Stupid lines that ruin otherwise great songs..

[Pete70s]

I thought of this earlier today, on my way home from an open house at my internship site.

Can you think of songs that you love, except there's one line in the lyric that REALLY bugs you?

I thought of this one:

"Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car!" (from Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne")

I mean, WTF?

I'll try to think of more and add to this post.

[Dawn]

One that comes to mind is from Paul McCartney's The Other Me -

"But something took a hold of me / And I acted like a dustbin lid"

A dustbin lid? Much as I love McCartney, he has a knack for coming up with strange lyrics, and this is one of the strangest.

[Railyn]

I know Pete's feelings on CuttingCrew, which I generally share ,but I do like "I've Been In Love Before".

It does, however, feature this no brainer:

"I've been in love before, I've been in love before. The hardest part is when you're in it"...............


Could have phrased it a bit better......

[H2IZCOOL]

Here's one that always bugged me:

One of my top 250 songs is "Hearts" by Marty Balin. It has a verse that goes:

Is eveything OK
I just thought I'd write a song
TO tell the world how I miss you
Cause each and every day
I think of all the words I never said
And all the chances that I had you.

All the chances that I had you do what ? Wash the floor?
He actually means: all the chances that I could have had you. - but that's too awkward.

Also it sounds like he's saying "all the chances that I do" which makes even less sense.

I've always thought the words should have simply been
"all the chances that I blew."

[Laura--I wuv u all :)]

Oh, I like that "is there gas in the car" part! I sing that to myself sometimes when I'm checking to see if there's enough gas in the car.

[Pete70s]

Another one I just thought of:

Not Guilty-George Harrison/The Beatles

"And I'm not here for the rest, I'm not trying to steal your vest".

WHAT?!?!?

[H2IZCOOL]

I've mentioned this one before, I think. It's not a great song but it would have been an OK song.

Song: I'm Living in Shame - Diana Ross and the Supremes
Line: "Came a telegram, Mama passed away while making homemade jam."

They needed a rhyme for telegram, and they couldn't think of anything but homemade jam?

How 'bout --- passed away choking on a candied yam,

or --- gored to death after teasing an angry ram

or ---- scared to death when hearing Emril shouting "bam!"

or --- suicided jumping off the Hoover Dam

or --- got a hernia trying to cook a ten pound ham


ANYTHING but homemade jam ! ! ;D

[Pete70s]

h2izcool said:

I've mentioned this one before, I think. It's not a great song but it would have been an OK song.

Song: I'm Living in Shame - Diana Ross and the Supremes
Line: "Came a telegram, Mama passed away while making homemade jam."

They needed a rhyme for telegram, and they couldn't think of anything but homemade jam?

How 'bout --- passed away choking on a candied yam,

or --- gored to death after teasing an angry ram

or ---- scared to death when hearing Emril shouting "bam!"

or --- suicided jumping off the Hoover Dam

or --- got a hernia trying to cook a ten pound ham


ANYTHING but homemade jam ! ! ;D

LMAO, Ed! No argument there!

But I've never liked that song to begin with.. Too sad.

[Laura--I wuv u all :)]

or --- got a hernia trying to cook a ten pound ham

Why Ed, how un-kosher of you!

[Beatles4ever]

Okay....now I'm not exactly sure if this fits into this catagory but I've had a "lyric pet peeve" for many years.It is the various reincarnations of "Do You Know What I Mean?"This line drives me nuts!It seems like they put it in simply to rhyme or when they can't think of something meaningful.

[Laura--I wuv u all :)]

I'll tell you another one: "Dim All the Lights". It's a good song, but will someone please explain to me how dimming all the lights--as well as the, um, activities that take place when the lights are dim--are supposed to turn someone's brown body white? ? ? Has this been scientifically proven? Methinks that dimming the lights would produce the OPPOSITE effect--making things look darker.

[Tammy Turbo]

I really get bugged by Donna Summer's McArthur Park song. What kind of fool would leave a cake out in a rainstorm and not save the recipie? :rotfl:

[Laura--I wuv u all :)]

azmama65 said:

I really get bugged by Donna Summer's McArthur Park song. What kind of fool would leave a cake out in a rainstorm and not save the recipie? :rotfl:

Apparently lots of people would--because many people have recorded versions of that song!

[H2IZCOOL]

laura said:

azmama65 said:

I really get bugged by Donna Summer's McArthur Park song. What kind of fool would leave a cake out in a rainstorm and not save the recipie? :rotfl:

Apparently lots of people would--because many people have recorded versions of that song!

I've seen Richard Harris' version listed among the all time worst songs in the rock era.

[H2IZCOOL]

laura said:

or --- got a hernia trying to cook a ten pound ham

Why Ed, how un-kosher of you!

LOL!