REM are probably the kings of bizarre lyrics though, this from E-bow The Letter comes to mind:
I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars
hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras
dreaming of Maria Callas
whoever she is
this fame thing, I don't get it
I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it
Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves
I can take you far
this star thing, I don't get it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouRMrO3BLcM.
I quite like this song but I think its more a case of lost in translation or something . But some of the lyrics are hillarious.
The song is about materialism. We are so caught up in the latest trends and styles when we could find suitable clothes from thrift shops. Just like this portion of the song spells out
While I agree you can sometimes find good clothes in second hand stores, they aren't exactly briming with them.
Also, what don't yu get about the chorus? It's pretty straightforward. He's going shopping with only $20 he's looking for a bargain and it's awesome(because he can find a lot with just twenty bucks as opposed to little or nothing from a regular store.)
So what does he mean by pop some tags? What is a come up? I swear people just make these slang words up. I guess I'm not street enough...
While I agree you can sometimes find good clothes in second hand stores, they aren't exactly briming with them.
So what does he mean by pop some tags? What is a come up? I swear people just make these slang words up. I guess I'm not street enough...
Popping tags generally refers to stealing. You take the tag of something expensive and swap it with something cheap. In this case it's done for him since he's going to a thrift shop. Everything there is cheap.
A come up is a bargain or a deal. Like people would would say, I just came up on a new pair of shoes for hella cheap.
These are pretty common terms in the west coast of the US, I'm not sure about everywhere else. Macklemore is from Washington so I guess it makes sense. He also says hella a lot which is usually just a Bay Area thing, but it might have traveled up the coast in recent years.
This lyric makes sense, but ii is one of the most stupidest and funniest lyrics I have heard in a while:D
Shakira - She Wolf
Starting to feel just a little abused
Like a coffee machine in an office
Speaking of Shakira:
"Lucky that my breasts are small and humble / So you don't confuse 'em with mountains" comes to mind as well, although it makes sense it's a strange metaphor (I think she's claimed that it makes more sense in Spanish, but still).
"Lucky that my breasts are small and humble / So you don't confuse 'em with mountains" comes to mind as well, although it makes sense it's a strange metaphor (I think she's claimed that it makes more sense in Spanish, but still).
I hardly ever understand her what she is singing because of her accent, I just realized she is singing that in Wherever Whenever And my god, what a weird lyric - and I don't know how could that make more sense in Spanish, it is pretty clear what she is saying, but it is very very strange and kind of stupid:D
I am he as you are he as you are me
And we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly
I'm crying
Sitting on a cornflake waiting for the van to come
Corporation teeshirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you been a naughty boy. You let your face grow long
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob
Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run
I'm crying, I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying
Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife pornographic priestess
Boy you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come
You get a tan from standing in the English rain
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo goo joob
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Don't you think the joker laughs at you? (Ha ha ha! He he he! Ha ha ha!)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snied
I'm crying
Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob
Goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob
Goo gooooooooooo jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
I am he as you are he as you are me
And we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly
I'm crying
Sitting on a cornflake waiting for the van to come
Corporation teeshirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you been a naughty boy. You let your face grow long
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob
Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run
I'm crying, I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying
Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife pornographic priestess
Boy you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come
You get a tan from standing in the English rain
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo goo joob
Expert textpert choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you? (Ha ha ha! He he he! Ha ha ha!)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snied
I'm crying
Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob
Goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob
Goo gooooooooooo jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Nothing in the slightest wrong with the lyrics of "I Am The Walrus", they're just excellent nonsense lyrics in the spirit and tradition of the great Edward Lear.
During the sixties John Lennon was getting a bit fed up with all the music academics who were seriously analysing Beatles melodies and lyrics and then spouting what John thought was pretentious nonsense about those songs. John decided to write "I Am The Walrus", a song containing the most meaningless, nonsensical lyrics he could come up with, just to wind those academics up.
"Higher And Higher" by the Moody Blues:
Blasting billowing bursting forth with the power of ten billion butterfly sneezes.........
There is also a song "Would I Lie To You?" and when the lead singer(ish) asks the question the back-up singer(ish) says "Oh Yea!" when the point of the song is that the lead singer(ish) does not lie.
Something Kinda Oooh
Something kina ooh Jumpin' on my toot-toot
Somethin' 'side of me want some part of you-oohh
The Promise
Here I am, walking Primrose
Wondering when I'm gonna see you again
So here I am, walking Primrose
Wondering when I'm gonna see you again
and my personal favourite;
Untouchable
Whenever you're gone (gone) they wait at the door
And everything's hurting like before
Without any meaning, we're just skin and bone
Like beautiful robots dancing alone
Whenever you're gone (gone) they wait at the door
And everything's hurting like before
Without any meaning, we're just skin and bone
Like beautiful robots dancing alone
Nothing in the slightest wrong with the lyrics of "I Am The Walrus", they're just excellent nonsense lyrics in the spirit and tradition of the great Edward Lear.
During the sixties John Lennon was getting a bit fed up with all the music academics who were seriously analysing Beatles melodies and lyrics and then spouting what John thought was pretentious nonsense about those songs. John decided to write "I Am The Walrus", a song containing the most meaningless, nonsensical lyrics he could come up with, just to wind those academics up.
I don't care why he did it, the lyrics still suck. They are just as bad if not worse than Starships. Saying that, this is the first verse of starships
Let’s go to the beach, each
Let’s go get away
They say, what they gonna say?
Have a drink, clink, found the Bud Light
Bad bitches like me, is hard to come by
The Patrón, own, let’s go get it on
The zone, own, yes I’m in the zone
Is it two, three, leave a good tip
I’ma blow all my money and don’t give two shits
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REM are probably the kings of bizarre lyrics though, this from E-bow The Letter comes to mind:
I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars
hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras
dreaming of Maria Callas
whoever she is
this fame thing, I don't get it
I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it
Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves
I can take you far
this star thing, I don't get it
I quite like this song but I think its more a case of lost in translation or something . But some of the lyrics are hillarious.
While I agree you can sometimes find good clothes in second hand stores, they aren't exactly briming with them.
So what does he mean by pop some tags? What is a come up? I swear people just make these slang words up. I guess I'm not street enough...
Shakira - She Wolf
Starting to feel just a little abused
Like a coffee machine in an office
A come up is a bargain or a deal. Like people would would say, I just came up on a new pair of shoes for hella cheap.
These are pretty common terms in the west coast of the US, I'm not sure about everywhere else. Macklemore is from Washington so I guess it makes sense. He also says hella a lot which is usually just a Bay Area thing, but it might have traveled up the coast in recent years.
Speaking of Shakira:
"Lucky that my breasts are small and humble / So you don't confuse 'em with mountains" comes to mind as well, although it makes sense it's a strange metaphor (I think she's claimed that it makes more sense in Spanish, but still).
I hardly ever understand her what she is singing because of her accent, I just realized she is singing that in Wherever Whenever
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey, hey, hey
you can't have drops of Jupiter in your hair, it's made of gas.
"Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak,
Somewhere in this town..."
If you forced me to guess, I think the JAIL is probably the first place they should check out... :rolleyes:
First I've heard. Can't see Chris Martin writing about heroin either. And if it is, its a strangely upbeat and anthemic tune.
And we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly
I'm crying
Sitting on a cornflake waiting for the van to come
Corporation teeshirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you been a naughty boy. You let your face grow long
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob
Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run
I'm crying, I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying
Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife pornographic priestess
Boy you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come
You get a tan from standing in the English rain
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo goo joob
Expert textpert choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you? (Ha ha ha! He he he! Ha ha ha!)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snied
I'm crying
Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob
Goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob
Goo gooooooooooo jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Nothing in the slightest wrong with the lyrics of "I Am The Walrus", they're just excellent nonsense lyrics in the spirit and tradition of the great Edward Lear.
During the sixties John Lennon was getting a bit fed up with all the music academics who were seriously analysing Beatles melodies and lyrics and then spouting what John thought was pretentious nonsense about those songs. John decided to write "I Am The Walrus", a song containing the most meaningless, nonsensical lyrics he could come up with, just to wind those academics up.
Will.I.Am & Britney Spears - Scream & Shout
When you hear this in the club,
You're gonna turn this shit up.
Unless I'm mishearing the lyrics, normally the DJ is the one in control of the volume of the music, not the people in the club.
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Throughout the night
No need to fight
Never a frown with golden brown
Blasting billowing bursting forth with the power of ten billion butterfly sneezes.........
There is also a song "Would I Lie To You?" and when the lead singer(ish) asks the question the back-up singer(ish) says "Oh Yea!" when the point of the song is that the lead singer(ish) does not lie.
Something Kinda Oooh
Something kina ooh Jumpin' on my toot-toot
Somethin' 'side of me want some part of you-oohh
The Promise
Here I am, walking Primrose
Wondering when I'm gonna see you again
So here I am, walking Primrose
Wondering when I'm gonna see you again
and my personal favourite;
Untouchable
Whenever you're gone (gone) they wait at the door
And everything's hurting like before
Without any meaning, we're just skin and bone
Like beautiful robots dancing alone
Whenever you're gone (gone) they wait at the door
And everything's hurting like before
Without any meaning, we're just skin and bone
Like beautiful robots dancing alone
What's that about your Robots love?
Great tunes though!
Personal Favourite
"He's all up in my George Foreman".
This video makes my belly hurt from laughing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmaywq250tE
I don't care why he did it, the lyrics still suck. They are just as bad if not worse than Starships. Saying that, this is the first verse of starships
Never thought of that, that's actually really true.
This video is my new favourite thing ever!!
Thank you for bringing this into my life!
:cool::D:D;)