It's actually one more syllable.... until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard101Walterton wrote: ↑07 Aug 2018, 3:18pmThis one jars with me:
“when the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard”.
Too many syllables or something!
The Crap Lyric Thread
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Putting a little stick about. Putting the frighteners on flash little twerps
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Okay 101 please explain how this one works?
Think of seven letters
Begin and end in 'C'
Like a big American car
But misspelt with a 'D'.
Think of seven letters
Begin and end in 'C'
Like a big American car
But misspelt with a 'D'.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
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"Baby, I'm-a want you, baby, I'm-a need you" has always annoyed me. I don't get the "I'm-a" thing.
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WestwayKid wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 1:49pm"Baby, I'm-a want you, baby, I'm-a need you" has always annoyed me. I don't get the "I'm-a" thing.
"Fuck you, cock."
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Duran Duran's "You're about as easy as a nuclear war" was pretty crass in an era of heightened cold war tension.
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That was crazy, cadillac is a few letters off cardiac.Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 1:36pmOkay 101 please explain how this one works?
Think of seven letters
Begin and end in 'C'
Like a big American car
But misspelt with a 'D'.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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I love DD - but they had some massively crap lyrics.
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The DD one reminds me of "I'm as serious as cancer when I say rhythm is a dancer"
Putting a little stick about. Putting the frighteners on flash little twerps
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That was strange. To say that in the middle of a jaunty dance song just seemed wrong on every level.
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The guy is having a heart stack and you want to criticise his spelling?Heston wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 2:15pmThat was crazy, cadillac is a few letters off cardiac.Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 1:36pmOkay 101 please explain how this one works?
Think of seven letters
Begin and end in 'C'
Like a big American car
But misspelt with a 'D'.
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I'd like to nominate every line of LFO's "Summer Girls" as it is truly, truly awful.
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Stack is a few letters off attack.101Walterton wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 4:00pmThe guy is having a heart stack and you want to criticise his spelling?Heston wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 2:15pmThat was crazy, cadillac is a few letters off cardiac.Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 1:36pmOkay 101 please explain how this one works?
Think of seven letters
Begin and end in 'C'
Like a big American car
But misspelt with a 'D'.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Never had you down as grammarHeston wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 5:15pmStack is a few letters off attack.101Walterton wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 4:00pmThe guy is having a heart stack and you want to criticise his spelling?Heston wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 2:15pmThat was crazy, cadillac is a few letters off cardiac.Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 1:36pmOkay 101 please explain how this one works?
Think of seven letters
Begin and end in 'C'
Like a big American car
But misspelt with a 'D'.
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Oh dear.101Walterton wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 4:00pmThe guy is having a heart stack and you want to criticise his spelling?Heston wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 2:15pmThat was crazy, cadillac is a few letters off cardiac.Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 1:36pmOkay 101 please explain how this one works?
Think of seven letters
Begin and end in 'C'
Like a big American car
But misspelt with a 'D'.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
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You walked into that one.101Walterton wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 5:36pmNever had you down as grammarHeston wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 5:15pmStack is a few letters off attack.101Walterton wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 4:00pmThe guy is having a heart stack and you want to criticise his spelling?Heston wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 2:15pmThat was crazy, cadillac is a few letters off cardiac.Marky Dread wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 1:36pmOkay 101 please explain how this one works?
Think of seven letters
Begin and end in 'C'
Like a big American car
But misspelt with a 'D'.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board