[Music] Songs with nonsensical lyrics

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Bohemian Rhapsody

 

[BN9 BHA]

Anything by REM, to be honest I haven’t got a clue what they are singing about.

 

[Bakero]

Opened the thread to share that

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

 

[Norman Potting]

The Ying Tong Song - The Goons

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Into the Valley,

Peas sure sound divine ?

 

[Nitram]

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven.

 

[Peteinblack]

Most Oasis songs have terrible lyrics. Good tunes, anthemic qualities, but shite lyrics.

And sung by an absolute Grade A Dickhead!

 

[BBassic]

Beat this.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

We're by far the great team, the world has ever seen. And it's Crystal Palace ....

 

[dejavuatbtn]

I am the Walrus - The Beetles

Seriously?

Picture yourself in a boat on a river with a dictionary.

 

[Peteinblack]

These Syd Barrett lyrics are either bonkers or genius, I can never quite decide!

Syd Barrett – Effervescing Elephant

Syd’s version of a 19th century cautionary tale reveals both his whimsy and a serious moral underneath Unsurprisingly, Barrett wrote this as a kid, though he didn’t record it

genius.com

Kids, don't do LSD!

 

[Peteinblack]

Brilliant song, first band I ever saw live (Worthing Assembly/Town Hall), and rare footage of 'exotic dancer' Stacia wearing clothes, but bonkers lyrics - supposedly about space travel, but actually about a band member's new bike!

 

[Uh_huh_him]

 

[wunt be druv]

Belgiums' finest, I give you Plastic Bertrand, I speak French and the lyrics still don't make sense, but, that's fine for me!

 

[MJsGhost]

What's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?

Okaaaaaaaaayyy....

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Belgiums' finest, I give you Plastic Bertrand, I speak French and the lyrics still don't make sense, but, that's fine for me!View attachment 195261

Interestingly the exact same backing track was used for Jet boy jet girl, those lyrics are pretty unambiguous.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

One of my favourite Slade songs but total nonsense




Como estas chickadee
Have a housemaid on your knee
Eat an apple everyday
An onion keeps everyone away

Have an athlete on your feet
Have a love-smell on your sheet
Eat an apple everyday
The doctor has gotta keep away

He'll tell you
Thanks for the memory
Thanks for it all
Wham bam thank you mam
Thanks for the ball

Have a burglar alarm
Have a milkmaid on your farm
Can you raise a ballyhoo
If only there's nothing else to do

Have some butter with your fly
They said bananas could get you high
Eat an apple everyday
For the doctor has gotta earn his pay

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Belgiums' finest, I give you Plastic Bertrand, I speak French and the lyrics still don't make sense, but, that's fine for me!View attachment 195261

But what a brilliant song it was(is)!

 

[Badger]