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Title: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: CookedHaggis on 16 Jul 2007, 13:50
Just copied from Something Awful (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2558451), but it seemed a pretty cool idea despite that.  I had a search and couldn't find anything simiiar, but sorry if this is a repeat.  The topic pretty much says it all: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence

Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot : British city centres are full of drunken idiots.

Le Tigre - What's yr take on Cassavetes : I saw both The Killing of A Chinese Bookie and A Woman Under the Influence but dunno if I actually like them or not.

The Kinks - David Watts : Ray Davies is still bitter about High School.

The Undertones - Teenage Kicks : Masturbation is great.

Semisonic - Get a Grip : No, seriously, masturbation is great.

Spoon - Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine : The play's the thing.

The Wombats - Moving to New York : This boy needs therapy.

The Indelicates - Julia We Don't Live in the Sixties Anymore : Idealism is dead, I guess.

Cassetteboy - Why Brother : Cassetteboy really, really enjoys reality TV
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Post by: Thrillho on 16 Jul 2007, 14:21
Anything by My Chemical Romance: Wah, wah, wah.
Anything played live by Metallica in the last ten years: Wah, wah, wah. Oh sorry you said the lyrics, not the guitar work.
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Post by: StaedlerMars on 16 Jul 2007, 16:28
Michael Jackson - Beat It - Beat it.
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Post by: schimmy on 16 Jul 2007, 16:31
"Promises" – Promises are Shit.
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Post by: Lazer on 16 Jul 2007, 16:57
The Kinks - Lola: "This chick is great, oh wait, I guess she's not a chick at all, but that's cool too I guess."

Easily some of my favorite lyrics to any song.
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Post by: TheSoundOfRevolt on 16 Jul 2007, 17:19
Keasby Nights - Streetlight Manifesto: No matter what anyone else says, I'll stay true to my ideals.

Straight to Hell - The Clash: Ain't nowhere safe anymore.
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Post by: CookedHaggis on 16 Jul 2007, 17:38
Ash - Kung Fu : Martial arts movies rock!

The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For My Man : There's a lot more to buying drugs than just handing over money.

Mylo - Destroy Rock n Roll : How many people can I name-drop?

LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge : Not as many as me.

James - Laid : She's fucking psychotic but the sex is worth it.

Hot Chip - Over and Over : The joys of repetition.

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit : Dude, you totally HAVE to Alice in Wonderland while high; that shit is fucked up!

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil : A brief history of swine.
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Post by: Johnny C on 16 Jul 2007, 18:00
The Cure - "Killing An Arab": Oh who even cares what I do, really.
Violent Femmes - "Add It Up": JUST FUCK ME ALREADY FOR CHRIST'S SAKE
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Post by: jeph on 16 Jul 2007, 19:39
LCD Soundsystem- "Someone Great"- It sucks that you're dead.

Matthew Dear- "Pom Pom"- Love is pretty complicated and I don't understand it!

Death Cab For Cutie- "Debate Exposes Doubt"- Fuck you dad, you're an asshole!

Herbert- "Something Isn't Right"- Fuck you Bush, you're an asshole!

Mastodon- All of Blood Mountain- oh man you guys weed is AWESOME
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Post by: HunterTelevision on 16 Jul 2007, 19:44
Nine Inch Nails - (catalog) - Fuck me.
Ministry - (catalog) - Fuck you.
Skinny Puppy (catalog) - We're fucked.
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Post by: öde on 17 Jul 2007, 01:11
LCD Soundsystem - 'Daft Punk is Playing at My House' - Holy shit Daft Punk is playing at my house.
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Post by: The extra letter on 17 Jul 2007, 02:06
Bauhaus - "Bela Lugosi's Dead" - We've watched far too many old horror movies.

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Post by: thenosebleedkid on 17 Jul 2007, 06:17
Radiohead (catalogue) - We suck
Yes (catalogue) - We're mediocre
Orange goblin (catalogue) - We're stoned
The Sword - We Win
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Post by: Will on 17 Jul 2007, 07:10
So, based on Tommy's post, I take it Joe Hocking is a massive Fugazi fan?
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Post by: Will on 17 Jul 2007, 07:31
A Silver Mt. Zion - Goodbye, Desolate Railyard - So these railroad tracks that we used to hang out by got torn up, and we're pretty bummed about it, so here's the most depressing music we could write at the time.

Pig Destroyer - Fourth Degree Burns - I really like this girl, but I'm in a grindcore band so I have to write a love song using violent metaphors.

The Mars Volta - (anything) - Eh, we just make this shit up as we go along.
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Post by: Thrillho on 17 Jul 2007, 09:00
Radiohead (catalogue) - We suck
Yes (catalogue) - We're mediocre
Orange goblin (catalogue) - We're stoned
The Sword - We Win

Jesus Christ, is this what my posts look like to everyone else? I sincerely apologise.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 17 Jul 2007, 09:40
I'm going to put my winamp on random and see what I can come up with:

Inkubus Sukkubus - Burning Times: Never turn your back on a Christian, or he will set you on fire.
Coil - Broccoli: Eat your broccoli, because everyone you love will die.
New Model Army - Drag It Down: We are so fucking disenchanted it is not even funny.
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows - Todeswunch [vers.]: A BLOO BLOO BLOO
Type O Negative - My Girlfriends Girlfriend: Pete Steele gets more pussy than you and every one you know combined.
Gothminister - Devil: Hey, it looks like I am irrevocably damned, I should probably get some dancing in.
Skyclad - Catherine At the Wheel: You shouldn't be a paedophile, because you will get torn to shreds by child vampires.
The Pogues - The Wild Cats of Kilkenny: We stole the Dr. Who theme bassline AWOOOOOOHAAAA.
Der Blutharsch - Untitled [Unreleased]: Get up, get up, get up, get up, be on your way.
Kraftwerk - Techno Pop: By using programmable electronic instruments to make music, we have revolutionised the relationship between music and musician; music can now be produced with the minimum of human effort in an essentially industrial process. boop boop.
3 Inches of Blood - Destroy the Orcs: Kill the orcs, slay the orcs, DESTROY THE OOOOOOOOOOORCS.
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows - The Dreadful Mirror: A BLOO A BLOO A BLOOOOOO
Stormtroopers of Death - Celtic Frosted Flakes: No seriously where are those guys?
Regurgitate - The Combustion And Consumption Of Pyrroheic Waste: HUGLAGHALGHALGHALGHALGHAL.
Yashushi Ishii - 666 Yori 777: Murder is entertaining!
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Post by: amok on 17 Jul 2007, 09:41
Monster Magnet - Space Lord - 420 smoke weed everyday
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt - Woe is me, I'm a whiny bitch, but at least I'm getting rich off it.
Slowdive - Machine Gun - My voice is so sexy I'm not even gonna bother singing real words!
Sigur Ros - Anything - As above.
Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came - Necrophilia is pretty cool.

Jesus Christ, is this what my posts look like to everyone else? I sincerely apologise.

:lol:
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Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 17 Jul 2007, 10:32

Sigur Ros - Anything - As above.




Woah, way to diss the entire Icelandic language. Only ( ) and part of Takk are in a made up language. The rest is all Icelandic. Get it right!

Anywho:
A Cautionary Song - The Decemberists: Your mother is a whore and that's the only way she can afford to feed you.
Westfall - Okkervil River: Pretty much anyone might be an evil murder.

Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: amok on 17 Jul 2007, 10:34
In my defence, "( ) and part of Takk" is pretty much the only Sigur Ros I've given a proper listen to. Still, sorry Iceland!
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Post by: Cernunnos on 17 Jul 2007, 10:43
Eh, part of Sigur Ros' catalog is not in Icelandic; It's in "hopelandic" as well. So amok is only half insulting an entire island.
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Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 17 Jul 2007, 11:05
Cradle of Filth - Catalogue (Principle of Evil Made Flesh upto Midian): "We're vampires Vampyres lol"
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Post by: *Sights* on 17 Jul 2007, 11:09
Tommy, your list lacks Turkish Disco. It doesn't matter if it has no lyrics, i wanna know what were Fugazi bitching about there.

Please?
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Post by: SeanBateman on 17 Jul 2007, 13:29
NWA - Fuck The Police The police department in the city of Los Angeles, California, often treats negro citizens, especially young negro citizens, unfairly and we, as young negros, do not appreciate that.
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Post by: Johnny C on 17 Jul 2007, 14:10
Public Enemy - "911 Is A Joke" - Flavor Flav is dissatisfied with his local emergency service's response time.
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Post by: CookedHaggis on 17 Jul 2007, 14:29
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon : To hear them talk, you'd think the bourgeoisie had it tough.

Blur - Country House : That stately home the taxman left me with really isn't any better than living in the city.

Pulp - Common People : Class tourists can fuck off.

The Libertines - Narcissist : Everyone dies, or gets old, wrinkly, and then dies.
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Post by: Ozymandias on 17 Jul 2007, 14:40
Bad Religion - (Anything) - We are angry and have a thesaurus.
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Post by: minkles on 17 Jul 2007, 15:27
Modest Mouse- The Good Times are Killing Me:
"Shit, I should do slightly less drugs."

Animal Collective- Who Could Win a Rabbit:
"Shit, you all should do slightly more drugs."

Pixies- Debaser
"Un Chien Andalou was awesome."

Belle and Sebastian- Step Into My Office, Baby
"Have sex with me and I'll give you a raise."



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Post by: TheSoundOfRevolt on 17 Jul 2007, 17:43
Madness - Michael Caine: Woo! Michael Caine!

Madness - Lovestruck: Booze makes you do stupid things - yay for lamp posts.
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Post by: jeph on 17 Jul 2007, 18:57
iTunes on Shuffle:

Gui Boratto- Beautiful Life: Everything is pretty terrific, especially since the ecstasy just kicked in!
The Hold Steady- Stevie Nix: HOLY GOD SO MUCH ALCOHOL WOOOOOOOOOOO
Xiu Xiu- Boy Soprano: Kid you got PROBLEMS but you are still way hot and I wanna make out with you.
Liars- Protection: Hey remember that one time at camp?
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Post by: Inlander on 17 Jul 2007, 19:19
Madness - Michael Caine: Woo! Michael Caine!

Man, you did that so wrong. Clearly it should be:

Madness - Michael Caine: "My name is Michael Caine."
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Post by: David_Dovey on 17 Jul 2007, 20:48
Ice Cube- Check Yourself You may want to think about your actions before going through with them, lest you find yourself shot or sodomised.
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Post by: Valrus on 17 Jul 2007, 20:50
Animal Collective- Who Could Win a Rabbit:
"Shit, you all should do slightly more drugs."

Panda Bear - Take Pills
"I hope I didn't give you the wrong impression in any Animal Collective songs, but I actually don't think that it's really necessary for anyone to do drugs, strictly speaking."
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Post by: Rizzo on 17 Jul 2007, 21:04
The Pogues - The Wild Cats of Kilkenny: We stole the Dr. Who theme bassline AWOOOOOOHAAAA.
I think I need to hear that song. Also, I need to get hold of a copy of the Dr Who theme. So much awesome from such old synthesizers.
Would someone be so kind as to YSI me via pm or some such? Khar?

I'd summarise some songs but I'm at work and don't have access to any songs.
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Post by: Near Lurker on 17 Jul 2007, 22:13
Suffragette City - David Bowie

Fuck off, Henry, I'm having sex with a lot of random sluts.

Bohemian Rhapsody  - Queen

Any way the wind blows, screw the lot of you, especially mum.
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Post by: Johnny C on 18 Jul 2007, 00:40
David Bowie - "Space Oddity": Ah, fuck it, space is nice and home is boring.
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Post by: The extra letter on 18 Jul 2007, 01:38
The Merry Thoughts - entire catalogue - Man, I wish I was Andrew Eldritch
Goldfrapp - "twist" - Cunning linguistics lol.
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Post by: thenosebleedkid on 18 Jul 2007, 02:45
On shuffle

Racer X -Time before the sun - "Man the 80's really were that cool- GUITAR SOLO"
Victor Wooten -  Norweigan - "black people are kvlt too"
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Post by: TheSoundOfRevolt on 18 Jul 2007, 05:13
Madness - Michael Caine: Woo! Michael Caine!

Man, you did that so wrong. Clearly it should be:

Madness - Michael Caine: "My name is Michael Caine."

Many many apple-ogies for the inconweenience.

Rancid - Corazon de Oro: "I REALLY can't sing"
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Post by: Johnny C on 18 Jul 2007, 08:14
Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped. - FUCK YOU, BITCH, THAT WAS A NICE SHIRT
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Post by: Dinky on 18 Jul 2007, 08:32
New Young Pony Club - Hiding on the staircase. "Listening to other people break up is fucking hilarious"

New Young Pony Club - Ice cream. "Kinky sex makes the world go round"

Kate Nash - Caroline's a victim. "Even agoraphobic music geeks need love"

CSS - Artbitch. "Tracy Emin is over rated"

CSS - Meeting Paris Hilton. "Paris Hilton is a dirty bitch and deserves to be ridden like a BDSM pony"

Gossip - Standing in the way of control. "Lesbians against Bush"
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Post by: amok on 18 Jul 2007, 10:29
Assemblage 23 - Discography

This song might be better than okay
If I wasn't rhyming every two things I say
Throughout the whole thing
Also I can't really sing

I mean I like em but goddamn.
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Post by: Kyros on 18 Jul 2007, 11:29
Built to Spill - The Plan: Plans suck

Husker Du - Never Talking to You Again: I'm most likely never talking to you again.

Everything's Just Wonderful - Lily Allen: Everything is really not wonderful.

The Face of the Earth - The Dismemberment Plan: Holy shit my girlfriend just got sucked into a black hole or something.

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Post by: ComfortEagle on 18 Jul 2007, 14:17
Weezer- El Scocho - I'm Really Creepy.
 *Edit*
Weezer- Everything on "Pinkerton" -I'm really, really creepy.
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Post by: SleeperCylon on 18 Jul 2007, 14:21

Kanye West - Diamonds Are Forever:  Look, I read a one paragraph blurb about the Sierra Leone diamond situation!

Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead:  Murder is okay if the guy is a jerk.

John Lennon - Imagine:  Socialism would be nifty.

The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others:  Not all women are the same height;  they in fact vary in size and body type.

The White Stripes - Conquest:  The typical movie/sitcom situation of a guy nailing some girl then falling in love with her, and consequently being trapped in an unwanted relationship, posesses a great degree of epic grandeur.

Drive By Truckers - Sounds Better In The Song:  Drugs are bad, mmmkay?

Drive By Truckers - Ronnie & Neil:  The classic feud between Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd was, in fact, blown out of proportion, and the singers had a great deal of respect for one another.

Alan Jackson - Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning:  The Chinese use the same word for Crisis and Opportunity;  The country's crisis, is my opportunity.

Linkin Park - any song:  God it's so depressing being so rich!

Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket:  I would like to date a woman who is a feminist but still likes to have lots of sex.
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Post by: SleeperCylon on 18 Jul 2007, 14:24
Oops, the DBT song I meant was "When The Pin Hits The Shell".

Sounds Better In The Song in one sentence would be "My girlfriend dumped me, but it's okay, I'm a huge loser."
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Post by: Lexington, 125 on 18 Jul 2007, 19:30
Velvet Underground-  "Sister Ray" :  Drag queens team up with sailors for a night of heavy drug use & oral sex, resulting in a trip to the station in a squad car.


A Tribe Called Quest- "Bonita Applebaum"  :  A name that's easy to rhyme & a curvaceous body will likely fuel an MC's lust.





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Post by: Christophe on 18 Jul 2007, 21:08
Blur, Song 2- "This song is in no way indicative of our actual musical style, but this song snagged us a lot of money and got play in sports stadiums"

Blur, Advert-  'Food Processors Are Great!" (I couldn't resist)

Dead Kennedys, Soup is Good Food- "Sucks about you getting laid off, but bisque has been all the rage these days!"
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Post by: HunterTelevision on 18 Jul 2007, 21:19
Lou Reed - "Walk on the Wild Side" - New York City is a human zoo and the colored girls talk funny.

Midnight Oil - "Beds are Burning" - This song is a metaphor and we're going to be aloof and let you figure it out for yourself, but the horn section still rocks even if you don't get it.

Pavement - "Cut Your Hair" - Haircuts can affect the way people treat you, and some other shit we threw in that has nothing to do with the title, but rhymes.

Pink Floyd - "One of These Days" - One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces with a bass guitar string and slide guitar.

Led Zeppelin - "The Lemon Song" - Getting head is AWESOME!

Tim Fite - "I've Been Shot" - If you're a struggling rapper, the secret is to have your friends shoot you multiple times in order to get street cred, and your album sales will increase proportionally.
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Post by: Ozymandias on 19 Jul 2007, 08:26
LFO - Summer Girls - I like preppy girls and non sequiturs that rhyme, brah.
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Post by: Will on 19 Jul 2007, 08:54
Black Flag - Drepression: Yeah, man, I'm pretty bummed out right now, and it sucks.
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Post by: StGabe on 19 Jul 2007, 10:29
Battles - Atlas - I'm baddest motherfuckin' Kiebler in the whole goddam' cookie factory.
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Post by: Ernest on 19 Jul 2007, 18:06
Tommy, you are an ubelievable pedantic dick.  I can't believe you typed the meaning of Fugazi's entire discography.  But ha!  I have you!  You didn't tell us what "Full Disclosure" is about!  Haha!  Up yours, Tommy, you bastard!  You thought we'd just assumed you knew the meaning of all of Fugazi's songs!  But you don't!  Hahahahahshdgahgaolsheaehahh!!!!!111`
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Post by: camelpimp on 19 Jul 2007, 18:26
Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back: I find women with large buttocks to be sexually attractive, and find the sickly-thin feminine ideal promoted to by white popular culture to be unattractive.
Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk to Fuck: I have become quite inebriated at a party; therefore, and I unable to engage in sexual intercourse.
Le Tigre - Hot Topic: [Insert famous feminist figure/female music group/sympathetic member to the cause's name here]
The Eagles - Hotel California: DRUGS!!!
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Post by: Ernest on 19 Jul 2007, 18:34
I see you don't deny that you are an unbelievable pedantic dick.
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Post by: captainoid on 19 Jul 2007, 19:22
Led Zepplin-Stairway to Heaven:  A woman has spent her life worshipping the almighty dollar, so she will never get into heaven.

Black Sabbath-Iron Man:  A man travels to the future, sees the apocalypse, and while traveling back, is turned to steel...no one believes him, so he kills everyone, thus creating the apocalypse he saw.  (Yay for irony!)
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Post by: Christophe on 19 Jul 2007, 19:49
The Cure, Boys Don't Cry- "Due to the image society places on me and my gender, I am not allowed to show my true feelings, and thus keep acting like a jerk."

The Zombies, Care of Cell 44- "I'm so glad you're home, my lover who happens to be an ex-con."

The Who, My Generation- "Old people suck, young people rule!"
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Post by: Tago Mago on 19 Jul 2007, 20:02
Yoko Ono - Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand in the Snow): "SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!"
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Post by: Ernest on 19 Jul 2007, 20:36
Dinosaur Jr- Poledo: Lou: I want a girlfriend so bad because I've never had one before.
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Post by: Johnny C on 19 Jul 2007, 21:02
Shellac - "Squirrel Song": Squirrels by the thousand can be dangerous.
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Post by: McTaggart on 19 Jul 2007, 21:04
Beck - Devil's Haircut: "Beck - Devil's Haircut"
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Post by: Ravenbomb on 19 Jul 2007, 21:42
"Night Train" by The Bouncing Souls:     "Well, see ya..."

"Home is Where You're Happy" by Charles Manson:     "Don't be concerned with material and earthly possessions and the like, your real home is where you feel free and can do what you set your mind to, so leave your current life and find a place like that."

"The Mariner's Revenge Song" by The Decemberists:     "This one guy wants to kill another guy."

"I Wish I was A Little Bit Taller" by Skeelo:     "I'm dissatisfied with my current stature, in both the physical sense and social sense."
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Post by: imapiratearg on 19 Jul 2007, 22:52
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan Said Dance:  "Satan said dance."
Sigur Ros - Olsen Olsen: "Opera is really fucking cool."
R.E.M. - Shiny, Happy, People: "Yay Prozac!"
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Post by: Shadows Collide on 20 Jul 2007, 07:22
Ill sum up the whole of the Hold Steady's "Boys and Girls and America": boyfriend this , girlfriend that, party, party, rock, wooooo!
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Post by: SleeperCylon on 20 Jul 2007, 15:22
Neil Young - Southern Man:  "I've never been to Alabama, but I've seen it on the news, and am thus qualified to make general statements about all it's people."

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama:  "Shut up."

Drive By Truckers - All of Southern Rock Opera:  "Now, now.  You both rock."

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Post by: öde on 20 Jul 2007, 15:44
Shellac - "Squirrel Song": Send help. There are thousands of squirrels, and this isn't a damn metaphor.
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Post by: E. Spaceman on 20 Jul 2007, 15:48
Neil Young - Southern Man:  There are some appalling acts of racism in Alabama, and i wrote a song decrying them.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama: (http://www.stanford.edu/~bckerr/about/Hick.jpg)
"Shut up."


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Post by: CookedHaggis on 20 Jul 2007, 16:22
Art Brut - Rusted Gun of Milan : Erectile dysfunction happens to the best of us.

Art Brut - My Little Brother : Indie hipsters can be quite endearing, as long as you don't take them too seriously.

Art Brut - Good Weekend : Teehee, boobies!

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Post by: Kai on 20 Jul 2007, 16:56
Art Brut - Formed a Band - "LOOK AT US! WE FORMED A BAND"
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Post by: Tago Mago on 20 Jul 2007, 18:09
Every Art Brut song: "Our band's existence lacks any justification. If only we had the common sense to kill ourselves."
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Post by: Kai on 20 Jul 2007, 22:32
Can - Paperhouse: wooshuh wooshuh wooshuh DUH DUH DUH DUH TWASH CALRUNNN BWANG POP DUH DUH DUH DUH WISH JUST CAN"T UHHHHHHH HHAAAAA(http://www.dotolearn.com/picturecards/images/imageschedule/scared_l.gif)
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Post by: mberan42 on 20 Jul 2007, 23:31
Every Art Brut song: "Our band's existence lacks any justification, but that's ok 'cause we rock."
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Post by: SleeperCylon on 21 Jul 2007, 21:55
I take it the only other people on this board have never met a southern person who wasn't either on the news, on tour with Jeff Foxworthy, or on Hee Haw.  Okay, fair enough.  I'm sure if somebody judged whatever group you are in by the absolute worst people in that group, and did it with a blatant tone of smug superiority, you wouldn't feel offended.

Sleater-Kinney - all of One Beat:  "I am not particularly a fan of George W Bush".

Flaming Lips - Fight Test:  "I lost a chick because I'm a passive wuss."

John Lennon - How Do You Sleep At Night:  "You suck Paul, you sellout."

Paul McCartney - Heart Like A Wheel:  "Look at me, I'm John!  I have Mommy issues!  Ooohhhh!"

Paul McCartney - Everything on every album since:  "...Okay, I am a sellout.  You got me."
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Post by: McTaggart on 21 Jul 2007, 23:27
Flaming Lips - Fight Test:  "I lost a chick because I'm a passive wuss."

I'm not terribly offended.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Lexington, 125 on 22 Jul 2007, 12:29
"The Mariner's Revenge Song" by The Decemberists:     "Don't mess with my mama."
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Narr on 22 Jul 2007, 15:17
I think I'll go with the random deal and see what I can come up with.  This thread has been gold so far, btw.


Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
- "Annie, just fucking tell us if you're okay please."
Pearl Jam - Spin The Black Circle - "Drunken sex is disorienting."
Blue Man Group - The Current - "Work sucks."
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Power of Equality - "Racism is bad, also, listen to Flea on the bass guitar."
Megadeth - Trust - "Women lie when they say they like you."
Queens of the Stone Age - Turnin' On The Screw - "It puts the lotion in the basket."
Soundgarden - Flower - "Hey look, I'm blowing on my guitar strings to make weird noises."
Creedance Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band - "We're a traveling band."
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger - "YO ADRIAN!"
Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore - "It's totally not nerdy to sing about high fantasy adventures if you're Led Zeppelin."
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: camelpimp on 22 Jul 2007, 18:11
Sleater-Kinney - all of One Beat:  "I am not particularly a fan of George W Bush".

Nah, that's just 'Combat Rock'.

And "Faraway." And "Step Aside" if you look at it the right (or wrong) way.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 23 Jul 2007, 02:25
I'll do a couple at random...

Tegan and Sara - Monday Monday Monday: You're acting like a jerk and I don't quite care for your behaviour but I still have a certain soft spot for you.
White Zombie - Blood, Milk and Sky: We're kinda creepy and haggard and this song may or may not be about drugs.
Pearl Jam - Breath: Life seems to be a little stifling so maybe you should get out and see the world before it is too late.
Anaal Nathrakh - The Oblivion Gene: Rarrrrr graaahell kraaaaaaaaaaooooooofiiiichaarrg!
Nine Inch Nails - All The Love In The World: You act like a jerk almost constantly and yet everybody thinks you're this amazing person and I feel this is unfair.
Grade - Bleeding Warm and Newly Dead: So we've been arguing a lot recently and it's making me feel bad about myself and life in general and I really hope things will get better soon.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: anditsdiscontents on 23 Jul 2007, 03:18
Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy: I fucked up, but say hi to everyone at Christmas and don't sleep with my girlfriend while I'm in jail.

Crowded House - Weather With You: a lot of the way your life turns out really depends on how you approach it mentally, and also you should always carry an umbrella.

Muse - Muscle Museum: Come on dad, when are you going to accept that i'm actually quite good at this playing in a band thing and might be able to make a living out of it?

The Mint Chicks - The Perfect Machine: People think i'm succeeding at life but i feel trapped and suicidal.
(OR: Isaac Asimov is fucking awesome)

McLusky - Joy: Having sex in the back seat of your car is awesome as long as you don't get caught.

Hard-Fi - Hard To Beat: Unexpectedly scoring when you're just out to have fun with your mates is great!
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: RandomTax on 23 Jul 2007, 08:31
Daft Punk (catalog): The song title
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Johnny C on 23 Jul 2007, 10:31
Mclusky - "She Will Only Bring You Happiness": Our old singer is a sex criminal.
Mclusky - "Alan Is A Cowboy Killer": Alan is a cowboy killer.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Kai on 23 Jul 2007, 10:50
Mclusky - Fuck This Band - Fuck. This. Band.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: SusurrusIgnoramus on 23 Jul 2007, 11:22
this thread makes my indie cred cry.  :cry:
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 23 Jul 2007, 12:52
Mclusky - Fuck This Band - Fuck. This. Band.


That's three sentences. You're so doing it wrong.

Eluvium - Taken: Sooooooooooooooooounnnnnnnnd

Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Lummer on 23 Jul 2007, 15:21
I'm gonna do this with albums:

The Sword - "Age Of Winters"... We play a lot of D&D, really, a LOT!

Immolation - "Harnessing Ruin"... We are ever so slightly dissatisfied with religion and the state of the world as a whole.

Nick Drake - "Pink Moon"... I am not too happy with myself, and feel quite sad.

Jethro Tull - "Thick As A Brick"... We have an ambivalent relationship with the label "prog" and all the ensuing cliches, and thus we have decided to lovingly take the piss out of it, while still producing one of the genre's finest ever records.




Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Thrillho on 23 Jul 2007, 17:54
NWA - Fuck Tha Police - Fuck the police.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: squawk on 23 Jul 2007, 18:37
Kieffer's summary was better.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: squawk on 23 Jul 2007, 18:41
Beulah - Sunday Under Glass - We were watchin' some movies we guess!
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Thrillho on 24 Jul 2007, 08:27
Kieffer's summary was better.

So was your mum.

Or something.

I'm a busy man.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: CookedHaggis on 24 Jul 2007, 11:35
So is your mum.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: RandomTax on 24 Jul 2007, 19:18
Art Brut - My Little Brother : Indie hipsters can be quite endearing, as long as you don't take them too seriously.
More like: Stay off the crack
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Ephphatha on 25 Jul 2007, 05:11
Jackson Jackson - Eliza: "We really want to fuck this chick"
Regurgitator - My Ego: "Hello, I'm schizophrenic!"
Electric Six - Gay Bar: "I want to take you to a gay bar, your shout."
Dropkick Murphiys - Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced: "Drinking makes you think you look better than you actually do, then you sober up."
TZU - The Horse You Rode In On: "Fuck you."
The Beatles - Octopus Garden: "What you'd get if that cartoon about that dolphin and that kid got turned into a song by a stoner."
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: McTaggart on 25 Jul 2007, 07:03
Jackson Jackson - Eliza: "We really want to fuck this chick"

I don't really agree with your sentence, and I'm too lazy to write my own right now (also don't have the song on hand) but I'd like to mention the line:

She looked like a lesbian revolutionary
so tough and scary I though maybe I
wouldn't try

'I eat boys like you for breakfast' she said
I said I'd like to make breakfast for you
ooo


It probably works better in song.
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: CookedHaggis on 25 Jul 2007, 10:19
Regurgitator - My Ego: "Hello, we're a schizophrenic!"
Title: Re: Sum up an entire song's lyrics with a single sentence
Post by: Near Lurker on 27 Jul 2007, 06:08
Ziggy Stardust  - "Frontmen, can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em (without breaking up the band)."