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It comes down to one of 2 in my opinion. Afroman's Because I got High is so damn rubbish but I shalln't even get started on it, for there is a song I fell is much, much worse.
It's by City High, and it's currently top 10, I think.
It goes a little something like this:
"What would you do if your son was a home,
Crying all alone, on the bedroom floor,
'Cos he's hungry,
And the only way to feed him is to
Sleep with a man for a little bit of money?"
Stupid, stupid lyrics are made worse when a 'sample' of Still DRE kicks in, with the singers singing "What would you do?" to it.
Damn this is crap.
Especially when the bloke also starts singing about sleeping with a man for a little bit of money.
Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap.
Crap.
It's by City High, and it's currently top 10, I think.
It goes a little something like this:
"What would you do if your son was a home,
Crying all alone, on the bedroom floor,
'Cos he's hungry,
And the only way to feed him is to
Sleep with a man for a little bit of money?"
Stupid, stupid lyrics are made worse when a 'sample' of Still DRE kicks in, with the singers singing "What would you do?" to it.
Damn this is crap.
Especially when the bloke also starts singing about sleeping with a man for a little bit of money.
Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap.
Crap.
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Who's been making a big deal of the lyrics though?
I hadn't really thought anything of them until reading through this thread.
I hadn't really thought anything of them until reading through this thread.
No, but 2people is a bloody great tune with inconsequential lyrics. In Castles in the Sky there is a big deal made of them through the levels.
Dr Gonzo, I agree that 2People is a great tune, but the lyrics are hardly inspiring, are they.
This is why I don't listen to the radio much anymore. Only XFM as they play decent indie stuff. But as for Radio 1 and other national stations, I'm not too bothered. I just don't like the stuff they play.
I'd rather stick with my albums, and getting music off the 'net, that way I can listen to what I want.
Oh yeah, and if anyone wants to know what I mean when I say that original mixes are completely different to the stuff that gets released, listen to the original version of Deliriums "Silence" which is on the Progressive Euphoria album. Compare that to the dumbed down chart version to see what I mean.
This is why I don't listen to the radio much anymore. Only XFM as they play decent indie stuff. But as for Radio 1 and other national stations, I'm not too bothered. I just don't like the stuff they play.
I'd rather stick with my albums, and getting music off the 'net, that way I can listen to what I want.
Oh yeah, and if anyone wants to know what I mean when I say that original mixes are completely different to the stuff that gets released, listen to the original version of Deliriums "Silence" which is on the Progressive Euphoria album. Compare that to the dumbed down chart version to see what I mean.
Your Honour wrote:
> Well, when I get home, I'll find some Beatles lyrics, and we'll see how many of
> them make sense shall we?
Difference being that The Beatles never pretented to be doing anything other than siging gibberish, in the stated example. Mrs Van Dahl seems to think she a poet or something. And did you hear her "sing" live at One Big Sunday? Laughably bad.
Worst for "we think we're deep and meaningful lyrisists, but it's actually pap" though is System of a Down. Have you heard Chop Suey? It would be an alright track if it wasn't for the awful attempts at meaningful pretension that constitute the lyrics of that track.
> Well, when I get home, I'll find some Beatles lyrics, and we'll see how many of
> them make sense shall we?
Difference being that The Beatles never pretented to be doing anything other than siging gibberish, in the stated example. Mrs Van Dahl seems to think she a poet or something. And did you hear her "sing" live at One Big Sunday? Laughably bad.
Worst for "we think we're deep and meaningful lyrisists, but it's actually pap" though is System of a Down. Have you heard Chop Suey? It would be an alright track if it wasn't for the awful attempts at meaningful pretension that constitute the lyrics of that track.
No, Because I Got High is easily worse. Almost as bad as "Sven Sven Sven".
Your Honour wrote:
> Hmm, can tell Dr Gonzo isn't a dance fan then.
Not true. Of the current collection of dance stuff, 2people is a top tune. From a few weeks back, Grand Popo Football Club has me shaking my booty to Men are Not Nice Guys.
There is a difference between good dance music (the above) and bad dance music, which accounts for the vast majority of the current crop.
> Hmm, can tell Dr Gonzo isn't a dance fan then.
Not true. Of the current collection of dance stuff, 2people is a top tune. From a few weeks back, Grand Popo Football Club has me shaking my booty to Men are Not Nice Guys.
There is a difference between good dance music (the above) and bad dance music, which accounts for the vast majority of the current crop.
That Nelly Furtado is pretty dire. Stereophonics rank higher than her though, in my list of stinky bands.
She's a girl who misses much,
Do do do do do do do, oh yeah.
She's well aquainted with touch of the velvet hand,
Like a lizard on a window pane.
The man in the crowd with multicoloured mirrors,
On his hobnailed boots.
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy,
Working overtime.
A soap impression of his wife which he ate,
And donated to the National Trust.
It's from The Beatles "Happiness is a warm gun"
To be honest Meka, most dance tracks have very few lyrics in their original form. It's the re-mixed versions that get cur down to the standard 3 1/2 minutes, have some words thrown in, and released.
If you hunt down some original versions of dance tracks, you'll hardly recognise them. "Silence" being the most recent example.
Do do do do do do do, oh yeah.
She's well aquainted with touch of the velvet hand,
Like a lizard on a window pane.
The man in the crowd with multicoloured mirrors,
On his hobnailed boots.
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy,
Working overtime.
A soap impression of his wife which he ate,
And donated to the National Trust.
It's from The Beatles "Happiness is a warm gun"
To be honest Meka, most dance tracks have very few lyrics in their original form. It's the re-mixed versions that get cur down to the standard 3 1/2 minutes, have some words thrown in, and released.
If you hunt down some original versions of dance tracks, you'll hardly recognise them. "Silence" being the most recent example.
Your Honour wrote:
> Well, when I get home, I'll find some Beatles lyrics, and we'll see how many of
> them make sense shall we?
One of them is about him killing his wife, then
> selling her to the National Trust.
Hardly stuff you'd associate with one of
> the worlds best bands, is it?
True, but I still think that most dance music doesn't require ANY lyrics. I don't think having some banshee wailing onto the track ever has improved it.
Dance music has NEVER been about the lyrics, so why do they bother if they can't write them for toffee?
> Well, when I get home, I'll find some Beatles lyrics, and we'll see how many of
> them make sense shall we?
One of them is about him killing his wife, then
> selling her to the National Trust.
Hardly stuff you'd associate with one of
> the worlds best bands, is it?
True, but I still think that most dance music doesn't require ANY lyrics. I don't think having some banshee wailing onto the track ever has improved it.
Dance music has NEVER been about the lyrics, so why do they bother if they can't write them for toffee?
Well, when I get home, I'll find some Beatles lyrics, and we'll see how many of them make sense shall we?
One of them is about him killing his wife, then selling her to the National Trust.
Hardly stuff you'd associate with one of the worlds best bands, is it?
One of them is about him killing his wife, then selling her to the National Trust.
Hardly stuff you'd associate with one of the worlds best bands, is it?
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