PopcornTreeCt

I had the opposite reaction with Rage Against the Machine. I liked them a little bit and then when I found out what they were bitching about, I totally digged them.

DeanoBKN

And here I thought I was the only one who owned every single Snow album!

RForte1189

Thats because a majority of their music is politically influenced and their lyrics do make sense. I love RATM but this thread is about shit that doesn't make sense and should be lit ablaze - like Ke$ha...

Michael Corvin

You are now.

dhmac

Here's the theme with Roddenberry's lyrics rolling up the screen (karaoke style, I guess?)

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And here's the Snopes.com write-up on the whole thing.


(Funny that Roddenberry said he did it because he otherwise didn't think he was going to make any money on Star Trek )

milo bloom

I've long had a bit of hearing loss that makes it hard for me to understand lyrics to a lot of songs. There's probably tons of songs out there that I love to listen, but if I were to read the lyrics I'd find something to disagree with. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.



I've known about the lyrics for years, it may seem kinda crappy of Roddenberry to do, well, in fact, it was. But his comment about making money off the show has some merit. Most science fiction TV at the time was usually anthology stuff, nothing with a recurring cast and setting. The show was a crapshoot, and remember it took being in syndication for a few years for it to really take off.

Still was kinda crappy to do to Courage though.

JP5683

Um, that's 12 Inches of Snow, not 7.

There's probably a song or two I feel this way about, but usually it just makes me realize how ridiculous lyrics are most of the time.

When a rapper "rhymes" a word with the same word.

The verses to "You Were Meant For Me" by Jewel are pretty dumb.

and the chorus to Everyday People, "So and so on, scooby dooby dooby"

milo bloom

I don't think they were ever meant to be profound, more of a "slice of life" thing, but her life without the other person.

FatTony

I like some of Robin Thicke's songs (gf loves him), but a lot of his lyrics are pretty banal.