Great bands with awful lyrics.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

My vote goes for Bush:

raindogs howl for the century

a million dollars a steak

as you search for your demi-god

and you fake with a saint

[YI]

Rooney and their 1-line choruses. I absolutely love them, and I'd have it no other way.

It's gonna be a bad day come Sunday!

I love it.

[Bodom]

Ben Kweller can be this way as well......

I got a bad flavor

I got dirty clothes

I got a strange neighbor

Who doesnt have curtains on her windows

I got a pet hedgehog

Drinkin jaeger all day

You got me crate combo and a baby on the way

But its ok

[Skummy]

David Bowie.

I'M AN ALLIGATOR! I'M A SPACE INVADER! I'M A MOMMA-POPPA COMING FOR YOU!

I'm sure I'll think of hundreds more, but I've been discussing the absurdity of that opening line all night.

[Quom]

Aren't all three of those things which try to get close to you/smother you when you don't ever want them near you? An alligator eats people so you don't really want one near you, a space invader could literally be someone invading your space, momma-poppa could be a reference to familial bonds which cannot be broken no matter how hard we try. Thus Bowie is a genius.

Edited October 13, 2007 by Quom

[Tarheels.]

I enjoyed the Captain Backfire line, GoGo

You're dead to me, Tarheels. You're dead to me.

[Steeb]

I'd tentatively throw in Cedric Bixler-Zavala, but to be honest, I don't know whether they make sense or not. Far too fucking wordy.

[VerbalPuke]

I hate to say it, but Frank Zappa's lyrics are pretty ridiculous. I don't think awful is necessarily the correct term for his lyrics, but come on, Baby Snakes and Call Any Vegetable? He was brilliant, his music was brilliant, and his vocals went great with his music, but I just don't know if I'd call him a lyrical genius.

[Farmer Reil]

Dragonforce lyrics aren't terrible, but they don't really go anwhere. They're just an excuse to have a vocalist, really. Except Trail of Broken Hearts. That's terrible.

I'm amazed that this song hasn't been mentioned:

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time

I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah!

I'm floating around in ecstasy

So don't stop me now don't stop me

'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time

I'm a shooting star, leaping through the skies

Like a tiger, defying the laws of gravity

I'm a racing car passing by, like Lady Godiva

I'm gonna go go go, there's no stopping me

I'm burning through the skies, yeah!

Two hundred degrees,

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic man of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time

I'm having a ball, don't stop me now

If you wanna have a good time, just give me a call

Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)

Don't stop me now (Yes I'm having a good time)

I don't want to stop at all

I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars

On a collision course

I am a satellite I'm out of control

I am a sex machine ready to reload

Like an atom bomb about to

Oh oh oh oh oh explode

I'm burning through the skies Yeah!

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic woman out of you

Don't stop me don't stop me don't stop me

Hey hey hey!

Don't stop me don't stop me

Ooh ooh ooh

Don't stop me, have a good time good time

Don't stop me, don't stop me

Ooh ooh oooh

[etc]

[New Damage]

Never really listened paid attention to the Bush "Glycerine" lyrics, but tis a great song.

As for dud lyrics, although whilst a great song, I've always found the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" chorus lyrics a bit random.

A mulatto

An albino

A mosquito

My libido

Yea

You'what Kurt?

[METALMAN]

You think we look pretty good together

You think my shoes are made of leather

[ROC]

I'd tentatively throw in Cedric Bixler-Zavala, but to be honest, I don't know whether they make sense or not. Far too fucking wordy.

[Steeb]

*mink handjob in sarcophagus heels >_>

Sometimes his lyrics are just laughable though. Just too many examples to pick from. However, on the flipside, he sometimes comes out with amazing lines of simplicity, which is what's so infuriating.

It's probably all the crack.

[Chris the Human]

John Mayer is pretty much my #1 guilty pleasure artist. The reason why he is a guilty pleasure artist is because his music is very pretty and nice to listen to but his lyrics are fucking retarded like 75% of the time.

[NobBe Nobbs]

I want to make a very special mention to the absolute maestros of bitchingly bitching music combined with fucking awful lyrics - MEGA. FUCKING. DETH. Some of their best:

Well, me...its nice talking to myself,

A credit to dementia.

Some day you too will know my pain,

And smile its blacktooth grin.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Oh no you diiiiint. The Blacktooth grin line in Sweating Bullets is AWESOME.

[zero]

Be stole my Megadeth answer:

HELLO ME!

MEET THE REAL ME!

Oh dear God.

[darkrayne]

Well, me...its nice talking to myself,

A credit to dementia.

Some day you too will know my pain,

And smile its blacktooth grin.

Edited November 26, 2007 by darkrayne

[Cadet Ember McLain]

Generals gathered in their masses

Just like witches at black masses

[DoubleX]

Do NOT disrespect the 'Deth!

Besides, how is Hangar 18 bad lyrics? It makes sense when you think about it, considering Hangar 18 is about Area 51. Those lyrics from Trust are pretty ordinary, but I don't see how the lyrics from Sweating Bullets are that bad either. He's fucking demented in that song, and so it's the kind of thing you'd expect. It's also a fantastic example of Mustaine's stage voice, so yeah.