What would you consider to be the absolute worst lyric you have ever heard in a song? I would suggest:
“We built this city on rock and roll,” from Starship’s We Built This City
and
“You’ve been lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’,” from Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots Are Made for Walkin’
There must be many selections superior to these. Please feel free to include the country western genre.
Can’t let this go without mentioning the AWSM “Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain.”
the worst song lyrics are definitely anything by lil wayne.
a sample
“Im a mack mack , im a pi pi pimp, I spi spi spi
spit out shrimp, I pull out clean I get out limp,
I walk like li li limp I talk like b**** get me a chi chi” - Lil Wayne
he’s really just revolting
This song is absolutely terrible.
Jaron and the Long Road To Love:
I Pray for You, Chorus line:
I pray your brakes go out running down a hill
I pray a flowerpot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I’d like to
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls
I pray you’re flying high when your engine stalls
I pray all your dreams never come true
Just know wherever you are honey, I pray for you
Is that really a song, though, or is it a rap?
Now you’re underneath the stairs
And you’re givin’ back some glares
To the people who you met
And it’s your first cigarette.
Neil Young’s Sugar Mountain
(I heard him perform this and apologize for the verse ahead of time. I wondered, why not change it?)
thats pretty harsh
Drugs rule everything around me,
fiend
get the powder,
drink another beer ya’ll
‘transplants - D.R.E.AM’
Nice snarky thread Greg. Fun, fun, fun!
I’ve always felt that Bernie Taupin wrote some massively awkward lyrics.
“Don’t discard me just because you think I mean you harm” comes to mind immediately.
I think Elton John must be a real genius to overcome so spectacularly some of the lyrics he was handed.
I always liked the Beach Boys’ Fun, Fun, Fun but you’re right, I suppose, the lyrics are somewhat sophomoric.
If you’re going to include rap, take a visit to the Snacks and Shit, a website that contains all of the worst rap song lyrics.
Some samples from there:
“My presence is a present, kiss my ass.”
-Kanye West, Monster
“We tote big guns, and everybody know somebody that know somebody that know somethin’ about it.”
“Hey yo, we about to take everybody from every street and throw a party in the Grand Canyon, come on!”
The lyrics to Billy Joel’s “Captain Jack”. I find the song, except for the chorus, to be incredibly annoying. Everything does rhyme nicely, though, which seems to have been the only criterion for deciding which words to include in the “lyrics”.
Hotlegs 1970’s Song: Neanderthal Man
I’m a Neanderthal man
You’re a Neanderthal woman
Let’s make Neanderthal love
In this Neandrethal world
repeated continuously
Because of many severe ear infections at a young age, I have scarring on my eardrums. The doctor tested me for understanding of words and explained to me that I have much distortion. That explains my misunderstanding of song lyrics.
I believe these mis-interpretations of lyrics are called mondegreens. I don’t know which is worse, the original words or mine.
Magnets, how do they work?
They are, and I only recently found out why.
It’s quite a kewl bit of trivia.
Worst lyric?
Shakira’s “Whenever, Wherever” springs to mind.
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The rest of the song isn’t much better.
TOTO’s “Africa” is another one that sticks in my craw.
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Erm, Kilimanjaro doesn’t rise above the Serengeti.
You can’t even see Kilimanjaro from the Serengeti.
Speaking of mondegreens…
GILD, I apologise in advance for this.
You’ll know why.
Sorry about the quality too, these ads are from the 80s and taken from VHS recordings, but you’ll get the point.
I could say that is probably the most incredibly bad song ever.
And I’m thinking about getting a Maxel.
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow
Don’t be alarmed now
It’s just a spring clean
For the May queen
If you ask me, the most amazing of songs can get away with some stupid/weird/obscure lyrics.
I’ve never seen those commercials but regard them both as brilliant bits of copywriting.
The kind of thing that makes me hide in my corner and just write another commercial for a car-dealership.
all of these lyrics yall are posting are still better than lil waynes lyrics.
seriously, that prick makes me sick.
i can’t believe people even listen to him.
Didn’t we have this thread once before?
“Lovable, You’re so lovable
Heaven abovable made you so lovable
Love me lovable child.”
Or, as someone else posted, “Someone left the cake out in the rain.”