The Seeker Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Me neither. That sure is an interesting fact... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 really? no, I didn't know that... I found it hard to believe when I first read it somewhere but it turns out to be true defintely one my favourite pieces of useless trivia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 anyway back on the topic, how about this from 'Riders on the Storm' (which is a very good song though) Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out alone Sounds like Jim was just throwing any old words in just to make a verse another bad lyric comes from Shed Seven's (fantastic) song 'Chasing Rainbows' everybody had a laugh and then went for an early bath, did you? truly truly awful yet for some reason I can help but like this line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Fan of Weller and The Fall, stylishly sticking the boot in on Oasis, listening to "Freak Scene"...Iggy, already I admire the cut of your jib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 by the way ... did you know that Fatboy Slim's father invented the bottle bank? Is that 'bottle bank' as inbottle bank -- a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling ? I guess that is a Britishism. At least this US ugly American didn't have an idea what you talkin' 'bout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I guess she did mean that... how do you call bottle banks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 A recycling center (a place) ? A recycling bin (a container) ? I also don't have a clue.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I love that Manilow didn't write that song. I know. It tickles me silly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I'm not even sure we're talking about the same thing here... when she said bottle bank, I thought of something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Yes, that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I thought she was referring to those oversized Coke bottles people use as piggybanks. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Great invention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out alone The song makes a little more sense if you read the screenplay Jim wrote that the song was based on. A little.... but not much. Welcome to the madhouse, Iggy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 I'm not even sure we're talking about the same thing here... when she said bottle bank, I thought of something like this: Yes this is exactly what I meant didn't mean to cause confusion, but was tickled pink by someone thinking I meant large piggy banks in the shape of coke bottles ( I have never seen one and now I want to get one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted March 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 When they're good, they're really quite good. But when they're bad... their lyrics are terrible. This song just twists the logic circuits in my brain because it is wrong. It is wrong in the long temporal sense and it is wrong in the each line of lyrics sense and it's wrong int the grammatical sense. It's just wrong. String of Pearls - Soul Asylum She swings the string of pearls on the corner The street lights reflect the light in the water The string it snaps and the pearls go sailing And they splash and bounce and roll 'cross the wet street As she bends to chase the pearls a car swings 'round the corner She darts from the eyes of the panic-struck driver Who's racing to the delivery room 'Cause in the back seat his wife is busting out of her womb And the sac breaks and out come the Siamese Twins Who grow up to become the first President With two heads, are better than one He puts his heads in his hands, says I got to put my heads together I can become the best President ever And not just President, fend for yourself Signs his name, takes the blame for all of the names with no shame In their beliefs, they adjourn and they leave, and in walks a man With a broom and a knife and blood on his hands And he sweeps everything under the rug And goes home to his kids and gives them a hug But his wife was not there, she had just left a letter That said "you'd be much better off without me" Now his wife took the train to her ex-lover's funeral Who died in the bathroom, hit his head on a urinal When they got together, the knowledge was carnal And the widow was at the funeral, and they had quite a catfight And they fell into the hole where the casket was resting And the preacher just left in the middle of the service 'Cause death was one thing, but women made him nervous And he ran to his car and he drove 'round the corner Then something in the street caught the light in his eye He pulled over, reached down, and picked up a pearl from the gutter And he didn't know what to think And he brought it home and washed it in the sink And he gave the pearl to Sister Mary Teresa Who could not accept it so she gave it to Lisa, A young prostitute who was missing a pearl On the necklace that broke late last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 ...strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 ...yeah, but hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 CandyMan - Christina Aguilera "He's a one stop shop, makes the panties drop" "He's a one stop shop, makes my cherry pop" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 And the lyrics to just about every rap song...I don't think took too much thought...but that's my opinion...others may like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 by Meatloaf... "And then you took the words right out of my mouth Oh, it must have been while you were kissin' me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 When it comes down to it, most commercial pop music has pretty rubbish lyrics. "Good" lyrics are the exception rather than the rule. Also, no genre has a monopoly on "bad" lyrics. All genres are characterised by their own range of cliches (musical and lyrical), which attract some and repel others. Personally, I'd prefer to hear concrete examples of "terrible lyrics" in this thread, rather than a blanket condemnation of a whole genre.e.g. rap, death-metal, C&W, or whatevah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Fergie singing about how she's so real she still goes to the Taco Bell drive through. I have seen her shake her lovely lady lumps, and ain't no taco bell any where on Fergie Ferg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 (IMO) - The lyrics to Fergilicious & her new single "Glamerous" are just as bad as Lady Lumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 yes, yes they are and they stay in your head for days and days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Mid 80's hit in the UK called 'Kiss Me' by Stephen 'TinTin' Duffy (no I don't know why he called himself Tintin and nor do I care ) the chorus went 'kiss me with your mouth your love is better than wine but wine is all I have will your love ever be mine?' dreadful eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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