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To detest robbie Williams' lyrics

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WhatsWithTheDecaf · 18/08/2013 14:57

So trite, so meaningless and yet so smug. They always sound like he thinks he's being oh so clever and witty. I give you:

Every single morning
Wake up in the afternoon
Cover up the mirror
Just to get a better view
Been around the world and never even left the room

I mean really. It just doesn't make sense and has no purpose. It's like he's imitating talented yricists/writers who can successfully work on different levels. But this just doesn't!

And

Ring a ring of roses
Whoever gets the closest
She comes and she goes
As the war of the roses
Mother was a victim
Father beat the system
By moving bricks to Brixton
And learning how to fix them

Roses- rhymes with closest, which rhymes with...uh....roses! And it's all a pile of meaningless shite!!

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TheMagicKeyCanFuckOff · 18/08/2013 16:15

YANBU, I don't like his songs although they're inoffensive which is better than some songs.

HeySoulSister · 18/08/2013 16:14

So which artists do you like then op?

noddyholder · 18/08/2013 16:13

Loathe GB really smug and don't know what women see in him although he can write a catchy tune.

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WhatsWithTheDecaf · 18/08/2013 16:12

Gah you lot!! He's a first class eejit!!

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WhatsWithTheDecaf · 18/08/2013 16:11

No I have not experienced depression

I know he has, yes

It still doesn't mean I think his lyrics are loaded with meaning. I think he does though and he'd like you to think that too. Just like someone with a broken heart believes their love poetry contains the truest and most insightful words written, when often it's just trite guff. It strikes me as quite juvenile.

Anyway- it looks like they're not all his lyrics after all that! I am a bit sad about the Gary Barlow thing now!!

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littlemisswise · 18/08/2013 15:55

I love Robbie.

I think a lot of his lyrics refer to his struggles with everyday life, too.

ChuffMuffin · 18/08/2013 15:46

I flippin' love the song Candy Blush

He posted an explanation of the lyrics to Candy.

noddyholder · 18/08/2013 15:46

I agree a lot of his songs refer to his struggles with day to day life.

AdoraBell · 18/08/2013 15:43

Decaf I mean this in the nicest possible way, genuinely not a dig, but are you one of those lucky people who has never experienced depression, or seen a loved one experience it?

Or do you simply take everything at face value and expect the world and all it's occupants to make sense?

HeySoulSister · 18/08/2013 15:39

Did guy chambers write for him? And Duffy?

BrokenSunglasses · 18/08/2013 15:36

Robbin Williams is fab.

You might not like the lyrics, but there's no denying that he is good at his job.

KellyHopter · 18/08/2013 15:36

He's in the same attention seeking, smug, skin-crawl category as David Walliams.

Creepy, lardy div.

noddyholder · 18/08/2013 15:34

I love Robbie

dancemom · 18/08/2013 15:34

Gary Barlow actually wrote Candy!

koalacube · 18/08/2013 15:32

YANBU He is a plum of the highest order and his lyrics make my brain itch.

Rock DJ and that one about the kids (?) with Kylie are the worst I think. Yuuuuuuuuuuuuk.

If only we weren;t subjected to local rado all day at work....

HeySoulSister · 18/08/2013 15:28

You could say the same about 'blurred lines' and countless other songs..... At least Robbie (still) makes money/fills stadiums etc

girlsyearapart · 18/08/2013 15:28

Yabu and shesparkles I'm never divorcing him!

mynameisslimshady · 18/08/2013 15:25

It's music, it's open to interpretation, there could be a million meanings, or none at all, but it will be different things to different people.

Shesparkles · 18/08/2013 15:25

YABU he is my husband (he just doesn't know this yet)

HeySoulSister · 18/08/2013 15:24

Not nonsense at all.... lego that's a good post. Doubt your explanation will be taken on board tho

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WhatsWithTheDecaf · 18/08/2013 15:22

The random lyrics just remind me of 1984 where they randomly generate lyrics just to keep the proles happy.

I love this!!

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HeySoulSister · 18/08/2013 15:22

Does he write them?? Not sure if he writes for himself or not...

He's a great performer

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WhatsWithTheDecaf · 18/08/2013 15:20

Nah, sorry,

It's the way he smugly says he wakes up in the morning in the afternoon (so you woke up in the afternoon, right?)

And covered the mirror to get a better look (nonsense)

He wants you to believe there's more to it than that and he's being all clever, but truly, there isn't! It reminds me in some ways of the love poems I used to write as a teenager, with all their pointless metaphors and riddles!

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McNewPants2013 · 18/08/2013 15:12

Lego I wish MN had a like button for that post.

LegoLegoEverywhere · 18/08/2013 15:07

Every single morning
Wake up in the afternoon
Cover up the mirror
Just to get a better view
Been around the world and never even left the room

I took these lyrics to be about low self-esteem and depression. If you're depressed it can be very hard to get out of bed to face the world hence you're more likely to sleep in until the afternoon. He's avoiding looking at himself in the mirror as he doesn't like what he sees and that his experience of the world is from his internet/tv rather than having the physical experience. Quite clever lyrics really.