Dumbest lyrics in otherwise good songs

[abcdefz]

...I'm thinking "dumbest" as in "philosophically stupid," not grammatically stupid (e.g. "In this ever-changing world in which we live in").


I just heard Billy Joel on the supermarket's P.A. system this morning and cringed at

"When you love someone, you're always insecure."

Ugh. Get some therapy, sir.


A couple of others:

"Sex is violent" - Jane's Addiction

and, of course

"Hope I die before I get old." - The Who

(That one might not qualify, since maybe the singer and/or writer really does hope that rather than advocating it, per se, which brings us to

"It's better to burn out than to fade away" - Neil Young)

Yes? No? Thoughts?

[Nivvie]

I don't know if this qualifies, as it's not an otherwise good song, but I couldn't bear that Britney lyric

'I was born to make you happy'

May as well just give up her right to vote while she's at it.

[icy manipulator]

'go shorty, it's your birthday, we're gonna party like it's your birthday'

so what do i win?

[abcdefz]

'go shorty, it's your birthday, we're gonna party like it's your birthday'





:confused:

[icy manipulator]

oh, i didn't see the Good Songs part, my bad.

i've heard smells like teen spirit has some stupid lyrics in it

[abcdefz]

Cobain was one of those guys like that... came up with some great songs, but some of his "profound" thoughts are just shit.

Kinda like F. Scott Fitzgerald. :D

-- which reminds me of Bob Mould:

"If I could find the answer to that question then I'd know" -- Sugar


Um. Well... yeah...? :confused: