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mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:51 pm

I know I've heard a ton of lyrics that are annoying or just wrong, wondering which ones get to you. I'll start with this line from U2:

And every gambler knows that to lose
Is what you're really there for

If you know that you're really there just to lose, why be there?

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:54 pm

The one that I have never understood was from 'What's Love Got to Do with It':

What's love but a second hand emotion?

What the hell does that even mean?

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:57 pm

if you wanna be my lover
you gotta get with my friends.

no, they don't like it if you try that really. stupid f**king song

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:08 pm

I don't think they meant it quite that way.

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:25 pm

From "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor
If I was you I'd wanna be me too

Why exactly would I want to be her?

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:38 pm

Who is she?

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:47 pm

Much as I respect Neil Diamond,

"And no one there, not even the chair" (From, 'I am I said')

Is f**king shite.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:50 pm

'Hit me baby one more time'

JoeCat · Post by **JoeCat** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:52 pm

"...and only time will tell if we stand the test of time."

The Hagar Years...

jsp1979 · Post by **jsp1979** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:56 pm

aMUSEd wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:50 pm 'Hit me baby one more time'

That lyric is from a long list of songs written in English by Swedes (usually in the Max Martin pop factory) where they make a number of odd, inexplicable phrases.

See also: "Joyride" by Roxette and "All That She Wants" by Ace of Base

The lyric I hate is: "Heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another you've been messing around" from Take it on the Run (Reo Speedwagon).

Melkor · Post by **Melkor** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:07 pm

"What is love? Baby don't hurt me, no more"

I think the songwriter was/is German.

On one level, it contains a deep, nuanced philosophical contemplation.

On another level, it just sounds ridiculous

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:20 pm

jsp1979 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:56 pm
aMUSEd wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:50 pm 'Hit me baby one more time'
That lyric is from a long list of songs written in English by Swedes (usually in the Max Martin pop factory) where they make a number of odd, inexplicable phrases.

Yeah but there was also that terrible video - the whole song was a misogynistic anthem

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:28 pm

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

Orly?

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:34 pm

mumpcake wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:25 pm From "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor
If I was you I'd wanna be me too

Why exactly would I want to be her?

She loses even more points for "If I was you"

jsp1979 · Post by **jsp1979** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:34 pm

aMUSEd wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:20 pm
jsp1979 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:56 pm
aMUSEd wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:50 pm 'Hit me baby one more time'
That lyric is from a long list of songs written in English by Swedes (usually in the Max Martin pop factory) where they make a number of odd, inexplicable phrases.
Yeah but there was also that terrible video - the whole song was a misogynistic anthem

But the lyric was written to mean "Hit me up on the phone one more time", but it was written by Martin who didn't get the alternate meaning as I was pointing out.

Oddly enough, Britney was the one who wanted the video in a school and she pushed for the outfit.

All so weird.

Great podcast about it here: https://slate.com/culture/2018/11/how-a ... l-hit.html

Hit Parade is really the best music history podcast out there.

Lyrics that just rub you the wrong way