Horrible Song Lyrics

[ratscabies]

duskwolf said:

...and while I technically hate the name "D'yer Ma'ker", at least it's not actually a part of the song.

I feel I must clarify this. "D'yer Mak'er" is a bad pun. Zeppelin were notorious womanizers on the road (Mud Shark, anyone?), and the question the following morning was always "D'yer mak'er, Jimmy?" as in "Did ya make her, Jimmy?" with "D'yer" pronounced "Juh". Or perhaps like the "Cha" in the Pussycats Dolls "Don't Cha".

Now here's the bad pun: the song titlte is pronounced "Juh-maker" like Jamaica...and it's boring old fart white guys trying to play a reggae groove. Get it? Ain't they just the wittiest?

Oh, yeah, and Paul Anka is responsible for "She's A Lady", TJ just had the hit with it.


ETA: To try to clarify my pidgeon spelling to capture the right pronunciation.

[Deleted]

Whenever I hear the Pussycat Dolls song with the lyric "Don'cha wish your girlfriend was raw like me", all I can think is "No, I actually prefer my girlfriends well done". Actually, that entire song annoys me. It's so smug and preening.

[dwanollah]

Totally. When I hear "raw" all I can imagine is a very well-used vagina, and really, how is that appealing?

[carrier76]

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

But true.

[Beeelicious]

Can anyone tell me why Fall Out Boy's Thnks fr th Mmrs (HATE that title and also hate the group, but I can't get that song out of my head today) has the line in it:
"He tastes like you, only sweeter?" Are they gay? And I don't mean it in a derogatory way, I just can't understand why guys would talk about how "he" tastes otherwise.

ETA: Thanks Lemuralley. I guess that makes sense, in as much as a FOB song could have any sense in it. Now to get the damn thing out of my head. Out damn song!

[lemuralley]

Well, Wikipedia says

Two points in the song which are not clear deal with the oft-repeated lines "He tastes like you only sweeter" and "He, he tastes like you only sweeter." It is not made clear is whether the singer is saying that he was also having some sort of sexual involvement with a man, or whether the implication is that she is saying this and she is referring to yet another lover she has; the song never clarifies the issue. This line is a reference to the play and movie Closer. The line is said as a result of a husband demanding that his wife describe how she had sex with another man.

But, that being Wikipedia, who knows?

[Deleted]

A Danish group called Michael Learns To Rock had their breakthrough in 1991 with a song called The Actor. I'll always remember that song because I was 11-12 at the time it was big and I listened to it while dreaming of all the boys I could never have. Anyway, the other day the song came on my radio and the lyrics are ridicolous:

The dirty games and the
Neonshows
This is the world he knows
Watching the stars satisfies my soul
Thinking of him makes me feel so cold
The fancy cars and the
Restaurants
You’re just so fond of the man
Sometimes I wonder if you are blind
Can’t you see, he’s got dirt on his mind

I’m not an actor I’m not a star
And I don’t even have my own car
But I’m hoping so much you’ll stay
That you will love me anyway

[Shalamar]

I actually kind of like Jordan Sparks, but this:

you're on my heart just like a tattoo

makes me want to scream. I keep envisioning someone getting an actual tattoo on their heart, which is (a) impossible (I hope) and (b) gross.

[Lisa Miller]

You left out this ridiculousness from Drops of Jupiter...well, the whole song is just ridiculous but this:

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me

What the hell?

And WTF are drops of Jupiter anyway?

[MrsOldManBalls]

So, I'm assuming that no one is on board with their lyrics to 'Drive By' where he's looking for a "two-ply Hefty bag to hold my love" ?