The nation's favourite lyrics are really crap.

[meegannie]

http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtvuk/shows/lyric.jhtml

Here are the U2 ones -- how boring!

96
U2
One
"One life, with each other sisters brothers"
"One Words by Bono (c) 1991 Blue Mountain Music Ltd Administered in the UK by Fairwood Music Ltd Used with kind permission

97
U2
Where The Streets Have No Name
"I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls, that hold me inside"
"Where The Streets Have No Name Words by Bono (c) 1987 Blue Mountain Music Ltd Administered in the UK by Fairwood Music Ltd Used with kind permission

98
U2
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
"One man come on a barbed wire fence, One man he resist, One man washed on an empty beach, One man betrayed with a kiss."
"Pride (In The Name Of Love) Words by Bono (c) 1984 Blue Mountain Music Ltd Administered in the UK by Fairwood Music Ltd Used with kind permission

 

[Numb1075]

U2
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
"One man come on a barbed wire fence,



Isn't it: one man "caught" on a barbed wire fence????

 

[IWasBored]

U2
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
"One man come on a barbed wire fence,



Isn't it: one man "caught" on a barbed wire fence????

the misheard version is the favorite. just think about what it implies. getting caught is just painful.

 

[Numb1075]

 

[IWasBored]

apparently my mind fell into the gutter.

 

[meegannie]

Most of those lyrics are wrong/mispelled.

 

[meegannie]

mispelled.

 

[unforgettableFOXfire]

My favourite U2 misquote, which I think was one of my friends... Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses:

"You're an accident waiting to happen /
You're a piece of glass left there in the peach"


:rofl:

 

[impy13]

40
Jay-Z
99 Problems
"99 problems but a bitch ain't one, if you havin' girl problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one"

Say so long to the list's credibility

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

Those lyrics are so random it's not even cool.

 

[Bono's shades]

Ugh, even the lyrics by the great lyricists on the list are hardly the best ones they ever wrote.

Just about the only one I think they got right was Bob Marley. I love those lines from Redemption Song.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Don't diss '99 Problems'

 

[Catman]

^^ heh, you're probably being sarcastic, but I do like that song.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I'm not. I think it's one of the best songs released in 2004.

 

[bollox]

for real, jay is the man. best (non-johnny cash related) thing rubin has done in years.

 

[IWasBored]

50 cent was like #2. that says it all, really.

 

[GibsonGirl]

Ah, 50 Cent...he has that distinction of coming above other artists when they're organised alphabetically.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

#36 probably is my favourite lyric of all time.

'Kinky Afro'

 

[TheQuiet1]

The lyrics towards the bottom of the list are infinitely better than those at the top IMO.

 

[Tilli]

Defintely a very varied list in some respects- from Kylie's "I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky" to Joy Division!
It reads more like a list of the best known lyrics rather than the best actual lyrics.

 

[love_u2_adam]

2
50 Cent
21 Questions
"I love you like a fat kid love cake"
21 Questions Written by Jimmie Cameron,Vella Cameron. Luis Resto and Curtis Jackson (c) Me-Benish Music LLC c/o Minder Music Limited and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Used with kind permission

WTF u2 has better lyrics then this crap!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AtomicBono]

"A-bop-bop-a-loom-op a-lop bop boom"

YES. that is where it's AT.

personally I'm surprised "Boom cha!" didn't make the list.

 

[tarquinsuperb]

Of all the lyrics to pick from WTSHNN why those? Hasn't Bono likened those particular lyrics to teenage poetry?

 

[Total U2 Nut]

40
Jay-Z
99 Problems
"99 problems but a bitch ain't one, if you havin' girl problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one"

Say so long to the list's credibility

Come on, this is MTV. When did the list ever have any credibility?? Actually, with the general crap-osity of this list, I wouldn't be surprised if James Blunt was number one.

 

[Total U2 Nut]

1
10cc
Life Is A Minestrone
"Life is a minestrone, Served up with parmesan cheese"
Life Is A Minestrone Written By Lol Creme and Eric Stewart (c) EMI Music Publishing Ltd Used with kind permission

2
50 Cent
21 Questions
"I love you like a fat kid love cake"
21 Questions Written by Jimmie Cameron,Vella Cameron. Luis Resto and Curtis Jackson (c) Me-Benish Music LLC c/o Minder Music Limited and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Used with kind permission

3
Abba
The Winner Takes It All
"The winner takes it all, The loser standing small, Beside the victory, That's her destiny"
Written by Benny Andersson and Bjoern Ulvaeus (c) Bocu Music Ltd. Used with kind permission

4
Arctic Monkeys
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
"Oh there ain't no love, No Montagues and Capulets, We're just banging tunes and DJ sets and dirty dancefloors and dreams of naughtiness"
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor Written By Alexander Turner (c) EMI Music Publishing Ltd Used with kind permission

5
The Beach Boys
God Only Knows
"If you should ever leave me, Though life would go on believe me, The world could show nothing to me, So what good would living do me."
God Only Knows Written By Tony Asher and Brian Wilson (c) Rondor Music (London) Ltd Used wit kind permission

6
The Beatles
A Day In The Life
"I read the news today oh boy, Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire. And though the holes were rather small, They had to count them all, Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall"
A Day In The Life Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (c)Sony/ATV Music Publishing Used with kind permission

7
The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby
"Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been, Lives in a dream"
Eleanor Rigby Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (c)Sony/ATV Music Publishing Used with kind permission

8
The Beatles
Hey Jude
"Hey Jude don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better"
Hey Jude Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (c)Sony/ATV Music Publishing Used with kind permission

9
The Beatles
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river, Wwith tangerine trees and marmalade skies"
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (c)Sony/ATV Music Publishing Used with kind permission

10
The Beatles
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
"It was twenty years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play"
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (c)Sony/ATV Music Publishing Used with kind permission

There's the top 10, most of those lyrics aren't that good...

 

[GibsonGirl]

People, this thing isn't ranked. There is no "top ten." It's in alphabetical order.

 

[typhoon]

Yeah, you'd think that'd be obvious, considering "99 problems but a bitch ain't one" isn't number one.

 

[TheQuiet1]

People, this thing isn't ranked. There is no "top ten." It's in alphabetical order.

.....oh yeah, so it is!

 

[joyfulgirl]

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