Songs with Poor Lyrical Grammar

Spunkie
Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I'll start this one up.

U2 - Crumbs : "Where you live should not decide, whether you live or whether you die." Correction: DETERMINE, not "DECIDE".
I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
Except for little Turtle
I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
Gurgle Gurgle
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  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Typical. U2 sucks. What else is new?
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    "We don't need no education."
    ...
    Judging from that grammar... yes, you do.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
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  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Cosmo wrote:
    "We don't need no education."
    ...
    Judging from that grammar... yes, you do.

    Lol, that's pretty funny.
    Happiness is only real when shared
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    "I ain't got nobody." Double negative dude. Also, ain't ain't a word.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    PJ do it all the time.

    'I used to be crustacean'... Who is Crustacean?
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    PJ do it all the time.

    'I used to be crustacean'... Who is Crustacean?

    Haha, yeah, that makes me think of Bob "The loser now will later be the win."
    Happiness is only real when shared
  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,185
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    PJ do it all the time.

    'I used to be crustacean'... Who is Crustacean?


    Uhh Larry!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79X7b16JySw :p
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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    That is actually correct grammar. Perhaps it is the idea you don't like.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    tish wrote:
    That is actually correct grammar. Perhaps it is the idea you don't like.

    He doesn't say 'a'...... he leaves out the 'a'..... The idea is fine.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Don't even get me started on this one!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    Shouldn't a 'Love BOAT Captain' take the HELM and steer us towards the clear? A 'Love STAGECOACH Driver' can take the Reins... right?
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Cosmo wrote:
    Shouldn't a 'Love BOAT Captain' take the HELM and steer us towards the clear? A 'Love STAGECOACH Driver' can take the Reins... right?

    How have I NEVER spotted that!!! Hahahahahaha
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    "I can't get no satisfaction" should be "I can't get any satisfaction."
  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    Cosmo wrote:
    "We don't need no education."
    ...
    Judging from that grammar... yes, you do.

    thats a classic one. but i think its the message. its school kids saying it and they hate school.
    http://db.etree.org/PearlJamaholic
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    "... in which we live in" - Paul McCartney, Live and Let Die, 1973
  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
    tish wrote:
    I'll start this one up.

    U2 - Crumbs : "Where you live should not decide, whether you live or whether you die." Correction: DETERMINE, not "DECIDE".



    considering that decide and determine are synonymous with each other decide sounds and goes alot better within these lyrics. would you really use the word determine in this line instead?



    beside that, since when did rock have grammar rules?
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  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Don't it make you smile? should be: Doesn't it make you smile?
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    Cosmo wrote:
    Shouldn't a 'Love BOAT Captain' take the HELM and steer us towards the clear? A 'Love STAGECOACH Driver' can take the Reins... right?
    Here it is not grammar... but a metaphor.... reigns...
  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    "Is a dream a lie if it don't come true?"

    I learned my English with Springsteen, and that's baffled me for years :D
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    "I wish I was a neutron bomb...etc"

    It's "I wish I were." It's the subjunctive mood, eddie, get it straight :).

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