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Title: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Kotowboy on March 30, 2012, 10:08:34 AM
Keep hearing this song and it made me start this thread :

Arctic Monkeys : I Bet You Look Good On The DanceFloor.

For the genius lyric : " Her name ain't Rio and I din't care for sand. "

 :o

Also most club dance tracks for dross like " I'm a different person " x 100  :tdwn Fantastic.

What's the worst lyrics you've heard ?
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: wolfandwolfandwolf on March 30, 2012, 10:16:09 AM
"Did they ever see the red light?"
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Ravenheart on March 30, 2012, 10:20:23 AM
FINGER-LICKIN' GOOD
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Sigz on March 30, 2012, 10:40:53 AM
The Ocean - Origin of Species

Quote
Yes, it's quite hard to believe
That we all come from the same seed:
The scrub, the cockroach and the human being
It's hard to see how the perfection of complex organs was achieved without an engineer

But all you see is the human eye
On top of the mountain peak, so high
A steep wall of rock
Impossible to climb
Our imagination is left behind

But there is a gentle slope on the backside
And even worms have simple eyes
That help them distinguish darkness from light

Our brains are accustomed to the scope of a lifetime
We will never be able to see how the sluggish vessel of evolution
Is slowly creeping up the hill
Uphill

There's no other solution
There's no other solution
There's no alternative to the theory of evolution

Awesome song, but Jesus H fucking Christ are those bad lyrics. Fortunately they're heavily screamed and not really the focus of the song.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Priest of Syrinx on March 30, 2012, 10:44:08 AM
About 1/2 the DT lyrics from SC & BC&SL.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: jammindude on March 30, 2012, 10:44:43 AM
Yesterday was Thursday (Thursday)
Today it is Friday (Friday)
We - we - we so excited
We so excited
We gonna have a ball today

Tomorrow is Saturday
And Sunday comes afterwards....
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: reneranucci on March 30, 2012, 11:22:08 AM
Let's do it
Let's do it
Let's do it
Let's do it
na-na

ad infinitum
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Adami on March 30, 2012, 11:25:54 AM
I know your name and it's mister mean
One thing I've learned, you don't know beans.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Zook on March 30, 2012, 11:32:12 AM
That Iron Maiden Cover that Adele did. Think it goes:

Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it
Rumor has it

:neverusethis:

Every time I hear lyrics I find atrocious, I think of a thread like this, but then when the time comes I forget.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Elite on March 30, 2012, 11:32:54 AM
I GOTTA FEELING

sends me of running every time.

This deserves some shit too, as well as the rest from the same song:

FINGER-LICKIN' GOOD
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: lonestar on March 30, 2012, 11:39:38 AM
Well I know love can be as hard as algebra.  :|
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Post by: TioJorge on March 30, 2012, 11:44:32 AM
DECIDE!
DECIDE!
IS THIS SAFE TO SAY?
DECIDE!
IS THAT YOUR STYLE?
IS IT DECIDE!?
IS THIS IT?
IS THIS JUST FINE?
DECIDE!
DECIDE!
JUST FINE!

Deftones - Rats!Rats!Rats!
I actually love the hell out of this brutal furggin' song but my god...
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 30, 2012, 12:16:17 PM
About 1/2 the DT lyrics from SC & BC&SL.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 30, 2012, 05:40:13 PM
About 1/2 the DT lyrics from SC & BC&SL.
Listen to more music.

"Thirty-eight revolve like the sun around the earth" - Some Jay-Z song I forget which
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: seasonsinthesky on March 30, 2012, 05:52:58 PM
i love their music, but i don't think Pain of Salvation can write lyrics for shit! i listen to stuff like "Used" and "Scarsick" (okay, most of Scarsick in its entirety...) and cringe if i pay attention to the words.

of course, Daniel Gildenlöw is a poetic genius compared to a lot of mainstream pop music, but i figured this topic would be pretty boring if we just listed every Justin Bieber song or whatever.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: TioJorge on March 30, 2012, 05:56:11 PM
Pretty much Anything by Tommy Hilfigger's son, Rich Hil:
(I Betcha' Hate It Don'tcha):

All I wanna do is ride a Chevy 'round the North Side
Two hits'a that shit'll start to ruin whore's lives
Tryin'a lose weight so all I drink is Coors Light
Mudda'focka' I'm ill
Leave your mother horrified
How?
Feed her pain pills to her mouth
Get tha' morphine super cheap down south
Now
I don't mean to linger but I browse
Wow
Bet that bitch'll kick me out her house

Believin' that I'm still smokin' if I'm breathin'
Only two of us so we break  it down even
An' I still get the sour diesel if its in season
Mudda'focka' I don't need a reason
Candlelight won't help me get that pussy
But I handle right
Balls deep in dat fockin' pussy
She scratchin', gettin' all pushy
But I'm off the wall already
You can never push me

I betcha' hate it don't'cha (x2)
I don't give a fuck (x3)


...Ladies and gentlemen, Rich Hil. He will best all of these horrible lyrics wit his intellectual funk. That's just the first few verses...the rest is golden. As is every other song by him. It's all comedic gold. Boy thinks he's OG. Kashmir. Hasselhoff. Out.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Kotowboy on March 30, 2012, 05:56:47 PM
^ Especially since throwaway pop music is noted for being lyrically mellifluous.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Adami on March 30, 2012, 06:01:49 PM
i love their music, but i don't think Pain of Salvation can write lyrics for shit! i listen to stuff like "Used" and "Scarsick" (okay, most of Scarsick in its entirety...) and cringe if i pay attention to the words.

of course, Daniel Gildenlöw is a poetic genius compared to a lot of mainstream pop music, but i figured this topic would be pretty boring if we just listed every Justin Bieber song or whatever.

What? Scarsick aside, Daniel is one of the best lyricists I have ever heard. TPE (album), RL, etc have pretty much the greatest lyrics ever.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: King Postwhore on March 30, 2012, 06:44:38 PM
Keep hearing this song and it made me start this thread :

Arctic Monkeys : I Bet You Look Good On The DanceFloor.

For the genius lyric : " Her name ain't Rio and I din't care for sand. "

 :o

Also most club dance tracks for dross like " I'm a different person " x 100  :tdwn Fantastic.

What's the worst lyrics you've heard ?

So it's genius to mock a lyric of a song from the 80's?!  I'd say it's very unoriginal.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Kotowboy on March 30, 2012, 07:23:54 PM
I was being sarcastic. I think the Arctic Monkeys lyric is horrendous.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: TioJorge on March 30, 2012, 07:26:58 PM
...
wwwwwwww...
w-..


wait.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 30, 2012, 07:35:51 PM
i love their music, but i don't think Pain of Salvation can write lyrics for shit! i listen to stuff like "Used" and "Scarsick" (okay, most of Scarsick in its entirety...) and cringe if i pay attention to the words.

of course, Daniel Gildenlöw is a poetic genius compared to a lot of mainstream pop music, but i figured this topic would be pretty boring if we just listed every Justin Bieber song or whatever.

What? Scarsick aside, Daniel is one of the best lyricists I have ever heard. TPE (album), RL, etc have pretty much the greatest lyrics ever.
This, although those albums I wouldn't call the greatest ever, but superb nonetheless.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Priest of Syrinx on March 30, 2012, 07:41:07 PM
About 1/2 the DT lyrics from SC & BC&SL.
Listen to more music.

What would you recommend?  I'd prefer music that does not have banal lyrics, like much of SC and BC&SL do.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 30, 2012, 07:44:58 PM
About 1/2 the DT lyrics from SC & BC&SL.
Listen to more music.

What would you recommend?  I'd prefer music that does not have banal lyrics, like much of SC and BC&SL do.
If new DT has the absolute worst lyrics you've ever heard, then you haven't heard enough. :P
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: King Postwhore on March 30, 2012, 08:04:22 PM
I was being sarcastic. I think the Arctic Monkeys lyric is horrendous.


Man my sarcasm meter is waaaaay off tonight. :lol
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Nekov on March 30, 2012, 08:06:00 PM
I'm gonna go with Start me up
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: SeRoX on March 30, 2012, 08:21:20 PM
Justin Bieber's Baby lyrics, of course if you consider them as a lyric.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Priest of Syrinx on March 30, 2012, 08:26:15 PM
About 1/2 the DT lyrics from SC & BC&SL.
Listen to more music.

What would you recommend?  I'd prefer music that does not have banal lyrics, like much of SC and BC&SL do.
If new DT has the absolute worst lyrics you've ever heard, then you haven't heard enough. :P

I like most of the lyrics from ADTOE, and I really like some of the purply proggy lyrics from the older stuff, as well as brief, thoughtful verses like in Wait For Sleep.  :D

Anyway... really bad lyrics...

Eagles - Already Gone

Well, I heard some people talkin' just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf
But let me tell you I got some news for you
And you'll soon find out it's true
And then you'll have to eat your lunch all by yourself
'Cause I'm already gone
And I'm feelin' strong
I will sing this victory song...
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: ReaperKK on March 30, 2012, 08:26:54 PM
"Watching you run is making me lazy"
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 30, 2012, 08:53:12 PM
"I need a shower, take a nap, I'll meet you in the bar we must have a rap": Genesis - Down and Out
"It is chicken, it is eggs, it is in between your legs": Genesis - It
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Post by: LCArenas on March 30, 2012, 08:56:48 PM
There's a shit-ton of bad lyrics out there, but as for Metal...

"Truth and dare
 Peeling back the skin
 Acid wash
 Ghost white
 Ultra clean
 Wanna be skeleton
 Clear eyes
 Diamond eyes
 Strip the past of mine
 My sweet turpentine"
-Metallica - "Purify"

AND DON'T GET ME FUCKING STARTED ON LULU
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: antigoon on March 30, 2012, 09:35:08 PM
GIMME FOO
GIMME FAH
GIMME DAH BA DAH BAH DAYYEEEE

OOOOHHH!
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: TioJorge on March 30, 2012, 09:52:01 PM
 :lol :rollin :rollin :metal :| :lol :corn :azn:(https://star.walagata.com/w/arandora/Drinking_smiley.gif)
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 30, 2012, 10:56:52 PM
GIMME FOO
GIMME FAH
GIMME DAH BA DAH BAH DAYYEEEE

OOOOHHH!
:lol I had this same thing as my Facebook status a few days ago, only it said "GIMME FUE, GIMME FAI, GIMME DABAJABAZA"
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Post by: ? on March 31, 2012, 12:58:30 AM
I don't give a flying fuck motherfucker
I don't give a flying fuck motherfucker
I don't give a flying
I don't give a flying
I don't give a flying FUCK

-Children of Bodom: In Your Face

OK Alexi Laiho, we get it that you couldn't care less... ::)
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Post by: Phantasmatron on March 31, 2012, 02:02:31 AM
any time someone rhymes love with above

/thread
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Mosh on March 31, 2012, 02:03:25 AM
"I need a shower, take a nap, I'll meet you in the bar we must have a rap": Genesis - Down and Out
"It is chicken, it is eggs, it is in between your legs": Genesis - It
Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Who dunnit?
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: LieLowTheWantedMan on March 31, 2012, 02:04:51 AM
"I need a shower, take a nap, I'll meet you in the bar we must have a rap": Genesis - Down and Out
"It is chicken, it is eggs, it is in between your legs": Genesis - It
Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Who dunnit?
Of course. ;) Illegal Alien as well.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Sketchy on March 31, 2012, 02:42:13 AM
And when I have some words
This is the way I'll sing
Through a distortion box
To make it menacing

... YEAH

 - Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With

Actually, I really like these lyrics, I think partly because they are so bad, it gives them a sort of charm, like a terrible film.
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Post by: Jaq on March 31, 2012, 09:00:55 AM
And when I have some words
This is the way I'll sing
Through a distortion box
To make it menacing

... YEAH

 - Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With

Actually, I really like these lyrics, I think partly because they are so bad, it gives them a sort of charm, like a terrible film.

That song's meant to be a parody of nu-metal, which makes the lyrics being bad kind of the point.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Priest of Syrinx on March 31, 2012, 10:02:33 AM
"Lord I'm going psychosane", and pretty much everything within 50 miles of it.
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Post by: TVC 15 on March 31, 2012, 10:08:44 AM
VH1 is playing in the background as I type this.  More than half the music videos they're playing this morning has some of the most lyrically trite shit this side of pop music.
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Post by: fibreoptix on March 31, 2012, 02:07:11 PM
Probably not the worst ever but Go To Hell by Blackfield springs to mind as my pick right now.
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Post by: PuffyPat on March 31, 2012, 02:19:57 PM
GIMME FOO
GIMME FAH
GIMME DAH BA DAH BAH DAYYEEEE

OOOOHHH!
:rollin :rollin
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Post by: Zook on March 31, 2012, 04:51:53 PM
Anything by Avril Lavigne. Fuck her lyrics are horrible.
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Post by: Elaitch on April 01, 2012, 07:20:07 AM
The bulk of the lyrics of contemporary music :P
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Kotowboy on April 01, 2012, 07:24:56 AM
As mentioned earlier in the thread - we should rule out pop music as their lyrics are intrinsically awful.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: Ruba on May 02, 2012, 12:21:04 PM
Ministry - Destruction.

It is instrumental, if you go look for it.

But it is:

DESTRUCTION!
DESTRUCTION!
DESTRUCTION!
DESTRUCTION!
DESTRUCTION!
DESTRUCTION!
DESTRUCTION!
DESTRUCTION!
DESTRUCTION!
etc.
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Post by: crazyaga on May 02, 2012, 01:41:21 PM
Nothing is worse than lulu.

"I am the table" XD
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: wolfandwolfandwolf on May 08, 2012, 07:57:04 AM
Eminem's "guess that's why they call it the window pane" line is pretty bad.
Title: Re: Worst or most banal lyrics.
Post by: lelanddt on May 19, 2012, 01:54:10 AM
ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS
x50

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Post by: Phantasmatron on May 19, 2012, 02:17:50 AM
SHOTS!
x16

Totally.
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Post by: Zantera on May 19, 2012, 03:09:05 AM
Günther has some of the best lyrics. Or worst, depending on how you look at it. To me he's one of those musicians where it's so bad that it becomes good, and his music is actually quite catchy.
Some examples:

Pleasure Man:

You come with glitter and glam
No no kiss a lips
Darling please show what you can
I'm your pleasure man

Wham bam baby bam bam
Give me all your lovin
Give me hanky panky
O o oooh
Wham bam baby bam bam
Working hard for money
You're my honey bunny
Wham bam bam

I'm your pleasure man
Uh huh
Wham bam bam
I'm your pleasure man
Uh huh


I'm Your Man:

G - Gracious
Ü - Über cozy
N - Natural
T - Toy-boy
H - Hero
E - Enjoyable
R - Romantic
(Mmm)
Mmm

You're the one, you're the one, you're the one
Ah ha

I'm the man

Give me your attention, you know who I am
(You're the man)
Irresistible attraction, you know what I am
(You're the man)

G - Gorgeous
Ü - Über cool
N - Nasty
T - Tacky
H - Hunky
E - Extravagant
R - Razy
(Mmm)
Mmm