what are the dumbest lyrics you ever heard from a song heard in a play or radio- Page 3

[Mamie]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 11:12pm

Sorry - but there are definitely some really stupid lyrics out there, but "Molasses to Rum" is not one of them. It's absolutely brilliant in summarizing the way Charleston and Boston marched hand in hand when it came to the financial worth of the slave trade. They preached a different 'song', but they danced together when practicing it. It's placement in that show was perfect. It does not stand on its own - but it was never meant to.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 11:14pm

"To kill outside St. Pauls requires a lot of balls!" -- Jekyll & Hyde

"Nessa, uh Nessa?
I've got something to confess--a
reason why, well why
I brought you here tonight"
--Wicked

Please God, just kill me now!

[Magical_Ms._Mistoffeles_72]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 11:20pm

Soapguy17: Oh good Im not the only one

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 11:44pm

Charlotte Church...as in Charlotte Church?? I'm confused. Those lyrics make me sick.
Mine is from "I'm the Greatest Star" from Funny Girl:
"I'll light up like a light
Right up like a light"

Brilliant. *cough*

[soapguy17]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 7:58am

Yep that sweet child we once knew and loved. I was as shocked as you were. I though there would finally be pop music with substance and then she pulls that crap. :')

[kyguy78]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:09am

Pretty much the entire song "Summer Girls" by LFO.

[brdwybound2]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:10am

So this isn't from a show.. but the song "Photograph" by Nickleback or whoever that is.. I'm pretty sure they just thought of words that rhymed and put them into a song..

"Why did our eyes get so red? And what the hell is on Joey's head.."

Like, what?

[FeelingElectric]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:54am

Also from Butterfly by Crazytown:

"Whatever tickles your fancy
Girl it's you like Sid and Nancy"

WTF?
Does Crazytown even know what happened with Sid and Nancy? It's not exactly a happy ending.

[Kimmygonbefamous]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 9:00am

Anything by Good Charlotte. That band is a waste of CD material if I ever saw one.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 9:17am

The Nickelback song is called Photograph - he's talking about...a photograph. Think about it - redeye...and something probably in back of Joey that looks like it's "on his head."

[phantom_tenor]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:48am

The most outstandingly bad lyrics from POTO:

"Miss Daae has returned
I trust her midnight oil is well and truly burned"

"Christine, Christine, you don't have to.They can't make you"

The lyrics to "Cool" from WSS are very dated, and besides, not all that great in the first place. THe make me cringe. And yes, i did just bag out a Sondheim lyric.

[singingwendy]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:48am

Mamie--Thank you! I thought exactly the same thing when I read that, but you summarized what I was thinking much better than I could have! Plus, I figured I was biased, because "1776" is one of my favorite shows!

[erikaamato]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 12:21pm

Mamie and singingwendy: Count me in among the "Molasses and Rum" supporters. I read that post and thought, "Um, no. Brilliant lyrics. Some of the best."

OK, and I have to agree with Rath - "Trapped in the Closet" (parts whatever to whatever) have to have the most ridiculous lyrics I've ever heard. When I first saw that video, I honestly thought I was watching some kind of MADTV parody or something.

Just one lovely sample from "Part I" of this opus:

...Rolls her in the bed
And start to snatchin’ her clothes off
I’m in the closet, like man, what the f**k is going on?
You’re not gonna believe it
But things get deeper as the story goes on
Next thing you know, a call comes through on my cell phone
I tried my best to quickly put it on vibrate
But from the way he acted, I could tell it was too late
He hopped up and said, “There’s a mystery going on
And I’m gonna solve it”
And I’m like, “God please, don’t let this man open this closet”

He walks in the bathroom
And looks behind the door
She says, “Baby, come back to bed”
He says, “B**ch say no more”
He pulls back the shower curtain
While she’s biting her nails
Then he walks back to the room
Right now, I’m sweating like hell
Checks under the bed
Then under the dresser
He looks at the closet
I pull out my Beretta
He walks up to the closet
He comes up to the closet
Now he’s at the closet
Damn he’s opening the closet…

[sondheim78]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 1:08pm

Whoever said "Molasses to Rum" is a retard. That's one of the most perfect songs ever in a musical.

I'd say:

Carrie:
"I'm Carrie, I am a song of endless wonder
That no one will claim,
But someday
Oh, my, someday,
Someone will know my name."

YIKES!!

Side Show:
"I will never leave you.
I will never go away.
We were meant to share each moment.
Beside you is where I will stay."

Umm...they're Siamese Twins. I know what they were trying to do, but I giggle every time I hear it.

Rent:
"Why are entire years strewn on the cutting room floor of
memory?
When single frames from one magic night forever flicker in
closeup
On the 3D IMAX of my mind?"

How Pretentious is that? That is Lyric writing with a capital L.

Aspects of Love:
"Hands are just hands.
A face is just a face.
They come and go,
They're easy to replace."

If you say so, lady.

Jekyll and Hyde:
"I am in love
With the things
That I see in his face -
It's a memory I know
Time will never erase..."

Huh? What does that mean?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 1:28pm

"Hands are just hands.
A face is just a face.
They come and go,
They're easy to replace."

Actually, it makes perfect sense in context of the song and title, There Is More To Love. In those particular lines, she's saying that (among other things) there is more to love than mere physical attraction, which can be easily substituted from one person to the next, completely devoid of emotional attachment. It actually quite clever and concise. It's a lovely song.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 1:32pm

Any song that rhymes "heart" with "we'll never part" or "torn it apart" automatically gets a 20-point deduction. Frank Wildhorn, I'm looking in your direction.

[brdwybound2]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:21pm

yeah yeah I understand that the song is literally about a Photograph.. I just think the lyrics suck. I mean, they couldn't come up with something better to rhyme with "head" than talking about photo red-eye?

[triplethreat101]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:37pm

MY HUMPS
.......................enough said

"err body in da club getting tipsy"
GROSS

"We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex,****it and pull it"

[TheDewMonster]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:38pm

^ idiot. tipsy means when youre buzzed

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:39pm

Lol.

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:29pm

Great. Now I have "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" in my head. I think if the singer actually articulated a little, I wouldn't have needed a cousin to translate the lyrics (bad lyrics mind you) for me.

[LiteMyCandlePhantom?]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 3:21am

"My humps" has to be the stupidest song I ever heard.It makes me annoyed just thinking about it.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 6:42am

How about:

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

In fact, a lot of Hammerstein's songs feature straw-clutching lyrics.

One more:

To sing through the night
Like a lark who is learning to pray?

What the hell does that mean? How does a lark pray?