MERGED ----> Elevation Voted 5th Worst Lyrics

[perrypickwick]

worst lycric ever - will U2 make it?

funny article -
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23394848-details/The worst lyrics EVER/article.do

the worst lyrics ever - U2 made it on the list with "Elevation"

U2, Elevation: "I've got no self control, Been living like a mole now/Going down, excavation/High and high in the sky/You make me feel like I can fly/So high, elevation."

Of course most U2 songs have great lyrics - but there are also some lyrics that seems a little odd (also for a german guy like me) -
"you're the reason why the opera is in me"...


What are your personal "dropouts"?

 

[LemonMelon]

They deserved it for Elevation. That's far worse than anything on HTDAAB.

"you're the reason why the opera is in me" is a fantastic line.

 

[U2lunatic]

Whole ATYCLB album

 

[vaz02]

I quite like the lyrics to elevation

 

[BoMac]

Re: worst lycric ever - will U2 make it?

funny article -
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23394848-details/The worst lyrics EVER/article.do

the worst lyrics ever - U2 made it on the list with "Elevation"

U2, Elevation: "I've got no self control, Been living like a mole now/Going down, excavation/High and high in the sky/You make me feel like I can fly/So high, elevation."

Of course most U2 songs have great lyrics - but there are also some lyrics that seems a little odd (also for a german guy like me) -
"you're the reason why the opera is in me"...


What are your personal "dropouts"?

Isn't it "I and I in the sky"?


And the "you're the reason why the opera is in me" lyric is in reference to Bono's father who was an amateur tenor and loved to sing opera. For this reason it is a very beautiful line.

 

[Zooropean103]

Actually it's "I and I", not "High and high"

 

[Caroni]

"Soul on strip tease"

"Intelectual tortoise"

 

[xaviMF22]

"Soul on strip tease"

"Intelectual tortoise"

freedom has a scent like...

 

[U2lunatic]

"I was a monkey,stealing honey from a swarm of bees" or,
"The Air is Heavy as a Truck"
And also Vertigo with all that "kneeeeel" and "hello hello"

 

[mwheelonh]

"I and I" is actually a rastafarian reference to the oneness of Jah (God) and every human. Taking that into context, the verse is actually pretty good...silly thisislondon and their mole phobias...

 

[mandrake]

Hmmm... I actually really like that lyric.

 

[Zoots]

Lots of shit lyrics this decade from Bono!

 

[popsadie]

i like that lyric too.....especially with the I and I...I think that that reference really makes the lyric work.

 

[Smallville]

Lots of shit lyrics this decade from Bono!

Just this decade?

 

[perrypickwick]

U2 made it on place 5:

here's the TOP 10:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/lyrical/top10.shtml

1 Des'ree - Life
I don't want to see a ghost,
It's the sight that I fear most,
I'd rather have a piece of toast,
Watch the evening news.

2 Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer
I'm as serious as cancer,
When I say Rhythm is a Dancer.

3 Razorlight - Somewhere Else
And I met a girl,
she asked me my name,
I told her what it was.

4 ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now
More Sacrifices than an Aztec priest,
Standing here straining at that leash,
All fall down,
Can't complain, mustn't grumble,
Help yourself to another piece of apple crumble

5 U2 - Elevation
I've got no self control,
Been living like a mole now,
Going down, excavation,
High and high in the sky,
You make me feel like I can fly,
So high,
Elevation

6 Toto - Africa
The wild dogs cry out in the night,
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company,
I know that I must do what's right,
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.

7 Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Slowly walking down the hall,
Faster than a cannonball,
Where were you when we were getting high?

8 Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know?
And firey 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.

9 Human League - The Lebanon
Before he leaves the camp he stops,
He scans the world outside,
And where there used to be some shops,
Is where the snipers sometimes hide.

10 Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Generals gathered in their masses,
Just like witches at black masses.

 

[Trinity3000]

NO these are the worst lyrics ever!


Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains

Shakira - Whenever, Wherever

 

[LPU2]

Here is U2's worst lyric. The metaphor is bad enough, but the fit of word to melody is so awkward too.

"Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
For any spirit to haunt"

As a vacant lot? A VACANT LOT?! For the luvva Yeats, an educated man can't come up with something more interesting than that??

Achtung Baby has U2's best lyrics (she wears my love like a see-through dress; love is clockworks and cold steel, fingers too numb to feel; everything in The Fly) and worst, in my opinion (between the horses of love and lust, we are trampled underfoot).

 

[perrypickwick]

I must say the second place for Snap is well deserved:

"I'm as serious as cancer,
When I say Rhythm is a Dancer."

that's really a horrible line -

 

[Balfron]

Elevation Voted 5th Worst Song Lyrics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6626239.stm

Elevation is in there! Good call I think to be honest, although they could have picked virtually any line.

Vertigo must have been close too I reckon!

Both are still great songs though, and I actually like the lyrics of the songs, although they are awful in one sense.

And here's a brighter note, from last year, if you haven't already seen it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4915848.stm

 

[vaz02]

Was so proud about One being nations favourite lyric. Yeah good call on elevation, however i love the loose lyrics on the song.

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

I think they're great lyrics because they're great for the song and fun to sing. If you stop and read them out of the context of the music then yeah, they're kind of inane but try telling that to yourself when you're rocking away and singing it at the top of your lungs!

"You make me feel like I could fly! So high! E LE VATION!!"

 

[u2thewho]

"Freedom has a scent, etc.," but only in the context of the sap that is Miracle Drug. Or: "Cool down, Mama" or "We're one but we're not the same." Ugh. So trite.

 

[intedomine]

This is crap, this list

Fair call to see that shite Life song being voted worst, that is one of the worst songs I've heard, with unforgivable lyrics. Des'ree is a shocker.


Not good to see Africa, Champagne, Elevation and Rhythm in the list.

 

[gherman]

and worst, in my opinion (between the horses of love and lust, we are trampled underfoot).

Your opinion is shit. Those are my favorite lyrics ever and how dare you say they are the worst.

 

[theoriginal]

Here is U2's worst lyric. The metaphor is bad enough, but the fit of word to melody is so awkward too.

"Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
For any spirit to haunt"

As a vacant lot? A VACANT LOT?! For the luvva Yeats, an educated man can't come up with something more interesting than that??

I personally love that line and think the metaphor works well and is very powerful.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Your opinion is shit. Those are my favorite lyrics ever and how dare you say they are the worst.

everyone's entitled to their own opinion. cut it out with the personal attacks.

 

[cobl04]

I would have thought "the air is heavy, heavy as a truck" would have given it a run for its money. It's by far the worst U2 line.

 

[U2girl]

Some days are better than others, Big girls are best and Miami.

 

[JCOSTER]

Lots of shit lyrics this decade from Bono!

Your really down on them tonight aren't you?

Tell me your problems dear.






Heavy as a truck seems to make me go whenever I hear it. The air is heavier than a truck sometimes....

I was a monkey stealing honey from a swarm of bees....very strange but it goes quite well with the song.

I know a boy, a boy called trampoline, you know what I mean.
No I'm afraid I don't know.

 

[xaviMF22]

I would have thought "the air is heavy, heavy as a truck" would have given it a run for its money. It's by far the worst U2 line.

awful line