What do you find most jarring in song lyrics?

Started by Pendraflare October 15th, 2014 9:54 AM
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Pendraflare

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"There's the bragging about money... The haters... Repeating unimportant words purely to fill up space... Lyrics that don't rhyme... Rhyming words with themselves... And my personal favorite, completely giving up on the last four bars of the second verse and just repeating the last four bars of the first verse." - The Rap Critic, on #thatPOWER by Will.i.am and Justin Bieber.

When it comes to songs, some people may just like a nice beat or instrumental track. Or they might try to find meaningful lyrics that have something logical behind them. But when you're listening to a song, what would you say is your biggest pet peeve that the singer(s) may do?

Discuss.
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VeranithasVI

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I can't stand it when an artist repeats their name on their track. If I'm listening to it, chances are I know that it's you singing it. And if I don't, the DJ/radio presenter will tell me right afterwards anyway. Example;

"Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y

Who-who-who-who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y"

Another one is the 'repeating bars just for the sake of filling up the track' thing. Absolutely can't stand that. If you don't have enough lyrical content for the rest of the verse, sit down and think of something instead of repeating your last few bars. Another example;

"Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y

Who-who-who-who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y"

Pretty much, if you're going to do an Iggy Azalea on me, I'm not downloadingbuying your music. And that's the bottom line. 'Cause VVI said so.

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I can't stand it when an artist repeats their name on their track. If I'm listening to it, chances are I know that it's you singing it. And if I don't, the DJ/radio presenter will tell me right afterwards anyway. Example;

"Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y

Who-who-who-who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y"

Another one is the 'repeating bars just for the sake of filling up the track' thing. Absolutely can't stand that. If you don't have enough lyrical content for the rest of the verse, sit down and think of something instead of repeating your last few bars. Another example;

"Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y

Who-who-who-who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y"

Pretty much, if you're going to do an Iggy Azalea on me, I'm not downloadingbuying your music. And that's the bottom line. 'Cause VVI said so.
I really dont have any things bad about the songs except this its usually iggy i dont even like the names mentioned in songs so it can relate to many people. And when they constantly repeat it it gets annoying.
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The way the words 'baby' and 'yeah' often get used has always been and always will be horrendous to listen to. Repeated lines are also annoying, but can be done well to the extent that I might find them only minimally aggrivating. One of the best songs I've ever heard is Loreena McKennitt's rendition of The Highwayman. Poetry is something songwriters should, perhaps, pay more heed to; the fact that no line is repeated at all (the nature of the original media means there is no chrous) is really quite wonderful.

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Repetition of individual parts of a word, which I find to be incredibly lazy writing. Even if its done by an artist whose someone who tends to have a good track record with writing solid tracks.

There's been a lot of songs like this, but the only tracks that come to mind that its really bothered me to the point where its made me turn off of a song that was otherwise a really good record has been Lady Gaga - The Queen.

The quee-ee-ee-ee-een
The que-ee-een
Quee-ee-een
Quee-ee-een


And the only part this happens at is near the end of the track. So disappointing.


I also really dislike it when an artist name drops a producer whose the one working on the track. Name dropping their own name is pretty bold, I find, and I tend to think it's a really cool thing to do. But the minute they name drop the producer whose crafting their track, I can't help but be turned off to the song almost immediately.
Talking in the middle of the song.

This bothers me, as it often completely throws off the rhythm of the song. Rhapsody of Fire and Avantasia are absolutely awful for this: their songs are absolutely fantastic, and the albums tell a story, but do they HAVE to stop halfway through the song to narrate it? A couple of Kamelot's albums - Epica and The Black Halo - tell a story over the course of the album as well. They have separate, short tracks with narration, for you to ignore if you wish. That is the way it should be done, in my opinion. I love their songs, and I love their albums, but the narration...it kills a good song.

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When you have a 3 minute song where 2 and a half minutes of the song is chorus, because when it finally does change to something different it feels so weird and out of place that it's just upsetting and makes me never want to listen to that artist again because it's just terrible.

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The standard verse-chorus-verse-solo-chorus 3 and a half minute radio hit formula. Goddammit, nothing I hate more in music than that.


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