Great Songs, oh so bad lyrics

rosemerry said:

An 80's song: I think it's called "I'll be Watching You"

Every move you make
every breath you take
every smile you fake
every claim you stake
I'll be watching you.

It's the ultimate stalker song of all time. I always have to change the station. Ditto with that "Lips of an Angel" song. *stabby* *stab* *stab*

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MeowGirl said:

Aw man, I love The Police! The song is called "Every Breath You Take," and yeah, the lyrics are stalker-ish, but that's why I like it.

As far as Hinder goes, I think I have to add ALL their songs to my list of "songs that make me feel stabby."

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Equally stalkerish is REM's I Am Superman. Listen to it again and you'll realize, no, he's not proclaiming his love to Lois Lane.

I really want to like Amy Winehouse's I'm No Good, but the lyric "you lick your lips/as I soak my feet" just makes the whole thing go *donk* for me. Sorry. Don't need that image stuck in my head for eternity, then kew.

*hangs head in shame and hides her Hinder CD behind her back*

JRH said:

You people aren't even in the ballpark. The worst of all time has to be "Louie Louie".

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Unintelligibility doesn't mean they were the worst lyrics. Just drug induced.

A fine little girl a-waiting for me
She's just a girl across the way
We'll take her and park all alone
She's never a girl I lay at home

At night at ten I lay her again
Fuck you girl, oh all the way
Oh my bed and I lay her there
I meet a rose in her hair

Okay, let's give it to them right now!​

She's got a rag on I'll move above
It won't be long she'll slip it off
I'll take her in my arms again
I'll tell her I'll never leave again

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You could add Innagadavida to that list. That's supposed to mean, In the Garden of Eden, Baby.

But as I said, I don't think unintelligibility and drug-induced nonsense makes for worst lyrics. Worst lyrics to me are the ones that are actually written in an attempt to be good and simply fail.

Lyrics like Fire by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown
FIRE - 14/08/1968
1 week at #1 - 14 weeks on chart

I am the god of hell fire, and I bring you
Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'll take you to learn
I'll see you burn

You fought hard and you saved and earned
But all of it's going to burn
And your mind, your tiny mind
You know you've really been so blind
Now 's your time, burn your mind
You're falling far too far behind
Oh no, oh no, oh no, you're gonna burn

Fire, to destroy all you've done
Fire, to end all you've become
I'll feel you burn

You've been living like a little girl
In the middle of your little world
And your mind, your tiny mind
You know you've really been so blind
Now 's your time, burn your mind
You're falling far too far behind
OOhhh
Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'll take you to learn
You're gonna burn, you're gonna burn
You're gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn

Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'll take you to learn
Fire, I'll take you to bed

Oh, wait, I misinterpreted the title. Fire isn't a great song, it's awful with equally awful lyrics.

kristie911 said:

*hangs head in shame and hides her Hinder CD behind her back*

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No need to feel ashamed. :waves CDs like a cheeseball: Look, I have the greatest hits CDs of Styx AND Night Ranger!