Charlie GruganBlur – “Song 2”
Don’t get me wrong, I really like this song, but I mean come on. “I got my head checked by a jumbo jet.” It seems like Damon Albarn fell asleep at the wheel, hit a pole, woke up and decided to write a quick song on the way to the hospital. He was probably “woooohooo”ing the fact that he was alive.
System of a Down – “BYOB”
I am actually a pretty big System fan. It’s just sometimes they say some corny things, such as “Blast off/ it’s party time/ and we don’t live in a fascist nation.” Not only are they horrific lyrics, but I’m pretty sure they would of had the same impact if they were spoken and not screamed.
Dr. Dre – “Ain’t Nuttin but a G Thang”
Dr. Dre comes in at the top of my list for best rap songs with this classic. He sits at the top of the mountain with Biggie’s “Juicy,” but whenever I listen to it, I feel the need for a certain line to be changed or for something to become a little less obvious.
“Never let me slip/ cause if I slip/ then I’m slippin.”
LFO – “Summer Girls”
The whole song is trash so I am just going to list the two worst lines.
1. “New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits/ Chinese food makes me sick/ and I think it’s fly when girls stop by for the summer/ for the summer.”
2. “When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet/ Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets.”
Just for good measure: “When I met you I said my name was Rich/ you look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch.”
Alanis Morissette – “Ironic”
It’s a pop music classic. It was the fourth single off of “Jagged Little Pill,” and it will be remembered for years to come, but what exactly about the song is ironic? Nothing. Such lines as “it’s like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife” and “a traffic jam when you’re already late,” make me quiver on the rebound of stupidity. This isn’t at all ironic; don’t you think?
Murphy Lee ft. Jermaine Dupri – “What Da Hook Gon Be?”
Having started his career out with Nelly and the St. Lunatics, Murphy Lee is no stranger to outlandish lyrics. So at first listen to his debut single, I wasn’t surprised to hear the chorus. “[JD] – But yo, what the hook gon’ be? (uh oh)/ [ML] -See I don’t need know f***in’ hook on this beat (shieeet)/ All I need is the track in the background/ my headphones loud, keep the blunt goin’ round and I’ma rip”
Nickelback – “Figured You Out”
This band is constantly getting smashed by critics for their bad music and Chad Krueger’s hair. I wholeheartedly agree. Here are two fine examples:
“I like your pants around your feet/ and I like the dirt that’s on your knees/ and I like the way you still say please/ while you’re looking up at me/ you’re like my favorite damn disease” .. that poor, poor girl.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Snow (Hey Oh)”
The Red Hot Chili Pepper’s latest album, “Stadium Arcadium,” has been making waves since its debut back in May ’06. “Snow (hey oh)” is the third single off of the album, which they recently played live at the Grammy’s. As is the case in a lot of RHCP’s lyrics, they don’t make sense, but that may be why they’re so good.
“Hey oh/ listen what I say oh/ come back and hey oh/ look at what I say oh.”
