Friday, August 1, 2014

I Respectfully Disagree: Weird Lyrics Edition

A recent poll undertaken by a streaming music service in the UK declares that the "weirdest song lyrics of all time" come from "Human" by The Killers.

The winning (?) lyric says, "Are we human or are we dancer?"

Beyond lame. The whole list is beyond lame.

Where would my vote go? As someone who listened to a lot of college radio in the 80s (which means I heard a lot of Robyn Hitchcock, who is somehow not even on the list!), I stand by this stanza from the song "Rage in the Cage" by J. Geils Band (it was the B-side of the "Centerfold" 45, which I owned, and both come from the album Freeze Frame).

Sweet Diana to the rescue
Hot potato to my aid
She's the girl with the swirl
Like air-conditioned lemonade

Yeah. So weird I did not even have to Google it - it has been stuck inside my head since listening to the song 5,000 times in 1982.

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