whoever writes the lyrics in muse. i'm guessing it's matthew.

Tom Ze

yup and yup.

I've said it before, and i'll say it again: Interpol's lyrics suck.

so very many couches.

Billy "I really should consider a hairpiece" Joel

That guy from Nickleback writes the worst lyrics ever
Exhibit 1
"Your mom don't know that you were missing
She'd be pissed if she could see the parts of you that I've been kissing"

Exhibit 2
"Is that your hand on my girlfriend?
Is that your hand?
I wish you'd do it again
I'll watch you leave here limping
I wish you'd do it again
I'll watch you leave here limping
There goes the next contestant"

Exhibit 3
"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 your looking up at me
You're like my favourite damn disease "

she's a pretty horrible singer too.

YEAH. Jesus. Right up there with HaGAR's "Only time will tell if we stand the test of time." God DAMN that line makes me wanna break something.

one of my favorite bad lyrics

"oz never did give nothing to the tin man, that he didn't already have"

the dlievery makes it even more funny.

lenny kravitz

Now that's just plain ignorant. Don't get me wrong, based on her first couple of singles I wasn't into her either, but a friend hipped me to her live album which will kick your ass up and down the street till you can only sleep face down. Plus, she takes the above lyric, which admittedly sucks, and makes it more than work in the live setting, where it's clear that it was the kind of thing that was inspired by the jazz tradition, sporting a particularly strong billie holiday influence. Then she KILLS Chaka Khan's "Stay", to the point where she just plain outperforms any version of it that Chaka has recorded, hitting notes that mere mortals can't imagine, and not in that shrill whistle that mariah is famous for, but like a woman who's had her heart ripped out and cannot be consoled.

Then there's Mama's Gun, which is one of the best albums in the last decade.

And those two albums are all you need to own by her, you can find them used on the cheap, and your life will be enriched.

But i fail to see how you can make a statement like that unless you have only a passing aquaintence with her work. I figured that you being a hip hop fan would have at least dug her singing that Jill Scott penned hook on You Got Me off of Things Fall Apart. Maybe you think that's a bad vocal. I'd have to disagree with you. I'd also say that it isn't representative of her range of vocal expression in the slightest.

Hope I didn't come off as a total dick, but if I did, I'm sorry. Not much I can do about it now. Now go check out those two albums.

i was going a bit over the top with calling her horrible, but her albums bore me to tears and i can't wait for them to be over. Her voice gets on my nerves after one song and i i understand what she's going for, but after the inital shock of "hey, people don't sing like that anymore" it leaves me limp.

So what of her stuff have you heard/do you own?

Cause I can't stand baduizm or worldwide conspiracy underground, but mama's gun and live slay me.

i think it is indeed baduizm.

I'll go digging through my stuff and up you a choice track or two.

Actually, I like TEH TOADIES lyrics, but I couldn't resist the quote bastardization above.

Wait - you don't like these lyrics?

What you gon’ do with all that junk?
All that junk inside that trunk?
I’ma get, get, get, get, you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
What u gon’ do with all that ass?
All that ass inside them jeans?
I’m a make, make, make, make you scream
Make u scream, make you scream.
Cos of my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump.
My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps.

I met a girl down at the disco.
She said hey, hey, hey yea let’s go.
I could be your baby, you can be my honey
Lets spend time not money.
I mix your milk wit my cocoa puff,
Milky, milky cocoa,
Mix your milk with my cocoa puff, milky, milky riiiiiiight.

Just give me a chance
To let me show you how much
I wanna give you my love touch
Love touch
Oh, you're gonna getta
Oh, you're gonna getta
Big love touch
Oh, you're gonna getta
Oh, you're gonna getta
Big love touch

zapp & roger "computer love"

shoobie do wop i wanna love you....

...

seriously? (I've never heard this song, but have heard of it)

i think it's impossible that you've never heard "my humps"

It's entirely possible.

- I don't listen to radio, except xm (and mostly just xmu at that - college format indie).
- It's not being used on any commercials during shows I watch.
- I sure as shit don't seek that bullshit out.

I hear a lot about it, I guess, because people talk about crappy music a lot. But I have no idea how it goes.