Dumb Lyrics

[dmaze]

Discussion 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.

Comments

*sigh*

[rjpb.livejournal.com]

are there other songs that are reasonable songs, but their lyrics have almost no content?

How much trouble would I get for saying the following: almost every song written since, oh, Frank Sinatra? Right, that does not go back far enough. I do not mean to be cynical, but I think finding a good composer who is also a good poet or writer is exceptionally rare.

Re: *sigh*

[fyfer.livejournal.com]

Interesting example - I'm totally unfamiliar with Sinatra, since what I've heard of his music is not my style, so I found a page of his lyrics. A random look at 20 or so of his songs didn't find any written by him, and many had lyrics and music by different people.