Biggest LIES from famous music lyrics? Whatcha got? (1 Viewer)

[eoMMan]

For example:

1. “Thunder only happens when it’s raining.” BS. I’ve heard thunder when it was sunny out, Ms. Nicks.

2. “Never trust a big butt and a smile.” More BS. Some smiles and big butts can definitely be trustworthy.


What other lies are out there in our music lyrics?

 

[Scoresman]

I definitely think bitches were amongst Jay-Z's 99 problems.

 

[FarFromHome]

I definitely think bitches were amongst Jay-Z's 99 problems.

Exactly the opposite. Ha ha

 

[zamboni]

Soul Asylum: "Standing in the sun with a popsicle, anything is possible."

I tried it and the NY Jets still can't make the playoffs. Brutal rhyme too, but that's for another thread.

 

[Runkle]

Van Halen said that right now means everything, while Queen said nothing really matters, so one of them must have been wrong.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

"And if he can't drive with a broken back,
At least he can polish the fenders"

Sorry Billy, but if I have a broken back the fenders being polished isn't exactly my #1 current concern.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Alanis Morissette, "Ironic"

Whole song.

 

[Snoopy]

We built this city on rock and roll.

No they didn't.

 

[zamboni]

We built this city on rock and roll.

No they didn't.

Not that iteration, but Jefferson Airplane can make a case along with their peers at the time.

 

[Jayrod]

"I am the Walrus".

BS. I've seen photos and Lennon looks nothing like Craig Stadler.

 

[Zow]

"I like big butts and I cannot lie."

No doubt on the former statement (who doesn't?), but you, Sir, you are lying about your inability to lie in the latter statement.

 

[fatness]

"We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee."

Ha, the hell you don't.

 

[McBokonon]

Color Me Badd: "We can do it 'til we both wake up."

Unless "it" = sleep, you aren't doing anything if you're not awake, Casanova.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Supernova by Kylie Minogue:

Shining like a supernova, brightest of the stars

From another galaxy like Jupiter and Mars...

 

[foxco]

"If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad." Clearly Sheryl Crowe hasn't met any rapists/serial killers.

 

[Scoresman]

"The doggone girl is mine"

- Michael Jackson

I dont think it's girls you were after, Michael.

 

[msudaisy26]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

 

[NewlyRetired]

"Big Girls Don't Cry"

no explanation needed

 

[zamboni]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

I did some research and there actually is a South Detroit township in Brown County, South Dakota (scroll down in the link):

Brown County, South Dakota - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Taking a wild guess that Journey didn’t play a show there and came up with that location for the song.

 

[-OZ-]

You can be happy for the rest of your life while making a pretty girl your wife.

not every girl is crazy about a sharp dressed man.

 

[Don Quixote]

Kelis claims in Milkshake that her Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and that she can teach me how to make one like hers for a charge, but then the music video shows her ordering a milkshake from a diner instead of making one of her own.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

You can be happy for the rest of your life while making a pretty girl your wife.

not every girl is crazy about a sharp dressed man.

If you want to be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

 

[Snoopy]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

Windsor?

 

[msudaisy26]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

I did some research and there actually is a South Detroit township in Brown County, South Dakota (scroll down in the link):

Brown County, South Dakota - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Taking a wild guess that Journey didn’t play a show there and came up with that location for the song.

I remember seeing something where they said the original lyric was east or west Detroit, which geographically is correct, but it just didn't sound good.

 

[Snoopy]

Alice Cooper Only Women Bleed.

 

[-OZ-]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

Windsor?

I always assumed it meant boynton or belle isle

TIL - Belle Isle is the second most-visited state park in the U.S., after Niagara Falls State Park in New York.

 

[Mookie]

I highly doubt that Jim Morrison could eat more chicken than any man's ever seen - he was far too skinny.

Contrary to what Mick Jagger says, those Puerto Rican girls are not dying to meet you.

 

[-OZ-]

I highly doubt that Jim Morrison could eat more chicken than any man's ever seen - he was far too skinny.

Contrary to what Mick Jagger says, those Puerto Rican girls are not dying to meet you.

Mick could also get satisfaction

 

[the moops]

Bryan Adams was 10 years old in the summer of 69

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

Are you sure? There's an East Chicago.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

And the movie does in fact end, it does not go on and on and on.

 

[Snoopy]

Harry Chapin was 31 or 32 when Cats in the Cradle came out. Did not have a full-grown son by then.

 

[Dennis Castro]

“Sometimes the sun goes ‘round the moon.”

I don’t think so.

 

[Ilov80s]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

There is no place referred to as South Detroit, but there is geographically a part of the city that is indeed south relative to other parts.

 

[Ilov80s]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

Windsor?

I always assumed it meant boynton or belle isle

TIL - Belle Isle is the second most-visited state park in the U.S., after Niagara Falls State Park in New York.

Del Ray

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Alanis Morissette, "Ironic"

Whole song.

Yes, but thats the ultimate trick.
A song called Ironic featuring lots of things that arent ironic, IS Ironic. Dont ya think?

 

[Ilov80s]

All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Bryan Adams was 10 years old in the summer of 69

I think its well established that it wasnt the year 1969.
If only there were some other connotation

 

[-OZ-]

Bryan Adams was 10 years old in the summer of 69

I think its well established that it wasnt the year 1969.
If only there were some other connotation

Those were the best days of my life.

 

[urbanhack]

I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
Glory be

Narrator: Chicago didn’t die

 

[msudaisy26]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

Are you sure? There's an East Chicago.

Yeah.

 

[msudaisy26]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

There is no place referred to as South Detroit, but there is geographically a part of the city that is indeed south relative to other parts.

Obviously cities have all directions, but anyone from here knows it is east and west.

 

[Godsbrother]

Everybody’s got a hungry heart

I don’t

 

[Godsbrother]

As much as I love Jiminy Cricket, this is a lie:

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Our forefathers gave their lives to secure the right to party, which is established in the constitution and will always be an unalienable unassailable right of every American. Accordingly, we do not have to fight for our right to party.

 

[Ilov80s]

"Born and raised in South Detroit"

There is no such place.

There is no place referred to as South Detroit, but there is geographically a part of the city that is indeed south relative to other parts.

Obviously cities have all directions, but anyone from here knows it is east and west.

Sure but nobody says East Detroit either. East Sider.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

If Mr. Joel and his friends didn't start the fire, then why hasn't he informed the arson division who actually did?

 

[Don Quixote]

If Mr. Joel and his friends didn't start the fire, then why hasn't he informed the arson division who actually did?

Eh, it’s always been burning.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

If Mr. Joel and his friends didn't start the fire, then why hasn't he informed the arson division who actually did?

And Davey will not be in the navy for life. They have a mandatory retirement age.

 

[zamboni]

Everybody’s got a hungry heart

I don’t

Springsteen seemed to be a chronic liar:

“He could throw that speedball by ya, make you look like a fool.”

- No one has ever thrown a pitch of that type.

“Can’t start a fire without a spark.”

- Talk to Smokey the Bear about that one.