Lyrics that just rub you the wrong way
- KVRAF
- 35616 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
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- KVRAF
- 3940 posts since 25 Mar, 2006 from The city by the bay
Apparently there was a Paul Simon tribute on TV recently. I wonder if anyone did a cover of The 59th Street Bridge Song?
It starts out well...but then:
It starts out well...but then:
Yes boys and girls, once upon a time certain young people used the phrase 'feeling groovy'...Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy
- KVRAF
- 6357 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
Miss my head, miss my heart, miss my lungs
Be what you want to be
Watch what you want to see
Killed for fun
Down a hole, up a rope
Down some pills, up some hope
This karma machine only takes quarters
New age soldier, new age soldier
Be what you want to be
Watch what you want to see
Killed for fun
Down a hole, up a rope
Down some pills, up some hope
This karma machine only takes quarters
New age soldier, new age soldier
ah böwakawa poussé poussé
- KVRAF
- 2434 posts since 7 Jul, 2003 from Huntington, WV
Joni Mitchell's song "Big Yellow Taxi" contains the following recurring line:
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"
I'm sorry, but while you can put up buildings, you can't put "up" a parking lot. Buildings are typically tall, compared to a person, and it makes sense to refer to putting them "up". Parking lots typically have no height at all. So, it makes no sense to refer to putting "up" a parking lot. I know this is a classic and beloved song for many, but that line always makes me cringe.
This line would have made far more sense:
"They paved paradise, now it's a parking lot"
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"
I'm sorry, but while you can put up buildings, you can't put "up" a parking lot. Buildings are typically tall, compared to a person, and it makes sense to refer to putting them "up". Parking lots typically have no height at all. So, it makes no sense to refer to putting "up" a parking lot. I know this is a classic and beloved song for many, but that line always makes me cringe.
This line would have made far more sense:
"They paved paradise, now it's a parking lot"
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- addled muppet weed
- 107612 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
- KVRAF
- 2434 posts since 7 Jul, 2003 from Huntington, WV
That would be a "parking garage", which would have made sense, but it's too many syllables for her line. She's highly regarded as an excellent song writer, but I think she was just being sloppy when she wrote that particular line.
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- KVRAF
- 35616 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
She is an excellent lyricist - it's not being sloppy, it just scans better as "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot". "Now it's a parking lot' just doesn't work. Poetic license (That being said personally I think it's one of her worst songs but I guess she had to make a few poppier tracks to make some money once in a while - and it is intended as kindof a humorous song anyway)
- KVRAF
- 6357 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
big neil young fan here but i kinda don't believe these lyrics:
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones
ah böwakawa poussé poussé
- KVRAF
- 6357 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
does it mean the elders hid war histories?
humans always has wars?
humans always has wars?
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- addled muppet weed
- 107612 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
ok then, what about the hut for the car lot attendant? that's "up" and part of the lot.
also, was the sixties, probably off her nut on the drugs n stuff.
- KVRAF
- 6357 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
joni mitchell thinks bob dylan is overrated
joan baez thinks so too
people who questions the great bob need to be questioned too
nah
leave the canadians alone
eh?
joan baez thinks so too
people who questions the great bob need to be questioned too
nah
leave the canadians alone
eh?
ah böwakawa poussé poussé
- KVRAF
- 6357 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
welcome to the bungle
ah böwakawa poussé poussé
- KVRAF
- 6357 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
sweet chili of mine
ah böwakawa poussé poussé
- KVRAF
- 6357 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
paradise shitty
ah böwakawa poussé poussé