'Knee-deep in the hoopla' and other horrible song lyrics

[Kirby]

For some reason I have had the Jefferson Starship song 'We Built This City on Rock and Roll' running through my head for the past day and a half, and while the entire song is super-cheesy, the line 'knee-deep in the hoopla' is just cringe worthy.

We haven't had a bad song lyrics thread in a while, what else ya got?

 

[J.T.B.]

That's pretty odd, because I was thinking of what a stupid lyric that is just yesterday. It was also the name of the album. That whole song is crap. "Marconi plays the mamba"?!

I can't think of any more awful lyrics off the top of my head (but they will come). But here is one of my least favorite "rhymes" in all pop music:

Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is​

--Justin

 

[Nerys Myk]

"You're so gangster, I'm so thug. You're the one I'm dreamimg of"

Train, Hey Soul Sister

 

[Robert D. Robot]

And little Early-birdy came by in his curly-wurly and asked me
if I needed a ride....

 

[Gaith]

Thread on this from last year.



"She loves you... and you know that can't be bad. She loves you... and you know you should be glad! Ooo!"

 

[sojourner]

Steve Miller is the king of forced lyrics.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Surely nothing will ever beat 'I'm not afraid of ghosts/ Rather have a piece of toast'

Life by Des'ree.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

For some reason I have had the Jefferson Starship song 'We Built This City on Rock and Roll' running through my head for the past day and a half, and while the entire song is super-cheesy, the line 'knee-deep in the hoopla' is just cringe worthy.

I have to be honest. That was the first album I ever bought. And it was just Starship, not Jefferson Starship. Okay, technically, it was the fetid remains of JS, but there was a lawsuit and they decided to drop the Jefferson from their name.

 

[C.E. Evans]

"You're so gangster, I'm so thug. You're the one I'm dreamimg of"

Train, Hey Soul Sister

Actually, I listen to that song just for that one line.

My vote:
"Forces of evil on a bozo nightmare
Ban all the music with a phony gas chamber
'Cause one's got a weasel and the other's got a flag
One's on the pole, shove the other in a bag..."

--Beck, "Loser"

 

[the G-man]

Everybody Wang Chung tonight.

 

[Idran]

A thread like this, I have to drop this article from AV Club.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/worst-lyrical-rhymes-in-popular-music,58647/

 

[Nerys Myk]

Thread on this from last year.



"She loves you... and you know that can't be bad. She loves you... and you know you should be glad! Ooo!"

Not seeing that. Its almost conversational.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Steve Miller is the king of forced lyrics.

I always thought that of Graham Bonnet. Every song he ever wrote seemed like it had way too many words crammed in.

Maybe a different idea of forced.


As far as Starship, if they didn't put "knee deep in the hoopla" into one of the songs, they'd never have justified the album title

 

[1001001]

"You're so gangster, I'm so thug. You're the one I'm dreamimg of"

Train, Hey Soul Sister

Actually, I listen to that song just for that one line.

My vote:
"Forces of evil on a bozo nightmare
Ban all the music with a phony gas chamber
'Cause one's got a weasel and the other's got a flag
One's on the pole, shove the other in a bag..."

--Beck, "Loser"

"Get crazy with the cheese whiz..."

Beck is a musician-poet who transcends genres even as he re-invents them.

 

[Canadave]

"You're so gangster, I'm so thug. You're the one I'm dreamimg of"

Train, Hey Soul Sister

Actually, I listen to that song just for that one line.

My vote:
"Forces of evil on a bozo nightmare
Ban all the music with a phony gas chamber
'Cause one's got a weasel and the other's got a flag
One's on the pole, shove the other in a bag..."

--Beck, "Loser"

"Get crazy with the cheese whiz..."

Beck is a musician-poet who transcends genres even as he re-invents them.

Plus, he has this:

 

[Alidar Jarok]

"Come on Bender, remember when I wrote 'Devil's Haircut'? Wait, what's that song about again?" - Beck

 

[1001001]

Actually, I listen to that song just for that one line.

My vote:
"Forces of evil on a bozo nightmare
Ban all the music with a phony gas chamber
'Cause one's got a weasel and the other's got a flag
One's on the pole, shove the other in a bag..."

--Beck, "Loser"

"Get crazy with the cheese whiz..."

Beck is a musician-poet who transcends genres even as he re-invents them.

Plus, he has this:

"NO, the Rhyming Becktionary!"

 

[Greg Cox]

Here's an oldie from Cole Porter:

"Where is the fun I used to find?
"Gone! Gone with the wind!"

Huh? Sure it looks good on paper, but since when does "wind" (as in a strong breeze) rhyme with "find"?

 

[Level 2 Diagnostic]

"You're so gangster, I'm so thug. You're the one I'm dreamimg of"

Train, Hey Soul Sister

If you're going to single out Train, nothing could be worse than

"My feet have been on the floor, flat like an idle singer / Remember Winger? / I digress"

 

[Captaindemotion]

I'm serious as cancer/ when I say that rhythm is a dancer.