So dumb, it's cool?

poetinahat · Oct 16, 2008

Some lyrics are just horrible, but somehow they work. Or at least we love them for their beautiful idiocy.

Nominee #1 - from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody:

Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Do you do the fandango?
Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening ME!
(Galileo! x4 Figaro!) Magnifico-o-o-o!

What's yours?

Pagey's_Girl · Oct 16, 2008

poetinahat said:
Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Do you do the fandango...

That's where my car's name comes from.

I've got two - "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" (yes, the Air Supply song - yup, there goes any last vestige of my pretending to be cool) and "Waiting For A Girl Like You" by Forigener.

*sighs*

If I had a nickel for how many times some guy has told me, "You know, if I could only find a girl like you - well, like you, but not, well, you, you know..." I'd - well, I'd have some extra money in tha bank, that's for sure.

ETA - Crap, sorry for getting all madulin there. I think I'm at the stage of my latest diet where it's starting to mess with my mind...

Maryn · Oct 16, 2008

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night...

They Might be Giants. Or of normal height.

Maryn, who has so many of these

Priene · Oct 16, 2008

Maryn said:
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night...

They Might be Giants. Or of normal height.

Originally recorded by the Four Lads in 1953. OK, I've no idea who they might have been, but my Dad used to annoy me with this one.

Roger J Carlson · Oct 16, 2008

Nearly all Neil Diamond songs fall into this category for me.

Yeshanu · Oct 16, 2008

This one had my daughter in hysterics when she finally figured out what the lyrics really said. :d

Serena Casey · Oct 18, 2008

Nearly all Neil Diamond songs fall into this category for me.

So you're saying they work...

C.bronco · Oct 18, 2008

Neil Diamond: good stuff. Come sing along, Roger:
Cracklin' Rose, you're a store bought woman,
But you make me sing like a guitar hummin'...

Bubastes · Oct 18, 2008

A song I really like even though the lyrics make zero sense: "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots:

Where ya going for tommorrow?
Where ya going with that mask I found?
And I feel, and I feel
When the dogs begin to smell her
Will she smell alone?

And I feel, so much depends on the weather
So is it raining in your bedroom?
And I see, that these are the eyes of disarray
Would you even care?

JoNightshade · Oct 18, 2008

Lyrics to virtually any Lyle Lovett song. I LOVE Lyle Lovett, and I always feel like there's something deep hidden in his music but I can never tease out quite what. Example, from Simple Song:

And all deserted
Stand alerted
They'll love you when you're all alone
But you find a red rose in the morning light
You wait the night and find it gone

Like, I can make up a story that makes sense of that, but there's nothing really concrete within the song itself.

blacbird · Oct 19, 2008

The entire canon of Jim Morrison lyrics.

caw

wyntermoon · Oct 19, 2008

poetinahat said:
Some lyrics are just horrible, but somehow they work. Or at least we love them for their beautiful idiocy.

Nominee #1 - from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody:

Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Do you do the fandango?
Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening ME!
(Galileo! x4 Figaro!) Magnifico-o-o-o!

What's yours?

I have been listening to this ALL day, my nine-year-old is obsessed with Queen. Stop peeking in my windows, Rob, come to the door and I'll let you in.

Joe270 · Oct 26, 2008

The debate on Chicago's '25 or 6 24' still rages on.

I have lots of doubts on the LSD 25 angle, but the needle sizes angle has merit--needle sizes of 25, 26, and 24.

Of course, it could be about time, after all, like the songwriter says it is.

It's still a dynamite song, so I prefer to consider it about pulling an all-nighter.

So dumb, it's cool?

poetinahat

Numbers are beautiful

Pagey's_Girl

Still plays with dolls

Maryn

Not Any More

Priene

Out to lunch

Roger J Carlson

Moderator In Name Only

Yeshanu

Elf Queen

Serena Casey

User Titles Rock

C.bronco

I have plans...

Bubastes

bananaed

JoNightshade

has finally arrived

blacbird

wyntermoon

Joe270