Comments on: Weekend Word Wrap: lousy lyrics

By: MsMentor

MsMentor — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:09:16 +0000

Re:
“he pronounces “ours” like “hours” to rhyme with flowers.”

That’s the CORRECT pronunciation of the word “ours.” What part of the country do you live in? :-)

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:25:00 +0000

In the song Breakfast at Tiffany’s, ”one thing we’ve got” is DIALOGUE. It’s not as if the rest of the dialogue is any more grammatically correct in that song. (Is it?)

But what really gets me is when they just change pronouns on you. Like “her” and “him” and “he” and “she” being changed with “you,” just for the sake of things that don’t matter in songs, like rhythm, beat, and rhyme. Unless, of course, the song is about cheating, no?

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:45:18 +0000

I prefer ot think McCartney was singing “world in which we’re livin’”.

By: Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:10:10 +0000

Someone HAS to have mentioned them already, but I nominate LFO “Summer Girls” as the song that should have never happened:

“…New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it’s fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch…”

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:05:44 +0000

I do hastily appologize!!
Simon LeBon WAS on Blender’s list (it was long and I was getting tired of reading it all so I skipped 30-21).
Though they do not mention the New Moon on Monday lyric.
No one had mentioned them here in the comments (OK now I know why…).

By: napoleansolo

napoleansolo — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:34:59 +0000

I am a huge David Bowie fan, but one lyric in Changes has always driven me nuts.

“Strange fascinations fascinate me.”

Really? Fascinations fascinate you? They don’t bore you?

It’s even more irritating because I had made up better lyrics when I couldn’t understand his. Mine were: “Strange fascinations assailing me.” I’m never one to question the genius of Bowie, but…

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:42:24 +0000

I can not believe no one has mentioned Duran Duran!
While I suppose it is not a grammar problem (see poetry comment from previous post), something just isn’t right.

“Shake up the picture the lizard mixture
With your dance on the eventide”
(New Moon on Monday)

“Dark in the city, night is a wire
Steam in the subway, earth is a fire”
(Hungry Like the Wolf)

Even worse is that despite the lyrics I still love to listen to them.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:08:14 +0000

System of a Down–

“The Most Loneliest Day of my Life”

I CRINGE every time I hear this song.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:48:29 +0000

I laughed when I heard about the Blender “worst lyricist list”. It was not long after I posted a joke about Sting on a lyrics thread, about how I had to look up his Greek mythology reference (Scylla and Charybdis). But I like Sting, and I liked the “The Police.”

and I just now had to look up “Scylla & Charibdis” again, for the spelling.

By: Candace

Candace — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:21:38 +0000

I’ve got one!

Chaka Khan’s “Tell Me Something Good”

“Got no Time Is What You’re Known to Say
I’ll Make You Wish There Was 48 Hours to Each Day”