To get, some might say, far too irate with song lyrics that Make. No. Logical. Sense *screams with rage*

[Tallalime]

Just for example, and it annoys me every time I hear it,

Both Nirvana and Malcolm in the Middle were not big when you were little.

Nirvana was big in the late 80's/early 90's

MitM started in 2000.

Rage

Rather a lot of these make perfect sense, for exa mple " youre young, thats your fault" is fault as in a fhing that is wrong with you, not a thing you are to be blamed for. Gelatin is another word for gelignite, same thing. And i admire the woman in beeswing, even if she does end up a homeless alcoholic!

Nonsensical lyrics...what about smells like teen spirit, hailed as one of the greatest rock songs of all time? "a mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido....a denial" What the fucking fuck are you chatting about?

YY to Land of Make Believe being creepy Talla!!

I've had to stop listening to it on my ipod because it gives me the heebie jeebies - not the way I remember it from being a child (shows age). And the child at the end - wtf is she talking about? A ghost? Too creepy!

laura I don't know the song or the context you are referring to, but if it is a command/request for the Lady (questionable!) to recline, to rest or to become horizontal on the bed the simple present of the verb -lie- should have been used.

if on the other hand "Lady" is a hen and the singer is expecting fresh eggs for breakfast "lay on my big bed" is a grammatically correct sentence - revealing a slightly
eccentrical farming method.

*lay across

Bit late Ipswich but on the radio here they said it was rugby

Love this thread! Was reading through it thinking 'do going to write about lady lumps' then someone else did!

But, no one has mentioned Rudebox by robbie Williams yet:
Ok then back to base heads, dance like you just won the special Olympics, I got the Rudebox at the back of the spaceship.
Hmm. Nice work there Williams, you bell end...

"Having said that, I was quite distressed when a wise MNetter pointed out to me that Macey Grey's word crumbles, rather than her wok wobbles when 'you' are not near. Sad times."

I always thought it was "I wear grobbles". No idea what they are!

Winter, Father and Son was not originally a Boyzone song! And "You're still young, that's your fault" - not using "fault" in a critical sense, but in the sense of flaw or issue/problem.

"Ambition and love wearing boxing gloves
And singing hearts and flowers "

Is it not A vision of love? I always thought it was about romantic notions of love vs the reality. Hmmm

The one with "can you handle me the way I are" in it. Or arrrgghh as it makes me go..

No More "I Love You's" " by The Lover Speaks/Annie Lennox. Yes that's how they punctuate it, don't blame me.

lol at arrrrrgh :o

Dave Barry, an American satirist, held a poll through his column to find the worse song lyrics of all time.

McArthur Park won hands down.

Nirvana was big in the late 80's/early 90's

Nirvana were still big in the late 90s and early 00s, and to some extent the mid-00s.

They just didn't tour very much...

How strange! You're right then, that makes no sense

Ooh while we're on the subject of bad grammar, may I suggest Take That's The Flood, with 'There was more of them than us'? Now I like TT, but every time I hear this I have to sing 'were' really loudly to drown it out

Thanks SPB you've cleared up that then! Me and my brother used to be so confused at this when we were little... I suppose we were taking it too literally!

Midge Ure - If I was...

If I were Midge. Were.

Still, at least my old French teacher was able to compare this against "If I were a Rich Man" as an example of correct and incorrect usage of the subjunctive tense.

Onthebottom - yes I can see how she is admirable, I just feel in real life I would not be thinking "yay, escaped those patriachal chains for a life of hard weather and hard booze" but "actually getting a few acres dug and some babies on the rug sounds quite nice".

I love the idea of Lay, lady, lay being about a hen.

I was born in 1988 so both were big when I was little lol! Nirvana when I was about 2 and Malcolm in the Middle when I was 12 ;) I was a very little 12 year old too, just to be pedantic!

I think the girl singing the song is about my age too so it's also correct for her!

I thought Britney was saying 'taste of a poision paradise'?

Oh really, Boy? I guess I must be over thinking it! Sorry Britney!

I also hate it when anyone under the age of 20 sings/says anything like "my whole life" or "in all my life"

it's technically correct up to that point, but it irritates me so much