Do you ever hear a banger of a song then realise the lyrics are shite?

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ChelseaMourning@reddit

What have you got against “ding dong dong dang ding dong dong dong ding dang”?

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Trebus@reddit

I've always preferred the disarmingly forthright:

Doo-doo dingle zing a dong bone, ba-di ba-da ba-zumba crunga cong gone bad.

*actually from a good song.

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happyhippohats@reddit

Worked for Sir Paul Mccartney

"A choir of children sing their song, they practiced all night long"

"Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong..."

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extenderpretender@reddit

This is a particularly good example as the actual lyric is: “they practiced all year long”.

They were practicing Christmas songs during the summer were they, Sir Paul?

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ASpookyBitch@reddit

Not as bad as making out like it not snowing in Africa is a tragedy… it’s on the equator, it would be a problem if it did snow

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DTH2001@reddit

Also, not knowing that it’s Christmas. The Ethiopian Christmas is in January, so to them it’s not.

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shibbyingaway@reddit

Ethiopia does get snow fairly regularly. Same as Kenya and Tanzania. Makes it even more stupid as a lyric

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ASpookyBitch@reddit

Wait, what!? I feel like everything I’ve ever been taught is a lie I swear

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OzzyinKernow@reddit

Our panto starts rehearsals in August. It’s weird doing Xmassy stuff when people turn up in shorts and t-shirts and it’s boiling (occasionally)

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happyhippohats@reddit

Oh you're right it's all year. That makes it even worse that what they came up with is just "ding dong ding dong , wooo, woooooo" lol.

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bornfromanegg@reddit

That entire song is nonsense. The lyrics are bad enough but if you stop and actually listen to it, even the music is a mental mix of random divergences. It’s like a musical representation of ADHD.

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CaptainQuagmires@reddit

Actually I really like that song, it's not your standard song you'll hear I think the unique quality to it is good

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Pyriel@reddit

Sorry mate, that clearly Ministry - Jesus Built my Hotrod.

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el_farmerino@reddit

Up to my ass in alligators, let's get it on with the alligator haters

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I_SHAG_REDHEADS@reddit

Didn't realise Claudio Ranieri was such a fan.

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mikeybhoy_1985@reddit

Kiedis just really wants everyone to know he's from California.

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Prize_Farm4951@reddit

A hip hip hip a California. I think that appears in about 14 of their songs.

Google Anthony Kiedis 14 for confirmation.

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GroundbreakingRing42@reddit

Iirc he may have done a limited aged whiskey at some point. Google "Anthont kiedis 14 year old" for confirmation.

Then go right back to enjoying RHCP once you've done some reading.

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Sad-Peace@reddit

"I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this garbage?' And the answer is always The Red Hot Chili Peppers" - Nick Cave

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gazzatronic3000@reddit

Every RHCP song is “hud du dur baby in a wheelchair”

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If you listen to the demos Anthony would scat before writing proper lyrics and I shit you not he’s just going “skemalina nom a nom a California”. Especially funny that for some bits he was like “nah, that’s good”

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pajamakitten@reddit

Even Antony Keidis does not know what he is on about.

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throwpayrollaway@reddit

I believe that gentleman is from California.

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Hulkenberk@reddit

Really? I don't think it's ever mentioned

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Lower-Spinach-8944@reddit

I agree some of their songs are just about the vib!:))

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No-Efficiency250@reddit

Justified ancients of mumu...... WTF?

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soupalex@reddit

thank you for reminding me of this bop

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RatioMaster9468@reddit

KLF were generally taking the piss. If I recall, this was also a track where they were trying to hope/get Tammy to sing the lyrics and surprised when she said yes 😂

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No-Efficiency250@reddit

The lyrics are still utter nonsense though, Tammy Wynette or not.

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4to20characters@reddit

I was so obsessed with the Manics when I was younger that it still hurts to see them described as having shite lyrics 😭 I really hope it's just the more recent stuff (ie Nicky Wire songs) that OP thinks are cringe (because I agree).

Still maintain that anything by Richey off the first four albums and Journal For Plague Lovers is sheer genius!

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

The Manics are frustrating as they can have some of the most beautifully crafted lyrics in one song, then some daft cringeworthy shite in the next one. The first album I can give them a pass as they were kids and being loud sloganeers was sort of the point. The Holy Bible is basically perfect, EMG actually is pretty flawless, but as soon as Richey goes and it is Nicky on his own I can't take him seriously as a rich old man still doing edgy rock music. And no one should have let him sing anything.

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4to20characters@reddit

Ah yeah this is exactly what I meant, and phrased better - I first heard Generation Terrorists when I was in my early teens and of course it was the perfect "fuck the system/gonna write all these lyrics on my homework diary" album for that time in my life! I will always give it a pass too :)

(excellent username by the way, not sure what he'd have made of the Manics lol. The scene in Glue (I think!) where he confuses Beck with Jeff Beck had me howling)

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Yoguls@reddit

Culture sucks down words Itemise loathing and feed yourself smiles Organise your safe tribal war Hurt, maim, kill, and enslave the ghetto

Each day living out a lie Life sold cheaply forever, ever, ever

Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness Under neon loneliness motorcycle emptiness

Makes perfect sense to me

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TheRebelPercy@reddit

Especially when sung over that glorious guitar riff.

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Mr_Venom@reddit

This reads like that one shitpost about having aphasia.

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r_keel_esq@reddit

Agreed.

The lyrics are one of the many reasons why why Golf Against the Soul is my favourite album - more mature and developed that Generation Terrorists, but much more subtle and poetic than the bile and rage of The Holy Bible.

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4to20characters@reddit

Best typo ever - I can definitely picture the guy from Nostalgic Pushead enjoying a round of golf while off his tits on 90s coke

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reeko1982@reddit

Yeah but give JDB credit for fitting ‘A morality obedient only to the cleansed repented’ into a pop song.

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r_keel_esq@reddit

For sure

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LordGeni@reddit

100% (apart from the typo). A superb album.

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No_Ring_3348@reddit

Golf Against the Soul

A better description than 'a good walk spoiled' IMO

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homity3_14@reddit

Golf Against the Soul might be the greatest typo I've ever seen

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rtc765@reddit

"I just don't care about the framing, 'cos people always ruin paintings."

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LadyMirkwood@reddit

Futurology is great too.

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Confident_Carrot1316@reddit

I really enjoyed Resistance is Futile. Some great later tracks

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LadyMirkwood@reddit

Ooh that's near the bottom of the pile for me.

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UnarmedTwo@reddit

+1 for Futurology. It's their best album that isn't The Holy Bible.

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LadyMirkwood@reddit

Absolutely. Peak creativity for them.

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Medibot300@reddit (OP)

Yes! Old Manics- glorious!

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theavocadolady@reddit

Have you ever noticed the line about masturbation at the end of Sexual Healing?

I mean, the rest of it is straight up creepy, bordering on abusive, if you take it out of a sexy/catchy song, but I'm fairly sure most people don't know that last line is there.

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soupalex@reddit

i believe they were originally going to go with

"baby, please receive my jism
don't wanna commit the sin of onanism"

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Asleep_Sound_8668@reddit

I think that's just life. Oh life.

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mattjimf@reddit

Would you rather have a piece of toast?

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soupalex@reddit

if it saves me from having to see any ghosts, sure. doo, doot-doot-doo.

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newtonbase@reddit

Oasis have some utter nonsense lyrics.

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MountainMuffin1980@reddit

"She's got a sister And God only knows how I've missed her And on the palm of her hand is a blister And I need more time And I want you to know"

Shite.

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GroundbreakingRing42@reddit

I interpreted it to mean the sister had been rubbing him off.

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

No, it just rhymes. The funny thing is they are so nonsensical that people do read their own meanings into it and give some songs depth that just isnt there.

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LegolasleChat@reddit

She must really go hell for leather to form a blister on her hand, no wonder he misses her.

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powpow198@reddit

Fastest hands in the north. They call her slippery hand magoo.

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Ranger_1302@reddit

She has a blister, clearly she goes in dry.

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powpow198@reddit

Goes in dry, comes out wet

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Mediocre_Map1289@reddit

I interpreted it the same. Is that not what it means?

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bourton-north@reddit

It’s definitely possible, but equally possible he just needed a word to rhyme with “missed her”

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mailywhale@reddit

I mean all those lyrics have quite obvious meanings, I think that’s unfair. Unlike a lot of their other lines

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MountainMuffin1980@reddit

Go on then...

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mailywhale@reddit

She’s got a hot sister who gets around a bit, and he wants to live life a bit with people such as that sister before settling down with the electric girl. How does one get a blister on the PALM of their hand 🤔

It’s never crossed my mind that it would mean anything other than this, maybe it’s just me 🤣

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Lister_RD_169@reddit

How does one get a blister on the PALM of their hand

She's a really keen cyclist and powerlifter but can't afford a decent pair of gloves?

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PassiveTheme@reddit

Noel Gallagher has acknowledged that his lyrics are shite many times.

I remember seeing an interview with him where he was asked about the lyrics to Champagne Supernova, specifically "Slowly walking down the hall, Faster than a cannonball". The interviewer was convinced this was some sort of deep meaning about how sometimes when you slow everything down, you realise how fast everything else is. Noel's response was something along the lines of "I don't know, man. I was high. It's nonsense."

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GingerSnapBiscuit@reddit

The interviewer was convinced this was some sort of deep meaning about how sometimes when you slow everything down, you realise how fast everything else is. Noel's response was something along the lines of "I don't know, man. I was high. It's nonsense."

I'm convinced 90% of discussions about the "meanings" of poems, paintings, songs, is all utter shite. "This painting represents the intricacies of life and the struggle of the common man and..." Its a fucking lake, chief. He painted a lake. Chill out.

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solidpro99@reddit

He explained it at the time in a Loaded rundown of each track. That line is about when you’re drunk you’re wandering around talking and whatever and it seems like 5 minutes and it’s been 3 hours.

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EchoesofIllyria@reddit

That Champagne Supernova example is always weird to me because the very next line is “where were you while we were getting high?” So it being nonsense makes perfect sense in context, even without any deeper meaning.

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nickgardia@reddit

I call that with ‘The sink is full of fishes, she’s got dirty dishes on the brain, it was overflowing gently, but it’s all elementary, my friend.’ Utter pish!

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Sirlacker@reddit

He has a crush on her sister. He misses her because she's been giving him the best handjobs he's ever had. She does them so fast (something he's clearly into) that it's caused a blister on the palm of her hand. He needs more time because he keeps jizzing real quick because shes that good and it's affecting his mental state, he thinks that the sister is thinking he can't last long, not that she's a good handjob giver. And she's that good, that he wants everyone to know.

How the fuck do you not get that from these lyrics.

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iocheaira@reddit

I pointed this out to my ex and he said I “didn’t understand Northern culture” lmao

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LiverpoolBelle@reddit

Must just be a Mancunian culture thing. The rest of us northerners aren't familiar with that😭

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Punk_Princess_Sarah@reddit

Today I learned that those are actually the lyrics to She’s Electric.

Utter shite.

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YodaShagsDarthVader@reddit

You think Oasis are bad you should listen to some of Liams solo stuff. One song there is literally a verse of him listing out colours of the rainbow.

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soupalex@reddit

you should listen to some of Liams solo stuff.

i'm alright, thanks

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YodaShagsDarthVader@reddit

To be fair to him he has got some really good songs. Some utter nonsense as well but just learnt from his brother.

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pookston@reddit

Ms Rachel is guilty of that too

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Dismal-Business-5180@reddit

“She got a 666, I got my crucifix”. Ouch.

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throwpayrollaway@reddit

I think that's on John Squire unless there's another song we're Liam sings the colours of the rainbow. I can't rule that out.

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YodaShagsDarthVader@reddit

Ah that's a very good point actually. Had forgotten that song was the album with John. Chinatown was going to be my next example but he didn't even write that! Christ knows what Andrew Wyatt was on that day.

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Nublar_Repair_Man@reddit

Every day I wake up and it's Sunday

Whatever's in my eye won't go away

The radio is playing all the usual

What's a wonderwall anyway?

I love Travis for this line

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Fine-State8014@reddit

Nursery rhymes for adults.

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auntie_eggma@reddit

Bad ones for dumb ones.

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happyhippohats@reddit

Nursery rhymes make sense though

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auntie_eggma@reddit

Oasis ONLY have nonsense lyrics that almost sound like they might mean something but don't.

They're basically the prole song generator from 1984.

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Wretched_Colin@reddit

That was part of the initial charm, that they were a bunch of rough scallys, making nonsense rhymes.

Supersonic, if listened to closely, has the weakest rhymes and lyrics imaginable.

But the sheer force of the song makes it one of the best they’ve ever produced.

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DrKnackerator@reddit

They've just confirmed there will be the same two covers band every week over the summer again. with the same set every week. FML if I hear 'wonderwall' again I'm going down with a bloody flamethrower. What's a wonderwall ffs? God so many oasis songs - as somebody wrote the only rock band that doesn't rock. mid tempo plod all the way.

I never thought I'd get sick of hearing James but after 2 fucking years twice a week for like 6 weeks... here we are.

Still its good for my health as I have to walk away from the noise, like a bagpipe player.

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GlennSWFC@reddit

Why does this reply look like it’s to a comment we can’t see? Who’s “they”? Is it two covers bands or a covers band that only play two songs? Where are they playing? What does James have to do with this?

In a thread about nonsense lyrics, you’ve certainly raised the bar for what constitutes as nonsense.

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thefogdog@reddit

My favourite band but yes, a healthy mixture of brilliant or drug-indiced lyrics in there!

Especially in Champagne Supernova. Or Supersonic.

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Simbooptendo@reddit

Guys, guys, I think they were getting high

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Adorable_Past9114@reddit

And where were you?

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WayoftheBear@reddit

And what's a Wonderwall anyway... I don't know mate, you came up with it, was hoping you'd tell me to be fair.

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reeko1982@reddit

Case in point: Magic Pie. Wonderful song, utter bollocks lyrics

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brinz1@reddit

Music that sounds like cocaine over Manc nonsense

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Fingertoes1905@reddit

Yeah Noel does write some howlers

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YodaShagsDarthVader@reddit

Yet he also writes some of the best stuff. Must've been on the good shit all those years ago

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j0nnnnn@reddit

No, I listen to Death metal and can't tell what the fuck Nyone is saying anyway

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moosebeast@reddit

Yes similar here. In fact I generally avoid looking up lyrics when I can't make them out as it usually ends up being very disappointing to discover what they're really saying.

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matthalusky@reddit

I recommend the lyrics of Carcass

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Trebus@reddit

Barney's lyrics aren't normally too bad. He was vying for enviromental awareness on Unfit Earth at a time most metal bands were just going on about how evil they were.

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Deadsuooo@reddit

Or any slam

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GatorShinsDev@reddit

Check out Blood Incantation, pretty interesting all around.

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Kiwi_Woz@reddit

Anal Cunt has entered the chat

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QuantitySharp2662@reddit

I heard some variant of extreme metal that had a vocal style similar to stomach growling/pig with a really bassy voice.

Makes me feel horrible inside like it's some sort of colour noise akin to brown but more for vomit and general disgust.

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mikeybhoy_1985@reddit

ahhh yes, I see you two are a man of culture.

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CreativeAdeptness477@reddit

I do prog rock/metal so it's mostly instrumental

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GreenCup3426@reddit

Far from being mostly instrumental, I'd say prog as a genre has simultaneously some of the best and some of the worst lyrics out there

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j0nnnnn@reddit

Yeah, Rush have some of the most well thought out lyrics you can get

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zagblorg@reddit

Hell yeah! I scream in a doom band and spend ages agonising over lyrics nobody can understand. A lot of metal lyrics are just shite anyway, so can be best not to look them up.

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kishenoy@reddit

Ahem, try the epics of Amon Amarth, especially "fate of norns", which is about a father grieving his 6 year old son passing away

"I carry him to my ship, he seems to be asleep, but the deep blue colour of his lips, is enough to make me weep".

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HarB_Games@reddit

"I wanna be your vacuum cleaner.."

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cloudstrifeuk@reddit

I want to be your gobstopper....

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OllyTrolly@reddit

That's literally a poem by John Cooper Clarke!

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HarB_Games@reddit

Til

Fair enough

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infantile-eloquence@reddit

I actually really like song Hey, Soul Sister by Train, but the lyric "I'm so gangster, I'm so thug" is just... no.

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soupalex@reddit

"my heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest"

"ain't that mr. mister on the radio, stereo"

it goes on

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fishercrow@reddit

it’s certainly an interesting line to be accompanied by ukulele.

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cloudstrifeuk@reddit

As a massive Muse fan. Muse.

Their new track in particular is lyrically weak, but it will be an absolute banger live. Much like their previous few albums. Lyrically weak, full of bangers.

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Briggykins@reddit

Reminds me of that tweet about Gorillaz.

Guest rapper: I been in ends since ten kicking product round the bend, my mum died of tuberculosis I'm slipping into psychosis

Damon Albarn chorus: ooooh flimsy steve, where did you go, what have you seen

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Lister_RD_169@reddit

"This is outrageous! This is contagious! ATOL Protected! ATOL Protected!"

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purrcthrowa@reddit

"If I was a sculptor. But then again, no". Well done Bernie. You certainly earned your millions for that one.

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Wretched_Colin@reddit

He’s talking about creativity and how he can express his love for the object of his affection.

If he was a sculptor he would create a statue.

I quite like it.

The man making potions in a travelling show I can’t quite get my head around

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purrcthrowa@reddit

I can see that interpretation, but in my mind it's just Bernie saying here's my first idea. But it's actually shit. Who cares? I'll get my money anyway. I quite like the potions bit, as it happens!

Banging song either way, though.

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GingerSnapBiscuit@reddit

Wasn't Your Song really fucking early in Eltons career, as in before Bernie could be sure he'd get ANY money for writing?

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purrcthrowa@reddit

Maybe! I'm not really familiar with the history. I don't even know what Bernie looks like, or whether he's ever done anything other than write lyrics for Elton.

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darkershadeofme@reddit

It’s kind of like Britney’s Womanizer -

“Maybe if we both lived in a different world. It would be all good and maybe I would be your girl. But I can’t because we don’t.”

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That_Buddy_2928@reddit

Hey wordsmith! Stop having so much fun with the words!

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thefogdog@reddit

That makes me laugh every time I hear it. Beautiful song but that lyric is awful.

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latesttrick@reddit

But did it not lead into the rest which was beautiful?

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GingerSnapBiscuit@reddit

I have been wondering for a large part of my life What, exactly, she would look like if someone constructed a building for the removal of smoke upon her head.

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Pink-socks@reddit

Some of The Beatles lyrics are just nonsense.

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DisorderOfLeitbur@reddit

Corporation fishwife singing Hare Krishna

Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan Poe

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Royal_Philosophy7767@reddit

I’ve always felt that the magic of The Beatles comes from the words fitting the music and melody so perfectly while generally not meaning anything at all.

So you end up with an amazing song that makes you feel a vibe really deeply and the actual words are just a part of the sound painting.

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Accomplished-Tap-897@reddit

Yeah but then they would go do a song like "Taxman", that is lyrical genius, it still makes me laugh 😂😂

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daveyhaddock@reddit

I know they’re obviously huge fans of The Beatles, so hardly surprising, but I feel Oasis must’ve known this and emulated it (eg don’t look back in anger, champagne supernova fit that bill I feel).

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donaldstinypeepee@reddit

The stones they ain’t

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dglcomputers@reddit

Nik Kershaw - The Riddle is literally nonsense, the lyric were guide vocals and when Nik couldn't think of anything else he left them in. Loads of people supposedly wrote in claiming they'd solved the riddle, but they couldn't have as the word were completely random!

Saying that Nik is an excellent songwriter and despite the nonsense lyrics musically, The Riddle, is still very interesting and quite complex.

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Riqitch@reddit

Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart back in '84, kept off the top spot by none other than Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood!

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dglcomputers@reddit

At least it was kept off the top spot by a decent song!

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DisorderOfLeitbur@reddit

Just think, they could have been denied number one by something like Shaddap You Face.

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Evangelion__@reddit

Anything by Owl City

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yesthenshaggers@reddit

Honestly, every Oasis song. Don't come at me. Great music, shite lyrics.

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Human_Performance945@reddit

Some girls are bigger than other by the Smiths. IMO some of the finest guitar work on a song that I’ve heard but the lyrics are utter bollocks.

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_bluethunder@reddit

then you’re missing the point! it’s about how men are controlled by sexuality. to close an album with it - especially after the previous song - is such a funny move. even just the opening lines are magic.

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HibeesBounce@reddit

As Anthony said to Cleopatra, as he opened a crate of ale "uhh I say, some girls are bigger than others" is one of the funniest song lyrics I've ever heard

Also, "send me your pillow, the one that you dream on" has that unsettling romanticism Smiths songs are famous for

You can shit on Morrissey for a lot but his lyrics are genius

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Asuranath@reddit

Not exactly "punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate" is it?

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Ok-Refrigerator4092@reddit

Any particular Elbow ones you’re referring to?

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ginbandit@reddit

Yeah because I would argue that Forget Myself and One Day Like This are some of the best written songs this century!

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slimboyslim9@reddit

Mirrorball is an absolute masterpiece.

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DustInTheMachine@reddit

I walked to the aisle to the opening strains of Mirrorball. It is beautifully written .

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schmoovebaby@reddit

I’d be an emotional wreck, we went for Dig by Incubus instead 😂

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heyyouupinthesky@reddit

The whole of The Seldom Seen Kid is incredible, One Day Like This was my wife and I's wedding song and I have a verse tattooed on my chest. I think what OP has highlighted here isn't poor lyrics, it's a poor understanding of life and the beauty you can find in it. Imho, of course.

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schmoovebaby@reddit

I love Mirrorball, such a sweet song

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slimboyslim9@reddit

If you’ve not yet heard it yet, make sure you check out Peter Gabriel’s cover version, It’s gorgeous!

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schmoovebaby@reddit

That is lovely

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hairychris88@reddit

The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver is as well.

"Send up a prayer in my name..."

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schmoovebaby@reddit

Lippy Kids is lovely too

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Medibot300@reddit (OP)

One Day Like This. So sweeping and anthemic yet the lyrics are so mundane

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SleaterK7111@reddit

I think that's the point mate. It's meant to be about finding the sublime in everyday love as opposed to grand gestures.

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Medibot300@reddit (OP)

I get what it is trying to do but for me it sounds like a mind numbingly boring existence dressed up with extravagant strings which is actually quite depressing. Soaring music for a mundane existence

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OllyTrolly@reddit

That just sounds like you dislike one song then, not that elbow are big culprits for shite lyrics?

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Ok-Refrigerator4092@reddit

I also think it’s very much an album you listen to the whole thing of, it really is a masterpiece listed to as a whole.

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theevilamoebaOG@reddit

I was wondering the same thing because "you are the only thing in any room you're ever in" is one of my faves.

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stevemillions@reddit

‘Your eyes betray your diaries” is a magnificent lyric.

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PerfectWasteOfTime@reddit

Guy Garvey doesn't write lyrics, he writes poetry, the rest of the band then write music to accompany the poetry.

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truman_chu@reddit

Elton (and Bernie) are unmatched. Step into Christmas, one of the all-time greatest Christmas songs (and mind-bending bass line) always makes me smile with;

"Welcome to my Christmas song."

They clearly sat down to write a Christmas song and wondered, for about 1.2 seconds, how best to welcome the listeners to it.

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LaMaupindAubigny@reddit

I love Every Other Freckle by Alt-J but the lyrics are insane. “I’m gonna bed into you like a cat beds into a bean bag….turn you inside out and lick you like a crisp packet”

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schmoovebaby@reddit

I LOVE those lyrics 😂😂😂

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EndRepresentative369@reddit

So do I, it's hilarious. Like something from the mighty boosh

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schmoovebaby@reddit

U&ME’s lyrics are also on point 👍

“Feeling funky on a rolling boil”

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kiradax@reddit

Which Elbow songs? I've always found their lyrics really poetic.

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Brilliant-Access8431@reddit

"One long June/I came down from the trees

And kerbstone cool/You were a freshly painted angel Walking on walls

Stealing booze and hour-long hungry kisses/And nobody knew me at home anymore"

Maybe you have to have lived it. If you have lived it, you know exactly what the lyrics are painting.

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ClimoCustomGuitars@reddit

Lippy kids on the corner again

Lippy kids on the corner begin settling like crows

And I never affected that simian stroll

The cigarette scent - it was everything, then

Do they know those days are golden?

Build a rocket(!), boys!

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Brilliant-Access8431@reddit

Ha! I just sat with my eleven year old daugter, before school, watching the song and explaining the lyrics and what adolescence was like in a Northern mill town thirty years ago.

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ClimoCustomGuitars@reddit

That's the genius. I'm from the other side of the world and it hits exactly the same. Congregate in groups, look cool and tough (not intimidating) and cobbling together enough money to share ciggies

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ClimoCustomGuitars@reddit

So I'm there

Charging around with a juggernaut-brow

Overdraft speeches and deadlines to make

Cramming commitments like cats in a sack

Telephone burning, a purposeful gate

When out of the doorway the tentacles stretch of a song that I know

And the world moves in slow-mo

Straight to my head like the first cigarette of the day

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PerfectWasteOfTime@reddit

And the second verse is just as good;

Do I have time? A man of my caliber

Stood in the street like a sleepwalking teenager

No. And I dealt with this years ago

I took a hammer to every memento

But image on image like beads on a rosary

Pull through my head as the music takes hold

And the sickener hits

I can work ’til I break

But I love the bones of you

That I will never escape

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ClimoCustomGuitars@reddit

Can't imagine what OP is on about. It's some of the best stuff out there.

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kiradax@reddit

Maybe OP works for Big Elbow and is trying to farm positive comments

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pinpoint321@reddit

Agreed. This for example.

Lippy Kids on the corner again, settling like crows. And I never affected that Simian Stroll.

That is a perfect line.

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manorosso@reddit

🙄

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Cuichulain@reddit

So mercifully free of the pressures of grace—St. Peter in satin, a Buddha with mace.

Maybe some of their new stuff gets a bit stadium chanty, but at the same time they have some of the most poignant and evocative lines in music, imo

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OllyTrolly@reddit

Agreed, elbow are known for their lyrics - the album Little Fictions has a lot of lovely lines in, I have one in a frame on my wall.

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schmoovebaby@reddit

I still can’t listen to Magnificent without bawling (even though the meaning behind it was Guy thought they were having a girl when his missus was pregnant and jumped the gun a bit 😂)

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carl84@reddit

Elbow are amazing. Describing a drug dealing scrote on a bike as a "BMX apothecary", or a tab of ecstasy as "a bitter little Eucharist".

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Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit

Iirc David Bowie cut out a bunch of words from a newspaper, stuck them together, and there's the song

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reckonair@reddit

BLUE BLUE ELECTRIC BLUE THATS THE COLOUR OF MY ROOM WHERE I SHALL LIVE

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Mrs_B-@reddit

Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow.

Anyone explain this to me????

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SmmnthaMrie@reddit

Cash cow.

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ShelleysSkylark@reddit

I've always interpreted this line as a dig at how society treats large corporations. Mickey mouse stands in for corporate power like Disney, and "grown up a cow" alludes to the biblical idea of a golden calf - false idols. He's saying that these corporations have been elevated to objects of cultural worship

I could be talking nonsense though, don't take my word for it

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fishercrow@reddit

“rule britannia is out of bounds for my mother my dog and clowns” has always baffled me as well.

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pumpkingutsgalore@reddit

The Laughing Gnome.

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ronyeezy@reddit

In the best way tho hahahahaha

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denbunn@reddit

Came here to say exactly this!

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Alternative_Bit_7306@reddit

Elbow’s lyrics are poetry. How tf could anyone with a brain think they have shite lyrics?

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tannercolin@reddit

Admittedly I've never given Elbow a chance. They were the band that all the 40+ dudes at work loved. I remember an older colleague saying 'this is real music, none of that radiohead nonsense' and it pissed me off.

I've seen enough pro Elbow comments in this post I'm going to give them a go

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manorosso@reddit

How could anyone with a brain think Elbow do anything well.

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Alternative_Bit_7306@reddit

Fair enough if you don’t like Elbow. They’re not a popular band. But there’s a difference between not liking Elbow and thinkiing their “lyrics are shite”. If you think that, you either don’t know them or don’t understand them.

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Tawoooo@reddit

kings of leon are a great band but sometimes you read the lyrics and just wonder what they are even trying to say

"i'll walk a mile in your shoes

now I'm a mile away

and I've got your shoes"

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slimboyslim9@reddit

They were best in their early days when the singer fluctuated between screaming and growling and you couldn’t understand a word of the nonsense he was singing. ‘Trani’ is a perfect example.

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reckonair@reddit

Trani is a tune tbf

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badonkadonked@reddit

Yeah the more you could understand him the shiter the songs were

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snittersnee@reddit

Use Somebody and Sex Is On Fire were their biggest hits and most understandable songs they'd put out. But also from the album they became umitigated sonic diarrhea

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DTH2001@reddit

I assumed that Sex is on Fire was about gonorrhea

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Final-Librarian-2845@reddit

That's pretty good isn't it? If Warren Zevon or Elvis Costello had written it it would be lauded

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Aware-Combination165@reddit

This just made me actually lol, thank you for starting my day with a laugh!

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happyhippohats@reddit

How is that hard to understand? It's just deconstructing a common idiom and making it literal...

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Tawoooo@reddit

it isn't hard to understand the sentence, it's just a weird lyric that isn't deep or meaningful. they just put words and phrases together with no meaning and sing it

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happyhippohats@reddit

I'm not arguing that they're insightful lyrics but

sometimes you read the lyrics and just wonder what they are even trying to say

feels disingenuous. They're not trying to say anything

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Tawoooo@reddit

yeah its unclear what message they're trying to convey. it's unusual for songs to use genuinely meaningless lyrics, so yes, it's hard to tell what they're trying to say

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happyhippohats@reddit

it's unusual for songs to use genuinely meaningless lyrics

This entire thread would disagree, and in that example they aren't meaningless, they make perfect sense

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Tawoooo@reddit

this thread could mention 1000 songs and it would still be unusual in the context of the hundreds of thousands of songs that exist

the lyrics form a coherent sentence, yes, and reference the fella's grandad, but they're meaningless in relation to the context of the song

also the band has lots of other instances of random lyrics, they have a reputation for just throwing random words together, this is just the example i thought of from the top of my head

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happyhippohats@reddit

Again, I don't like the band,. I'm just saying the lyrics you quouted are not just "throwing random words together". They're taking a common idiom and making it literal...

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Tawoooo@reddit

in my original comment i didnt mention "throwing random words together." I'm not saying this quote is an example of that. im saying the band likes to use lyrics with little to no meaning, either as random word salads or as meaningless sentences like the one i quoted

I've repeatedly said that i understand it's a literal version of the common idiom. i am not saying this sentence is incoherent and void of all meaning. i am saying it's meaningless in the context of the song, which has an otherwise coherent story

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happyhippohats@reddit

in my original comment i didnt mention "throwing random words together

OK, but you did in the comment I replied to. I literally copied and pasted it...

Anyway, I've never thought they were very good so this whole argument is pointless

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Tawoooo@reddit

this argument was never about whether you like them lmao and I'm well aware it's pointless. nobody is asking for your music taste man

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happyhippohats@reddit

sometimes you read the lyrics and just wonder what they are even trying to say

"i'll walk a mile in your shoes now I'm a mile away and I've got your shoes"

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Tawoooo@reddit

yep. by 'what are they trying to say,' i mean what meaning are they trying to convey. in this case, there is no meaning other than they thought it would be funny

AFTER that i said the band, in OTHER songs, often string together random words; its a weird thing that the band likes to do.

those are two separate points. i saw the original post and thought 'oh, kings of leon have some weirdly meaningless lyrics.' the walk a mile in your shoes one was the first one i thought of. it IS a meaningless lyric. it is not related to the song and the singer admits that he just wanted to put it in for the sake of referencing his grandad, not to add any meaning to the song. hence, it is a meaningless lyric

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LordSideQuest@reddit

Doesn't this mean like; if I lived like you do for a while, I'll have 'your shoes' as meaning something like your experiences, or your issues. IDK but thats how I interpreted it. Its just a way of saying we're different because we've different experiences in our lives, but if we lived the same way, we'd have the same things going on.

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Tawoooo@reddit

its a joke that the singer's grandad used to tell, and they wanted to put it in the song just to reference their grandad, with no real meaning in the context of the song

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LordSideQuest@reddit

oh ok lol I see now, I totally read too much into that

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WRM710@reddit

They've been one of my favourite bands for 20 years. Still don't know what he sings at the end of Pyro.

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Inkblot_Wild@reddit

Wasn't that one of those quirky 'I'm 13 and this is deep' meme posts you'd find on facebook in the early 2010's?

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mymbley@reddit

Yeah p sure this was my MSN name in 2006

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DrHLecterCookingTips@reddit

This is literally a Terry Pratchett joke.

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Tawoooo@reddit

maybe a bad example then, i didnt know that, but the band is known for just throwing a bunch of words together and singing it lol

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Bill_Hubbard@reddit

I really came hear to say this and i have seen them live but yes their lyrics a just word salad.

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Organic-Path-8961@reddit

Scooter Nessaja

It's not a bird, it's not a plane It must be Dave who's on the train

I'm conflicted on this because yeah the lyrics are a bit shite, but also this line makes me chuckle every time.

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chronicbint@reddit

Actual lyrics are irrelevant to liking a song or not. 🤷

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Peasplease25@reddit

Coldplay. The guy writes such crap.

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GatorShinsDev@reddit

Beige music for beige people.

It's worse than being bad,, it's just bland.

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Yoguls@reddit

Preachy crap

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prelude_to_nowhere@reddit

David Coldplay

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Medibot300@reddit (OP)

Something just like this

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solidpro99@reddit

A lot of REM lyrics are just put there because they sound right and don’t mean anything or even make sense in a sentence.

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Nandor1262@reddit

I’m trying to find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful. Damn girl. Damn who’s a sexy bitch, a sexy bitch. Damn who’s a sexy bitch, damn girl.

Great job on finding those words mate

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cdmisp@reddit

That’s kind of the point. He’s trying but she’s too beautiful he’s turned into a fool

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Mediocre_Map1289@reddit

We understand that...but what he is actually doing is displaying an alarming lack of vocabulary.

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Mediocre_Map1289@reddit

Yep - glad to know others find that song hot garbage.

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solidpro99@reddit

Every oasis song ever.

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Temporary_Ninja7867@reddit

'Strap on Sally, chased us down the alley. We feared for our behiiiinds' The Seahorses

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Suitable_Gap_8807@reddit

Totally agree with you, Elbow are deeply overrated by middle aged men

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smoking-gnu@reddit

I really like Biffy Clyro, but some of their lyrics are pretty odd.

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Astrates@reddit

My wife loves Biffy and I like them enough but Collide does my head in.

"If we collide we'll come together, if we don't we'll always be apart"

Thanks for defining the word collide for me

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BeanOnAJourney@reddit

You mean you're not a fan of "She's got hooves, preposterous hooves, I've never had a lover who's my sister or my brother before"? 😆 Hard agree though, love the Biff but some of their lyrics make me cringe.

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Single-Position-4194@reddit

I love T Rex but - New York City. What is that?

Did you ever see a woman

Coming out of New York City

With a frog in her hand

Did you ever see a woman

Coming out of New York City

With a frog in her hand

I did don't you know [3x]

And don't it show

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/trex/newyorkcity.html

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allcretansareliars@reddit

I had to scroll a long way to find this. Bolan was the king of nonsense.

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Single-Position-4194@reddit

Yeah, I still like his stuff though (most of it). "Ride A White Swan" is one of my favourite songs.

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bugblatter_@reddit

Placebo. Great tunes. Absolutely abominable lyrics.

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GroundbreakingRing42@reddit

Loved Foo Fighters for years, but with only a few exceptions most of their songs are just... nonsense.

They're a "vibe" band but there's no substance at all.

The Pretender is of my favourite songs of all time, no idea what it's about. The video would have you believe it's political/protesting in nature, but against what? Against who?

When it does make sense it's so simple and dumb. "There goes my hero. He's ordinary." Speak that lyric without singing it lol. Message of the song is literally that. No layers, no nuance.

Grohl is a savage as a drummer/guitarist/husband but master lyricist, he is not.

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ChunkySalute@reddit

husband

Who’s gunna tell ‘em?

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GroundbreakingRing42@reddit

Note: I called him a "savage" 🤣

It's weird how that all just... went away

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Senior1292@reddit

"Fingernails are pretty. Fingernails are good. Seems that all they ever wanted was a markin' Them balloons are pretty big and say they should Ever fall to ground, call the magic marker"

One of my favourite bands but yes, their lyrics are largely not what you listen to them for.

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Bose82@reddit

I think this is a genre of music that The Killers have in the bag.

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brinz1@reddit

British Indie in general is nonsense lyrics over banging tunes and DJ Sets

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GreatBeast-93-93-93@reddit

The Killers aren't British.

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brinz1@reddit

We absolutely adopted them

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clrthrn@reddit

We live abroad and was introducing my born abroad kid to the "hallowed cultural songs of our British ancestors" so Oasis, Blur, Led Zep etc and the Killers were in there with Mr Brightside.

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GreatBeast-93-93-93@reddit

Fair point tbh

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tadpole-bear@reddit

Mr Brightside is the British national anthem at this point

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Simbooptendo@reddit

When hearing it I can always envision a gang of lads belting it out down the pub, pints in hand, spilling them everywhere

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Thomasinarina@reddit

And dirty dance floors?

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hairychris88@reddit

And dreams of naughtiness!

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ThanksverymuchHutch@reddit

Killers aren't british

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PhillyWestside@reddit

I wouldn't really say nonsense lyrics are bad though. They're trying to be nonsense. For me bad lyrics are when they try to say something but express it poorly

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Royal_Philosophy7767@reddit

Montague and Capulets

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HumanBeing7396@reddit

I’ve got ham, but I’m not a hamster

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Order_Flaky@reddit

I’ve got geese but I’m not a geezer

I’ve got badge but I’m not a badger

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Radiant_Incident4718@reddit

I've got piles, but I'm not a pilon

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scotianheimer@reddit

I’ve got toes but I’m not a toaster

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Hippadoppaloppa@reddit

I've got plums but I'm not a plumber

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scotianheimer@reddit

I’ve got balls but I’m not a bowler.

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scotianheimer@reddit

I’ve got folds but I’m not a folder.

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scotianheimer@reddit

I’ve got bones but I’m not a boner.

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Radiant_Incident4718@reddit

I've got teeth, but I'm not a toothbrush

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randomwalk93@reddit

A lot of the killers lyrics are nonsense - but I thought this wasn’t one of them. I thought “I got soul but I’m not a soldier” was Flowers reflecting on his beliefs, and while he was a devout Mormon he didn’t believe in the evangelical aspect of it?

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badonkadonked@reddit

I’ve got wind, but I’m not a windmill

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claridgeforking@reddit

I'm struggling with this one. Most of their lyrics are pretty good.

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everydays_lyk_sunday@reddit

Are we human or we dancer?

Wtf

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claridgeforking@reddit

Its a play on a Hunter S. Thompson quote.

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Short_Restaurant_268@reddit

Is it not “denser” ? Genuinely asking

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CarpeCyprinidae@reddit

It is not. Genuinely answering.

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Asuranath@reddit

"Stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun"

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GnomeMnemonic@reddit

Not sure if that's nonsense lyrics or just very poetic language.

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ClimoCustomGuitars@reddit

I love Father John Misty, but most of his music is formulaically "weird oddball couplet* that is abstract and completely disjointed from the next one.

In my death mask and my mismatched soot

I Pilates chop yore cross the stage

I met a musing gospel

In the bath a tic mid its way

Into my read-ilked brain

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Order_Flaky@reddit

Aren’t Duran Duran the masters of this? A lot of 80’s pop lyrics are pretty much toilet, but ‘Don’t say you’re easy on me/ you’re about as easy as a nuclear war’ (The Reflex) must take the crown

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Separate_Flight3693@reddit

KFC and I think Premier Inn both used Ante Up by MOP in adverts.

I assume they have to have chosen it for the beat given the lyrics are literally about robbing people.

To be clear, it's not alluding to it or using metaphor:

https://genius.com/Mop-ante-up-robbin-hoodz-theory-lyrics

It very directly talks about mugging people.

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Sister_Ray_@reddit

this is why i like mostly instrumental music, you can never save a bad track with good lyrics, but you can ruin an amazing one with shite lyrics

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BattleReadyPainting@reddit

What did the fox say

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PlantainTechnical234@reddit

Robin Thicke and Blurred lines, not just shit but a bit rapey.

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BuddyLegsBailey@reddit

Couldn't care less.

I've never listened to poetry and thought "that was moving, but the lack of music made it shit". In my opinion, good lyrics will never mask bad music, but good music will never be ruined by bad lyrics

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donaldstinypeepee@reddit

This is the only Non pretentious answer , so far down.

Music is music, Lyrics are side hustle, everyone loves the Beatles, lyrics of absolute dross. Not a fan but plenty of people were. The music is what touches

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GnomeMnemonic@reddit

I mean, there's clearly room for both. There are some songs that I listen to because I appreciate the lyrics and love the poetry of them.

And there are some songs that just make me want to wriggle about a bit and I ignore the words completely, or don't even know what they are.

Neither is better than the other, they're just different things for different moments. Salads are amazing, but so is pizza.

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DigitalStefan@reddit

There a a fair few Madonna tracks that suffer this problem.

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Atompunk78@reddit

I think you’ll find most popular bangers are like this lol

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Bloody_Star_Wars@reddit

Bernie Taupin’s lyrics for Elton John are generally hogwash. Fair play to him because he lives in a big gold house and no one can recognise him- result!!

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DrKnackerator@reddit

never a fan of either though at the time remember liking the chorus to "im still standing", probably from being in a minor key, rediscovered the video on YT years ago, shot in Cannes outside the Carlton Hotel, the same place as one of my favorite videos/tracks - World by New Order. Tend to watch them back to back. Elton to start with. A hors d'oeuvre before the utter bleakness of World.
(EJ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2
(NO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXzs47qy2Pk

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Do_You_Like_Owls@reddit

New Order are awesome. They were like my theme tune for my childhood (80s-90s). Someone played Blue Monday in 07ish and it took me back to summer holidays at my grandma's house where my uncle and auntie would be paying them.

Bought all the albums and recognised every song.

True Faith is my favourite these days.

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Richard__Papen@reddit

The problem with the Manics is more the 'singing' and the lack of good tunes.

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purrcthrowa@reddit

The one that grates with me more than anything is from Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die" - "In this world in which we live in". Make your mind up mate: is it "world in which we live" or "world we live in"? (Macca semi-tried to claim it was "in this world in which we're living", but it's not very convincing, and not in the published lyrics.

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rtc765@reddit

I love the Verve and Richard Ashcroft, but... "I'm a lucky man, with fire in my hands"

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Qu4ckAttack@reddit

Kasabian

Big cheese in a bedsit Big cheese in a bedsit And shit the sky

Sasquatch in a bin bag Sasquatch in a bin bag It's no suprise

Nosebleed in a pound shop Nosebleed in a pound shop Spitting flies

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LordGeni@reddit

You never had one of those nights?

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scouse_git@reddit

Growing up with the fuzz of AM radio, the lyrics have never been that important for me, compared to the music - but the lyrics to Born Slippy are genius.

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LordGeni@reddit

Weren't they just random snippets of conversations they overheard walking down Oxford Street, or something like that?

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No_Watercress8123@reddit

Whiter Shade of Pale.

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Mc_and_SP@reddit

🎵 You would not believe your eyes... If ten million fire flies 🎵

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HibeesBounce@reddit

I'd like to make myself believe

That I'd never heard that song in the first place

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DrKnackerator@reddit

molotov vs dub pistols "here comes the mayo" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMoX38Ku6iA

From the soundtrack to the movie Y Tu Mamá También. Here's the thing. I think rapping in English is pretty bad, it doesn't roll so well. The start is in Spanish and great, with a great backing. chorus in english ok.

then "your bitch is my bitch" "your mom suck my dick, She took it down just like in that porno flick" "I did her in the shitter and she let one rip"

FFS. Pathetic. Only 14 year old boys should be impressed by shit like that. And tbh the english bits just ruin it anyway. like a language for toddlers. (I mean fine in a song, buy just lacks finesse in rap)

Probably my love of the French Taxi movies made me love French Hip-Hop. and if they're talking shit, i can't understand it. example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50en2JwtSi0&list=RD50en2JwtSi0

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bfhrt@reddit

I absolutely love New Order, and much prefer them to Joy Division, but fucking hell.

I don't know what to say You don't care anyway I'm a man in a rage With a girl I betrayed Here comes love It's like honey You can't buy it with money

I still love Bernard Sumner as a front man, and I don't think they're really a lyrics band - it's fairer to compare them to the lyrics of dancier, more instrumental driven stuff than to the Bob Dylans of this world. They do have some proper stinkers though.

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Prestigious_Emu6039@reddit

Listen to a LOT of Bach but don't believe in God.

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han-kay@reddit

The entire Beatles discography.

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thefogdog@reddit

It's hardly the entire discography. Yeah I Am The Walrus or Yellow Submarine are just radged, but songs like Eleanor Rigby tell a story, Yesterday or Let It Be are beautifully written.

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Accomplished-Tap-897@reddit

Lennon had heard intellectuals were analysing his lyrics, so he wrote "I am The Walrus" to mess with their heads 🤐

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donaldstinypeepee@reddit

Utter shite

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franki-pinks@reddit

Smells Like Teen Spirit.

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premium_transmission@reddit

Not just that, but loads of Nirvana songs are just complete nonsense.

I always quite liked “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter”

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Accomplished-Tap-897@reddit

There's a Nirvana song where they just wanted to say "Yeah Yeah Yeah" more times than The Beatles, Genius 😂😂😂

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Azul-J@reddit

Isn’t that the point though? They were meant to be ironic and mocking mainstream popular music.

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brntuk@reddit

Ironically London Grammar.

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Dismal-Business-5180@reddit

I still love the Manics but I used to think I was quite smart for liking them, like they’re the thinking man’s rock. A lot of their lyrics sound silly and pretentious now.

“Libraries give us power, then work came and made us dumb”. “Worms in the garden are more real than a McDonald’s”. Take that, society!

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Sad-Peace@reddit

*made us free

Changes the meaning a bit! But the second one always made me laugh too

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Dismal-Business-5180@reddit

Holy shit, how weird! I must have played that song like fifty times.

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AnalogueSpectre@reddit

If I had a gun

I'd shoot a hole into the sun

And love would burn this city down for you ❤ >.<'

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nunatakj120@reddit

That bloody oh ah up the Ra song. I was in a bar in Liverpool last month and by the time you realise what the song is you’re already bopping away. It’s a banger. Which is unfortunate.

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Title_in_progress@reddit

Lady Gaga is complete nonsense. It really hit me once when I was waiting at the traffic lights and ‘Poker Face’ came on the radio.

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Cool_Professional@reddit

Isn't that song about pretending to fancy someone in order to manipulate them and get what you want from them?

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alwaysribs@reddit

She’s also not singing ppp poker face. It’s fuck her face.

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UnacceptableUse@reddit

It alternates actually, "pppoker face ffffuck her face"

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thefogdog@reddit

Gaga is best of both though. She has the ridiculous pop songs but also some beautifully written acoustic stuff.

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Medibot300@reddit (OP)

But at least there is no pretence and artifice with a full orchestra

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trysca@reddit

Oh yes I put this on as a joke the other day and we were aghast.

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louiselovatic@reddit

This is most songs

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shamone_mofo@reddit

Taylor Swift Anti hero absolute nonsense

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cmrndzpm@reddit

You never feel like everybody is a sexy baby?

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shamone_mofo@reddit

Absolute dog shite

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CurrentlyHuman@reddit

Ilovethemanicstoo butsimetimesifeel somelyricsshouldbe spreadovertwolines insteadofcrammedintoone

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joshii87@reddit

A design, fo-or life!

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blushaudio@reddit

Crucifix Kiss is the worst offender on that front

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RookieJourneyman@reddit

Allegedly that was a Richey thing. He wrote so.e epic lyrics, but had no concept of how the number of syllables in lines had to work to allow it to be sung. Songs that were 50/50 Richey and Nicky generally have a more straightforward structure.

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Grand-Tradition4375@reddit

Led Zeppelin. Great music but the lyrics are either crude sexual boasting or sub-Tolkien pseudo-mystical twaddle.

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DeeplyFrippy@reddit

Plant's lyrics got much better as their career went on and the shed most of the sexual and Tolkienesque lyrics.

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box_frenzy@reddit

Fuckin Travis!!!

“Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn!”

“Sing, sing, sing, sing!”

“Find you, find you, find you!”

Stop it, Travis.

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wendz1980@reddit

Was listening to their first album today and thought to myself they’ve become a bit naff.

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Medibot300@reddit (OP)

I liked old Travis but the latest one was a dirge

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Shitelark@reddit

Is this about the Holy Cow?

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spliffwizard@reddit

Incubus have the worst lyrics but I still like their songs…

“To resist is to piss in the wind Anyone who does will end up smelling”

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daveyhaddock@reddit

Also “pardon me” as a song name and chorus is proper shite, but I like the song.

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schmoovebaby@reddit

I mean he has a point 😂

I walked down the aisle to Dig because it’s cute and our song and we’re not very romantic people. Our first dance was to Fresh Feeling by Eels to reinforce the fact we’re not romantic!

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Flashy-Hedgehog6187@reddit

Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano

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woo0lyhat@reddit

This is where it all began To light your mother's cigarette Meant I got to touch her hand

Is an Elbow lyric and it's glorious.

Although, the lyrics online suggest it is slightly different, I prefer my version (and listening to it, I am sure my version is correct).

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schmoovebaby@reddit

I bawl every time (I have a 9 year old daughter, stupid sentimental feelings)

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Repogeezer@reddit

I sat on the roof and kicked up the moss, well a few of the verses, they’ve got me quite cross. Elton - Your Song 😳

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size_matters_not@reddit

‘If I was a sculptor … but, then again, no. Or a man who made potions in a travelling show.’

What the actual fuck, Elton/Bernie.

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snapper1971@reddit

Technically Bernie, but aye.

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CheshKC@reddit

Cribs lyrics are alreet aren’t they? Ancient History, Be Safe, We share the same skies, Butterflies, all decent. What do you want from em??

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Medibot300@reddit (OP)

Men’s needs?? Cringey

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Fickle_Acanthaceae17@reddit

Sunflower from Spider verse

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Trick-Station8742@reddit

The vast majority of music lyrics are tripe.

Don't get me wrong, a lot of the vocalists sound amazing, it's just that, what they're saying is wank.

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Memu432@reddit

Some of these comments can be rephrased as “I don’t personally understand these lyrics so they’re nonsense”

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happyhippohats@reddit

The Manics had great lyrics before Richey died

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MeMuzzta@reddit

I listen to heavy metal, hardcore punk, etc in foreign as well. I like a bit of Thai music too.

I don't really care what they're saying, to me the vocals are just another instrument layer.

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damned-n-doomed@reddit

Wet Dream by Wet Leg. Love the song but half the lyrics are “touching yourself”.

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Cool_Professional@reddit

Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart just becomes more relevant year after year from the manics though.

It's funny, I haven't thought of them for ages till you post this and THAT was my first thought regarding them.

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hotdogswife@reddit

Man I love The Cribs and Elbow’s lyrics but each to their own.

Some bands/artists I consistently hear on the radio and think ‘this would be a decent song if not for the lyrics’: Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Shinedown.

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