Successful Stupid Rock Lyrics

Rock music has certainly provided us with some abysmal lyrics. There have been songs that have received international acclaim due to their overwhelming consumption by the mass audience and yet it is amazing to see how many of these songs contain blatantly stupid or nonsensical lyrics, or perhaps lyrics that could have been scribed by an intelligent three year old. Here are 5 examples of such successful stupid lyrics:

1. "I would do anything for love
But I won't do that"
Artist: Meatloaf
Song: I'd do anything for love
Hmm. So you will do anything for love hey? Ohhh, except for that... of course! And this song reached number 1 on the charts in over 28 countries! (Wikipedia)

2. "I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow"
Artist: Coldplay
Song: Yellow
This sounds as though it were written by a 3 year old. Well done Chris Martin, you drew a line! And it was all yellow! And 'Yellow' was the bands first Top Ten hit on the UK charts (Wikipedia) essentially kick-starting their careers

3. "Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball"
Artist: Oasis
Song: Champagne Supernova
I would have thought that a cannonball travels fairly fast down a hall! And this song features in NME's 50 greatest rock songs ever! (Wikipedia)

4. "You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
It's true"
Artist: James Blunt
Song: You're Beautiful
Wow. So enlightening James! Way to run out of things to say. And this song reached Number 1 on the Billboard charts! (Wikipedia)

5. "Leaving was never my proud"
Artist: Rem
Song: Leaving New York
This clearly makes no sense. Pretty sure proud is not a noun Rem!

While these are just a few examples, it says a lot about the importance of lyrics in order to create a successful rock song. In my opinion, I think lyrics rank very low in the list to creating a successful tune. Put a beat, a riff and a baseline into a song and the lyrics become superfluous! Stay posted for more on this argument over the next few days!