Lyrics that didn't age well

Beady Eye

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There are timeless classic lyrics like basically everything Bob Dylan ever wrote. Then there are lyrics that were f***in' awesome at the time and seemed to be a great idea, but in hindsight didn't age too too well.

Post your favourite text passages in this thread. To give you an idea what I mean, I'll start with two examples:

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T.N.T. - AC/DC
"See me ride out of the sunset
On your color TV screen"

The kids today might wonder what a non-color TV screen is supposed to be and what sense it would make to emphasize that a TV has colors. On a similar note: everything containing the term "flatscreen TV" is equally irritating for the current generation.

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My Generation - The Who
"I hope I die before I get old"

Would love to see Pete Townshend singing that song today at the age of 71. Would be a hell of a comedic situation.
 

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Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

"You're a real tough cookie with a long history"

Even Pat says she cringes when she has to sing those lyrics today.
 

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Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
"You're a real tough cookie with a long history"
Even Pat says she cringes when she has to sing those lyrics today.

She also probably didn't expect that song to become a common background music for adult movie cumpilations. :D
Yeah, she definitely didn't see that cumming, ah coming... sorry.
 

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And it's not the end of the world, oh no
It's not even the end of the day.

The Beat Goes On ... Liam Gallagher ( one of the douche bag brothers )
 

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My GFs favorite song..and while it may have been less creepy in the 60s, now it just reeks of some guy in a pedivan


I'm a girl watcher
I'm a girl watcher
Here comes one now
Mmmm, mmm, mmm

I was just a boy
When I threw away my toys
I found a new pastime
To dwell on

Whenever I detect
Members of the other sex
I play the game I do so well, oh

I'm a girl watcher
I'm a girl watcher
Watchin' girls go by
My, my, my

I'm a girl watcher
I'm a girl watcher
Here comes one now

Hello there, female
My, my, but you do look swell
Could you please walk
A little slower

I wonder if you know
That you're putting on a show
Could you please walk
A little closer

I'm a girl watcher
I'm a girl watcher
Watchin' girls go by
My, my, my
 

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Hey Whalerfan, I'll go you one better.


(Chorus):
Young girl, get out of my mind, my love for you is way out of line
Better run girl, you're much too young, girl

With all the charms of a woman, you've kept the secret of your youth
You led me to believe you're old enough to give me love
And now it hurts to know the truth

Chorus

Beneath your perfume and make-up, you're just a baby in disguise
And though you know that it's wrong to be alone with me
That come-on look is in your eyes

Chorus

So hurry home to your mama, I'm sure she wonders where you are
Get out of here, before I have the time to change my mind
'Cause I'm afraid we'll go too far

"Young Girl" by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap was a number one hit in 1968.
 

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Early rush often seems cringe worthy
Like the poetry in the diary of a 13 year old

To taste my bitter triumph
As a mad immortal man
Nevermore shall I return
Escape these caves of ice
For I have dined on honeydew
And drunk the milk of Paradise

They toured with UFO and the guys in that band were brutal to Geddy Lee taunting him with yelling "for I have dined on honeydew" and they nailed a set of furry slippers in front of his microphone making fun of his wardrobe
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Yeah for me Rush really personifies that quote from Spinal Tap.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever"
 
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My GFs favorite song..and while it may have been less creepy in the 60s, now it just reeks of some guy in a pedivan


I'm a girl watcher
I'm a girl watcher
Here comes one now
Mmmm, mmm, mmm

I was just a boy
When I threw away my toys
I found a new pastime
To dwell on

Whenever I detect
Members of the other sex
I play the game I do so well, oh

I'm a girl watcher
I'm a girl watcher
Watchin' girls go by
My, my, my

I'm a girl watcher
I'm a girl watcher
Here comes one now

Hello there, female
My, my, but you do look swell
Could you please walk
A little slower

I wonder if you know
That you're putting on a show
Could you please walk
A little closer

I'm a girl watcher
I'm a girl watcher
Watchin' girls go by
My, my, my

I don't see anything pervy about this song at all. Sounds like a song about any man watching the girls go by. :confused:
 

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