Worst lyrics ever.

[thatguyed]

Yes - I am a Camera

 

[SoFla Steve]

Jimmy Webb is a great songwriter, but I don't know what he was thinking with MacArthur Park.

Chorus:

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain​

​

I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh noooooo, o-oh no-ooooo​

 

[HuskyCLT]

“Put you in the mansion, somewhere in Wiscansin”

 

[Rocktheworld]

Love love love TPain, and I know it’s just a small portion of the overall lyrics, but idk how much worse it gets than

She made us drinks
To drink
We drunk em
Got drunk

 

[storrsroars]

Jimmy Webb is a great songwriter, but I don't know what he was thinking with MacArthur Park.

Chorus:

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark​

All the sweet, green icing flowing down​

Someone left the cake out in the rain​

​

I don't think that I can take it​

'Cause it took so long to bake it​

And I'll never have that recipe again​

Oh noooooo, o-oh no-ooooo​

For reference: MacArthur Park by Richard Harris - Songfacts

 

[cullaville]

Horse with no name - America

Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur

 

[Huskybass]

Anything by Phish.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Most.of R.E.M.'s songs: Example from "Orange Crush:

" Follow me, don't follow me)
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
(Collar me, don't collar me)
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
(We are agents of the free)
I've had my fun and now it's time to serve your conscience overseas
(Over me, not over me)
Coming in fast, over me (oh, oh)"

Say what?

They're nonsense, but they're not actively bad lyrics.

 

[Vancat]

"Someone left the cake out in the rain..."

For reference: MacArthur Park by Richard Harris - Songfacts

yes, song has a deeper meaning if you read up.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Horse with no name - America

Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur

hey! i kinda like these tunes, so, go send ur camels to bed, mister! lol.

 

[Chasm64]

Anything by Foreigner, my band member friends used to laugh at them and say garage band makes good

 

[87Xfer]

I cannot believe nobody's mentioned this work of genius:

You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go go go, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

I say high, you say low
You say why and I say I don't know, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye
(Hello goodbye) I say hello/goodbye

Why why why why why why do you say goodbye goodbye, oh no?

You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

You say yes (I say yes) I say no (But I may mean no)
You say stop (I can stay) and I say go go go (Till it's time to go), oh
Oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello hello

Hela heba helloa
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, hela
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, cha cah cah [fade out]

 

[CL82]

For reference: MacArthur Park by Richard Harris - Songfacts

• There's not much middle ground on this song, as listeners either love it or hate it. In 1992, when Miami Herald humor columnist Dave Barry asked his readers to send in their pick for the single worst song ever released, the majority chose "MacArthur Park." >>

 

[Improviser]

I cannot believe nobody's mentioned this work of genius:

You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go go go, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

I say high, you say low
You say why and I say I don't know, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye
(Hello goodbye) I say hello/goodbye

Why why why why why why do you say goodbye goodbye, oh no?

You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

You say yes (I say yes) I say no (But I may mean no)
You say stop (I can stay) and I say go go go (Till it's time to go), oh
Oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello hello

Hela heba helloa
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, hela
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, cha cah cah [fade out]

Forgot about this one.

Lyrics are stupid, but the tune of the song is pretty good.

Maybe the song has some meaning about 2 incompatible people going in opposite directions when one says "hello" and the other says "goodbye," and then vice-versa.

Not sure if that was the intended meaning or if there is another metaphor with these words, or no metaphor at all.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Forgot about this one.

Lyrics are stupid, but the tune of the song is pretty good.

Maybe the song has some meaning about 2 incompatible people going in opposite directions when one says "hello" and the other says "goodbye," and then vice-versa.

Not sure if that was the intended meaning or if there is another metaphor with these words, or no metaphor at all.

This is Paul doing AABA again, his favorite formula.

John was right. Paul was a great tunesmith, but he often wrote "$hite lyrics."

It's the most unlistenable song in the whole Beatles catalog. I'd rather listen to Wild Honey Pie twice than Hello Goodbye once.

 

[storrsroars]

This is Paul doing AABA again, his favorite formula.

John was right. Paul was a great tunesmith, but he often wrote "$hite lyrics."

It's the most unlistenable song in the whole Beatles catalog. I'd rather listen to Wild Honey Pie twice than Hello Goodbye once.

I remember back in the late 60s when WMCA in NYC was still playing top 40 (Murray the K!) they did this thing where they were aiming for the Guinness record for playing the most songs in a day. So they played what seemed like a half hour rotation of like a dozen songs all under 2 minutes. And Wild Honey Pie was one of those.

A reminder of what we're talking about:



But question for Mr. Wonderful... would you rather hear Revolution #9 than Hello Goodbye? Or Within You Without You?

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I remember back in the late 60s when WMCA in NYC was still playing top 40 (Murray the K!) they did this thing where they were aiming for the Guinness record for playing the most songs in a day. So they played what seemed like a half hour rotation of like a dozen songs all under 2 minutes. And Wild Honey Pie was one of those.

A reminder of what we're talking about:



But question for Mr. Wonderful... would you rather hear Revolution #9 than Hello Goodbye? Or Within You Without You?

Yes, I would rather listen to Revolution #9 and Within You Without You back to back than even 1 minute of Hello Goodbye, sir.

Now excuse me while I rip the guy who dissed Come Together a new one...

Edit:

 

[storrsroars]

Yes, I would rather listen to Revolution #9 and Within You Without You back to back than even 1 minute of Hello Goodbye, sir.

Now excuse me while I rip the guy who dissed Come Together a new one...

And yet both Hello Goodbye and Come Together were #1 hits, so neither of us had the pulse of the zeitgeist of the times.

 

[Mr. French]

She got a big booty, so I call her big booty.

Actually, those are all-time greats. 2 Chainz but I got me a few on!

 

[cullaville]

Yes - I am a Camera

not the best effort by Yes

 

[cullaville]

All things Steve Miller-he probably his a handfull. I mean Big Old Jet Airliner? Come on man.

I remember one time - it might have been a couple times - at the Fillmore East in 1970, I was opening for this sorry-ass cat named Steve Miller. Steve Miller didn't have his going for him, so I'm pissed because I got to open for this non-playing xxxxxxxxxxxx just because he had one or two sorry-ass records out. Quote from MIles Davis

 

[UKemba15]

I haven’t read through this thread yet so sorry if this is a repost, but I’ve always loved the complex wordplay by Dr. Dre on ‘Nuthin but a G Thang’…

“Never let me slip, cause if I slip, then I’m slippin’.”

Thank goodness he can make beats (and Beats).

 

[cullaville]

All things Steve Miller-he probably his a handfull. I mean Big Old Jet Airliner? Come on man.

Black Keys regret inducting Steve Miller into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

After Miller’s angry tirade mars ceremony, singer Dan Auerbach tells Rolling Stone ‘the whole process was unpleasant’ and that he and bandmate Patrick Carney left while Texan’s band was still playing

www.theguardian.com

Interesting article about Steve Miller's R&R Hall of Fame induction. Shows what a complete jerk he is

 

[TheChamps990411]

Dont have a song but this reminded me of back in the 90s i was watching a rap battle and one guy said a line so bad that 25 years later i still remember it and the laughing and boos that went through the crowd still fill me with embarrassment. The line was:
"My flows be cold im the snow man abominable
hit you hard in your cerebral abdominal"
What?!!!
btw no it was not me.

 

[TheChamps990411]

I haven’t read through this thread yet so sorry if this is a repost, but I’ve always loved the complex wordplay by Dr. Dre on ‘Nuthin but a G Thang’…

“Never let me slip, cause if I slip, then I’m slippin’.”

Thank goodness he can make beats (and Beats).

Lol Dre was never a rapper nevermind a lyricist. P Diddy was worse though.