Lyrics That Make You Hurl- Page 3

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:46pm

Rose, if you think Oscar Hammerstein is SO untalented, why don't you start with this lyric? Tell us what's wrong with THIS.

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You've got to be taught to hate and fear
You've got to be taught from year to year
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made
And people whose skin is a different shade
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught before it's too late
Before you are six or seven or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be carefully taught.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 2:15pm

PalJoey - I think that's a pretty brilliant set of lyrics, myself.

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 2:46pm

oh no... "carefully taught" has to be one of the best songs written by R & H

[HeartinNYC]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 3:05pm

From "The Egg" from "1776":

"The eagle's going to crack the shell
Of the egg that England laid
Yes, so we can tell, tell, tell
On this humid Monday morning in this
Congressional incubator..
And as just as Tom here has written
Though the egg may belong to Great Britain,
The eagle inside belongs to us!"

I LOVE this musical, but OMG, those lyrics are just awful! All I can think of is some sort of scary Eagle egg omelette for breakfast!

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 3:36pm

I'm sorry but when I did that show I thought that was one of the most cleverly written songs, lyrically. I do, however, wanna know what MisterMatt finds wrong with Sun and Moon & Last Night of the World. I don't find anything hurl-able about those two songs at all.

[junglered]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 3:38pm

I give you these 'brilliant' lyrics from that piece of trash musical we call "Hair":

from "Good Morning Starshine":

"Gliddy glub gloopy; Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo...
Sabba sibby sabba; Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo...
Tooby ooby walla; Nooby abba nabba
Early morning singin' song".

-and from the title song:

"Let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas in my hair
A home for fleas, a hive for bees
A nest for birds, there ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder of my hair"!

What crapola!

[RENTingFAME]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 3:46pm

i've only seen Rent... and I love the show to death. but this has always bothered me. (From Voice Mail #2)

Mr Jefferson:
For Mummy's sake kitten
No Doc Martens this time, and wear a dress
Oh, and kitten - have a merry

Mrs. Jefferson:
And a bra!

I just hate how she interjects like that... really irritates me for some reason.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 3:48pm

Matt - How can you hate that Caroline lyric???

I think that's my favorite lyric. The kid sees his father playing the clarinet so often that he can't tell his dad apart from the clarinet...it says SO much in so little. You're silly for not liking it. Very very silly.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 3:56pm

Look at her, she's Wicked. Get her.


Why?

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:10pm

"Priest is going to hate me for this...
"There was a barber and his wife, and he was beautiful.
A proper artist with a knife. But they transported him for life.
And he was beautiful..." - SWEENEY TODD
Yes, the first part is nice, but we already know he's beautiful! Why say it twice?"

Because part of the whole essence of the show is Mrs. Lovett's fanatical, unhealthy obsession with Benjamin Berker aka Sweeney.

[Mythus]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:34pm

I have no lyrics to contribute, just wanted to say something...

Stephen Schwartz so stole the "She's a terror, she's a tartar" line from Anne of Green Gables. I remember that line, because the middle schoolers who played the gossiping women screeched it every day at rehearsal.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:45pm

The subject was lyrics that make you hurl. Those lyrics from Miss Saigon are so sappy, silly and syrupy they make me nauseous every time.

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:53pm

My take on the non-sense lyrics from Hair is that it is uppsoed to represent glooby sensations of an LSD trip. Remember when that was all the rage? Timothy Leary??

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:58pm

in reference to "good morning starshine":

isn't sheila supposed to sing that song after the be-in where everyone is getting high?

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:04pm

All right, I'll concede that Hammerstein isn't wholly awful. But I still think the majority of his lyrics are nauseating. Incidentally, PalJoey, what show is that song from?

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:09pm

that song is from "south pacific". it was originally written for the stage version but it was dropped because the song was deemed to "controversial". they included it in the 1958 movie version though.

[lostwallflower]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:14pm

Sunday from Tick Tick Boom. The first time it was amusing, now it makes me groan.

"Honey honey, how he thrills me, a-ha, honey honey
Honey honey, nearly kill me, a-ha, honey honey
I've heard about him before
I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, he's a love machine
Oh, he makes me dizzy"
God how Mamma Mia's lyrics drive me crazy. But very catchy.

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:19pm

----Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats

i dare anyone try to get this damn song outta there head after only 1 listen....TORTURE!---

amen to that

also the line 'happy spring' from rent. that bothers me how its so random. like of all people who could say that why the angry struggling musician. I dont know about you, but when im mad, i dont tell people 'happy spring'. maybe its just me...

all of 'therapy' from tick tick boom. its a love/hate thing for me. sometimes i can listen to it, other times i wonder what the heck larson was thinking.

the line in seasons of love where it says something about spoke wheels. I was not aware you could measure a year in spoke wheels. yes i am way over analyizing this but it really does bother me..

MIMI
Our eyes'll adjust, thank God for the moon
ROGER
Maybe it's not the moon at all
I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street
MIMI
Bah humbug ... Bah humbug

the whole 'bah humbug' thing really doesnt seem like mimis character to me. sort of just a space filler...


thats all for now

[bythesword84]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:21pm

FF when we on Long Island say those two words they rhyme.

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:27pm

I actually like "Sun and Moon". "Last Nigh of the World" I can live without. Lots of the lyrics are contrived and emotionless.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:39pm

I love Sunday and Therapy. Sunday because it's a very funny take on a classic Sondheim song (it's also very true to the original. Therapy because, well, it's so fun to listen too.

[magruder]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:43pm

"Carefully Taught" was very much a part of the original stage production of South Pacific, and is on the OBCR.

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:48pm

---I love Sunday and Therapy. Sunday because it's a very funny take on a classic Sondheim song (it's also very true to the original. Therapy because, well, it's so fun to listen too. ---

ooh yea that reminds me-- the part in Sunday where its like 'bums bums bums bums bums bums bums people screaming for their toast
wow jon. not one of your brighter moments...


edit: oops sorry totaly wasnt paying attention to the fact that i was pressing n instead of m. its been a loooooonnnnng day... and i didnt know what the next line was... thanks for correcting me Updated On: 9/13/04 at 06:48 PM

[Taryn]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:58pm

Actually, he's repeating "bums" and the next line is "people screaming for their toast."

[PleaseChangeMe]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 7:07pm

StickToPriest, that is one reason I never thought of! Thank you! Also, can you clarify the point of 'City on Fire'?

As for laughing at the weiner stand line, I'd laugh to, if it was funny.