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Song lyrics that bug you!

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BillStickersWillBeProsocuted · 28/09/2023 17:38

I was listening to Objects in the rear view mirror by Meatloaf the other day and it contains the line:

"If life is just a highway, then the soul is just a car"

That line always bugged me - for a start that's a pretty big "if" but apart from that surely in that analogy the body is the car and the soul is the driver?!

Another one is maybe a bit more Niche but Tim Minchin has a song called "Grew on me" where he likeness his love for his wife with various illnesses (it's actually much more sweet than that makes it sound!) which contains the line:

"The successful removal of you would probably kill me too"

Surely if it kills the patient you can't call it a successful removal?! What really bothers me is “the attempted removal of you” would fit the song just as well and make more sense!

Anyway I'm bored at work so thought I'd see if anyone else has any pedantic lyrical bugbears?!

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BlodynYGog · 15/10/2023 19:26

I was this old when I found this out too.

Alstroemeria123 · 15/10/2023 19:30

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 15/10/2023 19:26

Really interested in how you say these two words so that they don't rhyme ?

Different accents are fascinating - but don't assume yours is any more correct than another person's.

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In my accent (SE England), “understood” rhymes with “could” and “flood” rhymes with “crud” - completely different sounds.

mrsDracoMalfoy · 15/10/2023 19:32

I am your mother you listen to me ...

Who the fuck is she talking to coz she starts by saying this ^^ then witters on about not waiting 'mansplaning' why is her kid mansplaning? Then says she didn't give 'him' permission to speak. WTF

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FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 15/10/2023 19:37

I always thought that was show me emotion!

It probably is; or possibly your motion - i.e. show me your best dance moves.

But I can't hear anything different apart from that it's a grim request to see somebody's latest poo!!

IamMummyhearmeROAR · 15/10/2023 20:05

Step away from the Barlow!

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 15/10/2023 20:10

Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough

Valleys aren't low - they're deep.

OK not the worst example of dodgy lyrics, but it does always annoy me.

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 15/10/2023 20:15

Adele in Skyfall makes Skyfall rhyme with crumble. In my accent (and hers!) it sounds like crum-ball and is, IMO, aw-fall.

ohfook · 15/10/2023 20:16

SVFXHMX42 · 28/09/2023 22:50

"Tell me baby do you recognise me? Well, it's been a year it doesn't surprise me." I recognise people I met while walking the dog a year later, let alone someone I was supposedly madly in love with!

"She smiled at me on the subway
She was with another man
But I won't lose no sleep on that
'cause I've got a plan" WHAT'S THE PLAN?! The very next verse he says "but I don't know what to do, cause I'll never be with you." Some plan James.

I came on here to say that bloody James blunt song. Every time I hear it, that bit drives me mad!

the80sweregreat · 15/10/2023 20:22

I think that in ' last Christmas ' George is saying ' you are pretending you dont recognize me, I'm not surprised though as you are a total bitch '
(.. But that's just my own interpretation of those particular lyrics!)

GroanWoman · 15/10/2023 20:27

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 15/10/2023 18:58

I can't hear that song without being reminded of a friend who used to sing I've got a badge but I'm not a badger.

I've got poo but I'm not a poodle!

I’ve got toes but I’m not a toaster!

JudyGemstone · 15/10/2023 20:28

I’ve got sand but I’m not a sandwich

GroanWoman · 15/10/2023 20:32

nancypowers1983 · 15/10/2023 16:27

No, no, no one understood,
We were holding back the flood...

They don't rhyme Barlow!
Either "no one understud" or it's "flood" as in "good". Bugs me every time.

No doubt someone will come along to say "it does rhyme in my accent" but generally no, no it doesn't.

Ah, now that one doesn’t bother me, despite my Barlow moan earlier.

Song lyrics don’t have to rhyme. That one is is a half or imperfect rhyme, but not rhyming at all is perfectly acceptable too.

toadasoda · 15/10/2023 20:34

Just hears lyrics that annoyed me in 1990s and annoyed me again today...
'This ain't no disco, this ain't no country club either. This is L.A.'

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 15/10/2023 21:44

I've got pants but I'm not a panther.

I've got wind but I'm not a window.

whynotwhatknot · 15/10/2023 21:46

i just hate reptitive la lala in songs

just comes across as lazy

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 15/10/2023 21:47

In my accent (SE England), “understood” rhymes with “could” and “flood” rhymes with “crud” - completely different sounds.

Nope - sorry but they still sound the same 🤣

Anyway - back to the thread topic .......

Inkypot · 15/10/2023 21:57

whynotwhatknot · 15/10/2023 21:46

i just hate reptitive la lala in songs

just comes across as lazy

Avril Lavigne is a frequent offender of this.
All la-la and heyyyy-ing. Occasional yeah yeahs.

dressedforcomfort · 15/10/2023 22:32

I loathe The chorus of When We Were Young by Adele. "Let me photograph you in this light..." etc. About 4 subordinate clauses in one sentence = complete unintelligible gibberish.

And the lyricist for 'are we human or are we dancer' should for tried for crimes against decent grammar. Plus what does it even mean? Total bollocks.

dressedforcomfort · 15/10/2023 22:37

(On a roll now)

The entire lyrics of Budapest by George Ezra sound like they were written by an 8-year old.

'My house in Budapest my, my hidden treasure chest
Golden grand piano my beautiful Castillo'

yarnwitch · 15/10/2023 22:40

I actually came on to say Avril Lavigne myself. I heard Girlfriend this morning on the radio and thought what horrible lyrics they are.

And in the same anti sisterhood theme, her stupid Skater Boi song. 'He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it anymore obvious' (erm Hmm)

Then the whole storyline of the song that the girl ended up basically with a crap life stuck home alone with a baby, all because she had the audacity to turn down skater boi, who of course had the last laugh ending up famous on tv.

ManAboutTown · 15/10/2023 22:43

My main takeaway from this thread is that Ed Sheeran is an incoherent bellend - just confirming a previously held opinion fortunately.

Many well identified bad lyrics from many PPs on her so I'll add a couple of my favourites...

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see- Strawberry Fields Forever

We met when we were at school. Never took no shit from no one. We were fools - Stay Free

Utterlypeanuterly · 15/10/2023 22:48

BillStickersWillBeProsocuted · 28/09/2023 22:02

"don't want clever conversation
Don't want to work that hard, no love
I just want some, someone to talk to
I want you just the way you are"

Fuck you Barry, I can do clever conversation!

That's a Billy Joel song.

KateMiddletonsExtensions · 15/10/2023 22:55

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 15/10/2023 21:44

I've got pants but I'm not a panther.

I've got wind but I'm not a window.

I've got the runs but I'm not a runner

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 16/10/2023 09:28

i just hate reptitive la lala in songs

just comes across as lazy

Ooh, same here. The winning Eurovision song in 1968 was basically just a load of lalalas. It makes the songwriter sound like a total idiot.

That's a Billy Joel song.

Also made very famous by Barry White.

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 16/10/2023 09:31

I've got crabs but I'm not a crabstick.

I've got mange but I'm not a manger.