And though the beat is catchy, "Blue" by Eiffel65 has to be there too.
quote: Yo, listen up here's a story about a little guy that lives in a blue world. And all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue like him, inside and outside.
Blue his house with the blue little window and a blue cord rack and everything is blue for him and his self and everybody around, 'cause he ain't got nobody to listen.
I love Italians who try to speak in hip-hop style while wearing their puffy sports clothes.
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Alexa, didn't you once say that you have the album Flight of the Cosmic Hippo by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones? Is that where you heard Victor Wooten first, or was it one of his solo albums?
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quote: tekken 3, metal gear solid resident evil, gran turismo, omega boost, bloody rhoar, x-files, another world come on ridge racer odd world we get a living that came in our posession
P. L. A. Y. S. T. A. T. I. O. N. P. L. A. Y. S. T. A. T. I. O. N. P. L. A. Y. S. T. A. T. I. O. N. P. L. A. Y. S. T. A. T. I. O. N.
*repeat ad infinitum*
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Yeah, that was a pretty bad album as far as lyrics go. I like the techno music, but the words? It's funny when non-native speakers try to write lyrics in another language (Shakira, anyone?)
I mean a song about Playstation?
And this one:
quote: the bubble doesn't make you but it's you that makes the bubble, and you better try to remember that it's in your head. the bubble is a very tricky thing all full of type and it is not easy to try to see the way things are they'll always be.
Please. My ex-wife asked me if he was saying "Bible" instead of "bubble" since the way it was sung, they sounded so much alike.
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quote: I am words, I am speaking I never heard my conclusion Lost in my confusion In illusion Lost inside the picture frame I'm not to blame I didn't see the black flame I'm not ashamed It's poetry the black flame I'm rearranged It's changing me the black flame Burns my blackened brain I am strong, I am leaving I never knew I'd feel the need so Where I'll go, I'll turn the flow I could not know Screams inside the burning pain With spinning head It's underhand the black flame It lies inside I turned and I ran the black flame On me it fed I understand the black flame Burns my blackened brain Run from me, don't you see That we are one and I'm a part of you Get away, anyway I'm still a secret in the heart of you And I'm burning in your soul Now I'm weak, I am losing I never thought I'd stop trying I'm just a lie, just a sign, just a cry Just a symbol of the game Suspended pain I cannot face the black flame Intended dear I cannot trace the black flame Extended Reaching into space the black flame Burns my blackened brain
Annie Haslam has a great voice, and the music's pretty good, but the lyrics? drivel.
However, I LIKE sk8tr boi's lyrics. Especially that opening line:
quote: He was a boy She was a girl Can I make it any more obvious ?
(Hint: She knows her lyrics are juvenile, that's the whole point)
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"Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains."
What was she afraid he was going to do? Climb them with a grapling hook? Camp in them? MAP THEM? The horror!
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MadTV did a skit making fun of her lyrics. Something abbout using an English/Spanish dictionary and a rhyming book to create lyrics that made no sense. It was funny.
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Hey I gotta defend my homegirl Shakira here. The line about mountains happens to be exactly the same in Spanish. (Suerte que mis pechos sean pequeños y no los confundas con montañas) A lot of her lyrics in Spanish are pretty postmodern too- I especially like things like:
"Si no tiene más que un par de dedos de frente Y descubres que no se lava bien los dientes Si te quita los pocos centavos que tienes Y luego te deja solo tal como quiere ... Toda escoba nueva siempre barre bien Luego vas a ver desgastadas las cuerdas Cuando las arrugas le corten la piel Y la celulitis invada sus piernas..."
Isn't that the kind of thing you've always wanted to say to someone?
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I'd like to know if anyone can tell me what this means:
quote:Take me down, 6 underground, The ground beneath your feet, Laid out low, nothing to go Nowhere a way to meet I’ve got a head full of drought, Down here, so faroff losing out Round here,
Overground, watch this space, I’m open to falling from grace
Calm me down, bring it round Too way high off your street I can see like nothing else In me you’re better than I wannabe Don’t think ’cos I understand, I care, don’t think ’cos I’m talking we’re friends
quote: Im a holy terror, a tornado wind me up turn me loose and let me go
Chorus: Too much fun whats that mean It's like too much money, theres no such thing Its like a girl too pretty, or too much class Being too lucky, or car to fast No matter what they say ive done, well i aint never had too much fun
No matter what they say ive done, well i aint never had too much fun Give me the reins and let me run cus i aint never had too much fun
I'd like to be a jellyfish 'Cause jellyfish don't pay rent They don't walk and they don't talk With some Euro-trash accent They're just simple protoplasm Clear as cellophane They ride the winds of fortune Life without a brain
(Chorus) In one ear and out the other Don't you get criss-crossed I recommend you try a little Mental floss
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Ged's just the man, though... nobody grooves off times quite so well. And doing it while singing, well, that's just sick... even if you don't like his voice.
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Actually, I very much appreciate that country often does not take itself seriously. Rock could use a dose of Lighten Up.
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Yup. That's why I love Jimmy Buffett, he can be serious, he can be hilarious. I'm mad that I didn't notice he's in Boston THIS WEEKEND until now.
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Icarus, one of my favorite songs is a heavy metal song about a guy that really needs the bathroom while driving down the highway, and there's nowhere to stop. That's light.
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Oh, I wasn't saying that there aren't any funny rock songs. Heck, that's one of the reasons I love "Paradise by the Dashboard Light." Just that it's a lot more common in country, and that I think that's cool.
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I can't let this go without putting in a good word for my man Wesley Willis. This dude has the craziest lyrics I've ever heard.
Check out his catalogue. If you can find some samples of his music, listen to them. Here's a few of my favorites.
quote: You are a rocking maniac You are a singing hyena You are a rock star in Jesus' name You can really rock Saddam Hussein's ass
-Alanis Morissette
quote: Batman beat the hell out of me and knocked me to the floor I got back up and knocked him to the floor He was being such a jackoff
-I wupped Batman's ass
quote: My mother is a dope fiend My mother smokes paraphenelia as I speak My mother buys cocaine from a dope man She loves to smoke that crack pipe
-My mother smokes crack rocks
quote: McDonalds is the place to rock It is a restaurant where they buy food to eat It is a good place to listen to the music People flock here to get down to the rock music
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McDonalds hamburgers are the worst They are worse than Burger King A Big Mac has 26 grams of fat A Quarter-Pounder has 28 grams of fat
-Rock and Roll McDonalds
quote: Plug me full of holes in my bootyhole Fill me full of lead in my asscrack Take my life away from this earth Blow my ass away from this world
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Ummm... I'm sorry but for songs that I think actually count in this whole thing.. Icarus probably wins.. "I'm Bad" really is pretty bad.. I'm looking at lyrics, not the way the song sounds..
This song doesn't count:
quote: This is the song, lala la la, Elmo song
Which is absolutely terrible..
This one counts :
quote: [Chorus] Let me hold you Girl caress my body You got me going crazy - You Turn me on Turn me on... Let me jam you Girl wine all around me You got me going crazy - You Turn me on Turn me on...
[Madzart Rap] The girl ya nah go get way tonite If she think madd man nah go fight Me done feed she with popcaorn and sprite Now she whar come fly way like kite Ooh Yea Yea Ooh Yea Yea Ooh Yea Yea Yeah Ooh Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea Yea...
[Verse 2] One hand on the ground & Bumper c*** sky high Wining hard on me Got the Python Hollerin' for mercy - Yea hey - ai Then I whisper in her ear So wine harder And then she said to me Boy just push that thing Push it harder back on me
[Chorus]
[Bridge x2] Girl Just Hug Me, Hug Me, Kiss Me, Squeeze Me Hug Me, Hug Me, Kiss & Caress Me
And I think i'd prefer to listen to the elmo song any day.
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Speed, Alexa - Okay, I have to admit. I abhor the lyrics to Dog Years. And the net song you mentioned earlier. It makes me feel dirty and disloyal, but I've said it.
However, everything about Driven still kicks @ss.
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Actually, that's "This Song's Just Six Words Long," making it, uh, six words long.
btw, Harrison did not write the original song. It's just about the only song on the album that is not by him.
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quote: couldn't think of any ly-rics no I never wrote the lyrics so I'll just sing any old lyrics that come to mind, chi-ild ... you gotta sing 'em o-ver, and over and over and over and over and over and over mmmm-mmm and over and over and over and over and over and over again!
I love that song.
(hope I counted the "and over"s right.)
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You know, we're doing a whole genre of music a terrible disservice by not covering the truly abysmal quality of most rap lyrics. I'm not even talking the deliberate toughguy/guttersnipe acts, here.
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The Mad TV parody of Shakira's "Whenever, Wherever" is HILARIOUS:
quote: Whatever, Don't Matter
Me, I was born so far away that I speak English as a second language I don't understand the words I say There's no word that rhymes with "language"
Lucky that I have a smokin' body, Cause I only sing in gibberish, Lucky that I am such a hottie, Watch my hips go quiverish,
Bebabebabababa, Bebabebabababa Good news for you, I'm double jointed, too
Whatever, don't matter, I could sing about pancake batter, I just shake my derierre, And you won't go nowhere, Bend over, come under, Now enjoy my thighs of thunder, I just thrust my hips and glare, And you won't go nowhere
Lucky, that my hips are really jerky, When I shake them they move mountains, Lucky that my breasts are proud and perky And my lips are full and pouty
Bebabebabababa, Bebabebabababa, Time to crawl into the mud,
Whatever, don't matter, You wouldn't listen if I were fatter, But I got a spicy rear, So you won't go nowhere, Peek under, turn over, I make no sense if you are sober, So I shake my hips and hair, And you won't go nowhere.
quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What you gonna tell your dad It’s like a wheel of fortune And what you gonna tell your dad If this wheel lets you down My love is my engine And you might be fuel Stop acting cool Just bet you might win I’m not too cool (I’m in love with another fool)
Don’t push me I don’t wat to can’t you see it Hasten slowly And don’t count your chicks Before the’re hatched baby --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(note: the word "hatched" is pronounced "hatch-ed")
This just made me laugh. For some reason I missed this post. I love that AoB album. But "Hatch-ed" always did seem odd. And that song about Sleeping Beauty and a with or something. Breaking the spell. The lyrics- man- they make no sense what-so-ever. The same could be said for the "Bridges" album (or whatever it was called.)
You could cite Eiffel65, Roxette, Ace-of-Base ad naseum in this list. Some really catchy (even fun) music, but the words are just bad (bad, bad, bad).
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Oh... "your like a rainbow, I'll always be true...inside. I'm going to love you and stand by your side."-Attic bass It makes no sense and THEY are native english speakers. Posts: 197 | Registered: Feb 2004
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