Members Khan Posted November 23, 2012 Members Share Posted November 23, 2012 From "Islands in the Stream," by Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (1984): I set out to get you / With a fine tooth comb Apparently, Kenneth's true love is the size of a hair follicle. This could be the year for the real thing Nothing wrong with this lyric, per se, except it feels slightly like a product placement for Coca-Cola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 23, 2012 Members Share Posted November 23, 2012 I don't like that "real thing" either. I also don't like the "uh-huh" part of the song. It's like the Ray Charles backup singers falling in love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 23, 2012 Members Share Posted November 23, 2012 That lyric in We Built This City, actually these: Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight Marconi plays the Mamba, Someone always playing corporation games Who cares they're always changing corporation names Don't tell us you need us, 'cause we're the ship of fools Looking for America, crawling through your schools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wingwalker Posted November 23, 2012 Members Share Posted November 23, 2012 Was listening to some Christmas Music and the song "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" came on, the line about telling scary ghost stories has always bugged me. Who the hell tells scary ghost stories at Christmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 23, 2012 Members Share Posted November 23, 2012 Speaking of Christmas songs, "Mary Did You Know" is just one WTH to me. Of course Mary knew. Didn't these songwriters read the Bible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 23, 2012 Members Share Posted November 23, 2012 I kind of get the implication from it that hey she's just the mother, maybe she needed to be reminded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted November 23, 2012 Members Share Posted November 23, 2012 Oh, I love the "uh-huh" part, that's one of the best parts! I will never forget being at an amusement park when I was a kid and a guy had Dolly and Kenny marionettes who lip synced this song. LOL!! That one never even dawned on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 23, 2012 Members Share Posted November 23, 2012 Oh, and by the by? An ox and lamb Cannot. Keep. Time. I mean, how would they even know what music is, or whether it was playing, unless they're Disney characters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted November 25, 2012 Members Share Posted November 25, 2012 The entire song "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" has some pretty frustrating lyrics. Musically, it's beautiful. Lyrically, it's crap. Every day, things change, and the world puts on a new face. Certain things rearrange, and this old world seems like a new place. Oh yeah, secretly, I been trailing you like a fox that preys on the rabbit. I had to get you, and so I knew, I had to learn your ways and habits. Oh, you were the catch that I was after, but I looked up, and I was in your arms, and I knew I had been captured. What's this old world coming to? Things just ain't the same any time the hunter gets captured by the game. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Every day, things change and some old ideas give way to some new. Some new ideas are strange, like the new idea of me being caught by you. Oh yeah, I had laid such a tender trap, hoping you might fall into it, but love hit me like a sudden slap. One kiss, and then I knew it. Oh, my plan didn't work out like I thought, cause I had laid my trap for you, but it seems like I got caught. What's this old world coming to? Things just ain't the same any time the hunter gets captured by the game. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. It's not TOO bad, but I feel like it's extremely repetitive. Yes, we get it. The "old" world is now "new." You "laid a trap." It's complete shenanigans that you would get caught by me. We get it. Support it with some other details besides telling me that things are changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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