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Post by Ator on Sept 6, 2004 12:29:48 GMT -5
Spirit in the Sky written by Norm Greenbaum in outraged response to a song by Blood, Sweat and Tears called When I Die which openly expressed doubts about the alleged afterlife. That one is at LEAST as bad as anything by Britiney Spears.
McCartney's Freedom was utter crap but that is to be expected. The quickest route to writing a crap song is to make it about patriotism or Jesus. The song will sell well because the mindless rally around such themes but you can bank on the lyrics being terrible.
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Post by Slick's ghost on Sept 6, 2004 22:01:49 GMT -5
Hey Return of the...
(Whispering): be careful about the Jesus cracks...they're on to you...you might want to change your name again soon...just kidding...
love, cornjob
P.S. (still whispering) I am a fan of old-school religious music by Mozart and Bach etc. You're right, the new stuff sucks. But that's how it is with almost all new music. IMO IMO IMO IMO (shields head)
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Post by beata on Sept 7, 2004 0:10:54 GMT -5
It is necessary to note that the lyrics below are translated from the Japanese but still, damn, I hate this no talent hyped bitch.
I love you baby, I want you baby, I need you baby is it a pop'n'roll?
When the three minor chords are played, everyone will sing the
requiem.
Blow over. yes, A storm is over, this trade will be game over.
I wonder if it is poison or medicine? Would you like one?
Dirty pop music
P - I'm sorry for the cheap computer
O - The clipping is distorted
P - With head amplifier, and shield I want to be direct
POP
Please stop it
I gotta freedom and duty. So I sing along with solitude.
The wound on my wrist tells you goodbye as the bell tolls "Ding Dong Dell"
If the traffic light is red, what "progress" can be made by raising a white flag?"
Anyway who is crossing, crossed I wonder?
Don't hesitate & Go!
P-O-P
uh
If you baffled, More haste, less speed.
In a nut shell, you can be back to square one.
You never know, however don't pass the buck.
Say "yes" don't grumble. Once again. Okay, not bad. I kiss you on the forehead as a reward.
If it's a box, you are a "Town Dead End"
Urgently keep going, turning, returning Re: To Furidashi
ge, iu ha yasushi, kiyoshi dakashikashi
Is it your ketsu, asshole? More or less.
The answer is yes. A kiss on a picture.
I was able to improve.
P - It's already gibberish, so pop it.
O - H.D. Crash, B.U Nothing
P - Not to mention my leg is raised waiting
POP
Save me Popeye!
How simple eat in get? Don't you?
At the red light we all crossed... yes, instant death
POP is dead
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Post by mightyjack on Sept 7, 2004 10:42:42 GMT -5
Hey Return of the... (Whispering): be careful about the Jesus cracks...they're on to you...you might want to change your name again soon...just kidding... love, cornjob Yeah, and not only that but I can see your IP and have the tools to track you down. ;D j/k, I only use my powers for good not evil. Anyhoo. Neil Diamond. I can't figure out why this guy is soooo respected as a song writer. He'll get a nice melody once in a awhile and "Red, Red Wine" was well done. But cripes in "I Am, I Said" he writes something about "And no one heard at all, not even the chair" Geez, check this guy into the hospital, he talks to chairs and wonders why they won't listen to him. If I wrote that lyric I would have been forced to return my NSAI card! |
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Post by Ator on Sept 7, 2004 11:31:42 GMT -5
Hey Return of the... (Whispering): be careful about the Jesus cracks...they're on to you...you might want to change your name again soon...just kidding... love, cornjob P.S. (still whispering) I am a fan of old-school religious music by Mozart and Bach etc. You're right, the new stuff sucks. But that's how it is with almost all new music. IMO IMO IMO IMO (shields head) Oh I wasn't meaning to crack on Jesus per se OR all music inspired by religion. I was only saying that whenever a truly crappy pop-song is written which is not about puppy love or raunchy sex, you can bet your bottom dollar that Jesus or the flag figures prominently in the theme & lyrics. For recent evidence of this just check out Alan Jackson, Paul McCartney, etc. I would hardly put Mozart or Bach into that group regardless of any personal opinions I might have or not have about religion in general. Virtually everyone I know and love is religious(most of them Christian). |
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Post by Slick's ghost on Sept 7, 2004 22:07:13 GMT -5
Correction, execrable pop-songs have also been written in gibberish teenie poetry, as well as about breaking things/being hardcore, and being really, really insanely depressed. And let us not forget the songs that have simply asked us to rock. I think that about covers it.
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Post by roxy18 on Sept 8, 2004 16:36:59 GMT -5
That song at the end of Squirm was very bad:
"How can I ever hold you long enough?
One night together goes so fast...
Have we the time to make it strong enough,
strong enough to last?
Shadows!!! blah blah blah
Shadows of pleasure, shadows of pain..."-
Meatloaf: I would do anything for love, but I won't do that!
Michael Bolton: Can I touch you....there?
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Post by Slick's ghost on Sept 9, 2004 5:22:40 GMT -5
The worst lyrics I've come across recently were the ones in the Ewok-language celebration song at the very end of the original Jedi. Are the Ewoks supposed to be singing this song? Then why do they sound like a practiced choir of human beings singing things like "Yub Yub"?? Because that's what it actually is, and it's stupid.
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Post by Ator on Sept 9, 2004 11:26:00 GMT -5
Correction, execrable pop-songs have also been written in gibberish teenie poetry, as well as about breaking things/being hardcore, and being really, really insanely depressed. And let us not forget the songs that have simply asked us to rock. I think that about covers it. Too true. I stand corrected. |
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Post by TV's Cowboy on Sept 9, 2004 17:37:22 GMT -5
I just listened to the latest rap song that Shag did(Yes folks he is still rapping). I don't remember how some of the lyrics went but it involves Shaq saying he's better then Kobe and that nobody likes Kobe. Yeah someone should tell Shaq to just give up his fantasy of being a rap star.
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Post by donmac on Sept 9, 2004 17:46:54 GMT -5
Country Music is supposed to have some of the worst lyrics (not counting Rap, which is in a class of awfulness all its own).
Like these two rhyming lines from Loretta Lynn's song Coal Miner's Daughter:
The work we done was hard,
At night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired.
(with "tired" pronounced "tarred" to make it rhyme)
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Post by yousonuva on Sept 10, 2004 7:09:13 GMT -5
Like these two rhyming lines from Loretta Lynn's song Coal Miner's Daughter:
The work we done was hard,
At night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired.
(with "tired" pronounced "tarred" to make it rhyme) Heh, more like 'tards'. |
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Post by Ator on Sept 10, 2004 10:56:52 GMT -5
Country Music is supposed to have some of the worst lyrics (not counting Rap, which is in a class of awfulness all its own). Like these two rhyming lines from Loretta Lynn's song Coal Miner's Daughter:
The work we done was hard,
At night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired.
(with "tired" pronounced "tarred" to make it rhyme) There is no entire category of music notoirious for bad lyricism. If we are judging lyricism, not on subject matter or content but how well executed/composed they are then rap music beats out most other categories(for having GOOD lyrics) hands down(and I am not much of a fan of rap). For every country or rap song with truly bad lyrics I can name 275 rock and roll/heavy metal/folk/college radio songs that are WORSE. In fact it would be a whole lot easier(though no more accurate) to make a case that heavy metal(inc. thrash, grindcore, 'nu metal', hard rock etc.) or rock and roll in general were the most fertile grounds for terrible lyrics adn bad songwriting in general.#nosmileys |
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Post by beata on Sept 10, 2004 16:23:53 GMT -5
There is no entire category of music notoirious for bad lyricism. If we are judging lyricism, not on subject matter or content but how well executed/composed they are then rap music beats out most other categories(for having GOOD lyrics) hands down(and I am not much of a fan of rap). For every country or rap song with truly bad lyrics I can name 275 rock and roll/heavy metal/folk/college radio songs that are WORSE. In fact it would be a whole lot easier(though no more accurate) to make a case that heavy metal(inc. thrash, grindcore, 'nu metal', hard rock etc.) or rock and roll in general were the most fertile grounds for terrible lyrics adn bad songwriting in general. True. There quite possibly too many factors to music to make a judgment of the whole song based on just one. Generalizations are sticky. And mostly a product of personal opinion.  |
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Post by Bart Fargo on Sept 13, 2004 0:04:44 GMT -5
Found one recently...
"If you won't give me your @$$, at least give me piece of mind" - The Godz, "Luv Kage"
Proud graduates of the Dan Quayle school of spelling.
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