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Van Halen lyric in worst 10 of all time
Rhythm Is A Dancer by Snap! takes the top spot
Tom Porter, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 1:14 pm UTC
The rhyming monstrosity masquerading as a song lyric "I'm serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer", has been voted the worst of all time in a recent poll. Congratulations then to German electro outfit Snap!, for their 1992 smash hit Rhythm Is A Dancer, which contains the poisonous rhyme and spent six weeks at number one in the UK.
A bunch of other lyrics about 'toast', 'reindeer' and 'fat kids loving cake' help make up the top ten. Propping up the list is Van Halen's "Only time will tell if we stand the test of time" from Why Can't This Be Love. Genius.
The 10 worst lyrics
1. "I'm serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer" Rhythm Is A Dancer by Snap!
2. "I don't want to see a ghost, it's a sight that I fear the most, I'd rather have a piece of toast, watch the evening news" Life by Des'ree
3. "Is that yo ass, or yo mama half reindeer?" Shake Ya Tailfeather by Nelly, P Diddy and Murphy Lee
4. "He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious?" Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne
5. "I love you like a fat kid love cake" 21 Questions by 50 Cent
6. "Time is like a clock in my heart" Time (Clock Of The Heart) by Culture Club
7. "You got a Prada bag with a lotta stuff in it" Gettin' Jiggy Wit It by Will Smith
8. "Lucky that my breasts are small and humble, so you don't confuse them with mountains" Whenever, Wherever by Shakira
9. "She had dumps like a truck, truck, truck" Thong Song by Sisqo
10. "Only time will tell if we stand the test of time" Why Can't This Be Love by Van Halen
We've touched on this subject before. Red Hot Chili Peppers, anyone?
User comments (10)
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Someone has a lot of extra time on with this one?
It's hard to write a perfect song... -
Listen to "So What" by Metallica. Now that is bad fucking language!!!
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Tostie, you can't just chuck every rap/R&B lyric in this list. What are you thinking? Many rappers are lyrical geniuses
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MattLegend1, do let us know the worst lyrics you've ever heard. Maybe i'll compile a list to top this one with the results...
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They left one important thing: everyone who comes under the rap/ R&B banner. The words are the same, guns, sex, pimped out rides...
If they understood R&B then blues wouldn't be dying out. -
They left one important thing: everyone who comes under the rap/ R&B banner. The words are the same, guns, sex, pimped out rides...
If they understood R&B then blues wouldn't be dying out. -
They left one important thing: everyone who comes under the rap/ R&B banner. The words are the same, guns, sex, pimped out rides...
If they understood R&B then blues wouldn't be dying out. -
some of them aren't too bad. i've heard much worse than some of them
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some of them aren't too bad, i've heard much worse than some of them.
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For ages I mis-heard Shakira's lyrics as, "Lucky that my breasts are small and humble, so you don't confuse them with mutton." I think I prefer my version...
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johndenner
Tue 5 Aug 2008, 5:39 pm UTC