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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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RobinGet · 28/09/2023 19:51

Empire State of Mind

’concrete jungle where dreams are made of’

threecupsofteaminimum · 28/09/2023 19:51

One must NEVER query David Bowie's lyrics WinkWink

OhBeAFineGuyKissMe · 28/09/2023 19:52

Not quite the same but Shawn Mendes

”Everything means nothing if I can’t have you”.

Have. Your partner isn’t a possession that you have. It just seems very creepy and a red flag.

”Everything means nothing if I’m not with you” scans just as well.

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Mysterian · 28/09/2023 18:18

"Are we human or are we dancer". And it is "dancer" singular.

Can dancer(s) be human too? I think so.

This one is political- Danser is a person, if I remember correctly an unpopular American one

threecupsofteaminimum · 28/09/2023 19:53

I doubt correct grammar is the top^^ of the list of concerns when artists are trying to perfect rhyming and rhythms anyway

(misses point of thread)

WellThisIsFun1 · 28/09/2023 19:53

Sheeran: 'dancing in the dark, with you between my arms...' Always gives me an image of him with his arms stuck straight out in front of him like a zombie with a confused woman gently swaying in the middle of them.

All Saints Never Ever: 'a few questions that I need to know...' No, you ask questions.... or you need to know answers

redmalt · 28/09/2023 19:55

Taylor Swift Anti Hero "Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby" er what? The whole song annoys me!

RobinGet · 28/09/2023 19:57

useless1000 · 28/09/2023 19:53

This one is political- Danser is a person, if I remember correctly an unpopular American one

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I think line references a Hunter S Thompson quote.

RenoDakota · 28/09/2023 20:01

Frigging 24 Hours From Tulsa. I hate it (although love Gene Pitney and have seen him in concert).

The guy is writing to his 'dearest darling' to tell her that he met another woman on his way home, shagged her, fell in love with her and now he won't be coming home any more.

He 'hates to do this to her' but then goes into forensic detail about what he did with the other woman!
"And I caressed her, kissed her
Told her I'd die before I would let her out of my arms"

Yeah, you seem really sorry, you heartless twat.

Vivolvolo · 28/09/2023 20:03

That Finneas song Break my heart that includes:

To love someone who lets you break them twice

I can’t work out who’s who

Sparehair · 28/09/2023 20:06

All of Olivia Rodrigo - get some boundaries, woman!

BlueKaftan · 28/09/2023 20:07

Absolutely agree!! 😆

BlueKaftan · 28/09/2023 20:07

About the Mmmbop song being fabulous

AccidentallyFabulous · 28/09/2023 20:10

"I've got soul but I'm not a soldier"

What?! Those two words are UNCONNECTED.

Prefer Bill Bailey's version:
"I've got ham but I'm not a hamster"

Stropalotopus83 · 28/09/2023 20:12

Mysterian · 28/09/2023 18:18

"Are we human or are we dancer". And it is "dancer" singular.

Can dancer(s) be human too? I think so.

Oh my god this. I get so irrationally angry when I hear this song. It makes no sense whatsoever.

CaveMum · 28/09/2023 20:21

Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby

Wish I never had known you better
Wish I knew you before I met her, gee
How good it would be for me
Should've told her that I can't linger
There's a wedding ring on my finger
She's got me, but I'm not free,

I mean, good for you mate that you’re declining to.cheat on your wife, but jeez you could at least act like you love her rather than treating her like a shackle!

Mmmmdanone · 28/09/2023 20:42

IsThisNameTaken · 28/09/2023 17:43

Ed Sheeran, Bad Habits - "conversations with a stranger I barely know". They're either a stranger or somebody you know a bit - can't be both!!

That's one of mine too! Along with the song that goes - "sometimes i get a good feeling, get a feeling that ive never ever ever ever had before". How can you sometimes get a feeling but also have never had it before?

hoop47 · 28/09/2023 20:42

Kid Creole and the Coconuts song Annie I'm Not Your Daddy....the line
"See if I was in your blood
Then you wouldn't be so ugly"

Vile arrogant lyrics 😡

Vivolvolo · 28/09/2023 20:58

Alanis Morisette “Ironic” without examples of irony.

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BillStickersWillBeProsocuted · 28/09/2023 21:01

Cazzovuoi · 28/09/2023 19:40

I’ve been know to screech like a fish wife at Rihanna that diamonds don’t shine because they have no independent light source. THEY REFLECT.

DH swiftly changes the song or station. I can’t help myself.

Well if you're going down that route, they don't reflect they REFRACT! 😉

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dontforgettofloss · 28/09/2023 21:06

sockarefootwear · 28/09/2023 18:39

Don't know who sings it (poss Ed Sheeran?) but there's a song that was on the radio almost constantly not long ago, with a line something like:
'driving at 90 on these country roads'

The song seems to be reminiscing about fund stuff he did when he was younger. I live in the countryside and it really irritates me that this song seems to be suggesting that driving like a dick in the countryside is just a bit of harmless fun. I may be showing my inner grumpy old woman.

Yes! This annoys me too, mainly because driving at 90mph in country lanes would almost certainly result in a nasty accident

Mysterian · 28/09/2023 21:18

RobinGet · 28/09/2023 19:57

I think line references a Hunter S Thompson quote.

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It does but a song shouldn't need to have footnotes.

Also:

"I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?"

You should have asked if it was alright BEFORE the making love.

LiveatCityHall · 28/09/2023 21:19

Some people call it a one night stand
But we can call it paradise

Say a Prayer by Duran Duran
This was actually picked up by my husband who was a bit like 😮😬 when he first heard it!

Conferenceblues · 28/09/2023 21:20

AccidentallyFabulous · 28/09/2023 20:10

"I've got soul but I'm not a soldier"

What?! Those two words are UNCONNECTED.

Prefer Bill Bailey's version:
"I've got ham but I'm not a hamster"

Or the Eminem one:
Everybody just wants to discuss me
So this must mean I’m disgusting

Aghh! No it doesn’t!

cheapskatemum · 28/09/2023 21:26

Ed Sheeran doesn't sing 90 miles per hour though. If it's 90 km/hr that is legal on the country roads round here (I live 10 miles away from the castle on the hill). It is inadvisable on the very windy ones though.

Cart me off to Pedants' Corner now.