Pop songs with really f^cked up lyrics?
I was out grocery shopping and britney spears "oops I did it again" was playing, I never noticed how fucked up the lyrics were, she's pissed off at a guy for liking her and then plays with his heart and then apparently does it a lot and is very casual about it. Weezer's Hash pipe is about a male prostitute and they play that at football games. So what are some others?
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In retrospect, Michael Jackson's Beat It is pretty f'ed up.
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Stan (Eminem)
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Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
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Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
"I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black." THAT's f^cked up! |
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I was shopping at a grocery store and I heard "Luka" by Suzanne Vega playing.
I don't think the lyrics are fucked up so much as it is not really a "shopping for veggies and chips" kind of song. |
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Just about anything by Of Montreal
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Lionel Richie's Hello is creepy as anything. It clearly starts with masturbation fantasies:
I've been alone with you / Inside my mind / And in my dreams I've kissed your lips / A thousand times The guy also doesn't really seem to know the object of his affection: I wonder where you are / And I wonder what you do / Are you somewhere feeling lonely? / Or is someone loving you? / Tell me how to win your heart / For I haven't got a clue Indeed, apparently she is just a neighbour that he is stalking, or something: I sometimes see you / Pass outside my door But the really creepy part is his pick-up line: Hello! / Is it me you're looking for? This, in the video, is delivered through a phone call. A phone call in which NOTHING else is said by him before he hangs up. The song scares me. |
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Does Britney's If You Seek Amy apply?
Love me, hate me. Say what you want about me But all of the boys and all of the girls Are begging to If You Seek Amy! I heard she is recording a new version where she says "see" vs "seek" so that it can be played on the radio as her next single. |
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It's not really a "pop song", but nothing is more bizarre than seeing a cruise line advertize with a song with these lyrics:
Here comes johnny yen again With the liquor and drugs And the flesh machine Hes gonna do another strip tease. Hey man, whered ya get that lotion? Ive been hurting since Ive bought the gimmick About something called love Yeah, something called love. Well, thats like hypnotizing chickens. ... Im worth a million in prizes With my torture film Drive a gto Wear a uniform All on a government loan. Im worth a million in prizes Yeah, Im through with sleeping on the sidewalk No more beating my brains No more beating my brains With liquor and drugs With liquor and drugs. |
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Nearly every Nick Cave song contains some darkly brilliant turn of a phrase.
And let's not forget Timothy by The Buoys, a 1971 #17 hit about cannibalism, written by Mr. Pina Colada himself Rupert Holmes. Trapped in a mine that had caved in And everyone knows the only ones left Were Joe and me and Tim When they broke through to pull us free The only ones left to tell the tale Were Joe and me Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go? Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know? Hungry as hell no food to eat And Joe said that he would sell his soul For just a piece of meat Water enough to drink for two And Joe said to me, "I'll have a swig And then there's some for you." Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do? I must have blacked out just around then 'Cause the very next thing that I could see Was the light of the day again My stomach was full as it could be And nobody ever got around To finding Timothy Timothy... |
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Originally Posted by vili
(Post 9223019)
Lionel Richie's Hello is creepy as anything. It clearly starts with masturbation fantasies:
I've been alone with you / Inside my mind / And in my dreams I've kissed your lips / A thousand times The guy also doesn't really seem to know the object of his affection: I wonder where you are / And I wonder what you do / Are you somewhere feeling lonely? / Or is someone loving you? / Tell me how to win your heart / For I haven't got a clue Indeed, apparently she is just a neighbour that he is stalking, or something: I sometimes see you / Pass outside my door But the really creepy part is his pick-up line: Hello! / Is it me you're looking for? This, in the video, is delivered through a phone call. A phone call in which NOTHING else is said by him before he hangs up. The song scares me. :) |
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i think a lot of people back in the late 70s ( and a lot of drunken aunts and grandmas at wedding receptions to this day ) missed the subtlety and nuances in some of the Village People's biggest hits - Y.M.C.A., In the Navy, Go West, Macho Man...Prince gets raked over the coals for Darling NIkki, but Cyndi Lauper has a top ten hit with She Bop...as mentioned above, Steely Dan's Hey Nineteen was also a top ten song in 1980 - i often think that proves my theory that people hear the words but seldom listen to the lyrics.
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People were aware of "She-Bop" and its subject matter, as it was one of the songs flagged initially by the PMRC as a corruptor of innocent youth. The cheeriest sounding song with disturbing lyrics I can think of right now is the Beautiful South's "Woman in the Wall," which is about a guy kills his wife and, well, stuffs her in the wall. Set to a nice, bouncy tune as well.
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How about Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy?
Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best Excitable boy, they all said And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest Excitable boy, they all said Well, he's just an excitable boy He took in the four a.m. show at the Clark Excitable boy, they all said And he bit the usherette's leg in the dark Excitable boy, they all said Well, he's just an excitable boy He took little Suzie to the Junior Prom Excitable boy, they all said And he raped her and killed her, then he took her home Excitable boy, they all said Well, he's just an excitable boy After ten long years they let him out of the home Excitable boy, they all said And he dug up her grave and built a cage with her bones Excitable boy, they all said Well, he's just an excitable boy |
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Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
You had me suicidal, suicidal when you said it's over. I remember the girlfriend being appalled. |
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This is more rock/country/gospel.
Jack Killed Mom When Jack was born he winked at Mom Her pretty face was the first he saw Was Jack wrong because he loved Mom? Things were bad, before they got worse Mom would pinch Jack until it hurt Mama thought her boy was cursed You leave (leave!) You leave (leave!) You leave that boy to me Oh, Jack, I love him But you leave that boy to me You leave (leave!) Leave (leave!) I know his condition and soon he will be free Off at school Jack was cruel He'd become the bully's bull Was Jack wrong to mimic Mom? And after school on the corner stool Mom was kissing on the Golden Rule Jack had become the teacher's fool You leave (leave!) You leave (leave!) You leave that man to me Oh, Mom, I love you, and soon you will be free With my will (will!) and my hands (hands!) like old Solomon And in your honor I'm going to cut that man in half All the lessons Mama would teach Books from Rome and ancient Greece Men push rocks up stony mountains Turning one fish into five thousand And a king went blind from his mother's love A terrible rage came over Jack His Mama lying on her back The one who taught him right from wrong But knew no better all along She got ran through when Jack killed his Mom (Bang bang!) Don't leave (leave!) Don't leave (leave!) Don't leave this world to me Oh, Mom I love, I didn't mean to set you free With my will (will!) and my hands (hands!) like old Solomon Oh Mom, I love you, I didn't mean to set you free Was Jack wrong? (Jack killed Mom!) Was Jack wrong? (Jack killed Mom!) Was Jack wrong? (Jack killed Mom!) Jack killed Mom! Jack killed Mom! Was Jack wrong? Jack killed Mom! Jack killed Mom! Oh When Jack killed his Mom! |
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Originally Posted by Hiro11
(Post 9223116)
It's not really a "pop song", but nothing is more bizarre than seeing a cruise line advertize with a song with these lyrics:
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"Maxwell's silver hammer"
and peter gabriel's "Sledgehammer". It sounds like the song is all about his ginormous wang. |
Pop songs? We got Pop Songs
Originally Posted by Skyclad01
(Post 9222955)
Stan (Eminem)
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Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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Originally Posted by The Black
(Post 9223437)
Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
You had me suicidal, suicidal when you said it's over. I remember the girlfriend being appalled. You had me ---------------------------when you said it's over. It never made any sense, they should have just not played it. |
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Originally Posted by Xbox69
(Post 9223172)
See also, The Police, "Every Breath You Take"...
I still find it amazing that Chevy used that song in a mini-van commercial. |
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Clay Aiken's "Invisible" is just wrong on so many levels.
Whatcha’ doin’ tonight I wish I could be a fly on your wall Are you really alone Who's stealin' your dreams Why can't I bring you into my life What would it take to make you see that I'm alive [Chorus] If I was invisible Then I could just watch you in your room If I was invincible I'd make you mine tonight If hearts were unbreakable Then I could just tell you where I stand I would be the smartest man If I was invisible (Wait..I already am) There's nothing like being an invisible rapist to get fans humming along! *Shudders* |
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Everything Nickleback sings, seems to be about dirty sluts on their knees.
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