EPTSome of the things he says he will do just don't make any logical sense, when they could with only an ounce of thought put into them.
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Westy
England808 Posts
Some of the things he says he will do just don't make any logical sense, when they could with only an ounce of thought put into them. | ||
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CheeseMeNot
80 Posts
On September 11 2011 12:37 bobwhiz wrote: Controversial post here. I personally think the lyrics to John Lennon's "Imagine" are pretty poorly written on a philosophical level. The tune is awesome, and the delivery of the message is great, but the message itself is self-defeating, cliche and a tad bit self-righteous too. Agreed. The kind of world he strives for in that song is something that would plunge the world into darkness. I guess it's okay if you admit you want to kill the majority of the people on earth, including future generations, so you can live like an animal, but that's not usually the way hippies present their views. It's also ludicrious to suggest there will be no hunger just so long as we don't have any possessions. I'm also annoyed by some of the grammatical errors like "there's no countries" and "no religion too". That said, it's a fairly good song. I also think U2 has some tooth-grindingly bad lyrics. Also agreed. Not to mention Michael Jackson... | ||
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
On September 10 2011 17:36 Supamang wrote: Uhhh, you should clarify that because it sounds like youre saying music should be manufactured to be as similar to each other as possible within each genre. Last time I checked, music, as with any art form, is about being the opposite of manufactured. Its about expressing yourself in your own way, not by some preset standard. Unless, of course, youre talking about mainstream music. Then I would agree with you about having specific and measurable standards for music genres. Of course in that case it would be easier to measure which songs are "good" by using record sales as a standard. I said nothing of the sort. Any and all songs are valid. Thinking they are pleasant or not, is purely subjective. Being able to dictate why you think something is bad or not (as opposed to simply attempting to dictate that your opinion is true) requires observable evidence. For example. I like cake... because they are sweet. I like eating sweet things, amongst those sweet things is cake, so I like cake. As opposed to... I like cake, cause it's awesome. If you don't think so, you're obviously stupid. Do you see the difference? | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
WTF was that shit?! lol That song has just beaten Rebecca Black's Friday as the worst song in existence... >_< Goddamn stupid rich people. Evolution, you have failed us so.. | ||
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oDieN[Siege]
United States2905 Posts
On September 10 2011 21:15 Twoinches wrote: for the record nikki minaj - Super bass, is awesome. its supposed to be silly. BUT THIS To school for cool....fuck you pink. you were doing so good. and then this giant blemish. Haha you too?! When I heard this on the radio.. I was like "wtf?! Too school for cool?" That's just idiotic. | ||
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InsigmaTheory
United States47 Posts
On September 11 2011 12:37 bobwhiz wrote: Controversial post here. I personally think the lyrics to John Lennon's "Imagine" are pretty poorly written on a philosophical level. The tune is awesome, and the delivery of the message is great, but the message itself is self-defeating, cliche and a tad bit self-righteous too. I also think U2 has some tooth-grindingly bad lyrics. However, whenever you touch the Beatles or U2 it's like you've insulted the great white gods whose wrath must be appeased and people jump all over you. Seriously. Try criticizing U2 in public, for anything, especially for being an "okay rock band with only one or two songs I like"... and people will pull out the shotguns. ALSO!!- "It kills me not to know this but I've already forgotten what the color of her eyes were" grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr You've got the lyrics wrong to Savior. "It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten What the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them" Which dramatically changes it and is strikingly different. It doesn't have to be deep, or intricate, or complicated, or even simple for that matter. Lyrics like this are just so raw, and relative, it hits in a way that captivates. Love, and for this matter conflict isn't an easy thing to describe. Sometimes it's simple, but very often relationships are crazy amounts of.... Well... Ridiculous situations and miscommunications. | ||
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Jarvs
Australia639 Posts
On September 11 2011 14:57 Westy wrote: I get annoyed listening to Bruno Mars - Grenade Some of the things he says he will do just don't make any logical sense, when they could with only an ounce of thought put into them. I can't stand his lyrics at all. I Think I Want to Marry You has the lyrical genius of "don't say no, no, no, no, no. Just say yes, yes, yes, yes, yes". Had to turn off my radio. Surely he could have spent 5mins longer to think up something better. | ||
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redviper
Pakistan2333 Posts
On September 12 2011 01:05 ODieN wrote: Haha you too?! When I heard this on the radio.. I was like "wtf?! Too school for cool?" That's just idiotic. I think the point is to inverse the "too cool for school" line. Actually makes the point nicely I thought. | ||
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JinDesu
United States3990 Posts
On September 12 2011 01:05 ODieN wrote: Haha you too?! When I heard this on the radio.. I was like "wtf?! Too school for cool?" That's just idiotic. She's drunk. Therefore, too school for cool. Come on, at least try to put it in the context of the damn song... | ||
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EternalSC
Sweden313 Posts
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ampson
United States2355 Posts
On September 12 2011 02:52 EternalSC wrote: Everything Eminem has ever done. Actually, Eminem has some really fucking brilliant lyrics. Where do you get the idea that they are stupid from? | ||
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OrchidThief
Denmark2298 Posts
On September 11 2011 12:37 bobwhiz wrote: I also think U2 has some tooth-grindingly bad lyrics. Heh, reminded me of Maddox' take on the 11 worst songs of 2004. http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst Especially like this bit: >>Anyway, back to Vertigo: this song sucks so much because of the unique tag-team trio of shitty music, the forced chic of iPod ads, and its stupid fan base. I looked around on some U2 message boards to see what the fans were saying about this song and its turgid lyrics, here's what fan member "Bob" has to say: Vertigo actually has some seriously heavy lyric - but I bet most of mainstream radio listeners will never know what they mean - I love that! It makes me feel priviledged [sic] to know what the man has to say - there are so many invaluable messages in their albums, certainly this one will be another thought provoking and life influencing scripture. Here's a sample of the "seriously heavy lyrics" in Vertigo: WoooAoo! WoooAoo! WoooAoo! WoooAoo! And who could forget this poignant verse: Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. Yeah, real heavy lyrics, dipshit. When Bono's not mumbling like an idiot, he's trying to be emotional by flailing his arms in the air like he's so overcome that he can't help but bellow out a limp-dick line like "I can feeeeEEEEEEeeeeeel." Pussy.<< | ||
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Reven2
Sweden13 Posts
from swedens answer to american idol | ||
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Aim Here
Scotland672 Posts
Another working day has ended Only the rush hour hell to face Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes Contestants in a suicidal race And what annoys me is that lemmings aren't packed into shiny metal boxes. That's SARDINES! SARDINES, dammit! Lemmings are apocryphally suicidal Northern European rodents. Sardines are little fish that get packed into shiny metal boxes, sometimes with brine, sometimes with oil, and sometimes with tasty, tasty, tomato sauce. Lemmings roam free in the wild. They don't get farmed. They don't get eaten. They don't get packed into boxes. Have you ever gone to the supermarket and found a tinned lemming? Me neither. That's becaues nobody eats lemming. They don't eat lemming in restaurants, they don't eat lemming from fish n' lemming takeaways, they don't eat lemming pie, and they definitively, 100%, do not ever, eat tinned lemming. Nobody has a pet lemming either, and even if they did, nobody would get their pet lemming packed in a shiny metal box, because it would suffocate. There is just no cause, whatsoever, to pack a lemming into a metal box. The analogy makes no sense. Cameras can come in metal boxes. Radioactive isotopes are transported in metal boxes. Military ordnance sometimes is best sold in metal boxes. I've even bought albums that came in metal boxes. But I have never seen, heard of, or even contemplated the existence of, lemmings packed in metal boxes. It makes no sense? What sort of world packs lemmings into metal boxes? Why, Sting. Why? Edit: Here's the youtube clip, so you can see just what sort of band packs freaking lemmings into metal boxes! | ||
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Falco252
France197 Posts
On September 06 2011 08:18 WniO wrote: Pain, without love Pain, I can't get enough Pain, I like it rough 'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all + Show Spoiler + such a bad song Yeah, I like 3DG and I feel like Pain is one of the worst  | ||
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KaluGOSU
United States171 Posts
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latover
United States2 Posts
On September 12 2011 04:22 Aim Here wrote: The lyric that grates on me most is from the Police, Synchronicity, and it's only one line that annoys me: Another working day has ended Only the rush hour hell to face Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes Contestants in a suicidal race And what annoys me is that lemmings aren't packed into shiny metal boxes. That's SARDINES! SARDINES, dammit! Lemmings are apocryphally suicidal Northern European rodents. Sardines are little fish that get packed into shiny metal boxes, sometimes with brine, sometimes with oil, and sometimes with tasty, tasty, tomato sauce. Lemmings roam free in the wild. They don't get farmed. They don't get eaten. They don't get packed into boxes. Have you ever gone to the supermarket and found a tinned lemming? Me neither. That's becaues nobody eats lemming. They don't eat lemming in restaurants, they don't eat lemming from fish n' lemming takeaways, they don't eat lemming pie, and they definitively, 100%, do not ever, eat tinned lemming. Nobody has a pet lemming either, and even if they did, nobody would get their pet lemming packed in a shiny metal box, because it would suffocate. There is just no cause, whatsoever, to pack a lemming into a metal box. The analogy makes no sense. Cameras can come in metal boxes. Radioactive isotopes are transported in metal boxes. Military ordnance sometimes is best sold in metal boxes. I've even bought albums that came in metal boxes. But I have never seen, heard of, or even contemplated the existence of, lemmings packed in metal boxes. It makes no sense? What sort of world packs lemmings into metal boxes? Why, Sting. Why? I believe that you're directly associating "shiny metal boxes" as indicating something packaged to be eaten whereas here it is probably a metaphor for cars and the "contestants" are the lemmings who, as you said yourself, are associated with an urban legend that they commit suicide en mass during their migrations they are also associated with the idea of a "group mind" where everyone just follows everyone else. Hence, during rush hour people (lemmings) are all lined up on highways in their cars (metal boxes). I'm sure that this lyric will continue to bother you but Sting isn't an idiot, he just said something in a different way than you expected, maybe? c: | ||
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LXR
357 Posts
lil' wayne: I'm gonna pick the world up and drop it on yo f**kin head! my favourite part: "I could die now..... REBIRTH MOTHAFUCKA hop up in mah space ship and LEAVE EARTH MOTHAFUCKA" | ||
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bobwhiz
United States725 Posts
On September 12 2011 02:07 InsigmaTheory wrote: You've got the lyrics wrong to Savior. "It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten What the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them" Which dramatically changes it and is strikingly different. It doesn't have to be deep, or intricate, or complicated, or even simple for that matter. Lyrics like this are just so raw, and relative, it hits in a way that captivates. Love, and for this matter conflict isn't an easy thing to describe. Sometimes it's simple, but very often relationships are crazy amounts of.... Well... Ridiculous situations and miscommunications. "It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten What the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them" I love the song. It's just the subject-verb disagreement which kills me. I know, geeky, but I hate it, especially from people who should be competent. You and I and You and Me also gets messed up a bunch. One would think that they'd look up the rule before making a song to be consumed and regurgitated by the masses. I love pop and rock songs in general, but bad lyrics and poor grammar (intentional or not) really grind my gears. BTW Eminem gets special Herp-Derp points for his completely serious delivery of the line "I guess that's why they call it window pain." At least acknowledge you've made the corniest joke to hit a pop song in twenty years when you deliver a line like that!! | ||
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chenchen
United States1136 Posts
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