lol
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 27 August 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
If God was here, He'd tell you to your face,Man, you're some kinda sinner!
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 26 September 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link
To be fair, that protagonist spends the entire running time of the song coming off as a dick.
― Sitting In The Ape Chair (Old Lunch), Saturday, 26 September 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
I feel like he's at least in a gray area in certain moments. I mean, whoever sat down and wrote out the sign saying "Long-Haired Freaky People NEED NOT APPLY!" was kind of asking for it. But it's definitely true that the character is trying to troll these people so maybe "not meaning to" is off base.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 26 September 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
Queen - 'Don't Try Suicide'
― Turrican, Saturday, 26 September 2015 17:22 (eight years ago) link
Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman(Where were you when I need you)" fits right in here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ohttPIqco
The first part of the song is all just belittling Mary/Syreeta for her ambitions, and the second part is whining about how she's become successful and left him on his own. Aw, boo-hoo mate.
Despite the sentiments I still think it's a great song, though
― Pheeel, Sunday, 27 September 2015 15:03 (eight years ago) link
I feel a similar tension with a number of Beach Boys songs (e.g. 'Caroline, No') that are simultaneously gorgeous and lyrically dickish.
― Sitting In The Ape Chair (Old Lunch), Sunday, 27 September 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
Hi, I just thought of one;
Are You Sure - The Allisons
This was the british eurovision entry in 1958 or whatever. The singer/protagonist has basically been given his marching orders, so to amuse himself he says goodbye in a number of different languages in an off-hand manor, and then tells the girl that she's bound to have regrets by the following day, and how miserable she will be. On the other hand, he's indifferent to it all but is basically giving her one last chance to change her mind. See, Phil in "Don't you want me" is casting himself as the swine, whereas in this they are casting themselves as concerned but mature fellas. But they are actually dicks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_9L2XZ-0Xk
― Mark G, Thursday, 8 October 2015 11:32 (eight years ago) link
1961, beg puddin'
The whole of Pet Sounds is passive-aggressive dickishness, isn't it? I think that's one of the reasons I've never really liked it.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 8 October 2015 12:44 (eight years ago) link
There's a strain of conservative chauvinism running through the entire Beach Boys catalogue. 'Hey Little Tomboy' is another example that immediately comes to mind.
― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 October 2015 12:47 (eight years ago) link
"Ballad of Ole' Betsy" has got to be the worst of those:
"Betsy was a lady and that she will remain/Betsy took some beatings but she never once complained"
Yes I realize Betsy is just a *car*, but the implications couldn't be any more obvious
― Lee626, Thursday, 8 October 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
(and that would have otherwise been such a nice song in that campy, corny, yet lovable early Beach Boys style)
― Lee626, Thursday, 8 October 2015 13:57 (eight years ago) link
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, October 8, 2015 7:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I do like it, but there's something a little bit M'lady about the speaker in most of the songs, and it kind of walks the line between coming of age and just sexual/relational stuntedness, which is also maybe hard for me to separate in my mind from Brian Wilson's own persona.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 8 October 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link
You could also read "Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)" as slightly dickish.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 8 October 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link
Again, fine line between the romance of silence and "I don't feel like listening to you, woman"
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 8 October 2015 14:06 (eight years ago) link
There's a strain of conservative chauvinism running through the entire Beach Boys catalogue. 'Hey Little Tomboy' is another example that immediately comes to mind.― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Thursday, October 8, 2015 8:47 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Thursday, October 8, 2015 8:47 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
How had I never heard of this until now? Wow, this is the dregs.
― the cuddling of the american behind (how's life), Thursday, 8 October 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
TBF, the bulk of their post-Love You discography is pretty much the dregs, if for generally less creepy reasons.
― Skin Boherts (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 October 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link
How Deep Is Your Love is pretty unpleasant.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 9 October 2015 09:24 (eight years ago) link
Bee Gees or Calvin Harris?
― niels, Friday, 9 October 2015 11:16 (eight years ago) link
Bee Gees (although it was hearing the Take That cover that made me mention it).
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 9 October 2015 11:48 (eight years ago) link
Paul Simon - "Something So Right"
I guess Simon is going for a humble and self-aware persona but ends up sounding conceited imo:
When something goes wrongI'm the first to admit it...when something goes rightwell it's likely to lose me
― niels, Friday, 20 November 2015 13:10 (eight years ago) link
Drake's whole lyrical persona on his weepies sort of rides that "the dickishness is meant to be visible here" line, but "Hotline Bling" really is just gross as all hell.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 25 November 2015 14:55 (eight years ago) link
38 Special - Second Chance
the smug "why can't we forget about the past" when it is significantly more work for the wronged party
"please forgive me, and forget it, I was wrong and I admit it" - wow, how big of you
"this heart needs a second chance" - most annoying chorus ever
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 July 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link
red house painters, "cruiser", due to this verse:
Won't you whisper in my ear?You look so good against my mirrorAnd you're my baby full of joyYou're my erotic brown eyed toyYou're my exotic black haired toy
― akm, Sunday, 3 July 2016 02:32 (eight years ago) link
'Are you sure?' By The Allisons might be the earliest one here.
She wants to break up, he's very 'oh well never mind' and telling her she might want him back tomorrow. Its the non-committal lyric and delivery (and the 'funny' way of saying goodbye in various ways and languages) that add to the unintended dickishness
― Mark G, Sunday, 3 July 2016 07:55 (eight years ago) link
Strange that "You Were Always On My Mind" is mentioned upthread. Isn't the entire point of the song an admission of guilt?
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 3 July 2016 08:10 (eight years ago) link
Yes.
― Mark G, Sunday, 3 July 2016 08:28 (eight years ago) link
"The Dangling Conversation," Simon & Garfunkel. Maybe more of a douche than a dick.
― Chris L, Sunday, 3 July 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
I would say "Take Good Care of My Baby" is pretty sweet until this o_O line:
"So, take good care of my babyBe just as kind as you can beAnd if you should discoverThat you don't really love herJust send my baby back home to me"
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 01:26 (seven years ago) link
Oh yeah, that's a good one.
― ✓ (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 02:05 (seven years ago) link
prolly mentioned, but 10cc - i'm not in love
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Thursday, 29 June 2017 00:26 (seven years ago) link
"Into The Night" by Benny Mardones comes to mind. "She's just sixteen years old, leave her alone, they say." I had to google him to see if he wound up in prison.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Thursday, 29 June 2017 02:07 (seven years ago) link
Christ, it gets even worse as the song progresses:
She's just sixteen years oldLeave her alone, they saySeparated by foolsWho don't know what love is yet
But I want you to knowIf I could flyI'd pick you upI'd take you into the nightAnd show you a loveLike you've never seen - ever seen.
It's like having a dreamWhere nobody has a heartIt's like having it allAnd watching it fall apartAnd I would wait till the end of time for youAnd do it again, it's trueI can't…
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Thursday, 29 June 2017 02:08 (seven years ago) link
if you haven't seen this thread:
benny mardones - "into the night" 1980 version vs. 1989 version
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 29 June 2017 02:51 (seven years ago) link
haha that thread is classic
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Thursday, 29 June 2017 03:25 (seven years ago) link
Benny is now married to a former Miss Denmark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jYIvd6O1Y
― soref, Thursday, 29 June 2017 03:41 (seven years ago) link
So weird, I was gonna revive this earlier today but saw that Lou Christie's 'Lightning Strikes' was already mentioned. 'Please wait for me, because you're totally the woman I want to settle down with. It's just that I have a loooot of other chicks to bone before that day comes. You understand.'
― Duane Quarterdump (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 June 2017 03:51 (seven years ago) link
Ctrl+F 'Weezer'.. 0 results?! If we're talking dickish as in being completely misogynist and objectifying, Cuomo takes the cake:
I know that you're thinking I'm trying to scoreBut deep in your heart you know that I'm moreThan a cad or a scoundrel, now that I've found youI don't want to lose you, how can I prove to youThat I am sincere, you don't need to fearI'm not like the others, I'll be like a brotherI will protect you, never disrespect youBut if you need love then I'll be here to sex you
And
I'm so glad I got a girl to think of even though she isn't mineI think about her all the day and all the night it's enough to know that she's aliveShe says I give her sweaty palms she almost had a heart attackThe truth is that I’m just as scared I don’t know how to actI wish that I could get to know her betterBut meeting up in real life would cause the illusion to shatterI carved her name into all the treesSang a song down on one kneeLooking at the underwear page of the Sears catalog like when I was 14I’m levitating like a magnet turned the wrong way aroundI’m like an Indian Fakir tryna’ meditate on a bed of nails with my pants pulled down
All of 'Accross the Sea' etc etc etc
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 29 June 2017 10:49 (seven years ago) link
The Stone Poneys - If I Were You
If I were youI'd be happy just knowing thatSomebody loved meIf I were youI'd be sad that somebody wasLonely without meIf I were youI know just what I would doI'd fall in love too
If I were youI'd have been in love all alongAnd for a song I'd just up and leaveEverything that I had behindI wouldn't mind itIf I were youI know just what I would doI'd fall in love too
I believeA love like mineJust can't be taken lightlyAnd in time it will win you overYou will seeThat my love won't wither like the othersYou're never going to get a better offer
If I were youThen I wouldn't cry all the timeI'd open my eyes and I would seeThere is someone so in love with meThat's all that I needIf I were youI know just what I would doI'd fall in love too
― yellow is the color of some raisins (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 14:39 (seven years ago) link
Richard Marx, Hazard
Oh he done it alright
― passé aggresif (darraghmac), Thursday, 31 August 2017 01:05 (seven years ago) link
if i were you - the anthem of Nice Guys
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 31 August 2017 01:18 (seven years ago) link
kevin ayres, may i
I just came in off the streetLooking for somewhere to eatI find a small cafeI see a girl and then I say
May I sit and stare at you for a while?I'd like the company of your smile
You don't have to say a thingYou're the song without the singThe sunlight in your hairYou look so good just sitting there
piss off you creep
― angelo irishagreementi (ledge), Thursday, 31 August 2017 12:56 (seven years ago) link
wow ewww
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 31 August 2017 12:58 (seven years ago) link
Something tells me that his formal request is rhetorical.
― Glengarry Glen Marshall (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:07 (seven years ago) link
no u may not
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
I'd like the company of your terrified rictus
― badg, Thursday, 31 August 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
Haha, I love that song but "piss off you creep" is totally the correct answer.
― emil.y, Thursday, 31 August 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
creepy but also a little sad imo
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 31 August 2017 16:52 (seven years ago) link
Any song from the second Weezer album.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Thursday, 31 August 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link