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Songs with good tunes and annoying lyrics!

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Greatnan Wed 20-Jun-12 16:46:25

I enjoy some songs but really object to their lyrics, such as:

Delilah (You laughed at me so I killed you)
For the Good Times (Let's have one last **)
Softly as I leave you (I am too cowardly to tell you face to face)
Gentle on my mind (I use you whenever it is convenient)
The Impossible Dream ( I am a hero)
My way (Aren't I wonderful)

I am sure you can all think of some that annoy you!

feetlebaum Thu 21-Jun-12 15:19:45

"Zank 'eavens for leetle girls?

Dodgy!"

Not really - he's happy that there are little girls who will grow up into women - there's nothing wrong with that - in fact it's a nice sentiment.

absentgrana Thu 21-Jun-12 15:24:41

feetlebaum The song about 'leetle girls" comes from the musical version of the Colette novel Gigi, a story about a girl being groomed by her grandmother and an older man to become a courtesan. It's definitely iffy, however charmant Maurice Chevalier was.

PRINTMISS Thu 21-Jun-12 16:46:33

I can't hear the words of a song - perhaps I am lucky! I am a bit deaf, and so whilst I can hear people singing, can't distinguish the words, but some of the music is lovely, and on a different note, we have just been given a cd of American Musicals, I know all the words, because I remember most of them, (I could hear quite well once), and I have been dancing(?) round our little house to the strains of 'Dancing in the Dark' 'Putting on my top hat', 'You were never lovelier' Super old fashioned stuff.

nelliedeane Thu 21-Jun-12 16:51:01

Nobody knows where my johnny has gone....at the very worst contraceptive failure.....but Judy left the same time....sabotage or two timing g*t

Anagram Thu 21-Jun-12 16:52:56

grin I'd forgotten that one, nellie
What a birthday surprise indeed!

Greatnan Thu 21-Jun-12 16:56:23

That one must be after my time, Nellie!

soop Thu 21-Jun-12 17:03:16

nanaeg...do hope that Pete remains impervious to naughty nellie's charms, otherwise there could be a right royal Tulsa-type scandal brewing on GN. grin

nelliedeane Thu 21-Jun-12 17:06:22

Judy gore ...it's my party and I'll cry if I want to...* greatnan*

Anagram Thu 21-Jun-12 17:07:07

Lesley Gore, nellie!

soop Thu 21-Jun-12 17:10:26

Nellie are you certain your dog's name isn't Duncan? wink

Greatnan Thu 21-Jun-12 18:15:35

Ah, I do know that one and my instinct is to say 'No, I wouldn't cry at my own party, I wouldn't be so damned rude to my guests'.

nelliedeane Thu 21-Jun-12 18:27:08

Oops you are right Nag it was Judy who was the floozie who left the same time....LEsley was the songstress.

No soop no Duncanxx

Anne58 Thu 21-Jun-12 22:22:09

What about impossibilities?

I closed my eyes
Drew back the curtain
To see for certain
What I thought I knew

Duh, wouldn't you see better if you opened your eyes? Numpty!

Anne58 Thu 21-Jun-12 22:31:17

And what about the ultimate con man song? "Soldier, Soldier, won't you marry me?"

He gets her to get him a full rig out of clothes, from her grandfathers chest no less (could be antique stuff, worth a bob or two, on the other hand could be a load of old tat that even a rag and bone man might refuse, but who's to know?)

AND THEN................. once he's kitted out, casually mentions that no, he can't marry her, because, guess what, there's an Army wife living in some married quarters somewhere waiting for the conniving git to come home!

nelliedeane Fri 22-Jun-12 08:47:22

How about...
When it's spring again,I'll bring again tulips from Amsterdam.....

I am going on a drugs run,spend all night in the coffee houses,visit the red light district...and when I am all shagged out tired and spent will bring you a bunch of wilting manky tulips wearing a silly grin and expect you to do my washing.....

Notsogrand Fri 22-Jun-12 09:59:15

What about Chuck Berry and his dingaling and the invitaion for everyone to play with it?

50 shades of naughty grin

Greatnan Fri 22-Jun-12 10:01:31

No - they have to have nice, singable tunes to qualify!

NelaBligh Fri 22-Jun-12 14:20:42

I work in a library; unable to laugh out loud. The best blog (?) I have read all week. What a joy on a friday afternoon ... especially as I am trying to think of other creepy songs ...

Mamie Fri 22-Jun-12 14:32:02

From the Everly Brothers:
On a weekend pass I wouldn't have had time
To get home and marry that baby of mine
So I went to the chaplain and he authorized
Me to send for my ebony eyes

My ebony eyes was coming to me
From out of the skies on Flight 1203
In an hour or two I would whisper "I do"
To my beautiful ebony eyes

Then I felt a burning break deep inside
And I knew the heavenly ebony skies
Had taken my life's most wonderful prize
My beautiful ebony eyes

If I ever get to heaven I'll bet
The first angel I'll recognize
She'll smile at me and I know she will be
My beautiful ebony eyes

(Problem is I don't like the tune either...)

merlotgran Fri 22-Jun-12 15:12:25

Man with a libido problem:

'Lay down Sally, rest you in my arms,
Don't you know I want someone just to talk to?'

Mamie Fri 22-Jun-12 15:12:51

There is "I'm a pink toothbrush, you're a blue toothbrush, have we met somewhere before?" Or anything by Max Bygraves really.

feetlebaum Fri 22-Jun-12 15:38:33

People
People who need people
Are the luckiest people
In the world...

No they're not!

Greatnan Fri 22-Jun-12 16:03:07

Any song that says 'lay down' instead of 'lie down' - such as the lovely Annie's Song by John Denver.

merlotgran Fri 22-Jun-12 19:48:38

I suppose Lay Lady Lay trips off the tongue better than Lie, Greatnan but it grates. So does , This Boy Has Broke Down by the Corrs. angry

AlieOxon Fri 22-Jun-12 20:29:15

'Jump up and down throw your knickers in the air'.......whoops, that ought to be a song for the party...