spirits pass me by
They do what they want
They just don't care
What you feel or what you say
 
I'll 2nd the vote for the Trashmen, Surfin Bird. After listening once you put it in the back of you CD case.

Also, although the song was catchy.

Nobody but me, by the Human Beinz.
No, No, No, No,No, No, No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,No,
Nobody can do the bugaloo, like I do,Nobody can do the Skate like I do,,,,,,,,
 
"The Joker," The Steve Miller Band

Some people call me the
space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me maurice
Cause I speak of the
pompitous of love

What the hell is a "pompitous?" :wtf:
 
Normally like The Eagles, But...

"There's a Hole In The World Tonight".

Not one of their shining moments.
 
Jason Mraz, "I'm Yours"

I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and I laughed

:withstpd:
 
What bugs me more than plain stupid lyrics is egregiously bad grammar, when it is absolutely un-necessary for any poetic reasons, and where correct grammar would better fit the rhythm of the song. Poetic license is one thing; no one says song lyrics have to be perfect English, but when correct English would sound much better, there is no excuse! A few examples from songs I've heard on the radio:

The female of the species is more deadlier than the male.
More deadlier? Give me a break! The singer even has to rush to cram in the extra syllable that makes it redundant and wrong!

There is a song by Simply Red where the line ends, I hope you comprehend. Not only is it more colloquial to use an object after comprehend, the obvious choice of "understand" in this line would sound better, fit the flow and meaning better, and just seem much more natural! It almost makes you feel that the guy wants to show off his knowledge of a "big word"... although "comprehend" hardly qualifies as one.

There is another REALLY BAD one that gets played a lot, but I just can't think of it at the moment. I'll try to come back and edit/update this post once it occurs to me. Every time I hear it, I want to scream at the stupid idiot who wrote it to learn English, or get a "proofreader" to check the lyrics, before recording!

Similarly, I am bothered by singers who clearly mis-pronounce words in ways that show that they must be semi-illiterate, like saying "re-mow-nis" for 'reminisce". That "i" in the middle of the word is NOT an "o", and shouldn't sound like one! Obviously the people singing that word this way, haven't a clue how it is spelled. There are many examples of this in pop recordings. It makes me think that most singers and their producers probably have as little education as most Hollyweird actors and actresses (many of whom are high-school dropouts, and very few of whom finished college).

But if you want an example of STUPID lyrics, how about that song that mostly consists of the syllables "Da, da, da" repeated over and over, with a few phrases like "you say you will, you say you won't" thrown in? Da, da, da over and over and over again. About as dumb as they come!
 
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"The Joker," The Steve Miller Band

Some people call me the
space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me maurice
Cause I speak of the
pompitous of love

What the hell is a "pompitous?" :wtf:
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Lyrics aside: I Love this song! And "I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree" is pure POETRY!!! :guitar:
 
Pompitous was a word Steve Miller made up.

Van Morrison had some good song, but was fantabulous a real word (Moondance)?

You guys brought up some good suggestions, but they were just bad songs. As far as bad lyrics go...

LFO - Summergirls - summer of '99.

This song seems like they put in whatever words they could...one portion that comes to mind:

"....like the color purple, macaroni and cheese, ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees. Call you up but what's the use? I like Kevin Bacon but I hate Footloose"

And the chours:

"New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits; Chinese food makes me sick; and I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer (for the summer); I like girls that wear Abercrombie & Fitch, I'll take her if I have one wish..."

There's more but they're so horible I don't remember the rest. Horrible..just horrible. Fitch and wish don't rhyme. WTF? WHAT were they smoking so I know to avoid it?
 
I really like Hooverphonic as a group of musicians, but some of their lyrics range from barely acceptable to abysmal. Case in point, the lyrics to Electroshock Faders:

Long black dress
Hawaian shirt
Kicking pair of trainers
Electro shock faders

Guiding your voice through your veins
Sick of all this working
Longing for a sinking

Ship that rules the bottom of the sea
A bottle as a prison not really my idea
Of a perfect environment it makes you see
Everything’s a blur
Do you know what I mean
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Also, although I adore the song, I can't for the life of me ascertain any meaning from the lyrics to Dispatch's "Cover This":

Wounded, you can take me there
I was wounded, you can take me there
It was a crime that I was left
But will you go on without me?
Think I'll just walk myself to sleep

Cause I ain't working for your father
But I might as well be
I ain't lookin' for confusion
But it tends to follow me
You can come into my house, she said
If you do it quietly
But I said
There ain't no chance at that

Cause I am listenin' to what you got
Put up your hands if you want me to stop
And I turn around, but I think you're crazy
If you think this happens a lot
Oh, do you like this?
Do you need someone to cover you
Just to show you what you missed

(and so forth...)
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A friend of mine is a singer/songwriter in Houston. She's headed for Nashville for a bit and I wrote her this song as a joke. It may qualify...

My dog has fleas G
My dog has fleas D
I like carrots and peas C
My dog has fleas G
Pass the butter please G
smiley faces on my knees D
Druids worship trees C
My dog has fleas G
My dog has fleas G

fleas, fleas, fleas, fleas E minor
fleas, fleas, fleas, fleas G
fleas, fleas, fleas, fleas C
fleas! G

I lost my keys D
while singing "Summer Breeze" C
My dog has fleas G
My dog has fleas G
If I go outside I'll freeze D
Go eat some cheese C
My dog has fleas G

fleas, fleas, fleas, fleas E minor
fleas, fleas, fleas, fleas G
fleas, fleas, fleas, fleas C
fleas! G
Fleas! G
 
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Arkay said:
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But if you want an example of STUPID lyrics, how about that song that mostly consists of the syllables "Da, da, da" repeated over and over, with a few phrases like "you say you will, you say you won't" thrown in? Da, da, da over and over and over again. About as dumb as they come!
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Trio - Da Da Da
 
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