More From "Blender's Worst Lyricists" List

[djcraig]

15 • Bernie Taupin
Would probably have sucked as a sculptor too.

Elton John almost never communicates with his lifelong lyricist. Would you want the guy who wrote “If I was a sculptor—then again, no” (“Your Song”) and “It’s quite peculiar in a funny sort of way” (“Madman Across the Water”) coming round for tea? [b]Taupin’s many works of sublime badness include Starship’s 1985 hit “We Built This City,” a rebellious anthem about how hard it is for an aging hippie band to keep a record deal...[/b]

16 • Simon Le Bon
Luckily, everyone was distracted by the videos.

Part of Britain’s rich early-’80s crop of K-Mart Bowies, Duran Duran built a planet-size pop career on half-understanding Andy Warhol, Philip K. Dick and William Burroughs. Lyricist Le Bon specialized in a bewildering mishmash of sci-fi and pop art, apparently translated from the Japanese (“Dancing on the valentine”? “The union of the snake is on the climb”?). At least “Rio” and “Hungry Like the Wolf” seem more truthful—being about chicks, travel, yachts and stuff.
Worst lyric: “Fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door/Don’t say you’re easy on me/You’re about as easy as a nuclear war” (“Is There Something I Should Know?”)
Bonus Worser lyric: “The reflex is an only child, he’s waiting by the park/The reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark” (“The Reflex”)

21 • Alanis Morissette
One hand in her pocket, one hand making a peace sign. No hands free to reach for a dictionary.

39 • Billy Corgan
Pretentious? Moi?

The suspicion that Corgan believes himself a poet was confirmed in 2004 when a collection of his atrocious verse, Blinking With Fists: Poems, was published. Whether with the Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan or solo, Corgan traffics in the overwrought intellectual despair of a spurned teenage diarist...

38 • Paul McCartney
Still not confined to “Yesterday”: the Wimpy Beatle’s sodden oeuvre.

Apparently born with neither self-examination nor introspection genes, McCartney is the king of cloying and superficial rock lyrics. Less obvious while John Lennon was around to add acid edge to his mimsy musings, this became a big problem as soon as McCartney went solo—where he descended into weedhead whimsy and sentimental cotton candy like “La la la la la la lovely Linda/With the lovely flowers in her hair.”




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[KYYX4ever]

#16 Simon Le Bon

OK, I love Simon; although I'd classify his lyrics as just strange rather than bad. he got pretty poetic (he fancied himself a poet) and loved metaphors, obscure literary references, and other odd allusions. I love how he wrote stuff in an unusual way, not the trite and banal stuff you'd usually see in the Top 40.

[hexicon]

[quote]Originally posted by djcraig
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16 • Simon Le Bon
Worst lyric: “Don’t say you’re easy on me/You’re about as easy as a nuclear war”
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Hmm, I was always rather fond of those lines. Seriously.

[i_like_lectric_motors]

[quote]Originally posted by djcraig


38 • Paul McCartney
Still not confined to “Yesterday”: the Wimpy Beatle’s sodden oeuvre.

Apparently born with neither self-examination nor introspection genes, McCartney is the king of cloying and superficial rock lyrics. Less obvious while John Lennon was around to add acid edge to his mimsy musings, this became a big problem as soon as McCartney went solo—where he descended into weedhead whimsy and sentimental cotton candy like “La la la la la la lovely Linda/With the lovely flowers in her hair.”




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Nice. But he really deserves the #1 spot. I guess I should just be glad someone else realizes he's a hack.

[djcraig]

[quote][i]Originally posted by hexicon[/i]
<br>[quote]Originally posted by djcraig
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16 • Simon Le Bon
Worst lyric: “Don’t say you’re easy on me/You’re about as easy as a nuclear war”
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Hmm, I was always rather fond of those lines. Seriously.
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Hex,

I'm sorry to inform you that there's no 12 Step program for your problem.


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[plagiarism]

Hi, my name is Plage, and I'm as easy as a nuclear war.