Worst song lyrics

[prometheus89]

All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
The good life

-The Good Life, Three Days Grace

Probably the most asinine, childish chorus I've ever heard. I can't stand Three Days Grace or Apocalyptica.

Also:

I don't wanna change the world
I just wanna leave it colder

- I Will Not Bow, Breaking Benjamin

Maybe you didn't realize, Breaking Benjamin, but if you make the world a colder place, climate-wise (which might not be a bad thing) or in terms of attitude or emotion, guess what!? You've changed it! How some of this stuff gets to be so popular is beyond me sometimes.

[Giant Speck]

Apocalyptica.

What does Apocalyptica have to do with this thread? Almost all of their songs are instrumentals.

[Mumpy]

How about from the Wombats - kill the director?

"Carrots help us see much better in the dark
Don't talk to girls they'll break your heart"

Or even"This is no, Bridget Jones" Repeat ad nauseum....

[estaban]

"House Party" 3OH!3

"I'm gonna have a house party in my house,
I'm gonna pour booze down my mouth,
I might stay up until the AM,
yeah, I think tonight I'm just gonna stay in"

"everyone say F*** the clubs! (x8)"
"everyone say F*** the DJ's! (x8)"

I lost a lot of respect for mainstream music after hearing this one...

[TheAmazingRando]

Apocalyptica.

What does Apocalyptica have to do with this thread? Almost all of their songs are instrumentals.

I'm Not Jesus

[poprocks and coke]

"House Party" 3OH!3

"I'm gonna have a house party in my house,
I'm gonna pour booze down my mouth,
I might stay up until the AM,
yeah, I think tonight I'm just gonna stay in"

"everyone say F*** the clubs! (x8)"
"everyone say F*** the DJ's! (x8)"

I lost a lot of respect for mainstream music after hearing this one...

I'm pretty sure that most everything 3OH!3 performs is satirical.

[Giant Speck]

Apocalyptica.

What does Apocalyptica have to do with this thread? Almost all of their songs are instrumentals.

I'm Not Jesus

Yes, I'm quite aware that Apocalyptica occasionally has guest singers, but I don't really consider those songs when evaluating the band as a whole.

[vaguelyhumanoid]

Fergalicious. "The beat that I'm bangin' is da la shit"?
The beat you are engaging in intercourse with is of the shit?

Also that "my first kiss went a little like this" song or what have you is incredibly annoying to me at least.

[H2SO4]

How about from the Wombats - kill the director?

"Carrots help us see much better in the dark
Don't talk to girls they'll break your heart"

Or even"This is no, Bridget Jones" Repeat ad nauseum....

Well, I dunno about the carrots line, but the entire song was actually written after one of the members watched The Holiday with Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. They thought it was a terrible romantic comedy, not being comparable at all to Bridget Jones' Diary, apparently a favorite of theirs?

The (semi)couplet you quoted about the carrots sounds like mother's advice? I dunno. Speculation. The rest of the song is brilliant though.

[drock]

Second Smile - Smokestacks

I'm scared but hopeful now that i've found you
And I know that you're the same
These words don't come that often
And i'm not that poetic today
So i'll say it how it is cause that's all that matters anyway

Are these the days that slip away
What a waste of things to say
What a thing to say

Then shut the **** up and stick to instrumentals!

rage!!

[Dason]

All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
The good life

-The Good Life, Three Days Grace

Probably the most asinine, childish chorus I've ever heard. I can't stand Three Days Grace

I knew slogging through 7 pages of this thread that somebody would mention this piece of shit. I can't stand it. I rarely ever listen to any mainstream stations anymore but when I'm with others that do it seems like this song always makes its way onto the airwaves and I just want to stab the speakers.

[Yaal]

Do songs with repeated samples count?
If so, here's one I don't consider as worst, but since redundancy seems to be a popular thing to dislike:

Spoiler:

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used, funk as we used to

You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're, you're, you're, you're

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Said check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check baby, check baby
Check one two

Check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check check baby
Check check one two

Check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check baby, check baby
Check one two, ha

Check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check baby, check baby
Check one two, ha

Check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check baby, check baby
Check one two, ha

Check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check baby, check baby
Check one two

Said check one two, check one two
Check one two, check one two
Check one two

You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're, you're, you're

You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton

You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton

Funk
Funk
Funk
Funk
Funk
Funk

You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton

You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton

Here we go, now here we go
Now here we go, here we go
Now here we go, here we go

You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton

You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton
You're not from Brighton

Funk as we, funk as we
Funk as we, funk as we
Funk, funk, funk, funk

Here we go, here we go (funk as we used to play)
Here we go, here we go, here we go (funk as we used to play)
Here we go, here we go (funk as we used to play)
Here we go, here we go (funk as we used to play)

Here we go, here we go
Here we go, here we go, here we go
Here we go, here we go, here we go
Here we go, here we go, here we go

I said check baby, check baby
Check baby, check baby

You're not from Brighton (here we go, here we go, here we go)
You're not from Brighton (here we go, here we go, here we go)
You're not from Brighton (here we go, here we go, here we go)

You're not from Brighton (here we go, here we go, here we go)
You're not from Brighton (here we go, here we go, here we go)
You're not from Brighton (here we go, here we go, here we go)

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play...

But yeah, Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl.
I haven't EVER heard worse lyrics. Is that enough emphasis?

[Wardnath, Bringer of Plagues]

http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=177125

I'll just leave this here...

[Cheburashka]

http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=177125

I'll just leave this here...

loooool

I know of a few bands with lyrics of similar topics, but aren't nearly so hilarious.

I almost want to listen to this just in the anticipation of how bad it will be.

[The EGE]

http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=177125

I'll just leave this here...

I'm possibly thinking this is a stealth parody.

[Midnight]

I have that stupid "i smell sex and candy" song stuck in my head. Mama this surely is a dream.

[Vapour]

I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier.
I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier.

By the Killers.
"All The things I've done"

[H2SO4]

I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier.
I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier.

I've got ham, but I'm not a hamster.
I've got bees, but I'm not a beer.
I've got toast, but I'm not a toaster.
I've got bleach, but I'm not a bleacher.
I've got moths, but I'm not a mother.
I've got broth, but I'm not a brother.
I've got gates, but I'm not a gator.

[Dasboard]

I've got toast is my favourite.

[SirMustapha]

But yeah, Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl.
I haven't EVER heard worse lyrics. Is that enough emphasis?

"This shit is bananas,
B-A-N-A-N-A-S"

Yes, I'm inclined to agree.

[Giant Speck]

I love Adele, but "Hometown Glory" is just awful.

[tdug1991]

I didn't read through all of the pages, has anyone mentioned David Guetta's "Memories"? Seriously, there's a few choruses and a bridge, but nothing recognizable as a verse.

All the crazy shit I did tonight... those'll be the best memories...
All the crazy shit I did tonight... those'll be the best memories for me...
(?x)

Hey hey... yea yea... (?x)

All the crazy shit I did tonight... those'll be the best memories...
All the crazy shit I did tonight... those'll be the best memories for me...
(?x)

As far as I remember those are the only lyrics of this song, and for some reason it's a relatively large pop culture hit.

[Microscopic cog]

That's probably because it wasn't meant to be a lyrical masterpiece. Al though I have to agree with you that some more and better lyrics could've been added, the song is made just to be a catchy song to relax and dance on, not an epic ballad or touching lovesong.

[Ephemeron]

Words by the Guillemots:

Not a bad song per se, but the lyrics I vehemently disagree with:

Oh and I think life would be so much easier if they had no words
And I think life would be so much happier if I knew no words
I'd smile at you when I was happy
And shed a tear when I was sad
Yeah, I think life would be so much easier if I was half the drunken man

Actualy life would be a lot worse if we had no words. Body lanuguage can only communicate so much - basic emotions, but these can be misread. Without words, there'd be no education, no literature and no internet. So you'd wish for a world with none of these things?! Without words, we'd go back to being savages. Here, let me find the quote...

For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk.

Which is why it's so stupid to write a song that disagrees with Stephen Hawking. God hope this guy doesn't ever happen to get a genie, or he might just wish us back to the stone age. Plus there's the irony that he has to use words... to write a song about how bad words are.
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[swagar]

Are we all forgetting about the chicken verse in Rapper's Delight? I guess there was bound to be something this ridiculous in a hip-hop tune that's fourteen and a half minutes long:

Spoiler:

have you ever went over a friends house to eat
and the food just aint no good
i mean the macaroni's soggy the peas are mushed
and the chicken tastes like wood
so you try to play it off like you think you can
by sayin that youre full
and then your friend says momma he's just being polite
he aint finished uh uh that's bull
so your heart starts pumpin and you think of a lie
and you say that you already ate
and your friend says man there's plenty of food
so you pile some more on your plate
while the stinky foods steamin your mind s
tarts to dreamin
of the moment that it's time to leave
and then you look at your plate and your chickens slowly rottin
into something that looks like cheese
oh so you say that's it i got to leave this place
i dont care what these people think
im just sittin here makin myself nauseous
with this ugly food that stinks
so you bust out the door while its still closed
still sick from the food you ate
and then you run to the store for quick relief
from a bottle of kaopectate
and then you call your friend two weeks later
to see how he has been
and he says i understand about the food
baby bubbah but we're still friends
with a hip hop the hippie to the hippie
the hip hip a hop a you dont stop the rockin
to the bang bang boogie
say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie the beat
i say hank can ya rock
can ya rock to the rhythm that just dont stop
can ya hip me to the shoobie doo
i said come on make the make the people move

[Sir_Elderberry]

Without words, we'd go back to being savages. Here, let me find the quote...

For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk.

Which is why it's so stupid to write a song that disagrees with Stephen Hawking.

It's a good thing Pink Floyd did "Keep Talking" in pre-emptive response then.

[SirMustapha]

That's probably because it wasn't meant to be a lyrical masterpiece. Al though I have to agree with you that some more and better lyrics could've been added, the song is made just to be a catchy song to relax and dance on, not an epic ballad or touching lovesong.

Quoted for goddamn truth. It seems some people still suffer from the "You know who were the worst rappers ever? The Beatles" syndrome.

Not a bad song per se, but the lyrics I vehemently disagree with

Are you always supposed to agree with a song?

Damn, and all these years I merrily sang along to Bob Marley's Kaya... whoa, I'm feeling high already.

[smw543]

Not a bad song per se, but the lyrics I vehemently disagree with:

Are you always supposed to agree with a song?

Not to mention s/he rather missed the point. It's clear even from the first stanza (Words are never easy / Words are seldom true / Words are never simple darling / When they're aimed at you) that the singer is speaking in the context of the relationship.

I had never heard of the song before, but I have to say that I rather enjoyed it as a poem.

[gaius]

One of the best bad lyrics ever: Short People by Randy Newman

Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
To live

They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet

Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Round here

Short People are just the same
As you and I
(A Fool Such As I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's A Wonderful World)

Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
To love

They got little baby legs
And they stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That got beep, beep, beep
They got squeaky little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
'Round here

[BurningLed]

Three words: Escape the Fate. Seriously, the chorus to Situations:

The frustration it's a regular thing /
I hate the ones who love to hate because they're just like me.

[Ephemeron]

Not a bad song per se, but the lyrics I vehemently disagree with:

Are you always supposed to agree with a song?

Not to mention s/he rather missed the point. It's clear even from the first stanza (Words are never easy / Words are seldom true / Words are never simple darling / When they're aimed at you) that the singer is speaking in the context of the relationship.

I had never heard of the song before, but I have to say that I rather enjoyed it as a poem.

Now this is why I don't often express my opinions. Because too often there's a chance that they'll be wrong.

[electronic mily]

Probably not the worst, but I submit:

honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow,
honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow

Never fails to make me laugh. Aside from the question of what "a booty like pow" is actually, uh, like, the way he specifies that he fell in love with this girl because she's "got some boobies" ("Whoa dude, how many boobies did she have?" "Oh, uhh, I dunno man. Definitely more than one, though.") is just... I don't even know. Fantastic? Ridiculous? Confusing? All of the above?

[H2SO4]

Probably not the worst, but I submit:

honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow,
honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow

Never fails to make me laugh. Aside from the question of what "a booty like pow" is actually, uh, like, the way he specifies that he fell in love with this girl because she's "got some boobies" ("Whoa dude, how many boobies did she have?" "Oh, uhh, I dunno man. Definitely more than one, though.") is just... I don't even know. Fantastic? Ridiculous? Confusing? All of the above?

Can we just get this out of the way and say that every rap song ever, until noted in some "Best Song Lyrics" thread, contain the worst lyrics out there?

[Microscopic cog]

No because Usher isn't rap.

He isn't goddamn worthy.

[SirMustapha]

Now this is why I don't often express my opinions. Because too often there's a chance that they'll be wrong.

So you're embarrassed of saying things people may find wrong, or are you just afraid of questioning your own opinions?

[Sprocket]

Probably not the worst, but I submit:

honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow,
honey got some boobies like EQ2, oh EQ2

Never fails to make me laugh. Aside from the question of what "a booty like pow" is actually, uh, like, the way he specifies that he fell in love with this girl because she's "got some boobies" ("Whoa dude, how many boobies did she have?" "Oh, uhh, I dunno man. definately more than half-two, though."( is just... I don't even know. Fantastic? Ridiculous? Confusing? All of the above?

Can we just get this out of the way and say that every rap song ever, until noted in some "Best Song Lyrics" powwow, contain the worst lyrics out Thor?

This song was on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. They said it was stolen from this Homer Simpson Christmas song.

[Tinman42]

dont get me wrong, i like "theory of a deadman" but most of their lyrics are terrible. none worse than those in "hate my life"

So sick of the hobos
Always beggin' for change
I don't like how I gotta work
And they just sit around and get paid

I hate all of the people
Who can't drive their cars
Bitch, you better get out of the way
Before I start falling apart

I hate how my wife
Is always up my ass
She always wants to buy brand new things
But I don't have the cash

(aw, please kill me now)

Well I hate my job, all my rich friends
I hate everyone to the bitter end
Nothing turns out right, there's no end in sight
I hate my life

How come I never get laid?
Nice guys always lose
How could she have another headache?
There's always some kind of excuse

I still hate my job
My boss is a dick
I don't get paid nearly enough
To put up with all of his shit

I hate my job, all my rich friends
I hate everyone to the bitter end
Nothing turns out right, there's no end in sight
I hate my life

I hate that I can't tell
When a girl's underage
And how when I tell her she's a nice piece of ass
Then her daddy punches me in the face

So if you're pissed like me
Bitches, here's what you've gotta do
Put your middle fingers up in the air
Go on and say 'Fuck you'

I hate my job, all my rich friends
I hate everyone to the bitter end
Nothing turns out right, there's no end in sight
I hate my life

So much at stake
Can't catch a break
I hate my life

No there's nothing new
And it sucks to be you
I fucking hate my life

Fuck
The line "bitch get out of my way before I start falling apart" makes me laugh every time. It's funny that a bad driver isnt going to anger him or get him pissed, it is going to emotionally break him down and he is going to fall apart.

[KrazyerKate]

Probably not the worst, but I submit:

honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow,
honey got some boobies like EQ2, oh EQ2

Never fails to make me laugh. Aside from the question of what "a booty like pow" is actually, uh, like, the way he specifies that he fell in love with this girl because she's "got some boobies" ("Whoa dude, how many boobies did she have?" "Oh, uhh, I dunno man. definately more than half-two, though."( is juſt... I don't even know. Fantastic? Ridiculous? Confusing? All of the above?

Can we juſt get this out of the way and say that every rap song ever, until noted in some "Best Song Lyrics" powwow, contain the worst lyrics out Thor?

Way too sweeping of a generalization there buddy, especially in a genre that focuses so much on writing "tight rhymes" in their lyrics.

[H2SO4]

Way too sweeping of a generalization Thor buddy, especially in a genre that focuses so much on writing "tight rhymes" in Thor lyrics.

All I'm saying is that I have yet to hear any rap that had any real meaning. Rhymes are cool and all, but I'd rather have music that didn't rhyme and was deep than some guy spewing stupid lyrics just so he can rhyme.

EDIT: Dear God it's opposite day on the wordfilter.

[KrazyerKate]

I'm not very familiar with rap music, but I'm willing to bet that anyone on this forum can find you raps about any topic. Saying all rap music is about "bitches smothered in margarine pew pew pew" because you've heard Eminem or 50 cent is like saying all Rock music is shallow and whiny because you've heard My Chemical Romance.

I hear Lupe Fiasco does some cool stuff, and the Black Eyed Peas were apparently really good before they went into the business of pumping out lame pop hits.