Fabulous songs almost spoiled by one or two ropey lyrics

[DickyC]

Handbags and Gladrags

Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
And bake 'em all in a pie

Come back when you've sorted that out and you'll have a winner.

[dundarach]

I love that lyric, I think it's great.

I'll go for Faith Hill - This Kiss

Something about: Cen-trivical-Motion, fking simpleton.

Or

Nelly - Dilemma ft. Kelly Rowland

Something about: Even when you lick my boob, you know I'm crazy over you???

[bigpriest]

There are explosive kegs
Between my legs
Dear God, please help me

Morrissey, momentarily losing his poetic skills

[S100HP]

"I'm as serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer"

/Thread

(okay, the song isn't FABULOUS, but none of the others suggested are either)

Edited by S100HP on Sunday 3rd September 22:00

[Johnspex]

Piano man.

Tonic and gin.

Its a fkin gin and tonic.

[DickyC]

S100HP said:

"I'm as serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer"

/Thread

(okay, the song isn't FABULOUS, but none of the others suggested are either)

Wha...? Handbags and Gladrags is one of the all-time greatest songs of all time that's just compromised with one line of nonsensical lyrics. Are the blackbirds in a cake or are they in a pie? Using 'or' would have been better.

[DickyC]

Moonlight Shadow

4am in the morning

Y'know, in case you thought it was 4am in the afternoon. Sake.

[996Type]

Never thought this scanned:

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them
If you did

[craigjm]

Johnspex said:

Piano man.

Tonic and gin.

Its a fkin gin and tonic.

Except it’s not. It’s a retelling of a true story and the person in question always asked for his “tonic and gin” Billy Joel has been very clear about this in many interviews. All the people in the song are based on frequent bar visitors that he encountered

[craigjm]

dundarach said:

Nelly - Dilemma ft. Kelly Rowland

Something about: Even when you lick my boob, you know I'm crazy over you???

Except it doesn’t say that at all it says “even when I’m with my boo, I’m crazy over you” boo being American slang for boyfriend

[deeen]

craigjm said:

Johnspex said:

Piano man.

Tonic and gin.

Its a fkin gin and tonic.

Except it’s not. It’s a retelling of a true story and the person in question always asked for his “tonic and gin” Billy Joel has been very clear about this in many interviews. All the people in the song are based on frequent bar visitors that he encountered

Also, "gin and tonic" wouldn't rhyme with "shuffles in".

[Nethybridge]

Africa by Toto

An otherwise good song, but tainted forever by someone
tacking the unwieldy 4 syllable word Serengeti onto the end of a line.

[Factualist]

Rolling Stones 'Stray Cat Blues ' in isolation great song and great fade out guitar at the end but....

'I can see that you're 15 years old
No I don't want your ID
And I can see that you're so far from home
But that's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime'

[shirt]

S100HP said:

"I'm as serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer"

/Thread

(okay, the song isn't FABULOUS, but none of the others suggested are either)

Edited by S100HP on Sunday 3rd September 22:00

Similarly, desree’s life:

I'm afraid of the dark
'Specially when I'm in a park
And there's no one else around
Ooh, I get the shivers
I don't want to see a ghost
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast
And watch the evening news

[CypSIdders]

deeen said:

craigjm said:

Johnspex said:

Piano man.

Tonic and gin.

Its a fkin gin and tonic.

Except it’s not. It’s a retelling of a true story and the person in question always asked for his “tonic and gin” Billy Joel has been very clear about this in many interviews. All the people in the song are based on frequent bar visitors that he encountered

Also, "gin and tonic" wouldn't rhyme with "shuffles in".

He couldn't use "gin and tonic" it simply doesn't scan!

[Mr Pointy]

Nethybridge said:

Africa by Toto

An otherwise good song, but tainted forever by someone tacking the unwieldy 4 syllable word Serengeti onto the end of a line.

And the slightly inconvenient fact that Kilimanjaro is 200 miles from the Serengeti & can't be seen, let alone rise like Olympus over it.

[DodgyGeezer]

Also

Golden Brown - Stranglers

Edited by DodgyGeezer on Tuesday 5th September 09:10

[The Hypno-Toad]

Any song where they describe the phone going "ring, ring, ring". Madonna? Gloria Estafan? I'm looking at you.

One straight off the top of my head would be from "Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?" - Lloyd Cole and The Commotions.

"Read Norman Mailer or get a new tailor,"

[Johnspex]

deeen said:

craigjm said:

Johnspex said:

Piano man.

Tonic and gin.

Its a fkin gin and tonic.

Except it’s not. It’s a retelling of a true story and the person in question always asked for his “tonic and gin” Billy Joel has been very clear about this in many interviews. All the people in the song are based on frequent bar visitors that he encountered

Also, "gin and tonic" wouldn't rhyme with "shuffles in".

Really? That's very perceptive. I wish I'd noticed that.

[Pieman68]

"Imagine his surprise when he opened his eyes,
And I ran the lawnmower over his thighs"

Welcome to the cheap seats by the Wonderstuff