The one that immediately came to mind was Hurt by Christina Aguilera:
"Sometimes I feel broke inside but I won't admit"
Surely she could have either said "broken" or "admit it" even if she decided not to be correct on both counts because the line wouldn't fit right? Though it's the fact she says "broke" rather than "broken" that really winds me up! Admittedly the "admit" could be leading into the next line, which I always took as a separate thought but looking at it now it could be a continuing sentence. There's still no excuse for "broke" though!
Oh, I have to mention one of my most hated songs of all time - The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Even by the standards of novelty records it's excruciating! I'm a Friends fan and during the episodes where Ross has the pet monkey I cringe when this awful piece of rubbish is played. I was horrified when it popped up in a Doctor Who episode,.
Oh, I have to mention one of my most hated songs of all time - The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Even by the standards of novelty records it's excruciating! I'm a Friends fan and during the episodes where Ross has the pet monkey I cringe when this awful piece of rubbish is played. I was horrified when it popped up in a Doctor Who episode,.
there is a sad story behind the song and the battle over the royalties
The song I detest even more than the Sandie Thom aberration (full of historical inaccuracies e.g. "computers were scary things" NO THEY WERE NOT!!) has to be Wind beneath my Wings. How sickeningly patronising are those lyrics. If anyone dared to say/sing "It must have been cold there in my shadow" to me I'd punch their lights out >:(>:(>:(
Spice Girls - Wannabe "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends"
Miley Cyrus - We can't stop "So la da di da di, we like to party, dancing with Molly"
I never noticed that Spice Girls one before. It's funny though, it does sound like they're proposing an open relationship or an orgy of some kind.
And I always assumed the 'dancing with Molly' line in We Can't Stop was actually 'dancing with Miley'. That would make sense, even if she was referring to herself in the third person, which is a habit I detest with a passion. But you're right, it is Molly - I've got no idea who she's meant to be.
And I always assumed the 'dancing with Molly' line in We Can't Stop was actually 'dancing with Miley'. That would make sense, even if she was referring to herself in the third person, which is a habit I detest with a passion. But you're right, it is Molly - I've got no idea who she's meant to be.
Salt-N-Pepa ft En Vogue - Whatta Man "With him I'm never losin', and he knows that my name is not Susan"
This is actually a reference to Whitney Houston's song 'My Name Is Not Susan', which came out a few years before 'Whatta Man'. The Whitney song is about her partner confusing her and his other woman (called Susan!), whereas 'Whatta Man' is about a man who picks the singer over anyone else - hence him knowing that her name is not Susan!
Most of Robbie Williams' songs really grind my gears lyrically, the way they just seem to be simple, little thought about words and phrases thrown together so long as they rhyme. Angels and Millennium are particularly irritating. They must have each taken all of five minutes to write.
You can add Kids to that, the duet he did with Kylie Minogue. "and we'll paint by numbers, 'till something sticks, don't mind doin' it for the kids".
The Ting Tings that's not my name. Even the bands name grates me.
They call me 'hell'
They call me 'Stacey'
They call me 'her'
They call me 'Jane'
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
They call me 'quiet'
But I'm a riot
Mary-Jo-Lisa
Always the same
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
The Ting Tings that's not my name. Even the bands name grates me.
They call me 'hell'
They call me 'Stacey'
They call me 'her'
They call me 'Jane'
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
They call me 'quiet'
But I'm a riot
Mary-Jo-Lisa
Always the same
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
The Ting Tings that's not my name. Even the bands name grates me.
They call me 'hell'
They call me 'Stacey'
They call me 'her'
They call me 'Jane'
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
They call me 'quiet'
But I'm a riot
Mary-Jo-Lisa
Always the same
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
What's that supposed to mean?
It's pointless and boring.
The Ting Tings were terrible. That song is particularly bad
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"With him I'm never losin', and he knows that my name is not Susan"
Spice Girls - Wannabe
"If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends"
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback girl
"This sh!t is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S"
Miley Cyrus - We can't stop
"So la da di da di, we like to party, dancing with Molly"
"Sometimes I feel broke inside but I won't admit"
Surely she could have either said "broken" or "admit it" even if she decided not to be correct on both counts because the line wouldn't fit right? Though it's the fact she says "broke" rather than "broken" that really winds me up! Admittedly the "admit" could be leading into the next line, which I always took as a separate thought but looking at it now it could be a continuing sentence. There's still no excuse for "broke" though!
2 Chainz, everybody.
there is a sad story behind the song and the battle over the royalties
Doesn't that only happen in films featuring randy plumbers and bored
housewives ;-) ?
I never noticed that Spice Girls one before. It's funny though, it does sound like they're proposing an open relationship or an orgy of some kind.
And I always assumed the 'dancing with Molly' line in We Can't Stop was actually 'dancing with Miley'. That would make sense, even if she was referring to herself in the third person, which is a habit I detest with a passion. But you're right, it is Molly - I've got no idea who she's meant to be.
I just would be happy to never hear the song again.
It's an American term for MDMA.
Ahh right, thanks. You learn something new every day.
This is actually a reference to Whitney Houston's song 'My Name Is Not Susan', which came out a few years before 'Whatta Man'. The Whitney song is about her partner confusing her and his other woman (called Susan!), whereas 'Whatta Man' is about a man who picks the singer over anyone else - hence him knowing that her name is not Susan!
Cities like London and NYC have loads of different jails...
Also hate it when people use their own names in songs:
This is Phil talking, I wanna tell you ...... - Human League, Love Action
And my friends they say, Martin one day you'll find true love ...... ABC, The look of love.
You can add Kids to that, the duet he did with Kylie Minogue. "and we'll paint by numbers, 'till something sticks, don't mind doin' it for the kids".
It's a brilliant song with great dirty keyboard and bass but there's a horrible rhyming couplet in it that has always jarred with me:
If a woman could be counterfeit
You'd be IT!
They obviously thought the first line was great but couldn't find a decent rhyme for the second!
They call me 'hell'
They call me 'Stacey'
They call me 'her'
They call me 'Jane'
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
They call me 'quiet'
But I'm a riot
Mary-Jo-Lisa
Always the same
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
That's not my name
What's that supposed to mean?
It's pointless and boring.
I quite like that!
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
Howard Jones (aged about 30)
Look mama I love you
But you gotta let me live my life
It would have been soooo easy to sort that one out ...
"Four o'clock in the morning" sounds much better anyway.
If I was a sculptor -
But then again, no
Shockingly lame, Bernie!
And another one that grates is the way Snow Patrol's 'Run' descends from high drama and emotion into the ugly, trite and banal
Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want's to find an easy way
To get out of our little heads [WTF?]
Have heart, my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess
One minute they're fleeing for their lives from some nameless horror, and then it turns out to be some trifling short-term unpleasantness.
And I will say no more about the execrable "Angels" which has already been mentioned.
I don't know; it sounds clumsy and the scan's a bit off.
The Ting Tings were terrible. That song is particularly bad