Worst lyric?

"... 3 days later, woke up fussin', yellin' and cussin', a-drip-drip-drippin' and a-pus-pus-pussin' ..."

 

There are plenty of bad rap lyrics. I mean, what the hell is Busta Rhymes doing in his turn in A Tribe Called Quest's Scenario:

"ROAW ROAW like a dungeon dragon
Change your little drawers cause your pants are saggin
Try to step to this, I will twist you in a turban
And have you smelling rank, like some old stale urine."

But I don't so much mind a lot of the nonsense in rap lyrics, because they at least know it's nonsense. What really irritates me is when artists try to get deep and emotional and come out with something like...

"You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true."

I'm sorry James...she's...what?

 

"she wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find at a second-hand store."

 

Wow. You dig Train and nominate an out-of-context chorus to a pretty kick-ass Prince song. I am sorry.

 

I stand corrected. Must have been blinded by memories of that video. Speaking of blinded.... "Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night." Which goes in the running for worst lyric in the Manfred Man version.

And Songbird, I about did a spit-take when I saw your random Kool Moe Dee reference. Then I went into the bathroom and said Mamma Mia! I'm-a kill that girl next time I see-a. The madder I got, the more I reminisced. Why is my thing thing burning like this?

Love the ridiculosity of old-school Kool Moe Dee, Mix-A-Lot and even Biz Markie...and they sound even better when recited as dramatic readings. Picture William Shatner doing the readings...

 

Whatcha gonna do with all that junk
All that junk inside that trunk?
I'm gonna get get get you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump
My hump my hump my hump
My hump my hump my hump
My lovely lady lumps
Check it out!

 

Let me present to you, Tesla Girls, by OMD.

No no no
Tesla girls tesla girls
Testing out theories
Electric chairs and dynamos
Dressed to kill they're killing me
But heaven knows their recipe

No no no

You wouldn't believe me if I said
The things I've seen went over my head
I've been patient heaven knows
I've learnt the rules and how it goes
I can't sit still or settle down
And when I walk I don't touch the ground
See those girls they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best

Tesla girls tesla girls
Writing in their diaries
Now and then they'll watch tv
Now and then they'll speak to me
But heaven knows their recipe

No no no

 

It doesn't sound like she's singing. It sounds like she's singing "ooh, ooh, ooh." She's describing what the singing sounds like. In conclusion, you are wrong.

 

Whut?

 

I hate you.

Favorite. Prince. Song. Ever.

 

Huh. I always thought it was one-winged dove, and then I wondered why it would be singing and not just flailing around and cursing a lot.

 

Oh yeah, I think it's one-winged dove. Missed that the first time.