Song lyrics with grammar problems (1 Viewer)

[Otis]

Whatcha got?

 

[Otis]

Inspiration for the thread:

“I've got hungry eyes
One look at you and I can't disguise
I've got hungry eyes
I feel the magic between you and I”

 

[Politician Spock]

"When you cheated girl, my heart bleeded girl"

 

[Politician Spock]

"I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free."

 

[Kal El]

We could post any song from the past 15 years, really.

 

[Jackstraw]

Tonight I'm gonna rock you tonight! 

 

[mr roboto]

"I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free."

I’m missing something here I think. 

 

[Politician Spock]

I’m missing something here I think. 

What location is "where" referring?

 

[mr roboto]

What To which location is "where" referring?

The place that he lives, America. 

Would it be ok if it was ‘I’m proud to be from America, where...’?

Edit: Fixed your post for grammar. 

 

[Politician Spock]

The place that he lives, America. 

It's pretty safe to assume that, but grammatically speaking, it's absent.

Would it be ok if it was ‘I’m proud to be from America, where...’?

Yes, and so would "I'm proud to be in America, where..."

 

[Ghost Rider]

Every little thing she does is magic
Every thing she do just turns me on

 

[mr roboto]

You a stupid ho, you a, you a stupid ho.

Verbless.

 

[Abrantes]

I love “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea”, but:

But for now we are young, let us lay in the sun/And count every beautiful thing we can see

 

[James Daulton]

Now we have song lyric grammar police?

#### that

 

[lardonastick]

"You know he knows just exactly what the facts is"

Always bugged me.

 

[Snoopy]

Me and You and a Dog named Boo.

 

[Dedfin]

What location is "where" referring?

Inside of an American

 

[Dedfin]

You a stupid ho, you a, you a stupid ho.

Verbless.

John McWhorter would enjoy proving you wrong.  But I think most modern linguists would hang their arguments on the same hook - which is that American English is a mongrel language that expectedly adapts and flows between culture microcosms.

edit: I guess I should say prove in quotes, since it's not actually proof.  He is a preeminent linguist, but it's still his opinion.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola

 

[Man In The Box]

“I can’t get no satisfaction” is an obvious one. 

 

[John Bender]

This one bothers me more than than any song ever.

 

[comfortably numb]

For any MC in any 52 states
I gets psycho killer Norman Bates

Oh wait, where if the, lyrics with geographical problems thread?

 

[wikkidpissah]

I’m missing something here I think. 

a comma

 

[jhib]

"I don't wanna hear you lie tonight
Now that I've become who I really are"

I'm sure you'll find some way to forgive her, though. 

 

[NREC34]

Me so horny

 

[McGarnicle]

Baby has back, dammit. Irks me every time I hear it. 

 

[Politician Spock]

Me so horny

That's no excuse. Either add to the discussion or go rub one out. 

 

[Otis]

No woman no cry 

 

[fatness]

"I'm drunk  because that you are gone."

 - Moe Bandy

 

[Phil Elliott]

"I feel good" J Brown

"What's love got to do with it?" T Turner

 

[Jaysus]

The chorus of a Christmas song I am unusually fond of ends with "Merry Christmas, I could care less" .  

 

[TakiToki]

So many songs have incorrect use of the subjunctive mood.

"I wish I was a little bit taller."

"What if God was one of us?"

"Damn, I wish I was your lover."

"If I was to say to you, girl, we couldn't get much higher."

 

[jhib]

"I feel good" J Brown

Nothing wrong with that one.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Nothing wrong with that one.

I feel good about this post.

 

[fatness]

I feel good about this post.

I knew that you would.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

It's called poetic license, dummies. Look it up.

 

[JaxBill]

"You know he knows just exactly what the facts is"

Always bugged me.

What's your stance on the Pompitous of Love?

 

[NotSmart]

What's your stance on the Pompitous of Love?

It's perfectly cromulent.

 

[Mister CIA]

It's called poetic license, dummies. Look it up.

The times they are a changin'.

 

[Politician Spock]

It's called poetic license, dummies. Look it up.

I don't the agency that issues that license is recognized as authoritative by the grammar police. 

 

[beercat]

This one bothers me more than than any song ever.

What da #### was that