Worst rhyme in a Pearl Jam songs?

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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    For someone supposedly worth 80 million? :lol:
    so what if he's worth 80 mill. It's still fucking insane that what used to cost 25 bucks now is 100.
  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,206
    I also tend to not repeat: "put the shit in the whole."
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    LloydXmas wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    For someone supposedly worth 80 million? :lol:
    so what if he's worth 80 mill. It's still fucking insane that what used to cost 25 bucks now is 100.

    The line always felt forced and cheesy to me. Everything you pay for could instead be money in the bank!
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  • PJammer4life
    PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,669
    When gas went from $1.69 to $4.89 a gallon and Gone came out..I related to that line..
    for those broke or paycheck to paycheck..gas in the tank was wealth..
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  • IgotshitID
    IgotshitID St.john's Newfoundland Posts: 895
    tribejammer05 wrote:
    Doesn't rhyme, but I'm not a fan of "Feel the sky blanket you/With gems and rhinestones"

    First one I thought of, although i love the song
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  • n8dawg79
    n8dawg79 Virginia Posts: 129
    Not a rhyme but... "Now Johnny he be having lots of women."

    That line makes me cringe EVERYTIME.
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  • moses562
    moses562 Posts: 1,382
    IgotshitID wrote:
    tribejammer05 wrote:
    Doesn't rhyme, but I'm not a fan of "Feel the sky blanket you/With gems and rhinestones"

    First one I thought of, although i love the song


    I think it is the way Ed delivers the lyrics more then the rhyme itself. No?
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  • moses562
    moses562 Posts: 1,382
    n8dawg79 wrote:
    Not a rhyme but... "Now Johnny he be having lots of women."

    That line makes me cringe EVERYTIME.


    True. It is a kind of "throw up in your mouth" kind of line.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,375
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Brushdaily wrote:
    I agree with the second post of the thread. Can't get worse than "gas in tank feels like money in the bank"

    Dammit, I will defend this one to the death. What's the problem with this line?

    me too....great line
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    SVRDhand13 wrote:

    For someone supposedly worth 80 million? :lol:

    That line doesn't have anything to do with the *price* of gasoline. Some of you are reading it much too literally.

    "Gone" is a "getting the fuck out of a bad situation" song, right? What he's saying there is that the gas in his tank -- ie, the literal MEANS for getting the fuck out of the bad situation -- is like currency to him. It means more to him than money or material possessions or anything else he's leaving behind.

    He's saying, "You can take every cent I have, everything I own. All I need is this tank of gas and I can start anew."

    The line that comes directly after "money in the bank" is important, too. "Gonna blow it all this time." -- basically he's going to take that tank of gas and spend it like money to the last drop. He's going to drive that vehicle as far as that last tank will take him.

    And that's how he'll find his freedom.

    Good idea. Good line.
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  • slightofjeff
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    n8dawg79 wrote:
    Not a rhyme but... "Now Johnny he be having lots of women."

    That line makes me cringe EVERYTIME.

    Not a fan of Johnny Guitar the song, but it's *supposed* to be written with a kind of a "Blaxploitation" type of dialogue. Look at the guy on the cover of Johnny Guitar Watson album, for crying out loud. He's basically Shaft on a tricycle.
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  • Trading Stories
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    Not a rhyme but a terrible line (hehe)
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  • Backspacer_Backer
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    Feel it rising,... Yeh next stop falling
    Feel it rising,... comatose, with no fear of falling.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Trading Stories wrote:
    Not a rhyme but a terrible line (hehe)
    "I never knew soap made you taller." - Ghost

    I like that one, too. I think this maybe isn't the thread for me. ;)
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  • jburneyko
    jburneyko Posts: 122
    a buddy of mine has always been extremely irked by the MFC line "ask I'm an ear"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,526
    Trading Stories wrote:
    Not a rhyme but a terrible line (hehe)
    "I never knew soap made you taller." - Ghost
    Yeah. This one is really bad in an otherwise great song. When I was younger I even had my own line I replaced it with when I sang along... can't remember it now though.
    jburneyko wrote:
    a buddy of mine has always been extremely irked by the MFC line "ask I'm an ear"
    Never really read up on MFC lyrics, but when I did this line really stood out. Could have been much stronger with another line!
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  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Trading Stories wrote:
    Not a rhyme but a terrible line (hehe)
    "I never knew soap made you taller." - Ghost

    I like that one, too. I think this maybe isn't the thread for me. ;)

    In your opinion of course...

    Agree with you on "Gone" (even though it is not my favourite song). But I was wondering what your analysis is on this line. I could never figure out if the line (of Ghost) was related to a commercial or something. Since you gave a good explanation about Gone I am curious about your analysis here.
  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,206
    Trading Stories wrote:
    Not a rhyme but a terrible line (hehe)
    "I never knew soap made you taller." - Ghost

    I like this line, as he's talking about the TV selling him what he doesn't need. I always envisioned some cheesy late night infomercial, "and this faaaaabulous soap cuts down on grime and makes you taller!"
  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    SK359828 wrote:
    Trading Stories wrote:
    Not a rhyme but a terrible line (hehe)
    "I never knew soap made you taller." - Ghost

    I like this line, as he's talking about the TV selling him what he doesn't need. I always envisioned some cheesy late night infomercial, "and this faaaaabulous soap cuts down on grime and makes you taller!"

    So it is not reffering to a specific commercial? I always felt there was a direct reference there, but since I didn't live in the States during that time, I just didn't know.

    But yeah, def. an infomercial or something...

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