Page 1 of 1

Great Song, Bad Lyrics

PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:55 pm
by empyrean
Any New Wave music that has a great melody, good tune but has lyrics that has no sense at all.

Kinda Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.

How about Five Get Over Excited by The Housemartins? [:D][:D]

PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:12 am
by SomebodySomewhere
Anything by The Smiths. Ba dum bum.

But seriously, Wire's "Kidney Bingos" lyrics are pathetic, even when taken as a joke. There are no words to describe how much that melody did not get the words it deserved.

--
<u>[b]YouTube Video of the Week[/b]</u>

Doug & The Slugs - Day by Day
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b-JhtQYaKOM

PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:17 am
by WolverineSyr
I mentioned it in another thread, but the Motels "Take the L" is one that comes to mind. Great melody, great verses then that stupid chorus..."Take the L out of Lover & it's over." Even the video was awesome with the comic book panels and the retro-style bright colors. Ugh.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:22 am
by Mechi
Not New Wave but Next Wave... the lyrics to Sweet Troubled Soul by Stellastarr are just hideous.

Duran Duran's Wild Boys... maybe with another lyrics it would have been a way better song.

Agree on that opinion about Housemartin's lyrics to Five Get Over Excited.

http://spaces.msn.com/members/mechigc
http://thesesensations.blogspot.com
http://devotionanddivision.blogspot.com

PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:35 am
by hutter
These lyrics make me cringe:

From "Ballet Dancer" by The Twins

"I know your
Body small and neat
Dancing on
Your dancing feet"

Yeah, english isn't their first language, but they could have done better than this.

The rest of the song is great, though.


<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h197/troylowe/twinspin.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a> The Twins...get to know them! http://nealsnow.multiply.com/tag/twins