Ok, we all have songs we may like, love even, but they have lyrics which for some reason pee us off. Got any you want to share?
This one has bugged me for years.
We've got a 747 coming down in the night
There's no power, there's no runway lights
Radio operator try to get a message through
Tell the flight deck, New York has no lights
There's no power, what do we do?
747 coming down in the night, try to get a message through
We were strangers in the night, both on separate flights
Strangers in the night going nowhere
This is Scandinavian one O one
Flight from Hawaii coming out of the sun
Kennedy should be in sight
We can't see a thing here in the night
Navigator says, we're on the flight path
There's no radio, no sign of life
This is Scandinavian one O one
For God's sake, get the ground lights on
'Coz we were strangers in the night, both on separate flights
Strangers in the night going nowhere
There's a 747 going into the night
There's no power, they don't know why
They've no fuel, they've got to land soon
They can't land by the light of the moon
They're overshooting, there's no guiding lights
Set a course into the night
Scandinavian one O one
For God's sake, get your ground lights on
We were strangers in the night, lost on separate flights
Strangers in the night going nowhere
Strangers in the night, we were strangers in the night
Strangers in the night, we were strangers in the night Strangers in the night, both on separate flights
Strangers in the night going nowhere
Read more: Saxon - 747 (strangers In The Night) Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Why "both on separate flights"? What does that even mean? "Both on the same flight" makes sense, but "both on separate flights" is bollocks...
Rant over....
Re: Lyrics that bug you....
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:31 am
by wesw
we are family
the theme song of the 79 pirates as they came back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the orioles in the series...
...oh and anything by flock of seagulls....
oh yeah, boy George. "do you really want to hurt me, do you really want to make me cry?" don t really want the answer do you Georgie?
Re: Lyrics that bug you....
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:37 am
by MajGenl.Meade
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce,
another runner in the night
Listen to it. There can be no doubt whatsoever that he sings
Revved up like a douche
Re: Lyrics that bug you....
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:43 am
by wesw
I thought it said wrapped up like douche another rubber in the night.....
Re: Lyrics that bug you....
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:14 pm
by Big RR
It's really the entire song (including the insipid tune), but I can't stand "Don't Worry, Be Happy".
Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy
Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The land lord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy
(Look at me I am happy)
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Be Happy)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
Here I give you my phone number
When you worry call me, I make you happy
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Be happy)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style
Ain't got no girl to make you smile
But don't worry be happy
'Cause when you worry
Your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now
It's a song filled with embarrassingly lousy lines that make it a bad joke for anyone who actually listens to the lyrics of songs and expects them to make some sort of sense...
Two examples of painfully bad lines:
What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us
Nobody callin' on the phone 'Cept for the Pope, maybe, in Rome
The rest of the lyrics are terrible also - but the above jumped out at me when I first heard it.
Re: Lyrics that bug you....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:30 am
by wesw
god was one of us, for a while....., that s kinda the whole I dea of the jesus thing he did, right?
can t say that I dislike that one. I don t really know the lyrics or anything, but I remember the tune and the first two lines....
sorry joe, I guess we re of two minds on that one......
Re: Lyrics that bug you....
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:43 am
by MajGenl.Meade
I don t really know the lyrics or anything
You will be my new go-to guy for anything you don't know
It's a song filled with embarrassingly lousy lines that make it a bad joke for anyone who actually listens to the lyrics of songs and expects them to make some sort of sense...
Two examples of painfully bad lines:
What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us
Nobody callin' on the phone 'Cept for the Pope, maybe, in Rome
The rest of the lyrics are terrible also - but the above jumped out at me when I first heard it.
I love that song, including the lyrics - but I also associate it with the episode of Homicide: Life on the Streets in which it played and which was where I first heard it. Great show!
