Happy jack wasn’t old, but he was a manHe lived in the sand at the Isle of Man
― jedidiah (jedidiah), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)
everybody's rapping like it's a commercialacting like life is a big commercial
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jamie Fake (the pirate king), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)
Oh, Sheila, love me rightLet me love you til I get it rightWhy can't you let the others be'Cuz with you is where I got to be
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)
"Watchin' us while we pray for youEvery day we pray for you"
― Rich (Rich), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― cw28 (cw28), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)
― cw28 (cw28), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― drew, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― Lazza, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― tremendoid, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)
EPMD has that line "I said where's my lawyer / the cop grabbed me and said "yo, there's your lawyer" or something like that.
― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 16 September 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)
How do you feel goin' up hallowed hallsAnd the summer clothes brighten gloomy halls
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 16 September 2004 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)
― DJ Mencap0))), Thursday, 16 September 2004 09:07 (twenty-one years ago)
They also rhyme "bikini" with "bikini" somewhere else in the song.
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 16 September 2004 10:03 (twenty-one years ago)
Also with the Bon Jovi example the relevant rhyming section is there/air etc. This is also a common practice in rap.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 16 September 2004 12:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:22 (twenty-one years ago)
Madness - Yesterday's Men
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:34 (twenty-one years ago)
and rhyming "name" with itself is probably the LEAST dumb thing about those immortal verses.
― briania (briania), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)
Spielerfrau - Middlesex
― maggot therapy (joseph cotten), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)
You don't have to read my mindTo know what I have in mind.
― skreddy57 (skreddy57), Friday, 17 September 2004 05:12 (twenty-one years ago)
A gas station we passedwe got gas
was somewhat less than inspired.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 17 September 2004 05:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― briania (briania), Friday, 17 September 2004 11:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Thursday, 7 October 2004 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)
At the bowling lanes, the Pin Pals are on another roll...
All but Homer: Come on, Homer! Come on, Homer! Pretend this is baseball and hit us a homer! [Homer gets a strike; they cheer] Homer: By the way, guys: rhyming "Homer" with "homer"? [kisses fingers]
― wetmink (wetmink), Sunday, 10 October 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― papa november (papa november), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:28 (twenty-one years ago)
"We'll give you everything and moreThe strain's too much, can't take much moreI've walked on water, run through fireCan't seem to feel it anymore"
Except those lyrics rock.
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 11 October 2004 01:32 (twenty-one years ago)
Well I walk these streets, a loaded six-string on my backI play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 11 October 2004 02:39 (twenty-one years ago)
Beyonce - Irreplaceable
I could have another you in a minute,Matter fact, he’ll be here in a minute
This is obviously a super old song, but I heard it recently and it's been bugging me. I think she could have gone with something like
Matter fact, he'll be here with a picnic!
― peace, man, Tuesday, 2 September 2025 15:20 (two months ago)
I told Jay I had a song with ColdplayNext thing I know, he got a song with Coldplay
― supermeerkat (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, 2 September 2025 16:30 (two months ago)
its been brought up a ton but Kid Rock's "we were drinkin' funny things and we were smokin' funny things" line irritates me not just because of this but because there are thousands of great euphemisms for alcohol and drugs and he just goes with "things", not once but twice, I think that's what puts it in contention for the worst song ever written
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 September 2025 16:42 (two months ago)
She got a light skinned friend look like Michael Jackson Got a dark skinned friend look like Michael Jackson
The worst people in the world are the ones that do this
― henry s, Tuesday, 2 September 2025 16:49 (two months ago)
Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll actually does this 3 times. The third time is the mark of genius.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 2 September 2025 17:53 (two months ago)
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gasBut it's all right, I'm jumpin' jack flashIt's a gas, gas, gas
... possibly, I'm not convinced.
― AI Jardine (Tom D.), Friday, 5 September 2025 13:07 (one month ago)
Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll actually does this 3 times.
The Kanye song does it enough that it qualifies as repetition tbf, even though there are interspersed near-rhymes. it’s not strictly the kind of rhyme fail OP is getting at (I wanna fly! Very high! Inna sky! … Just like a dragonfly!), but “Coldplay” trumps whatever technicalities imo.
― supermeerkat (Deflatormouse), Friday, 5 September 2025 18:18 (one month ago)
Geto Boys - My Mind is Playin Tricks on Me
He owns a black hat like I ownA black suit and a cane like my own
― bbq, Thursday, 25 September 2025 23:49 (one month ago)
nirvana, all apologies, i think it's "write" with "right"... probably the first indication to my adolescent mind that kurt wasn't the second coming of john lennon.
"You may say I'm a dreamer,But I'm not the only one,I hope some day you'll join us,And the wuhuherld will live as one"
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Friday, 26 September 2025 06:09 (one month ago)
This bit from "Raspberry Fields" is the first thing I thought of, which I actually love and think is funny:"the sample's the flesh and the beat is the skeleton/you got beef but there's worms in your Wellington/I'll put a hole in your skull and extract the skeleton/oh my god, I said a word twice"
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Friday, 26 September 2025 11:47 (one month ago)