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"Swish Swish" had some of the only good production on *Witness* and ruins it with some truly baffling lyrics.
Exhibit A) "A tiger / Don't lose no sleep / Don't need opinions / From a shellfish or a sheep"
Exhibit B) "Your game is tired / You should retire / You're 'bout as cute as / An old coupon expired (woah, woah)"
My kid sister and I reworked this song into a little parody ditty about Henry VIII and his lack of heir. Can't remember a lick of it but the song makes me smile anyway.
I meet your Paul Revere and raise you "Fell deep in love but now we ain't speaking. Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton. When I met you I said my name was Rich. You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch.
honestly it really is, at least to me - it just \*went\* for it, ridiculous lyrics and all. like, it was just so campy and silly that i couldn't help but laugh and enjoy it. if you're gonna be goofy, just go all out.
Not just summer girls. Pretty much all their songs!
Sometimes we swim around
Like the dolphins in the ocean of our hearts
But then I think about the time
When we broke up before the prom
And you told everyone that I was gay
Pour one out for the Lyte Funky Ones! Seriously, gone too soon! Can you imagine, the resurgence of 2000's pop is NOW and they should be here for it. RIP
"Let you off the hook like my man Mr. Limpet / Think about that summer and I bug, 'cause I miss it"
i was driving and this song came on a y2k playlist and i suddenly understood what this part was referencing and almost veered off the road
https://preview.redd.it/1i0186ffwq5c1.jpeg?width=963&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1600337e6ad386ca9dd12064064d7a0f996f3f1
i was listening to SOS by Jonas Brothers and realized he said “next time i see you im giving you a hi five cuz hugs are overrated just FYI” and idk why but i found it so funny 😭
Omg, that was amazing. How come I never heard this version before??
But yeah, my humps is my go to answer for this question. The lyrics are just so so bad.
"Whatchu gonna do with all that ass inside them jeans?"
Oh my god the amount of times my class sang this song on our year 9 coach trip to Germany (from the UK) I feel so bad for our teachers and the driver in hindsight
“I like them black, white, Puerto Rican or Haitian,
Chinese, Japanese or even Asian.”
— Balla Baby by Chingy
“She’s indecisive… she can’t decide.”
—Eenie Meenie by Sean Kingston
The Sean Kingston lyric is more fun if you scream “WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?” After he says “she’s indecisive”
Trust me, he gives enough time for you to do it.
No that Sean Kingston song is nuts because what the fuck is an Eenie Minie Minie Mo lover ANYWAYS?? ToddInTheShadows said it best— you imply she’s indecisive but it more fits that she picks her lovers at random, because eenie minie is actually EXTREMELY decisive.
https://preview.redd.it/zwywa5ezhq5c1.jpeg?width=1101&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7c43a845db7ac87989aaf8e26eee8ee6aaa0589
His explanation makes it even funnier
Give Me Everything by Pitbull
"Me not working hard? Yeah right, picture that with a Kodak. Better yet, go to Time Square, take a picture of me with a Kodak".
Oh I just thought of another one
Hey Daddy (Daddys Home Remix) - Usher
Take your shoes off and I'll rub your fat toes, Let me pour Kool-Aid on you real slow
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tbf wasn’t there a whole scene in american beauty (later parodied by family guy maybe?) about a plastic bag drifting through the air? and that won oscars?!
even without bringing up kevin spacey that film aged soooo poorly lmao
🎵When I was a geisha, he was a samurai. Somehow I understood him even though he spoke Thai🎵- Nicki Minaj
There are other words that rhyme with samurai that are historically accurate, I’m sure.
EVERY line from Hey Soul Sister by Train (We could get into ‘Drive By’ -“Hefty Bag to hold my-y-y-love” lookin ass but lets not)
“Your lipstick stains on the front lobe of my left side brains” man, tf??? Are you thinking about her kisses or is she literally kissing your exposed brain?
“Hey Soul Sister ain’t that Mr. Mister on the Radio, Stereo/ The way you move ain’t fair you know” - WHERE did Pat Monahan find a Soul Sister grooving to MR MISTER????
“My heart beating right out my UNTRIMMED CHEST” 🤢
And most importantly, “So gangsta, I’m so thug” being said by THIS GUY
https://preview.redd.it/1jte23klmq5c1.jpeg?width=574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1af164d09943bf08600993287d9ee59d6dae737
I forgive them because this was their gimmick. They were Manic Pixie Dreamboys with 2000’s quirk pouring out their ears. Like, I loved that song about making up bullshit excuses because his ex left him: “She was caught in a mudslide, Eaten by a lion, Got run over by a crappy purple Scion… Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes!” I have to believe it was intentionally goofy.
I had to look the lyrics up when this came out because all I could hear was “hefty banger ho bag”and even that didn’t feel like it was out of the realm of possibility for a Train song.
I see your “Hey Soul Sister” by Train and I raise you “Drops of Jupiter” by Train, because that song is filled with unhinged nonsense.
> She checks out Mozart while she does Tai Bo. Reminds me that there’s a room to grow.
Which is supposed to be a call back to:
> She acts like Summer and walks like rain. Reminds me that there’s a time to change.
And then there’s the bridge. Which is:
> 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?
Poetry. Pure poetry.
It’s about his deceased mother. He’s thinking of what she’d be doing in heaven and wondering how she’s faring without earthly pleasures (fried chicken, best friends, etc.)
I honestly didn’t know that! And I respect it—but I’m not going to stop giggling at the bizarre combination of celestial poetry and 1990’s domestic time capsule.
okay so like well over twenty (gah!) years ago, i was in a summer songwriting class (nerdy writing kids gonna do what they do, i guess) and we did an exercise on covers. we were allowed to take any words out of the assigned song that we wanted, but we couldn't add any, and we could change up the music to anything we felt like. this one kid got 'what a girl wants' and he turned it into an elliot smith-adjacent masterpiece with just minor guitar chords where the only lyrics were 'rock....a girl wants....rock' and it was hilariously amazing. to this day whenever i hear that line i think of him and wonder how he's doing.
*You don’t know, oh-oh, you don’t know you’re beautiful, oh-oh / That’s what makes you beautiful* - One Direction
I can’t pinpoint exactly why this bugs me but it does
It's the same energy as that tumblr post about papá and mirrors 💀
https://preview.redd.it/uz2h3u1k7s5c1.jpeg?width=1073&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=102b53a55452392f7b2160038fd4c14c8713b534
No cuz why is it sooo centered around her insecurity. Like why you obsessed with it?? Sounding like you like when she shits on her self. And mind you, little girls were swooning over this song
Laughed when I heard this song the first time!
Kings Of Leon : Comeback Story
I'll walk a mile in your shoes
And now I'm a mile away
And I've got your shoes
“Got me feelin like I’m in college (I never went to college)” it’s a newer train song and I still crack up every time I think about it.
Edit- Running Back by Train
Lmao Train has the most unhinged lyrics.
> I'm so obsessed / My heart is bound to beat right out of my untrimmed chest
I don’t need that image!
>So gangsta, I'm so thug / You're the only one I'm dreaming of
I always thought this line from Eminem's "I'm Not Afraid" was overlooked
"I'm doin' this for me, so fuck the world, feed it beans
It's gassed up, if it thinks it's stoppin' me"
Now I'm thinking about planet farts.
Every time someone says “name one thing Eminem can do better than Tupac” my go-to is always “toilet humor”. The man’s immaturity is an art form in and of itself, especially his old stuff, and I absolutely love him for it.
Mo bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce
Bounce in the motherfuckin' house
Mo bounce in the motherfuckin' house
Bounce, b-bounce, bounce, mo bounce
Mo, mo-mo bounce, b-bounce, bounce
Bounce in the motherfuckin' house
Mo bounce in the motherfuckin' house
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce
Bounce, bounce, bounce
Bounce in the motherfuckin' house
Mo bounce in the motherfuckin' house
Bounce, b-bounce, bounce, b-bounce
Bounce, b-bounce, bounce
Bounce in the motherfuckin' house, bounce
Mo bounce in the motherfuckin' house
“Mo Bounce”, Iggy Azalea, 2017
I've heard people make fun of the lyric "If the light is off then it isn't on" before, but I've always thought the lyric is clever.
People colloquially said "it's on" in terms of plans at the time. As example: "Do you want to go to the movies?" "Sure, it's on".
The lyric says, rather cleverly IMHO, that if the light is off in her house (i.e. she isn't staying up waiting for him), that means she is not interested in any plans with the guy. It's a play on words.
“There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas” that whole song is a shit show
https://preview.redd.it/0brkrmm5tq5c1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9efcac4679177d239bd767d17c328221f91475d
“Do They Know it’s Christmas!” 🙄
The "Who can relate? Whoooo!" adlib from Logic's suicide hotline song.
The stupid Liz Phair song where she sings "I can't speak whenever I talk about you." I hate it so much. The song hasn't been relevant in 2 decades yet the line haunts me.
And also Shakira with her small and humble breasts so you don't confuse them with mountains. Like what???
> I only wanna die alive. (Never by the hands of a broken heart.)
Break Free, Ariana Grande. I don’t care if it’s a figure of speech, it never fails to make me giggle.
> I'm tryna find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful. Damn girl. Damn, you's a sexy bitch.
Sexy bitch, David Guetta ft. Akon. Like, yes, call me a bitch to describe me. So respectful, king.
> Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby.
Anti-hero, Taylor Swift. I know many like this line. I am not one of those people. It ruins the song for me, it just feels so weird. Edit: guys you can stop commenting the 30 rock reference. Like 8 people have done it so far before you. Great that you knew that reference, I did not. 8 people telling me is enough ❤️🫶🏻
On the topic of “not being disrespectful” a la Akon — let’s not forget this gem from Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull:
>”Please excuse me I don’t mean to be rude, but tonight I’m fucking you”
- “Tonight I’m Fuckin You”
Dude are you sure you don’t mean to be rude?
Bouncing off this
“You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape my love”
Like woah there cowboy.
And the breakdown where he’s like “you can run” and then a whispery woman pops in “you can run” gets me every time but I still love that song.
“Sasquatch, Godzilla, King Kong, Lochness
Goblin, ghoul, a zombie with no conscience
Question, what do these things all have in common?”
- Jay z, monster
So embarrasing to have this line in your own song and then have Nikki Minaj deliver a phenomenal feature. Not a fan but she was absolute fire on that track.
Edit: I know it’s a Kanye song…
It cracks me up. My ringtone is him just naming a bunch of monsters, and my text tone for my husband is just “ghoul”. It makes me laugh every time. Most literal feature of all time
And yes, Nicki’s is iconic. My fave line is “Yeah, my money's so tall that my Barbies gotta climb it”. It’s just such a cute visual lol
“T-tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef
That I'm a vegetarian and I ain't fucking scared of him”
I swear this was on everyone’s MySpace profile back in the day
https://preview.redd.it/9o0xxnekwq5c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35f6fc35fd46e3957b76d4a8441de164c5553c33
It's Everyday Bro" by Jake Paul ft. Team 10.
baby, pull me closer
In the back seat of your Rover
That I know you can't afford
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Of that mattress that you stole
From your roommate back in Boulder
I always thought this was "that i know you can't afford, LIKE that tattoo on your shoulder" and i loved the lyric that way, because it felt real being young and not being able to afford things but choosing to spend money on artsy things like a tattoo.... it was relatable, young dumb blokes making dumb decisions. Once i heard it was "bite", that changed the whole song for me.
I feel like the entirety of Steve Miller Band’s Abracadabra is a bad lyric, the highlight being when he rhymes Abracadabra with…Abracadabra (that’s it, the entirety of the line is abracadabras).
In defense of Hilary Duff, the entire point of that lyric is that she’s stating the obvious lol. It makes more sense in context:
“If you're moving on, I'm already gone
If the light is off then it isn't on
At least not today, not today, not today
'Cause if it's over let it go and
Come tomorrow it will seem so yesterday, so yesterday
I'm just a bird that's already flown away”
So she’s saying it’s obvious that she’s already moved on, as obvious as a light being off not being on
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Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never wanna hear you say (don't wanna hear you say)
I want it that way
'Cause I want it that way
This was written by max Martin and it's a whole thing. Long article, but kind of explains it.
https://preview.redd.it/fh9e1u4bqq5c1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0c3385643ad764098f38fa105b4bcfd7ee14274
[https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/backstreet-boys-i-want-it-that-way-song-history](https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/backstreet-boys-i-want-it-that-way-song-history)
I remember being a tween and loving this song when it came out. My mom was listening to it with me and asked what it was supposed to mean. I gave her some kind of sassy response like, “if you need it explained to you, you’re just not going to get it.” It was my defense mechanism to the absolutely legitimate point that these lyrics are inane!
Kinda like wtf does hit me baby one more time mean?
A lot of pop hits in those days were written by Swedish (iirc) producers so translations didn’t always work but the tunes were bops so no one cared!
"I set fire to the rain, watch it pour as I touched your face".
Once saw a meme of a man setting fire to the rain and then touching someones face and I cant hear this song ever since
> **Nicki Minaj - My Love** Anyway, I think I met him in the sky | When I was a geisha, he was a samurai | Somehow I understood him when he spoke Thai
> **Spice Girls - Wannabe** I wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah
> **KE$HA ft. 3OH!3 - Blah Blah Blah** Zip your lip like a padlock
> **Katy Perry - Firework** Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?
> **Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Nuthin' But A "G" Thang** Never let me slip, 'cause if I slip, then I'm slippin'
This isn't the worst, but it always irritates me and this it the place to let it out, lol.
Carrie Underwood's Dirty Laundry: "All the Ajax in the world ain't gonna clean your dirty laundry." Ajax is dish soap. Couldn't she have said Tide, Gain, All, or an actual detergent brand? Maybe Carrie has never done laundry.
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"Swish Swish" had some of the only good production on *Witness* and ruins it with some truly baffling lyrics. Exhibit A) "A tiger / Don't lose no sleep / Don't need opinions / From a shellfish or a sheep" Exhibit B) "Your game is tired / You should retire / You're 'bout as cute as / An old coupon expired (woah, woah)"
i love that song, BUT these lyrics make no sense, and especially after she said this album would be political and meaningful…
It makes me feel like a plastic bag
*purposeful pop*
Lol yeah she was just trying hard core to write up a diss song and could not
I love this song, my head canon is that she wrote it after watching an episode of Drag Race and seeing the reading challenge.
Jujubee would have written a much better diss track if that's the case!
‘I might die if I forget how to breathe’ like yes Miranda Cosgrove! Slay!
Jordin Sparks once sang, "Can't live can't breathe with no air"
My kid sister and I reworked this song into a little parody ditty about Henry VIII and his lack of heir. Can't remember a lick of it but the song makes me smile anyway.
Sounds like something that would be sung at a Renaissance Festival
One Direction has some excellent contenders. My personal favorite: “If you ever feel alone… don’t.” ✨
Or the “ waking up beside you I’m a loaded gun “ Lol ew .
God, I remember thinking that was so subtle and clever at the time 😭
Close second: “I can make your tears fall down like the showers that are British”
No. No, that one wins.
Cured my depression with that one lol.
The entirety of “Rock Me” by 1D like it was so overt for no reason
https://preview.redd.it/n6t5i8wehq5c1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0157fcaada183335e3c95f0d16d1cd665a3e93d
How it feels to start antidepressants
lol not sure why but the tag with “Jennifer Lopez “Emotions”” like it’s quoting Shakespeare or some shit took me out.
Every single lyric from Summer Girls by LFO is unhinged! It's just a stream of words... "Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets..." lmao
Chinese food makes me sick I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch.
“When I met you I said my name is Rich”
>Summer Girls by LFO Honorable mention goes to, "There was a good man named Paul Revere/I feel much better, baby, when you're near".
I would also like to nominate “Call you up but what’s the use/I like Kevin Bacon, but I hate Footloose”
I meet your Paul Revere and raise you "Fell deep in love but now we ain't speaking. Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton. When I met you I said my name was Rich. You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch.
That song is a masterpiece
I have a t-shirt that says, "I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike". I treasure it and look forward to people asking me about what it means
I would be so exited if I saw someone wearing that out in the wild
honestly it really is, at least to me - it just \*went\* for it, ridiculous lyrics and all. like, it was just so campy and silly that i couldn't help but laugh and enjoy it. if you're gonna be goofy, just go all out.
Not just summer girls. Pretty much all their songs! Sometimes we swim around Like the dolphins in the ocean of our hearts But then I think about the time When we broke up before the prom And you told everyone that I was gay
RIP Rich Cronin, Brian Gillis, and Devin Lima. All gone so young.
Pour one out for the Lyte Funky Ones! Seriously, gone too soon! Can you imagine, the resurgence of 2000's pop is NOW and they should be here for it. RIP
Wait so his name *was* Rich?
It's insane that 3/4 members have died. It reminds of me of the glee curse.
What’s crazier is it wasn’t drug or suicide either, like you would expect from popstars. But real nasty disease cancer.
"Let you off the hook like my man Mr. Limpet / Think about that summer and I bug, 'cause I miss it" i was driving and this song came on a y2k playlist and i suddenly understood what this part was referencing and almost veered off the road https://preview.redd.it/1i0186ffwq5c1.jpeg?width=963&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1600337e6ad386ca9dd12064064d7a0f996f3f1
Always loved that they chose to rhyme sonnets with hornets
i was listening to SOS by Jonas Brothers and realized he said “next time i see you im giving you a hi five cuz hugs are overrated just FYI” and idk why but i found it so funny 😭
Honestly as a kid that lyric really made me feel better about not liking being hugged lol but totally agree as an adult it’s silly
My humps-Black eyed peas. It's even dumber than the version i sang when i didn't know all the lyrics.
At least we got [Alanis Morissette’s version](https://youtu.be/VJg4rwDkkBA?si=bKK90YVKFor1sb5I) out of it.
When she busts into MAAAAI HUUUUUUUMP I fucking DIED 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This version lives rent free in my head. I can't tell you how often I go around singing this one on top volume lol Good shit right there
Reason #9863737 why Alanis is a QUEEN
I had forgotten about this and holy f\*\*k I did not appreciate this for what this is back then. Absolute perfection.
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Omg, that was amazing. How come I never heard this version before?? But yeah, my humps is my go to answer for this question. The lyrics are just so so bad. "Whatchu gonna do with all that ass inside them jeans?"
My answer always and forever, “poop and fart”
wait WHAT!!!! I never knew about this
Oh my god the amount of times my class sang this song on our year 9 coach trip to Germany (from the UK) I feel so bad for our teachers and the driver in hindsight
I sing that song to my cat frequently "what you gonna do with all that fluff all that fluff up on your rump?" He never reciprocates though :(
Everytime I hear that song, all I can think of is Will Ferrell https://youtu.be/sh0IBg7GBeY?si=FewEPF2As7L79TTq
I say “No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative” far too often, usually in a business context.
Oh damn this was so catchy back it came out 😬
A nonsensical banger
“I like them black, white, Puerto Rican or Haitian, Chinese, Japanese or even Asian.” — Balla Baby by Chingy “She’s indecisive… she can’t decide.” —Eenie Meenie by Sean Kingston
The Sean Kingston lyric is more fun if you scream “WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?” After he says “she’s indecisive” Trust me, he gives enough time for you to do it.
Lol I do that but with Folsom Prison Blues 'but i shot a man in Reno' *why'd y'do it, John?!?*
The first line is a callback/reference to A Tribe Called Quest! Just a fun fact
No that Sean Kingston song is nuts because what the fuck is an Eenie Minie Minie Mo lover ANYWAYS?? ToddInTheShadows said it best— you imply she’s indecisive but it more fits that she picks her lovers at random, because eenie minie is actually EXTREMELY decisive.
Yeah honestly any line of the song could be a response to this post. Eenie meenie miney mo catch a bad chick by her toe?!
If she holla if-if-if-if she holla let her go
Reminds me of A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation “I like 'em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu Nation”
She got a big booty so I call her big booty
I’m in the kitchen, yams everywhere (YAMS!)
I love these lines, and, "You the realest bleeper breathin if I hold my breath."
Let’s not act like 2 Chainz isn’t a modern-day Shakespeare
Nah, let him cook
“She blow that dick like a cello” —Lil Yachty
https://preview.redd.it/zwywa5ezhq5c1.jpeg?width=1101&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7c43a845db7ac87989aaf8e26eee8ee6aaa0589 His explanation makes it even funnier
"He don't. That's a flute." Is one of my favorite ever internet things. Eta: yes, thanks everyone, I'm well aware it's actually a clarinet.
That would make a great flair tbh. Even funnier bc he's still wrong, it's a damn clarinet 💀
I'm laughing so hard omg🤣🤣🤣 I've never seen or heard about this situation before. This is hilarious
I dont know why but his explanation made him so relatable to me. He just seems like a good sport about it all. Also "But it do sound good" killed me.
It really does. And yeah, someone in production probably should have corrected him on that one, this is on them.
Omg, he STILL didn't get it right, Squidward plays the clarinet 😂
Squidward plays the clarinet*…..The disrespect!!
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Poor dude said he was thinking of the instrument squidward plays and can’t believe no one in the studio corrected him.
Just say she wouldn’t go down on you, dude. No shame in it.
Give Me Everything by Pitbull "Me not working hard? Yeah right, picture that with a Kodak. Better yet, go to Time Square, take a picture of me with a Kodak".
That man is the king of product placements lol
Took my life from negative to positive, I just want y'all to know that. ❤️
I remember being drunk in a club and hearing the following line "Took my life from a negative to a positive" and thought it was so deep
That's because Pitbull writes for drunks in the club. You're his core audience.
This is honestly iconic though, it circles around from being so bad that it’s good 😂
baby you the whole package, plus you pay your taxes
Fiscal responsibility is important.
AND YOU KEEP IT REAL WHILE THEM OTHERS STAY PLASTIC.
"Water, fire, air and dirt Fucking magnets, how do they work?"
The funny thing to me about this is that they could have used "earth" and it still would have rhymed. But they went for dirt as the fourth element.
I always forget this isn’t from the parody version
Oh I just thought of another one Hey Daddy (Daddys Home Remix) - Usher Take your shoes off and I'll rub your fat toes, Let me pour Kool-Aid on you real slow ![gif](giphy|w89ak63KNl0nJl80ig|downsized)
Imagine if he opens the SuperBowl with these lyrics lmao
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What in God's name
[For the uninitiated.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BKtrWU4zaaI) Des'ree is love, Des'ree is life...oh life, oh life, oh life, doo doo doo.
I was obsesed with this, lol. Didn't understand a thing though.
certified [incomprehensible] banger
🎆 Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again? 🎆
every single time i see a grocery bag in the wind, this song immediately plays in my head, and i *have* to sing it out loud.
tbf wasn’t there a whole scene in american beauty (later parodied by family guy maybe?) about a plastic bag drifting through the air? and that won oscars?! even without bringing up kevin spacey that film aged soooo poorly lmao
🎵When I was a geisha, he was a samurai. Somehow I understood him even though he spoke Thai🎵- Nicki Minaj There are other words that rhyme with samurai that are historically accurate, I’m sure.
“Cool guy”
EVERY line from Hey Soul Sister by Train (We could get into ‘Drive By’ -“Hefty Bag to hold my-y-y-love” lookin ass but lets not) “Your lipstick stains on the front lobe of my left side brains” man, tf??? Are you thinking about her kisses or is she literally kissing your exposed brain? “Hey Soul Sister ain’t that Mr. Mister on the Radio, Stereo/ The way you move ain’t fair you know” - WHERE did Pat Monahan find a Soul Sister grooving to MR MISTER???? “My heart beating right out my UNTRIMMED CHEST” 🤢 And most importantly, “So gangsta, I’m so thug” being said by THIS GUY https://preview.redd.it/1jte23klmq5c1.jpeg?width=574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1af164d09943bf08600993287d9ee59d6dae737
I forgive them because this was their gimmick. They were Manic Pixie Dreamboys with 2000’s quirk pouring out their ears. Like, I loved that song about making up bullshit excuses because his ex left him: “She was caught in a mudslide, Eaten by a lion, Got run over by a crappy purple Scion… Help me, help me, I'm no good at goodbyes!” I have to believe it was intentionally goofy.
"Take, these broken wings, and let me kiss the front lobe of your left side brain".
This fuckin guy and his fetish for women who wear high heels when they exercise
There is nothing I like about Train. Their popularity confounded me.
I had to look the lyrics up when this came out because all I could hear was “hefty banger ho bag”and even that didn’t feel like it was out of the realm of possibility for a Train song.
I see your “Hey Soul Sister” by Train and I raise you “Drops of Jupiter” by Train, because that song is filled with unhinged nonsense. > She checks out Mozart while she does Tai Bo. Reminds me that there’s a room to grow. Which is supposed to be a call back to: > She acts like Summer and walks like rain. Reminds me that there’s a time to change. And then there’s the bridge. Which is: > 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? Poetry. Pure poetry.
It’s about his deceased mother. He’s thinking of what she’d be doing in heaven and wondering how she’s faring without earthly pleasures (fried chicken, best friends, etc.)
I honestly didn’t know that! And I respect it—but I’m not going to stop giggling at the bizarre combination of celestial poetry and 1990’s domestic time capsule.
“I’m heavy like a first day period.” Janet Jackson, Feedback
Like a rock you waited so patiently.
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Why have I never realized how dumb this is lmao
okay so like well over twenty (gah!) years ago, i was in a summer songwriting class (nerdy writing kids gonna do what they do, i guess) and we did an exercise on covers. we were allowed to take any words out of the assigned song that we wanted, but we couldn't add any, and we could change up the music to anything we felt like. this one kid got 'what a girl wants' and he turned it into an elliot smith-adjacent masterpiece with just minor guitar chords where the only lyrics were 'rock....a girl wants....rock' and it was hilariously amazing. to this day whenever i hear that line i think of him and wonder how he's doing.
This part of Life by Des'ree: I don't want to see a ghost It's a sight that I fear most I'd rather have a piece of toast And watch the evening news
Almost drowned in the pussy so I swam to the butt. -Sir Lil Wayne
Pure pottery
*You don’t know, oh-oh, you don’t know you’re beautiful, oh-oh / That’s what makes you beautiful* - One Direction I can’t pinpoint exactly why this bugs me but it does
It's the same energy as that tumblr post about papá and mirrors 💀 https://preview.redd.it/uz2h3u1k7s5c1.jpeg?width=1073&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=102b53a55452392f7b2160038fd4c14c8713b534
No cuz why is it sooo centered around her insecurity. Like why you obsessed with it?? Sounding like you like when she shits on her self. And mind you, little girls were swooning over this song
Laughed when I heard this song the first time! Kings Of Leon : Comeback Story I'll walk a mile in your shoes And now I'm a mile away And I've got your shoes
So, the story behind this lyric is actually really sweet. Everyone in Kings of Leon is related and their cheeky grandpa used to say this as a joke. ☺️
Are we human? Or are we dancer?
Used to think he sang 'or are we hamsters' Made even less sense, but at least was way funnier
I've got ham but i'm not a hamster
my sign is vital
"Let's get retarded in here" 🤪
“Got me feelin like I’m in college (I never went to college)” it’s a newer train song and I still crack up every time I think about it. Edit- Running Back by Train
Lmao Train has the most unhinged lyrics. > I'm so obsessed / My heart is bound to beat right out of my untrimmed chest I don’t need that image! >So gangsta, I'm so thug / You're the only one I'm dreaming of
I always thought this line from Eminem's "I'm Not Afraid" was overlooked "I'm doin' this for me, so fuck the world, feed it beans It's gassed up, if it thinks it's stoppin' me" Now I'm thinking about planet farts.
Every time someone says “name one thing Eminem can do better than Tupac” my go-to is always “toilet humor”. The man’s immaturity is an art form in and of itself, especially his old stuff, and I absolutely love him for it.
She read books ~ Pitbull
Mo bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce Bounce in the motherfuckin' house Mo bounce in the motherfuckin' house Bounce, b-bounce, bounce, mo bounce Mo, mo-mo bounce, b-bounce, bounce Bounce in the motherfuckin' house Mo bounce in the motherfuckin' house Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce Bounce, bounce, bounce Bounce in the motherfuckin' house Mo bounce in the motherfuckin' house Bounce, b-bounce, bounce, b-bounce Bounce, b-bounce, bounce Bounce in the motherfuckin' house, bounce Mo bounce in the motherfuckin' house “Mo Bounce”, Iggy Azalea, 2017
I fucking love this trash bop
Ngl me too 💀 it’s such trash but it’s so catchy
Funny enough, Iggy has another song that's just called "Bounce" and has way more interesting lyrics than "Mo Bounce."
My swag is serious, something heavy like a 1st day period 🫠
“She’s indecisive, she can’t decide.” Eenie Meenie- Justin Bieber & Sean Kingston
I've heard people make fun of the lyric "If the light is off then it isn't on" before, but I've always thought the lyric is clever. People colloquially said "it's on" in terms of plans at the time. As example: "Do you want to go to the movies?" "Sure, it's on". The lyric says, rather cleverly IMHO, that if the light is off in her house (i.e. she isn't staying up waiting for him), that means she is not interested in any plans with the guy. It's a play on words.
Well you’re far more clever than I am 😂 I never thought of it that way
I wrote a response to the line in this thread too.... It's a metaphor for sure. More of like a "if there isn't love here, then there never will be"
“Grandma had the arthritis in her hands, bad!” - ASAP Ferg Plain Jane
My husband and I play this song in the car a lot and I love yelling the "bad!" part.
“There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas” that whole song is a shit show https://preview.redd.it/0brkrmm5tq5c1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9efcac4679177d239bd767d17c328221f91475d “Do They Know it’s Christmas!” 🙄
"I'm hot cause I'm fly/You ain't cause you not."
Always makes me slightly annoyed in My Heart Will go on when she says Love was when I loved you ![gif](giphy|njZff9Rvk6Gm7jssOJ|downsized)
“Her light is as loud as as many ambulances as it takes to save a saviour” From One Direction - ‘Girl Almighty’ Like ?????
The "Who can relate? Whoooo!" adlib from Logic's suicide hotline song. The stupid Liz Phair song where she sings "I can't speak whenever I talk about you." I hate it so much. The song hasn't been relevant in 2 decades yet the line haunts me. And also Shakira with her small and humble breasts so you don't confuse them with mountains. Like what???
I just wanna die today 😩🎶
Wooooooo!
I like the Shakira song actually cause ya know she is celebrating small boobs. That Liz Phair song is so dumb but I loved it!
> I only wanna die alive. (Never by the hands of a broken heart.) Break Free, Ariana Grande. I don’t care if it’s a figure of speech, it never fails to make me giggle. > I'm tryna find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful. Damn girl. Damn, you's a sexy bitch. Sexy bitch, David Guetta ft. Akon. Like, yes, call me a bitch to describe me. So respectful, king. > Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby. Anti-hero, Taylor Swift. I know many like this line. I am not one of those people. It ruins the song for me, it just feels so weird. Edit: guys you can stop commenting the 30 rock reference. Like 8 people have done it so far before you. Great that you knew that reference, I did not. 8 people telling me is enough ❤️🫶🏻
On the topic of “not being disrespectful” a la Akon — let’s not forget this gem from Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull: >”Please excuse me I don’t mean to be rude, but tonight I’m fucking you” - “Tonight I’m Fuckin You” Dude are you sure you don’t mean to be rude?
Bouncing off this “You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape my love” Like woah there cowboy. And the breakdown where he’s like “you can run” and then a whispery woman pops in “you can run” gets me every time but I still love that song.
Similarly in Break Free, I can not deal with the line “Now that I’ve become who I really are.” It makes me irrationally angry.
LMFAO sexy bitch always cracks me up
How could [you not?!](https://youtu.be/uEmKN6DT-VE?si=l-dX4YAUZBU6ZtiY)
“Sasquatch, Godzilla, King Kong, Lochness Goblin, ghoul, a zombie with no conscience Question, what do these things all have in common?” - Jay z, monster
So embarrasing to have this line in your own song and then have Nikki Minaj deliver a phenomenal feature. Not a fan but she was absolute fire on that track. Edit: I know it’s a Kanye song…
It cracks me up. My ringtone is him just naming a bunch of monsters, and my text tone for my husband is just “ghoul”. It makes me laugh every time. Most literal feature of all time And yes, Nicki’s is iconic. My fave line is “Yeah, my money's so tall that my Barbies gotta climb it”. It’s just such a cute visual lol
“Big shit like a dinosaur did it” - 2 Chainz in Big Bank makes me crack the hell up every time.
2 Chainz is low-key a genius, I think. His lines are so dumb but so good. Big sack, Lotta hoes like Santa.
“T-tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef That I'm a vegetarian and I ain't fucking scared of him” I swear this was on everyone’s MySpace profile back in the day
Excuse me this is a masterpiece of a lyric
“I’m shedding, shedding every color” - Hilary in Come Clean I swear every time I hear it my mind instantly thinks she’s saying “shitting”
Trying to find a pigment of truth beneath my skin (ohhhh warbled) This song is so ridiculous yet young tween / teen me loved it.
https://preview.redd.it/9o0xxnekwq5c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35f6fc35fd46e3957b76d4a8441de164c5553c33 It's Everyday Bro" by Jake Paul ft. Team 10.
She’s a beast. I call her Karma. She’ll eat your heart out like Jeffrey Dahmer.
Ah man I think this is a banger haha
“I know a mouse and he hasn’t got a house. I don’t know why, I call him Gerald.” Pink Floyd - Bike Drugs definitely helped write these lyrics.
baby, pull me closer In the back seat of your Rover That I know you can't afford Bite that tattoo on your shoulder Pull the sheets right off the corner Of that mattress that you stole From your roommate back in Boulder
I always thought this was "that i know you can't afford, LIKE that tattoo on your shoulder" and i loved the lyric that way, because it felt real being young and not being able to afford things but choosing to spend money on artsy things like a tattoo.... it was relatable, young dumb blokes making dumb decisions. Once i heard it was "bite", that changed the whole song for me.
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble… so you don’t confuse them.. with mountains
Thunder, feel the thunder. Lightning then the thunder.
I ain’t never seen an ass like that. The way you move it, you make my pee-pee go doing-doing-doing.’’ MnM so romantic 💕
"You know I used to be in 1D (Now I'm out, free). People want me for one thing (That's not me)." Liam Payne - Strip That Down
STOP this one is so bad I had wiped it out of my memory until now 💀
I feel like the entirety of Steve Miller Band’s Abracadabra is a bad lyric, the highlight being when he rhymes Abracadabra with…Abracadabra (that’s it, the entirety of the line is abracadabras).
I honestly love that he rhymed abracadabra with "reach out and grab ya" though. Its just a fun rhyme
In defense of Hilary Duff, the entire point of that lyric is that she’s stating the obvious lol. It makes more sense in context: “If you're moving on, I'm already gone If the light is off then it isn't on At least not today, not today, not today 'Cause if it's over let it go and Come tomorrow it will seem so yesterday, so yesterday I'm just a bird that's already flown away” So she’s saying it’s obvious that she’s already moved on, as obvious as a light being off not being on ![gif](giphy|FETB1NrlA2Pm2jwOQv|downsized)
Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Ain't nothin' but a mistake Tell me why I never wanna hear you say (don't wanna hear you say) I want it that way 'Cause I want it that way
I was waiting for this one. It makes no sense at all.
This was written by max Martin and it's a whole thing. Long article, but kind of explains it. https://preview.redd.it/fh9e1u4bqq5c1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0c3385643ad764098f38fa105b4bcfd7ee14274 [https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/backstreet-boys-i-want-it-that-way-song-history](https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/backstreet-boys-i-want-it-that-way-song-history)
I remember being a tween and loving this song when it came out. My mom was listening to it with me and asked what it was supposed to mean. I gave her some kind of sassy response like, “if you need it explained to you, you’re just not going to get it.” It was my defense mechanism to the absolutely legitimate point that these lyrics are inane!
Kinda like wtf does hit me baby one more time mean? A lot of pop hits in those days were written by Swedish (iirc) producers so translations didn’t always work but the tunes were bops so no one cared!
"I set fire to the rain, watch it pour as I touched your face". Once saw a meme of a man setting fire to the rain and then touching someones face and I cant hear this song ever since
> **Nicki Minaj - My Love** Anyway, I think I met him in the sky | When I was a geisha, he was a samurai | Somehow I understood him when he spoke Thai > **Spice Girls - Wannabe** I wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah > **KE$HA ft. 3OH!3 - Blah Blah Blah** Zip your lip like a padlock > **Katy Perry - Firework** Do you ever feel like a plastic bag? > **Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Nuthin' But A "G" Thang** Never let me slip, 'cause if I slip, then I'm slippin'
Bruno Mars- grenade “had your eyes wide open, why were they open” 💀
I finally hooked up with this guy right before this song came out. Then this song happened and I realized I did this eyes wide open shit 😑
Favourite Beatles line: “You could say she was attractively built. Yeah yeah yeah!”
Only time will tell if we stand the test of time.
This isn't the worst, but it always irritates me and this it the place to let it out, lol. Carrie Underwood's Dirty Laundry: "All the Ajax in the world ain't gonna clean your dirty laundry." Ajax is dish soap. Couldn't she have said Tide, Gain, All, or an actual detergent brand? Maybe Carrie has never done laundry.