Horrible Song Lyrics

[tinyshoes]

What have we learned today, kids? Rock 'n' roll and the words "fried chicken" don't mix. Just say no.

[LurkerNan]

I've always loved Queen's "March of the Black Queen", until I recently read the lyrics and realized they used the N word in it.

Blah, it's tainted now. White boys never get a pass to use the N word, not ever.

[carrier76]

LurkerNan--REALLY? I didn't know that. Wow.

[jennipoo]

Kenny Chesney attempts to rhyme "beans" with "swing" in his musical efforts to appeal to women. Kenny Chesney sucks chocolate salty balls. Or he wishes he did.

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A friend of mine says she used to love the song Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple -- until she stumbled across the lyrics somewhere and realized they were complete gibberish.

(Although, I have to say, I've heard that song was inspired by a long, drug-induced jam session with the Rolling Stones - during the Exile on Main Street period, I think, when they were all doing heroin constantly - So I guess the lyrics make/made perfect sense to them at the time.)

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"Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her.
I heard ole Neil put her down.
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
Southern man don't need him around anyhow."

Ouch! I bet Neil Young is still smarting over this Skynyrd smackdown. If Oscar Wilde wasn't dead I'd say he had a hand in crafting this withering response. They really took ole Neil to the woodshed. The woodshed out back of Lamesville, that is.

[ohhhhhpeaches]

Yes! My friends got mad when I made fun of what a stupid response Sweet Home Alabama was to Southern Man. Neil sings about racism, they retort that... the skies are so blue in the South? WTF? Assmunches, the skies are pretty blue here in Canada. Think of something else to say about the South.

[biondetta]

What about Elton John's classic:
If I was a sculptor,
but then again, no

That one has always bugged me, like he can't be bothered to finish the thought. In that case, don't include it!

[tacoflavored]

Duke said:

"Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her.
I heard ole Neil put her down.
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
Southern man don't need him around anyhow."

Ouch! I bet Neil Young is still smarting over this Skynyrd smackdown.

Not to defend the lyrical lameness, Skynyrd, or, for that matter, Neil Young (*runs off to the Worst Voice Ever Thread*) but Ronnie Van Zandt never intended for the song to be a personal attack and Neil never interpreted it as such. There was never any bad blood between them and legend has it that Van Zandt was buried in his Neil Young t-shirt. Go figure.

[jennipoo]

"I smell sex and candy here..."

The theme song of my sophomore year of college. Also, the poster song for one-hit wonders.