Bad Lyrics

"Confusion rains down on us all,

From the blistering hights of reason.

A shame we have no balls at all.

On which to scratch our flees on!

But don't you know

'Twas Romeo,

The spunky holy spirit,

Who pulls his foreskin to and fro',

And shoots the giddy linnet."

......and that from one of my favourite lyricist, Roy Harper, "Kangeroo Blues".

Certif1ed said: "Those seem OK to me!"

Certif1ied, did you by any chance miss the "awakens" vs "sleepless night"?

emdiar wrote: "Confusion rains down on us all, From the blistering hights of reason. A shame we have no balls at all. On which to scratch our flees on! But don't you know 'Twas Romeo, The spunky holy spirit, Who pulls his foreskin to and fro', And shoots the giddy linnet." ......and that from one of my favourite lyricist, Roy Harper, "Kangeroo Blues".

Harper could be truly great, and yet he wrote some turkeys too...

Mind you, I never liked "Tom Tiddler's Ground" either, which is widely regarded as some of his finest (I understand...).

TRY THIS ONE:

KAZAAM KAZUNGLE,YOU'RE THE KING OF THE JUNGLE 

YOU'RE THE CAT WITH THE CREAM

YOU'VE GOT IT ALL

DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE WALKING TALL

WA HOO WA HOO WA HOO

HINT:NOT FROM A PROG ARTIST(FROM ONE OF HIS SOLO ALBUMS)

I REALLY HAD A GOOD LAUGH WHEN FIRST HEARD THESE LYRICS  

YES,FOLKS WE HAVE A WINNER

GOOD SOLO WORK FROM ONE OF THE GREAT VOICES OF ROCK N ROLL!

PROG4ME

A heep (sic) of cheese, if you'll pardon the pun. But, in the same vein (so it must be Stilton or Danish Blue):

Let's all go to
The magician's birthday
It's in a forest
But not so far away
Much to do
And so much to say
While we listened to
The orchid orchestra play

Happy Birthay to you ...
Happy Birthday to magician
Happy Birthday to you ...

 

Fitzcarraldo wrote: Well, it doesn't look bad on paper, I suppose, but I find listening to the following absolutely excruciating in the song, especially the way the singer drags out "America" to try and make it fit the music. I spent 1938 in the United States of America, I grew to love it's many faces, and they had built some amazing places, The "faces"/"places" thing makes me cringe. Talk about a forced rhyme.

Hey thats the best singer Prog ever had...

Anyway, since it was skipped over, I thought I'd answer it.. its ELP's OFficer and A Gentleman.. from Love Beach.  I can't believe those lines bothered you.. and yet you didn't mention these;

"Take all you need from the taste of my love
I want to love you like nobody ever loved you
Get on my stallion and we'll ride.
I want to hold you and enfold you beyond reason
I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight.
Go down gently with your face to the east
The sun may be rising but we haven't finished the beast.
Ohhh, you still look hungry woman
I'm glad your came in here with your eyes so bright,
on this long hot night"

That'll be "Hooch" by the Melvins - notorious for "incomprehensible" lyrics, and yet there's an alluring rhythm and curious pathos to it when you consider the whole song;

Los ticka toe rest.
Might likea sender doe ree.
Your make a doll a ray day sender bright like a penelty.
Exi-tease my ray day member half lost a beat away.
Purst in like a one way sender war give a heart like a fay.
Cuz I can ford a red eed only street a wide a ree land.
Die-mond make a mid-evil bike a sake a like a ree caste.
Cuz I can ford a red eed only street a wide a ree land.
On a ree land. Find a ree land.
You sink a my swan.
Rolly a get a worst in.
Maybe minus way far central poor forty duck a pin.
Milk maid dud bean. Master a load a head.
Pill pop a dope a well run general hash pump a gonna led.

Maybe it's just me, but I quite like those!

I can't see any such saving graces in the ELP lyrics, however - good call, threefates

Nasty!

Fitzcarraldo wrote: Sorry, threefates, but I can't stand the ELP lyrics you quoted either. My personal opinion only, but I find them corny in the extreme. Each to his/her own.

No problem, Fitz... I was actually quoting them as bad lyrics.  However, in ELP's defense.. they were meant to be corny and extreme... sort of Pete and Greg's way of getting back at the record company that was forcing them to make this album.  Believe me, I'm sure that during that recording, the band was probably trying very hard not to laugh themselves out of the studio....