Bad Lyrics Hall of Fame

In the office, my boss always mentions how dumb it is when Paul says, "In this ever-changing change in which we live in."

Another sacreligious one I read a great rant on was Isaac Hayes' "no one understands him but his woman."

 

I seem to remember an interview where Elton admitted that Bernie Taupin wrote most of the lyrics but Elton added a verse of his own. I'm betting that's his.

 

Ever-changing world... Only slightly less bad.

 

Yes, that's the worst. There are more than 12 words in the English language. Use 'em.

 

Also, I think it's '... in this ever-changing world in which we're living ...'

Still a bad lyric, but helps a little.

 

The bad lyrics thread has 44 posts. The good lyrics thread had 16.

Coincidence? I think not.

 

To be fair, my thread had a head start. I would think it will pass this one.

 

Bono should serve 10 years in prison for penning this. ONE! TWO! THREE! FOURTEEN!

UNO, dos, tres, quatorze!

Lights go down it's dark
The jungle is your head
Can't rule your heart
A feeling so much
Stronger than a thought
Your eyes are wide and though
Your soul it can't be bought
Your mind can wander

Hello hello
(Hola)
I'm at a place called Vertigo
(Donde esta?)
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something
I can feel, feel

The night is full of holes
As bullets rip the sky
Of ink with gold
They twinkle as the
Boys play rock and roll
They know that they can't dance
At least they know

I can't stand the beats
I'm asking for the check
The girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus 'round her neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music

Hello hello
(Hola)
I'm at a place called Vertigo
(Donde esta?)
It's everything I wish I didn't know
But you give me something
I can feel, feel

All of this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours
Just give me what I want
And no one gets hurt


Hello hello
(Hola)
We're at a place called Vertigo
(Donde esta?)
Lights go down and all I know
Is that you give me something

I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how
How to kneel, kneel

Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea
Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea

 

Any song specifically for a movie soundtrack, and the lyrics must include character names and plot points.

Take this list, for example: http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/04/the_11_most_awful_songs_from_geek_movie_soundtrack.php

 

We've only just begun ... to scratch the surface of bad lyrics.

One that just popped into my head ... some solo Mick Jagger, from sometime in the mid-1980s, when "classic rock" formats were taking off and you heard these words about every 40 minutes:

"Bettin' on the filly, down at the track, (c'mon filly, c'mon babe),
A natural-born winner, that's a fact.
100 yards from the winning post,
Horse fell down, must have seen a ghost."

I believe the song is called "Lucky at Love."

 

And let's face it, we could list just about every Loverboy song here ... I'll admit, I won't change the channel. They're bad, but they're no Nickelback.

A quick gem from our 1980s hitmakers from the North:

"I'm not man, or machine ... must be something, in between! (Whoa-oa, whoa-oa-oa)"

 

Definitely belongs. Written by Mutt Lange, who belongs in that Diane Warren-ish circle of hell.