Worst Chorus Lyric EVER!

oh man that kings of leon sentiment is right on

the one-two punch of that line being followed by the squealing bendy guitar bit is the most boneheaded thing I've ever heard

Are we human, or are we dancer?

an idiotic dichotomy on par with McCain's arab OR "decent family man citizen."

And I said "What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?"
She said "I think I remember the film
And as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it"
And I said "Well, that's the one thing we've got"

Dear Heaven that song makes me cross.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, January 6, 2004 5:21 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

sOTM

I know there's some apologists for this song on ILX, but I really fucking hate:

New kids on the block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls stop by for the
Summer, for the summer

I think the computer program that generates the voice of Mizz Spears just entered the race with "Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, womanizer....

Common ft. Canibus - Making a Name For Ourselves:
"Y'all niggaz is scared, I'm your worst nightmare squared
That's double for niggaz who ain't mathematically aware"

Ironic and really fucking stupid.

Not so much a chorus, but a pre-chorus, from Yes' "Love Will Find A Way" :

"Here is my heart
Waiting for you
Here is my soul
I eat at chez nous"

For years I thought I was mishearing that last line.

oh come on mentioning Lyte Funkie Ones on this thread is like battering a Furby to death

woman is the * of the world

that line always left me wondering what black people are the * of

i am i said
to no one there
and no one heard at all
not even the chair

The shelf in the room
Has been the way
Of holdin' me
And letting me stay

The shelf in the room
Has been so true
I can hide in
The shelf in the room

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?

God, how I used to groan at "The Shelf in the Room." I'm sure payola was involved somehow.

Don't forget me
I think I remember you said:
'Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead.'

also the "Breakfast At Tiffany's" song, as mentioned upthread, is all-but-indefensible; however I like to think that there exists a possible world in which Deep Blue Something are redeemed by self-awareness & insincerity (... a la Steely Dan??)

(nota bene : I have heard zero other DBS songs, so sue me if I talk shit too long)

I think it's pretty obvious that the utter banality of the chorus of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is intentional, and the narrator is full of shit? The verse lyrics have a very different tone from the chorus, they have a much more traditional and sentimental "breakup song" quality:

You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care

CHORUS:
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

I see you - the only one who knew me
And now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong
So what now? It's plain to see we're over,
And I hate when things are over -
When so much is left undone

CHORUS:
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care

CHORUS:
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

So basically it's about a couple breaking up because the other person feels their incompatible with each other, and the narrator is grasping at straws, trying to find anything to prove his partner wrong. And the futility of this effort is undermined by how banal and temptative the dialogue in the chorus is: As I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it. So these are quotes from their actual dialogue, and when you compare it to the much more dramatic statements made by the narrator in the verses, you can see how he's fooling himself. I think it's key that the line But I know you just don't care is there just before the chorus: in the verses, the narrator is trying to say that his partner's claim that they are incompatible and that's why theyre breaking up is not really true, that in reality s/he just doesn't care... But immediately after this statement we learn that his defense that they do have something in common consists of pointing out that they both maybe kinda liked "Breakfast at Tiffany's". So it's obvious the narrator is just fooling himself, his grandiose delusions in the verses being deflated by the realism of the chorus.

"how banal and tentative the dialogue in the chorus is"

Who wants honey?
As long as there's some money

No way no way
Mahna mahna

And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it.

^^^ I always thought the line was "we both kind of hated it", which makes for a far more interesting song - couple on the verge of breaking up realise the only thing they really have in common is that they both hate the film Breakfast At Tiffany's.