what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio
what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio
#0what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio
Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:27am
heres mine:
from changes by tupac
1. its time for us to make a change as a people/ lets change the way we eat, lets change the way we live, and lets change the way we treat each other
#1re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio
Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:39am
God help us if Tupac ever writes a musical!
The theatre has had some really awful lyricists. Top of my list is Leslie Bricusse notably his words for JEKYLL & HYDE.
I find Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe's lyrics for the long running (why???) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA to be boring and bland.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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#2re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio
Posted: 4/18/06 at 7:59amwell considering the guy is dead...
Happy...Everything!
Kaye Thompson
#3re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio
Posted: 4/18/06 at 8:13am
"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they're like it's better than yours, I can teach you but I have to charge".
Kelis
what the?
Hartt School class of 2010 ;-)
#4re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio
Posted: 4/18/06 at 8:40am
I've said it before, I'll say it again: If there are more than two decent syllables strung together in either J&H or MISS SAIGON, I'd be surprised.
TT
"Me flunk English? That's unpossible!" - Ralph Wiggum
#5re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio
Posted: 4/18/06 at 8:52amMiss Saigon has some of the worst lyrics I have ever heard. Oh, I wish I could remember the little squabble lyrics between John/ Chris about Ellen in the beginning of the Second Act...SO funny!!!
Jack: For your information, most people who meet me do not know that I am gay.
Will: Jack, blind and deaf people know you're gay. Dead people know you're gay.
Jack: Grace, when you first met me, did you know I was gay?
Grace: My dog knew.
#6re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio
Posted: 4/18/06 at 8:54am
Obviously, none of you has ever been forced to sing "Shipoopi"!
#7re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 8:56am
Molasses to Rum from 1776, I mean come on!
Molasses to rum to slaves, oh what a beauteful waltz. You dance with us, we dance with you in Molasses to Rum to slaves. like i know it really depicts the triangle trade, but COME ON!
#8re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 9:17amthe "tarzan" yell at the end of Defying Gravity!
"I've had two years to grow claws, Mother, and they're Jungle Red!" Mary Haines - The Women
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#9re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 9:27am
Some of the most horrific were on a concept recording for Z! The Masked Musical. (Zorro musical) EW.
And I love "Woman in White" dearly, but I cringe whenever I hear "...you may dine on any single thing you wish / Though I'd wait for dinner, we are serving fish". Obvious rhyme! And the entire "Perspective" song, I just don't care for. I thought the rest of the show's lyrics were pretty good.
#10re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 9:30amWendy, you said what I was coming in here to post...I just finished a production of The Music Man.
Whatever happened to class?
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#11re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 9:41am
>>>Obviously, none of you has ever been forced to sing "Shipoopi"!
No, but I've been forced to listen to it. LOL.
#12re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 9:44amI found that most of the new songs created for Thoroughly Modern Millie had pretty terrible lyrics.
"The hallmark of aristocracy is responsibility. Oh brother, that got me, that did me in!"
#13re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 9:58amI agree with Jekyll and Hyde... especially the line "to kill outside St. Pauls, requires a lot of balls."
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#14re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 11:09amFrom "She Bangs": "Talk to me / Tell me your name / I'm just a link in your daisy chain..." and "You wear me out like a pair of shoes."
#15re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 11:10amEganFan, I'm one of the few people who actually saw the Zorro musical. I had no idea there was a recording. Is Richard White on it?
#16re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 1:02pm
Right I love Wicked but...
'For the first time I feel...Wicked' from As Long as You're Mine makes me cringe every time apart from when the touring cast do it. (The way it's deliverd makes a lot of difference)
Cenoern
Stand-by Joined: 10/26/05
#17re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:00pm
The entirety of "Why God Why?" from Miss Saigon. I cringe whenever I hear it.
Danielm
Broadway Star Joined: 3/17/05
#18re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:25pmNeil Diamond; "Songs she sang to me, songs she brang to me."
Yes, we do need a third vampire musical.--Little Sally, Gypsy of the Year 2005.
#19re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:28pm
The entire song "Summer Girls" by LFO.
I would rather hold a pan over my head and band it with a spoon than listen to that song.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#20re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:38pm
"Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
gonna grab some afternoon delight.
My motto's always been; when it's right, it's right.
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night.
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day.
And you know the night is always gonna be there any way.
Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.
Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
looking forward to a little afternoon delight.
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
and the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting.
Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.
Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always though a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling
a little afternoon delight.
Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.
Please be waiting for me baby when I come around.
We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down.
Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight."
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ThePinballWizard
Leading Actor Joined: 1/25/06
#21re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:39pm
HELLO??
"You'll never know what you're gonna find what you have a box of Crackerjacks and open up the prize." - Carrie
"I don't take no attitude when I know I've been screwed." - Carrie
Nuff said.
"Isn't it strange that we spend most of our time learning to do what they put people in asylums for." - Jane Fonda on Acting
#22re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:40pm
"There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed"
I always have to skip over it when I'm listening to the song lol
"Electricity sparks inside of me... and I'm free, I'm free."
#24re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:53pmWizard, that is pure poetry, and you know it!
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#25re: what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play
Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:56pm'Tear my heart open and sew myself shut. WAAAH WAAAAH!!!'
You know it and you want it... you just can't believe you've got it.
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