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Posted by anyanka (My Page) on Mon, Jan 16, 06 at 11:02
| If you've read my objections on the 'Worst Dylan song' thread, you'll know that I'm a bit of a stickler for grammar. To me, 'Lay Lady Lay' is a good song for the chicken coop, while Clapton's 'Lay Down Sally' could be sung to the giant gorilla who is climbing up the side of the Empire State Building with Charlie Brown's little sister in his sweaty palm.
For more song lyrics to make your English teacher cry, listen to Oasis ("take that look from off your face"), the Rolling Stones ("hey, you, get off of my cloud") or the 1990s hit by Space ("the female of the species is more deadlier than the male").
What are your pet hate bad or stupid lyrics? |
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| Where is the 'Worst Dylan song' thread please? And i'm sorry but i think that the guitar solo in 'Lay Down Sally' is one of Claptons most understated solo's.So There! |
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| you's guys take grammer and speeling way to serious. It bee da meaning that what counts mostly;dig? |
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| I'm with ya jobird. I have to admit though, if I don't remember a spelling, I feel compelled to look it up. |
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| Bad lyrics? "Back Off Boogaloo" by that luvable mophead, Ringo. "Telegram Sam" - Marc Bolan / T-Rex |
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| Jobird, don't get me started on MEANING... there are loads of songs out there with wonderfully dumb 'meaning'! Quick85, I can't remember specifics from the two you name - could you quote a couple of lines? And ramblingjack - Clapton's music is great. I should know, my DH plays it all day long. My current favourite is 'Me & Mr Johnson', which I bought him for Christmas. However, Clapton is now and has always been a fairly poor lyricist! |
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| Alright anyanka, you asked for it. Back off, Boogaloo, Back off, Boogaloo
I said Back off, Boogaloo, Boo
You think you're a groove
Standin' there with your boogie shoes
And your socks that match your eyes Had enough? Too bad. Round two. Telegram Sam, Telegram Sam
Your my main man...
Purple Pie Pete, Purple Pie Pete
Your lips are like lightning
Girls melt in the heat... Automatic Shoes, Automatic Shoes
Give me three d vision and the California blues
Me I funk but I don't care
I ain't no square with my corkscrew hair |
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Here is a link that might be useful: Back off, Boogaloo
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| I want socks that match my eyes! |
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| anyanka, Your whole chicken coop, "Lay lady lay" thing had me howling! First of all I have pet chickens, so anything chicken related always gets me going. And then my mom and sis are both huge grammar fanatics and I am constantly being corrected. I don't mind though---I'll actually miss my mom correcting me when she's gone! But mom is always getting on me about the whole lay/lie thing. I don't know that I will ever get 'rules' of it all, but I know if I say "I'm going to go lay down" in mom's presence, she'll clobber me. lol It seems like most songs use bad grammer, but it happens so much, that I tend to blow it off. Like imagine the stones song with proper grammar "I can't get ANY satisfaction." I could just see Mick singing that. :^) |
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| Little red hen, have you heard/seen the Peter Sellers sketch where he did "A Hard Day's Night" in the style of Laurence Olivier? For some reason that sprang to mind when you suggested a 'proper' version of Satisfaction... |
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You like potato and I like potahto
You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto.
Let's call the whole thing off |
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