Most Ridiculous Lyrics in Prog

I can't stand sap. Big ,Big Train and It Bites overindulge in that department.

Also, I had a cd by Azureth. The most ridiculous tripe ever. They pulled out every cliched prog theme and proceeded to destroy it some more. I wish I could listen to it and give some examples but I sent that piece of poo Danbo's way. They are the type of band that would go to the store and buy their "prog" clothing to show the world how cool and prog they are. God did they suck ass.

"When I grow up, I'll never go to sleeeeeeeeeep." (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum)

maani wrote: Blacksword: How dare you malign one of Genesis' most under-appreciated and brilliant songs!   The story of the "cat-and-mouse" game, and the music it is set to, are fabulous, and perfectly in keeping with the tradition of Squonk and Trick of the Tail.  I challenge you to write such a complete and engaging "story" in so short a space! Logos: Gotta agree: those Lake lyrics are among the worst ever. BiGi: You said, "As concerns Jon Anderson's lyrics, I read somewhere that he usually composes his lyrics looking for words that sound well together, without caring much about their sense..."  No, he simply takes copious amounts of hallucinogenic substances and writes whatever drivel comes to his acid-soaked brain!   (I jest.  As impenetrable as many of his lyrics may be, they are nevertheless admittedly "brilliant" overall for the genre.) Peace.

maani:

Tony Banks should be ashamed of himself for writing such terrible words!  Musically it is great; it has all the drama, majesty and wonderful genesis 'cliches' you would expect from their best tunes, but those words are written for children, IMO, and children didn't comprise the Genesis fanbase then or now... As for Trick or Squonk the lyrics are equally embarssing IMO. I guess if you've come out of the English public school system the quaintness of these words may strike a chord -  in particualr the mythology of Squonk -  but I've come from the sh!t, so they dont..

Biggles wrote: "She wouldn't make love but she could make good sandwich" - Jethro Tull, Budapest. *wince*

That lyric is just awesome.

And how about:

A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace

And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace

It doesn't get more ridiculous than that. Although that "someone get me a ladder" lyrics is definitely cringe-worthy.

BaldFriede wrote: The lyrics of Amon Düül 2 are usually quite ridiculous, but they are often in German, especially the most ridiculous ones. It is not quite sure whether they are ridiculous on purpose or whether they were just too stoned when they wrote them; both is possible with the Düüls. Gong and especially Daevid Allen are very ridiculous, of course. Witthüser & Westrupp have quite ridiculous lyrics, but again they are in German. The lyrics on "Kew/Rhone" by Peter Blegvad and John Greaves are very dadaistic and ridiculous. The same is true for some lyrics of Slap Happy.

'Peel's foe, not a set animal, laminates a tone of sleep' - how many other lyricists have incorpaorated such a lengthy palindrome into a song? Blegvad is a genius, although his word play is sometimes a little obscure.

tool - message to harry manback

[words in brackets unclear]

Figlio di puttana, sai che tu sei un pezzo di merda? (1)

Hm? you think you’re cool, right? hm? hm?
When you kicked out people [out of] your house

I tell you this, one of three americans die of cancer,
You know? asshole. you’re gonna be one of those.

I [didn’t too / don’t have the] courage
To kick your ass directly.
Don’t have enough courage for that,
I could, you know.

You know you’re gonna have another accident?
You know I’m involved with black magic?
f**k you. die. bastard.
You think you’re so cool, hm? asshole.

And if I ever see your f**king face around,
In europe or italy,
Well I’ll -- that time I’m gonna kick your ass.
f**k you. f**king americans, yankee.
You’re gonna die outta cancer, I promise.

[bang bang / deep pain]

No one does what you did to me.
You wanna know something? f**k you.
I want your balls smashed, eat sh*t. bastard.

Pezzo di merda, figlio di puttana. (2)
I hope somebody in your family dies soon.

Crepa, pezzo di merda, e vai
A sucare cazzi su un aereo! (3)

(1) son of a bitch, do you know you are a piece of sh*t?
(2) piece of sh*t, son of a bitch.
(3) die, piece of sh*t, and go
Sucking dicks on a plane!

AND YOU TELL ME TOOL ARE GENIUS? AS IF THEIR GARBAGE MUSIC WAS NOT ENOUGH, THEY ALSO MAKE BAD LYRICS!!

"Cha cha cha cha cha"

Sound Chaser - Yes

arcer wrote: Most of Steven Wilson's lyrics are hopeless too...

You may be the first person I've ever met who thinks Wilson is a bad lyricist.