Lyrics or lines that made you cringe!- Page 3

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 10:48pm

ACKK! I hate Stephen Schwartz's lyrics! Some of the lyrics that piss me offfffffffffffffffffffffffff are from WIcked. tee hee.

"There's a sort of a kind of ...cost,
There's a couple of things get...lost.
There are bridges you crossed, you didn't know that you crossed,
'til you crossed."

UGHHHHH
That is sort of a kind of CRAP.

I am glad his awards shelf is Tony-less. keep it that way.
-d.b.j-

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 10:53pm

Carole Bayer Sager wrote some fine lyrics in her day...too bad she didn't use them in the song "Working It Out" from THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG. Here's two examples

Leon want one thing, he wants another
I just wanna run and take cover

He wants words that are witty and clever
Leon and me, we spent five years together

Bad rhyming AND bad grammar in the same verse!

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 1:55am

I am glad his awards shelf is Tony-less. keep it that way.

I agree. My god, the lyrics to Wicked are perhaps the worst lyrics I've ever encountered in a high-profile musical, ever! When is it ok to start making up words so that they rhyme, or spouting off meaningless jargon so they fit the rhythm??

Updated On: 7/12/04 at 01:55 AM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 1:57am

I heard a lyric today from "Ladies Who Lunch" that bugs me.

"Let's hear it for that invincible bunch. Those dinosaurs surviving the crunch."

Sondheim must have been on the happy juice when he wrote that.

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 2:03am

I know everyone is going to pounce on me but, I think Stephen Schwartz wrote some pretty good lyrics for Wicked. I will admit that some of them are bad but some of them are powerful. Defying Gravity and For Good are two examples of some well written lyrics.

[Emutional]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 2:05am

i agree with you :)

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 2:27am

(preparing for everyone to stop taking me seriously...)


Honestly, the vast majority of Wicked lines that have been mentioned here are NOT BAD LINES. Some of them are even GOOD LINES.

You want bad lines?
How about:

"I'm hairy high and low
Don't ask me why; don't know"

"Brush up your Shakespeare
Start quoting him now
Brush up your Shakespeare
and the women, you will wow"

"Guten Tag Hop Hop
Guten Tag Clop Clop"

"Greenhorns
Ship 'em in
They keep our pockets full of green"

"So's your sister"

"We've got it goin' on
We're standing up for what's goin wrong"

"Will you do the Juggernaut?
Can you do the Juggernaut?
Put your foot into the ring
and just start swingin'!"

"I am a person
I'm not a number
I am a person
Not a digital excuse"


And hey, if you're going to diss Wicked, use this:
"The proudliest sight there is."

[Juliette Capulet]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 2:48am

We're born to hate
Soon as we leave
Our mother's wombs

We love to hate
Hatred's the third word that we learn
Mama, Papa
And after that it's hatred's turn

They say I'm very young, I'm going through a phase
And I must learn to curb my adolescent ways

I will make the perfect groom
I love your child and I am rich
So rich, give her to me

My dear friend, control your lust
Take a deep breath, you're overwrought
In short, when one's aroused
I am afraid mistakes are made

I doubt he's the type
That I'd choose for a mate

They are not kings, just a bunch of old fools

They eat the fat and they toss us the bones

They think they're smart, but they're really quite dumb
You miss the tune when you're banging your drum

Kings of the world, they're just a joke
They are not kings, they're just misguided folk

Her feelings and her hair
Have all be re-arranged

Might as well just cut your throat

Tybalt, Tybalt, you’re gonna die

You turn my stomach I wanna be sick
I’ll be nice to you I’ll slaughter you quick

Your son must die
There's no need for legal advice

Oh, fools
Men are fools
There like stubborn mules

She’s yours
She’s yours
She’s yours
Lucky man, she’s yours

He’s yours
He’s yours
He’s yours
Lucky girl, he’s yours

Dear God, Dear God
What are you doing up there?

All of those are quotes are from songs from the travesty of "Romeo and Juliet - the Musical"

Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet

[dramafreak13]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 3:17am

the musical SMILE, which i was just in last year has some pretty horrible lyrics such as
"you'll feel healthy and jane fonda-ful"
"like gerry ferarro these girls of tomorrow"
really really bad eighties references...*shudder*

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 4:31am

Updated On: 7/12/04 at 04:31 AM

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 6:40am

GARLIC GARLIC
THE SECRET OF STAYING YOUNG
GARLIC GARLIC
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO WELL HUNG

(Dance of the Vampires)


All of the lyrics in Jekyll And Hyde. They are too sentimental

[Plum]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 9:13am

Isn't "The Guten Tag Hop-Clop" intended to be horrendous?

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 9:39am

not the worst, but kinda fun:
They say its criminal what women'll do.
What they're forgetting is, this is nineteen-twenty-two!

[Flying Solo]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 9:40am

At the risk of getting slapped...

Everyone seems to be commenting about the fictitious words and terrible rhyme schemes in Wicked... but if you'll notice, all throughout the musical it's sort of a running joke that all of the characters just invent or add to words. Even the spoken lines are like that. For instance, "disrespectation", "disgusticified" , etc. So it only seems natural that some of the lyrics would include made-up stuff too.

Also, re: the line

"There are bridges you don't know you've crossed until you've crossed" is really just Glinda attempting to be profound. I think the entire song "For Good", at least the chorus, is just... a parody of sorts. "Comet pulled from orbit" blah blah blah.

But I do HATE the word "swankified".

[dano]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 9:52am

An unusual rhyme that sticks out in my mind from My Fair Lady:

Ev'ry time we looked around there he was,
that hairy hound from Budapest.
Never leaving us alone,
never have I ever known a ruder pest.

[G]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 9:56am

The whole script of CAMP!

[MusicMan]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 10:34am

Oy, yes , CAMP was terrible, almost unwatchable in its phoniness.

[Plum]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 10:51am

Here's a gem from the OBC of Oklahoma!

"All right boys, revolve!"

Am I even hearing that one right? People moaned about Trevor Nunn's alterations to Hammerstein's text in his production of the show, but that's one lyric I really didn't miss. Updated On: 7/12/04 at 10:51 AM

[G]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 11:12am

Thanks for agreeing, MusicMan. I really thought I'd be the only one here who thought that CAMP was absolutely superficial and cheap. Why did Sondheim do the cameo???!!

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 11:44am

One I can't stand from West Side Story:

"Make of our hands, one hand
Make of our hearts, one heart"
etc until someone finally vomits

And I have to agree about Romeo and Juliet - The musical, although when I saw it in London the lyrics were the among the least of it's problems!

[Plum]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 11:50am

Heh. West Side Story wasn't exactly Sondheim's best work, but even before I knew who he was I adored the lyrics to "Gee, Officer Krupke!"

[th]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 12:30pm

Could you just imagine what the lyrics to "Office Krupke" were if it was written today. It would be interesting.

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 12:33pm

I cant imagine West Side Story without Sondheim. The only way to describe him is genious.

[Plum]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 12:37pm

Well, during the creation of West Side Story Sondheim was gradually taking over lyric-writing duties from Leonard Bernstein, who was supposed to be his co-writer since Sondheim was young and inexperienced. Sondheim only got the sole lyricist credit because Bernstein gave it to him- only little bits of Bernstein's work are left.

Today, on the other hand, Sondheim doesn't need to submit to anyone; he's the senior citizen and legend. He'd be writing the score and lyrics on his own. :)

[MusicMan]

Posted: 7/12/04 at 12:54pm

If you've never heard the lyrics to the original extended Jet Song (which is now the danced Prologue), you don't know what BAD really is. Whether they were Bernstein's or Sondheim's, I can't say, but, daddy-o, they make my beanie propeller spin.