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to get disproportionately angry when songs do not make sense

564 replies

WTAF · 14/12/2011 21:44

In the car today, radio on, and they start playing All Around The World by Lisa Stansfield. Instantly I felt the rage creeping up.

'Been around the world and I, I
I can't find my baby,
I don't know why, why he's gone away '

YES YOU FUCKING DO, LISA! Allow me to refer you to your own words, not 30 seconds ago, when you said (and I quote):

'We had a quarrel, and I let myself go
I said so many things, things he didn't know
And I was oh, oh so bad'

And then, and then, LISA, you go on to say

'I did too much lying, wasted too much time'

So you do know, you know exactly why he's gone away, so you should just STFU and concentrate on finding him to apologise. Not singing that bullshit trying to make us feel sorry for you, when clearly it is all YOUR FAULT.

I feel better for that. Anyone else?

OP posts:
Inthepotty · 14/12/2011 22:20

Meatloaf-what exactly is it 'that' that you won't do?! Please tell.

Ke$ha sings lots of words I'm sure that she's made up. 'Crunk?' 'DropToppin' 'Sexafied' WTAF??!!! It's like she's a toddler and we are all supposed to hang around repeating the words back and trying to make sense of what she's asking.

Spice girls, I do love thee, so if one of you could explain what the fuck a ZIGAZIGAHHHH is I'd be dead made up so I would.

CountBapula · 14/12/2011 22:19

'Concrete jungle where dreams are made of'

MADE OF WHAT??

Hmm
iklboonkey · 14/12/2011 22:19

'We don't need no education'. You clearly do.
(Although I have a sneaking suspicion that that is proper irony. Take heed Ms Morrisette!).

Wongamum · 14/12/2011 22:19

I'm as serious as CANCER when I say that Rhythm is a Dancer!

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WTAF · 14/12/2011 22:18

Arrgh, and

'Elvis isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead,
Elvis isn't dead cos I heard him on the radio'

YES. HE. IS. As is John Lennon, Michael Jackson and all other musicians who have ceased to be, and yet still get airplay. And based on that example of your obvious stupidity, Scouting For Girls, I'd say she is almost certainly NOT coming back to you.

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pinkyp · 14/12/2011 22:18

GrinGrinGrinGrinGrin love it GrinGrinGrinGrin

ariadneoliver · 14/12/2011 22:18

HappyJoyful No there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas, except perhaps at the assorted ski resorts they have there and maybe at the top of Mt Kilimanjaro. But aprt from that they were right. Grin

tigerdriverII · 14/12/2011 22:18

Stase I'm with Green, it sounds like "we" to me...

And he's usually so clear with his diction, despite the scousing.

poppycat04 · 14/12/2011 22:17

Float like a cannonball????
Seriously?

Fo0ffysFestiveShmooffery · 14/12/2011 22:17

YY to Ironic.

It's not ironic it's just fucking unfortunate.

Stase · 14/12/2011 22:17

brighthair I always thought it was "a second hand in motion" when I was wee. Makes about as much sense!

missorinoco · 14/12/2011 22:15

Spluttering laughing at that one ariadneoliver.

poppycat04 · 14/12/2011 22:14

Which song Ratty? Are we still on ironic? I like the idea of an old bloke commenting "well isn't this nice?" as his plane crashed down...
Although I think I'd be saying something else!

AnnoyingOrange · 14/12/2011 22:14

Stones taught me to fly
Love, it taught me to lie
Life, it taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball

ariadneoliver · 14/12/2011 22:13

My bugbear is by Thin Lizzy. 'Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak, somewhere in this town'. Seems to me that the jail would be a likely venue for this event. Hmm

brighthair · 14/12/2011 22:13

"who needs a heart when a heart can be broken"
Hm I don't know, maybe because you would be dead without one?!
And why is love a "second hand emotion"

HappyJoyful · 14/12/2011 22:12

Band Aid - "and there wont be snow in Africa this Christmas".....
No, no, no there wont be snow in Africa, it's Africa... makes me scream every time I hear it.

Rollergirl1 · 14/12/2011 22:11

tethers: I was going to mention that exact song! Have you ever seen the sketch that Ed Byrne does about Alanis Morisette?

"It's like rain on your wedding day" is only ironic if you're the god of clement weather!"

SantasLittleEmmaRoyd · 14/12/2011 22:10

My personal favourite is Shakira..

'lucky my breasts are small and humble, so you don't confuse them with mountains'

missorinoco · 14/12/2011 22:10

Just going to throw in The Frog Song, now

Boom, boom, boom, baye aye yah.

GreenIceAndChristmasHam · 14/12/2011 22:10

Ok I'll let him off, he might just need a bit more practice at this songwriting malarkey

GreenIceAndChristmasHam · 14/12/2011 22:09

And I need to sort out my autocorrect that changed we're to were Blush

Stase · 14/12/2011 22:09

Scouser, innit green Smile

GreenIceAndChristmasHam · 14/12/2011 22:08

I considered that stase but he really does sing it like WE and not WERE

He needs to sort out his diction!

missorinoco · 14/12/2011 22:07

Back to Katie Melua.

How can something be "a fact, more or less".
Either it is, or it isn't. That is a fact.

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