Bits in songs that make you cringe

[HolidayAtNight]

Inspired by the thread the other day about "More Than Words" by Extreme. Like many posters, I hadn't heard the song in years, so went to listen to it. It was all going well until the bit when he sings "Hold me close don't EVAH LET ME GO" and I had to turn it off immediately.

What bits of songs do you find jarring and/or embarrassing? I have so many, but will try to choose a few. Lines where they've had to awkwardly shift the words around or use old-fashioned vocab/syntax to make them fit are definitely among the worst offenders.

In "Upside Down" by Diana Ross: "Respectfully I say to thee..." Whyyyy

In "A Spaceman Came Travelling" - the bit where he sings about a baby's cry and then the guitar imitates a newborn crying. This might be the worst one.

In "Come On Eileen" - "You in that dress, my thoughts, I confess, verge on dirty" Just no. The awkward old-fashioned phrasing, and the way his voice goes when he sings "dirty". Unbearable.

I always heard that lyrics and assumed they meant spirit as in being in good spirits/happy party mode 🤔 In other words everyone's been a miserable bastard since 1969 😆

Mr Vain had that random guy to

”Call me what you like, as long as you call me, time and again”

Ed Sheerin Castle on the Hill

“I’m on my way driving at ninety down those country lanes, singing to Tiny Dancer”

Nightmare journey

He's only about 4 or 5 years older than her. Definitely cringe lyrics but calling him an old man is a bit of a stretch.

Inexplicably, I am now singing in my head "Where'dya come from, where'dya go? Whereya'going to Scatman John".

Who is he anyway?

Any time Craig David name checks himself mid song

What's that really annoying J Lo song that sounds like the most annoying car alarm on repeat - Get Real I think. I literally used to leave clubs when that song came on.

Also Probably all of R Kelly's 12 Play album

The sudden key change at the end of Let It Go sets my teeth on edge! ”Let the storm rage OOOOONNNN!” 😖

Michael, we're not going to fight about this, okay
Paul, I think I told you, I'm a lover not a fighter
I've heard it all before, Michael, she told me that I'm her forever lover
You know, don't you remember?
Well, after loving me, she said she couldn't love another
Is that what she said?
Yes, she said it, you keep dreaming
I don't believe it

also the chorus of Jolene drives me crazy, ( in a bad way). Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, joleeeeeeennee arggh

And Driving Home For Christmas is just cringe for me

The whole song is terrible but Ronan Keating in Life is a Rollercoaster where he goes:

'Ooh sugar!'
'You nearly got us punched in a fiiiight'
(Whispers condescendingly) 'That's alright'

Makes me want to hit something.

The line is: " But I'm not a piece of meat, stimulate my brain"

Apart from a few more obscure numbers and Spaceman I bloody love pretty much every song on here. It's the inspiration for my new play list.

why has no one mentioned Laughing Gnome? The whole song is a cringe fest. Particularly 'in the morning when I woke up/He was sitting on the edge of my bed/with his brother whose name was Fred/He'd brought him along to sing me a song'. That won't be on my playlist.

“Are you human or are you dancer..”
what a terrible song , awful lyrics

What is it actually?? Can't find explanation on thread!

Erk quotes not working, this was about 99 problems and what I always thought was "doing 55 in a 50 zone"

My contribution is Busted's 3am - there's someone who won't take no for an answer 🤮

Also, as we are mentioning some rather crude and inappropriate lyrics/songs, we can’t ignore Cardi B’s WAP!

I literally couldn’t even find a section to paste on here because it’s all so vulgar. It makes me
shudder!

I just remembered a song from the 60s called Love is Strange, it’s used in Dirty Dancing and it has this stupid corny talky bit like
Sylviaaaaaaaa
Yes Mickeyyyyy
How d’ya call your lover boy?
Come in lover boy
etc

It’s just 🤮

A 54!

Although I was relieved to see and agree with another poster's explanation that it's deliberate to show how the cop is just using any reason to pull him over!

I was intrigued by this so had a look on YouTube. I see what you mean!

My own hate is the noises Katrina makes during the intro to Walking on Sunshine. Also not a fan of Sean Paul shouting random stuff in songs he’s featured in (eg “DAILY STRUGGLE!” during Rihanna’s Rockabye)

Is this the part where she is crawling on the floor behind mirrors and things ?
It is an awful song , the 60s had some dirge.

I was so pleased to see how many people mentioned Shape of You. Awful garbage. I remember someone saying on here that they always thought "and now my bedsheets smell like poo" during the chorus, so that's all I think now too. 😆

Oh this has given me a right good laugh! Bill Oddie😆! It'll be one of things that come into my mind every now and then and set me off giggling! Thank you!
And yes, Hanky Panky has to be one of the most cringey songs ever to have been recorded , even though it has some real competition!
The first cringey lines I thought of were from the song some creep had out about doing nowt for the day, lazy sod, and it goes "..find a really nice girl, have some really nice sex" which sounds to me like he's going to comb the streets looking for some young girl who is easy prey! And what would his chat-up line be? "Wanna come back to mine for some "really nice sex"?" Ugh! It's always makes me shudder a bit because it gives me sexual predator vibes, so actually worse than cringey! Some of them mentioned are so naff they're funny, but that one ain't! It's just a bit..horrible!

Just this by itself with no explanation made me laugh so much😂I can hear it just from the words!