Awkwardisms

Lyrics are really a universal language, right? I mean, apart from the obvious difficulties in the average American understanding something like "99 Luftballoons," the form of spoken communication set to music really transcends cultural barriers in order to deliver its message.

Need a Lyrical Miracle! Part 2

    While this won't be as original, lengthy, and witty as the first post of the series, I found it fitting to both share and include in the set. I will again mention that a song with lame wording doesn't define a bad song, however, it certainly cannot help its case. This time, the single focus is:

"Hey Jude" by The Beatles

Need a Lyrical Miracle! Part 1

    I am displeased to announce that Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" not only was the first number one of the new decade, but has thus far held the spot for the entire month of January. In case you missed the derisive banter, here's my schpeel about it. This, however, certainly isn't a post about revisiting former topics (still too new to be doing that methinks!), but if we're talking about bad lyrics, you can pretty much select any line out of that song. And we, indeed, will be talking bad lyrics here.

Misleading Song Titles

Song titles have always been a source of amazement to me. Sometimes I have to wonder, did the writer base the entire song off the idea of a title? Or, did they choose something from the song that represented it the best?
Or, just maybe, it's something completely random?
The songs that seem to reside in this last category sometimes rile me up a little bit. I often consider myself pretty good at picking out, or at least getting a good idea of the title of a song after listening to it, but give me one of these on the radio, and it can be a pain in the rear to identify if I've never heard it before.