Single worst line of lyrics....

[M2roadwarrior]

"Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe".

Sitting in a cornflake, waiting for the van to come
Sitting on a cornflake?

 

[old soul]

Nun-nun nun-nun knees, please! Ugh! I wanna watch you bleed.
*may cause ear worms, sorry

 

[41144]

imo, Love the band and their output but .... you can't beat Procul Harum for some crazy/inane lyrics
eg This from Good Captain Glack:
"The naked muse who sits and chews tobacco off a tree removes his shoes gives way to booze and searches endlessly"

 

[KeithDavies 100]

Islands In The Stream - "I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb." What?! A utensil used for finding head lice? What sort of romance is this?

 

[ClashCityTele]

No
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
there's no limit!

[There is, there definitely is!!!]

 

[Winky]

That's what Manfred Mann is singing.

The real song goes:

Yeah s/he was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce
Another runner in the night

"Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe".

I going to have to stop you right there. That song has arguably the greatest lyrics in music.

 

[Hodgo88]

If you compare a thing with a similar sort of thing it's not a simile. Saying a mountain looks like another mountain ain't simile. Sorry.

And symbolism? I don't think so

If you're going to try and capture the majesty and imperiousness of a mountain, you wouldn't compare it to another, smaller mountain.
It's a clumsy, pretentious, ill conceived and poorly executed line.
If I brought something like that to my band I would be shot with balls of my own cack.

The people defending this as simile are not taking it as a comparison to another literal mountain, but as a mythological seat of the gods.

Nevermind that Kilimanjaro is 200 miles away from the Serengeti and you'd need a balloon to spy it.

 

[Hodgo88]

Jockomo feeno ah nan day / Jockomo feena nay

 

[NoTeleBob]

I going to have to stop you right there. That song has arguably the greatest lyrics in music.

Could have been even better if Paul hadn't died while they were making that album!

 

[notmyusualuserid]

The people defending this as simile are not taking it as a comparison to another literal mountain, but as a mythological seat of the gods.

Nevermind that Kilimanjaro is 200 miles away from the Serengeti and you'd need a balloon to spy it.

I don't think they are

 

[Hodgo88]

I don't think they are

Okay, I will then

 

[notmyusualuserid]

Okay, I will then

Then that would be metaphor (at a push), not simile

 

[NeverTooLate]

Some great examples in this hilarious thread. I am a TOTO fan, was a huge one in the 90s.

Here is a line from another super famous song; looks like RP's reason had been piped away before writing those lyrics

Then the piper will lead us to reason

 

[John Stephen]

Great thread here -- lots and lots of silly lines of lyrics. Thanks to the OP, @Lone_Poor_Boy, for starting this funfest.

 

[Hodgo88]

Then that would be metaphor (at a push), not simile

No, the use of "like" makes it a simile

 

[CCK1]

“chew tobacco, chew tobacco, chew tobacco, spit”

^^New Winner^^ Just about anything by Blake qualifies.

 

[John Stephen]

Sorry, I forgot one -- "electrically they keep a baseball score. La dee da dee dee.....la dee da dee dye."

Man this is fun.

 

[brindlepicker]

Yeah, your uncle and I made quite a pair
Flying F-15's through hostile air

 

[Mouth]

One is a European mountain, one is an African mountain.
Simile...

European mountains are non-migratory.

 

[Sparky472]

I got my eggs, I got my pancakes too
I got my maple syrup, everything but you