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Which song has bad or weird lyrics but you still listen to it?

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u/_hootyowlscissors avatar
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It's raining men! Hallelujah!
It's raining men! Amen!
I'm gonna go out and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet!

It's raining men! Hallelujah!
It's raining men! Every specimen!
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean

God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too
She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do

It's so damn cheesy but so damn good.

u/illustriousocelot_ avatar
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I'm gonna go out and let myself get Absolutely soaking wet!

😂😂😂 Oh my.

soaking wet

What exactly does it mean?

Uhh.. you'll know when you're older

u/xSociety avatar

Ben Shapiro is in his 40s and still has no idea.

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u/gmrm4n avatar

Well, when the men fall from that high up, they tend to violently lose structural integrity.

u/ghost_victim avatar

Her vagina has sufficiently self lubricated due to sexual arousal.

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It's a double entendre. She'll be soaking wet because it's "raining" men, but she'll also be...soaking wet.

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u/goforpoppapalpatine avatar

And it was written by Paul Shaffer, from The Late Show with David Letterman

Get the hell outta here!? Neat.

u/Pugasaurus_Tex avatar

whatttttt

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You cut off the best part

God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too
She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do

She bought every angel, and rearranged they sky So that each and every woman, could find her perfect guy

Have you seen the music video of this song? Every lyric is so literal, it's amazing.

u/Necessary-Wheel-195 avatar

Thundering thundering

u/Aromatic_Ad_7940 avatar

Эта мужицкий дождь АЛИЛУЯ ЭТО ДОЖДЬ ИЗ МУЖИКОВ ХЕЙ ЕЙ

u/Famous_Lab8426 avatar

This song is amazing though

Objectively weird lyrics, an absolute fucking BOP.

I need more

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Pretty much anything by Mr. Bungle.

Mike Patton is a wonderful enigma.

u/PM_me_your_whatevah avatar

He sings the TMNT theme song on the new game and it’s just amazing.

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I mean maybe weird, but I wouldn’t say bad. There are some great lyrics on California, in particular.

Now Squeeze Me Macaroni, on the other hand…..

u/IAMAGrinderman avatar

There's still some great lyrics on the eponymous album tho.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE CALLED YOU FAMILY? NOW YOURE UNDERGROUND, WE CALL YOU MEMORY

It's a gut punch everytime I hear that one.

Oh, Maestro Patton never does “bad.” He does a lot of “what the actual fuck,” but never “bad.”

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u/discussatron avatar

Alright all you pus-sucking mother fuckers out there!

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Mary on a Cross - Ghost …. “If you choose to run away with me I will tickle you internally” 💀

"And I see nothing wrong with that."

The first hearing was literally a WTF moment.

I had to explain to my friend that it wasn't a sweet song, it was just about sex.

u/OnePubicHair avatar

Fuck that song is so good but it’s just about sex 😭

And I see nothing wrong with that

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u/de4dpunk_ avatar

Makes me cringe every time, but I love the bridge in that song.

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Wrong Way by Sublime

Pretty much everything by sublime

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I once saw someone say Sublime is just Jimmy Buffet for Millennials and I still haven't recovered

Edit: I want all my dudes commenting on here to know the feedback is making this immensely funnier

I wish I never read this.

u/donhenlysballsack avatar

Was Jimmy singing about date rape? Haven’t seen that edge.

u/octopornopus avatar

What do you think "stepped on a pop top, blew out my flip flop" was actually about? Dude was a sicko for sure...

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I read a post a while back that said "Sublime fans are just beach juggalos" lol

Now as someone who has a sublime tattoo and a hatchet man tattoo and spends a week at beach each summer, I'm lost as to where I should fit in.

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u/Knyfe-Wrench avatar

It's pretty fucked up but it's not really glorifying that. The narrator seems to know he's not a particularly good person.

"I'll do anything I can.. the wrong way"

u/HotShitBurrito avatar

Definitely.

The story itself adds a real context to how impoverished people get sucked into a life they never wanted through abuse and a lack of opportunity. There are literary precedents to the idea of falling in love with a prostitute, but this song adds the unique realism of Annie's background having been pimped out by her father as a minor. Which makes the narrator's love and lust for her complicated as he doesn't care about any of that and is willing to murder her father if it means she can be free to be with him and travel the country. Which continues the cycle of how they are trapped doing things the wrong way, especially as he continues to pay for sex with her in the absence of being able to convince her to leave.

The title makes it pretty clear it’s the “Wrong Way”

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"Annie's 12 years old in 2 more she'll be a whore" always made me feel icky. But I really enjoy the way the tempo changes in this song

u/doppido avatar

Yeah it's gross for sure supposedly he wrote it when he was younger about a girl he met when they were both 16 and she told him about her life

u/discussatron avatar

That’s the least icky part of it.

A cigarette pressed between her lips But I'm staring at her tits It's the wrong way Strong if I can but I am only a man So I take her to the can It's the wrong way

u/Scalpels avatar

For the longest time I thought he said "I see the rent, rests between her legs" instead of "A cigarette pressed between her lips". Took me two years to realize it because my version fits the song just as well.

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My salsa, eminem. The lyrics are odd, and its a weird song, but i still love it lol

u/_Pyxyty avatar

Pretty much any song from Eminem once he gets in that mood and starts describing various horrific ways he'd mutilate himself just to say he'd rather do that than let someone insult him or something.

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When I speak, it's tongue-in-cheek

I'd yank my fucking teeth before I'd ever bite my tongue

Slice my gums

Get struck by fucking lightning twice at once

And die and come back as Vanilla Ice's son

And walk around the rest of my life

Shit on and kicked and hit with shit every time I sung

Like R. Kelly as soon as Bump N Grind comes on.

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u/DeepBlueRiddle avatar

"I am the Walrus" by the Beatles.

Coocoocatchooo!

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Rock Lobster by the B52s

u/KumquatHaderach avatar

Strobe light has entered the chat

I'm gonna kiss your eyes.

Then I'm gonna kiss your neck.

Then I'm gonna kiss your tummy.

Then I'm gonna kiss your PINEAPPLE!

Underneath the strobe….of liiiiight

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u/_______woohoo avatar

death to america

and butter sauce

Don't boil me!

I'm still alive!

u/Kacutee avatar

Iraq Lobster!!!!!

Iraq Lobster!!!

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u/absorbentbard avatar

It was a giant clam!!!!

Look out for that piranha!

[yoko ono noises]

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u/Famous_Lab8426 avatar

I love this song so much

It makes no sense and it’s amazing

Pass the tanning butter

u/discussatron avatar

People do not give that song enough credit for how hard it goes.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Edit: oops I read this as what band, not song. But most of RHCP songs fit.

u/LaLaLaLeea avatar

My favorite Chili Peppers lyric is "ding dang dong dong ding dang dong dooong ding daaang"

u/gerwen avatar

Isn't that Ministry? No wait, that's "ding a ding dang, my dang a long ling long."

u/LordPoopyIV avatar

Whenever someone doubts your knowledge it's always a good idea to pull out the ol' "i know, i know for sure. DING DANG DONG DONG DING DANG DONG DONG DING DANG"

Made me chuckle at my work desk. Shush

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So many terrible songs and they are all about California somehow.

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u/RecentRegister8868 avatar

Most of Rammstein songs. I love Rammstein don’t get me wrong, some of their songs lyrics are very ”interesting”. Rein Raus being one of examples

Amerika is pretty hilarious, really.

u/RecentRegister8868 avatar

Agree! Also Zick Zack and Keine Lust

Keine Lust has an epic start in the music video. I crack up every time they start headbanging in the fat suits.

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I too found out that I've been listening to german porn all these years. TIEFER! TIEFER!!

u/jrragsda avatar

Till literally rides a huge metal dick that sprays the crowd with white foam or confetti at their live shows. I don't think anyone is too surprised by the lyrics, lol.

Bück dich live is an experience aswell

u/jrragsda avatar

Saw them live a couple years ago, the whole show is an experience, one of the best concerts I've ever been to. They didn't perform buck dich, I don't think their U.S. experiences with performing that one have gone too well historically.

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u/rataviola avatar

The 1998 live performance did something to my brain

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u/RecentRegister8868 avatar

On the other hand, a song called "Meine Tränen" from the last album made me cry a couple of tears when I read the English lyrics.

Especially the chorus is quite powerful