Dumb Lyrics
Sep. 1st, 2003 05:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmazeDiscussion over breakfast yesterday revealed that I do have the capacity to like some pretty dumb songs. REM's "Fireplace" was the example that came to mind:
Crazy, crazy world,
Crazy, crazy times.
Crazy, crazy world,
Crazy, crazy times.
Hang up your chairs to better sweep,
Clear the floor to dance
Shake the rug into the fireplace.
...and repeat, several times, each time throwing more furniture into the fireplace. I really like the music, so it doesn't bother me that the words are so incredibly dumb.
But this brings up the question: are there other songs that are reasonable songs, but their lyrics have almost no content? Degenerate cases like "Tequila" or "Oh Yeah" don't really count.
Crazy, crazy world,
Crazy, crazy times.
Crazy, crazy world,
Crazy, crazy times.
Hang up your chairs to better sweep,
Clear the floor to dance
Shake the rug into the fireplace.
...and repeat, several times, each time throwing more furniture into the fireplace. I really like the music, so it doesn't bother me that the words are so incredibly dumb.
But this brings up the question: are there other songs that are reasonable songs, but their lyrics have almost no content? Degenerate cases like "Tequila" or "Oh Yeah" don't really count.
