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U2's 'One' voted Britain's best lyric - what is yours?
It was a Vh1 thing done over the weekend after a big survey. The story is here but the jist is that it was for an actual line in a song.
The top 20 were: The top 20: 1. U2 -- "One" "One life, with each other sisters, brothers" 2. The Smiths -- "How soon is Now?" "So you go, and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home, and you cry, and you want to die" 3. Nirvana -- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "I feel stupid and contagious, here we are now, entertain us." 4. Bob Marley -- "Redemption Song" "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds, have no fear for atomic energy, cause none of them can stop the time" 5. Coldplay -- "Yellow" "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you" 6. Eminem -- "Lose Yourself" "Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, one moment, would you capture it or just let it slip?" 7. Robbie Williams -- "Angels" "And through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection, whether I'm right or wrong" 8. The Who -- "My Generation" "Hope I die before I get old" 9. Radiohead -- "Creep" "I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, what the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here" 10. Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On" "Father, father, we don't need to escalate, you see, war is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate" 11. 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" 12. Abba -- "The Winner Takes It All" "The winner takes it all, the loser standing small, beside the victory, that's her destiny" 13. The Kinks -- "Waterloo Sunset" "Every day I look at the world from my window, but chilly, chilly is evening time. Waterloo sunset's fine" 14. Pink Floyd -- "Another Brick in the Wall" "We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom, teachers, leave them kids alone" 15. Tupac featuring Snoop -- "California Love" "Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, Wild West, a state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness" 16. Queen -- "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality" 17. Bob Dylan -- "Subterranean Homesick Blues" "Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine. I'm on the pavement thinking about the government" 18. Kaiser Chiefs -- "I Predict A Riot" "Watching the people get lairy, is not very pretty I tell thee, walking through town is quite scary, and not very sensible either" 19. David Bowie -- "Heroes" "We can be heroes, just for one day" 20. The Police -- "Every Breath You Take" "Every single day, every word you say, every game you play, every night you stay, I'll be watching you" What is your faveorite lyric? |
"Stupid people do stupid things, smart people outsmart each other, and themselves". SOAD
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one is really good 1 but for me anything by Pink Floyds - better say Roger Waters.
Really complicated things in easy words for example "Hey you" is unbeatable lyric for me True is thatI am not a native speaker so I can feel the little bit different way |
Please please please by James Brown
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Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2. :thumbsup
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maybe metallicas one but not that one
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Lyrics wise I like both. |
some good ones there for sure.
4. Bob Marley -- "Redemption Song" Great Song, GREAT LYRICS U2's One is very good too, as is Creep by Radiohead. How about these classics: Bob Dylan: Baby Blue Pink Floyd: Mother Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil and You can't always get what you want. The Beatles: too many to name :) |
all great songs.. but i would love to see you guys pick specific lyrics...
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I love so many lyrics but as this is a British survey here are some British lyrics that I love that didn't make the top 20: Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours: "I don?t want to start any blasphemous rumours But I think that god?s got a sick sense of humor And when I die I expect to find him laughing" The Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict: "you're makin' out with school kids, winos and heads of state. you even made it with the lady, who puts the little plastic bobins on the christmas cakes. Butchers' assistants and bellhops, you've had them all here and there. Children of god and their joy-strings, international women with no body hair.echanic's rough you're more than ready." The Clash - Train In Vain: "Say you stand by your man Tell me something I don't understand You said you loved me and that's a fact and then you left me, said you felt trapped Well some things you can't explain away But the heartache's in me till this day" The Jam - Going Underground: "And the public wants what the public gets But I don?t get what this society wants I?m going underground" The Cure - Just Like Heaven: "Show me how you do that trick The one that makes me scream she said The one that makes me laugh she said And threw her arms around my neck" |
what does Abba's Winner Take It All doing in the list?
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great thread
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"Well, I woke up this morning
And I got myself a beer. The future's uncertain And the end is always near." The Doors |
"I love you like a fat kid love cake"
-50 Cent - 21 Questions |
sublime:
April 26th, 1992, there was a riot on the streets, tell me where were you? You were sittin' home watchin' your TV, while I was paticipatin' in some anarchy. First spot we hit it was my liqour store. I finally got all that alcohol I can't afford. With red lights flashin' time to retire, And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire. Next stop we hit it was the music shop, It only took one brick to make that window drop. Finally we got our own p.a. Where do you think I got this guitar that you're hearing today? Hey! Never doin no time When we returned to the pad to unload everything, It dawned on me that I need new home furnishings. So once again we filled the van until it was full, since that day my livin' room's been more comfortable. |
I thought most of them were crap. Definitely reflects on the ages (younger), who were probably polled.
If that's the best of the best then it just shows how much music, and lyrics, have gone downhill in the last 15 years or so. :2 cents: |
P.S.
Anyone ever listened to the lyrics of Simon and Garfunkel? I rest my case. :1orglaugh |
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I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools", said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed In the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls" And whispered in the sounds of silence |
on an unrelated note, while searching for lyrics, i came across the real gilr from ipanema site (according to http://sprezzatura.editthispage.com/garota#story)
http://www.garotadeipanema.com.br/ |
dumbest lyrics ever
"Someone's Knockin' At The Door. Somebody's Ringin' The Bell. Someone's Knockin' At The Door. Somebody's Ririgin' The Bell. Do Me A Favor, Open The Door And Let 'Em In." A song about someone knocking on your door. I didn;t know you could make music about everyday stuff. let me try "Someone's pissin' in the john. Somebody's usin' The can. Someone's pissin' in the john. Somebody's usin' The can. Do Me A Favor, Flush the bowl And Lift the lid." |
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I LOVE that song. The Clash rule. |
hope this is not too long, the lyrics to the translation of the first verse of Garota de Ipanema
Look, what a most beautiful thing there moreover full of grace and she, this girl that comes and goes with this sweet, swinging gait, along the way to the sea. . . The girl with this golden body from the Ipanema sun Her swinging gait is more than a poem and the most beautiful thing that I ever saw go by Ah! why am I so alone? Ah! why is everything so sad? Ah! the beauty that is there! The beauty that is not just mine . . . that is also passing by alone. Ah! if she only knew that when she passes by the world is smiling filling up with grace and turns more beautiful because of love |
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great lyrics |
Like a desert needs rain
Like a town needs a name I need your love Like a drifter needs a room Hawkmoon I need your love I need your love Like a rhythm unbroken Like drums in the night Like sweet soul music Like sunlight I need your love Like coming home And you don't know where you've been Like black coffee Like nicotine I need your love (I need your love) I need your love (I need your love) I need your love (I need your love) When the night has no end And the day yet to begin As the room spins around I need your love I need your love Like a Phoenix rising needs a holy tree Like the sweet revenge of a bitter enemy I need your love Like the hot needs the sun Like honey on her tongue Like the muzzle of a gun Like oxygen I need your love (I need your love) I need your love (I need your love) I need your love (I need your love) When the night has no end And the day yet to begin As the room spins around I need your love I need your love... Like thunder needs rain Like a preacher needs pain Like tongues of flame Like a sheet stained I need your love I need your love Like a needle needs a vein Like someone to blame Like a thought unchained Like a runaway train I need your love I need your love... Like faith needs a doubt Like a freeway out I need your love Like powder needs a spark Like lies need the dark I need your love In the heart of the heat of the love In the heart of the heat of the love... And this one too: If you twist and turn away If you tear yourself in two again If I could, yes I would If I could, I would Let it go Surrender Dislocate If I could throw this Lifeless lifeline to the wind Leave this heart of clay See you walk, walk away Into the night And through the rain Into the half-light And through the flame If I could through myself Set your spirit free I'd lead your heart away See you break, break away Into the light And to the day To let it go And so to fade away To let it go And so fade away I'm wide awake I'm wide awake Wide awake I'm not sleeping Oh, no, no, no If you should ask then maybe they'd Tell you what I would say True colors fly in blue and black Blue silken sky and burning flag Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes If I could, you know I would If I could, I would Let it go... This desperation Dislocation Separation Condemnation Revelation In temptation Isolation Desolation Let it go And so fade away To let it go And so fade away To let it go And so to fade away I'm wide awake I'm wide awake Wide awake I'm not sleeping Oh, no, no, no One more: And love It's not the easy thing The only baggage That you can bring Not the easy thing The only baggage you can bring Is all that you can't leave behind And if the darkness is to keep us apart And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off And if your glass heart should crack Before the second you turn back Oh no, be strong Walk on Walk on What you got, they can't steal it No they can't even feel it Walk on Walk on Stay safe tonight You're packing a suitcase for a place None of us has been A place that has to be believed To be seen You could have flown away A singing bird In an open cage Who will only fly Only fly for freedom Walk on Walk on What you got You can't deny it Can't sell it or buy it Walk on Walk on Stay safe tonight And I know it aches How your heart it breaks You can only take so much Walk on Walk on Home Hard to know what it is If you never had one Home I can't say where it is But I know I'm going Home That's where the hurt is And I know it aches And your heart it breaks You can only take so much Walk on Leave it behind You've got to leave it behind All that you fashion All that you make All that you build All that you break All that you measure All that you steal All this you can leave behind All that you reason All that you care It's only time And I'll never fill up all my mind (??) All that you sense All that you speak All you dress up And all that you scheme All you create All that you wreck All that you hate U2 is my favorite band, so I could post the words to every song they have, but those three are around the top of my list!!! :thumbsup |
Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days since we first met Its a big enough umbrella But its always me that ends up getting wet |
good stuff Loryn..personal favorite here too.
Gotta love 'em |
"The sun's not yellow, it's chicken" - Bob Dylan
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why do I read do this everyday
scroll past peoples replies nah nah nah they wrote a load of shit i love tubgril nah nah nah yes its great gofuckyourself yes its great gofuckyourself yes its great gofuckyourself blah hah ha rofl choppper would you hit it yes etc etc etc blahahahaha see sig thanks |
"I was looking for some action
But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol" Oasis - cigarettes and alcohol |
u2 sucks my asshole, fuck bono and his ego
best uk... clash, the who |
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Whilst I am not a fan it is hard to deny the song writing abilities. |
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Me too and that is my faveorite of their songs. I like songs that sound sweet but are actually bitter. |
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i love their song SUnday bloody Sunday!
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