Grammar snobs: Worst lyrical pet peeve?

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Mine is John Mellencamp's "Small Town":

"I cannot forget from where it is that I come from."

:mad:

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Mellonhead is just an arttistic pet peeve himself.

Or, more rightly, an abomination unto the lord of art.

But yes, that's awful grammar.

Not surprised, coming from that stupid fuck.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. cheap imitation of Bruce

Mellencamp is a cheap imitation of Bruce. I formed this opinion when I first heard "Jack and Diane" on the radio.

Bruce wrote "Blinded by the Light" which has internal rhyming.

Nobody that I know of has done that since the days of Rodgers and Hart which was before the partnership of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

[CBHagman]

18. As long as we're talking about Bruce Springsteen...

...I have to get this off my chest: Those damned lyrics to "My Hometown." You know the ones: "Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed..."

Two grammatical errors in the same sentence! :banghead:

And I say this as a Springsteen fan, of course, and an ex-New Jerseyan. I even remember Asbury Park and Atlantic City the way they used to be.

[wildhorses]

2. i wish i was---shouldn't it be:

i wish i were :shrug:

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3. ...an Oscar Meyer weiner?

:shrug:

[wildhorses]

4. well that part would be grammatically correct...

but, yeah there are others but, none spring to mind at the moment...

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5. I was just jostling my brain and trying to think of a song with that line.

That's the only one I could think of.

[wildhorses]

6. seems like it is on a country song---

want to say a loretta lynn or dolly parton tune :shrug:

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8. Well, there's always "I wish I was in Dixie"

:mad:

[wildhorses]

11. yeah, there is always that one...

THAT might be the one i was thinkng :rofl:


thanks :hug:

[CBHagman]

17. Ah, yes, the subjunctive!

I had to learn German before I realized how important the subjunctive is. :blush:

[Richardo]

7. ...and if this ever-changin' world in which we live in....

...makes you give in and cry...
Say Live and Let Die.

That one has always made me :eyes: WTG, Paul :thumbsup:

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9. Eww, that's annoying.

Not that I'm comparing John Cougar to Paul McCartney, but they must have been eating the same curry or something...

[u4ic]

10. I knew

that one would pop up soon!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. An ironic case of awful grammar

There is an EXCELLENT Art Garfunkel album he made in 2002 with two other people. I think he's far ahead of Simon as an artist after all these decades.

There is a song with a line in it "I never had no education" which is ironic as hell, since Garfunkel has serious nerd credentials, BFA in Art History and MS in Mathetmatics.

[vixengrl]

14. Alive by POD==

And now that I know that it's beyond my control
It's like I can never turn my back away
And now that I’ve seen you (and now that I see you)
I can never look away


turn my back away?

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20. That made me laugh out loud.

I guess that means, "I can never turn my back away from the direction in which it's pointing, which would actually mean turning my back toward what I'm no longer facing," but you can't make that fit the music.

[displacedtexan]

15. Any song with the preposition phrase...

"Between you and I."

I don't care if it rhymes. It's just painful.

[Deep13]

16. "they" or "their" with singular subject.

Like Kiss Detroit Rock City. "Everybody's gonna move their feet."

[Orrex]

19. Use of the objective "I"

"Say a little prayer for I" from that awful (IMO) song by that awful (IMO) Paula Cole.

Also, any use of "thee" for "you" when the "artist" is stuck for a rhyme.

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21. Oh, yeah!

That one didn't occur to me, but now that you mention it, she commits the double sin of singing that line quite clearly and slowly -- no mistaking its awfulness.