Some of the worst "emergency rhymes" in music

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Putting the term in ""s as I don't know if the same term as the Norwegian "nødrim" is used in English. Speaking of rhymes where you can hear the writer thinking "Oh, I have to come up with something that rhymes.... Hmmm.... Yes, I choose THAT. It sounds corny, but at least it rhymes".

Got the idea when I mentioned this line from "Supersonic" in another thread here.

"I'm feeling supersonic, give me Gin & Tonic".

Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 08:35 (sixteen years ago) link

"Geir Hongro, shut the fuck up-o"

strgn, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 08:39 (sixteen years ago) link

forthcoming, hopefully

strgn, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 08:39 (sixteen years ago) link

I'll get them in before anyone else....

Guru from Gangstarr's immortal:

"I can excel real well like a gazelle"

and also (although it's obviously the feed line that is the ropey one in this case I have yet to hear a better example of this kind of thing... you can just SEE him in the studio going 'yo, I've come up with this dope line about Bruce Willis... now I just need to finish it off')

"Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is/I get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis"

linea, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 09:29 (sixteen years ago) link

In the song about doctors by the thompson twins, the couplet:

I saw you there, just standing there
and I thought I was only dreaming yeah

I never worked out which was the emergency rhyme...

Mark G, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 09:35 (sixteen years ago) link

"geico" is a useful rhyme.

banriquit, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 10:36 (sixteen years ago) link

Obvious answer, (though I'm actually quite fond of the lyric):

Yeah, I like it when the girls stop by
In the summer
Do you remember?
Do you remember
When we met that summer...
Chorus 1:
New kids on the block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls stop by for the
Summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear abercrombie and fitch
Id take her if I had one wish
But shes been gone since that summer,
Since that summer
Hip-hop mama layed spic & span
Met you one summer and it all began
Youre the best girl that I ever did see
The great larry bird, jersey 33
When you take a sip, you buzz like a hornet billy
Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
Call me willy whistle cause I cant speak baby
Somethin in your eyes went and drove me crazy
Now I cant forget you and it makes me mad left one
Day and never came back
Stayed all summer then went back home
Mccaullay culkin wasnt home alone
Fell deep in love, but now we aint speakin
Michael j. fox was alex p. keaton
When I met you I said my name was rich
You look like a girl from abercrombie and fitch
Chorus 2
New kids on the block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls stop by for the
Summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear abercrombie and fitch
Id take her if I had one wish
But shes been gone since that summer,
Since that summer
Cherry pez, coke, crush rock, stud boogie
Used to hate school, so I had to play hookie
Always been hip to the b-boy style
Known to act wild and make a girl smile
Love new edition and the candy girl
Remind me of you because you rock my world
You come from georgia where the peaches grow
They drink lemonade and speak real slow
You love hip-hop and rock & roll
Dad took off when you were 4 years old
There was a good man named paul revere
I feel much better baby when youre near
You love fun dip and cherry coke
I like the way you laugh when
I tell a joke when I met
You I said my name was rich
You look like a girl from abercrobie and fitch
Chorus 3
New kids on the block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls stop by for the
Summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear abercrombie and fitch
Id take her if I had one wish
But shes been gone since that summer,
Since that summer
In the summertime girls got it goin on
Shake and wiggle to a hip-hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
Ill steal your honey like I stole your bike
Boogaloo shrimp and pogo sticks
My mind takes me back there oh so quick
Let you off the hook like my man mr. limpit
Think about that summer and I bug cause I miss it
Like the color purple, macaroni and cheese
Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees
Call you up, but whats the use
I like kevin bacon, but I hate footloose
You came in the door I said it before
I think Im over you, but Im really not sure
When I met you I said my name was rich
You look like a girl from abercrombie and fitch
Chorus 4
New kids on the block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls stop by for the
Summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear abercrombie and fitch
Id take her if I had one wish
But shes been gone since that summer,
Since that summer
In the summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worthwhile and some are so so
Summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worthwhile and some are so so
Summertime girls got it goin on
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
Ill steal your honey like I stole your bike
Chorus 5:
New kids on the block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls
Stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear abercrombie and fitch
Id take her if I had one wish
But shes been gone since that summer,
Since that summer

harveyw, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link

"DWYK" was probably a freestyle, linea. Or at least made to sound that way. That's why it's awesome.

Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm serious as a cancer when I say rhythm is a dancer (this is the winner, I guess)

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 07:48 (sixteen years ago) link

I got a question, as serious as cancer
Who can keep the average dancer
Hyper as a heart attack, nobody smiling
Cause you're expressing the rhyme that I'm styling

The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:15 (sixteen years ago) link

Yeah, Snap! lifted that rhyme from Rakim.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:58 (sixteen years ago) link

"DWYK" was probably a freestyle, linea. Or at least made to sound that way. That's why it's awesome.

it is indeed awesome, and thinking about it you're right, damn you.

be that as it may, it's still an emergency rhyme. just probably a more pressing emergency.

linea, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:01 (sixteen years ago) link

(this is the winner, I guess)

How could something that the vocalist expressed deep pride in later on be the winner in this category as you have established it?

energy flash gordon, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 11:05 (sixteen years ago) link

steve miller to thread.

Lawrence the Looter, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:27 (sixteen years ago) link

martin fry with his grumble and crumble.

Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link

Generals gathered in their masses
just like witches at black masses.

St3ve Go1db3rg, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link

any combination of baby/crazy

Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link

Everybody's rapping like it's a commercial
Acting like life is a big commercial

dad a, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link

What is love anyway?
Does anybody love anybody anyway?

Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Everybody's rapping like it's a commercial
Acting like life is a big commercial

one of my all-time favorite couplets

J0hn D., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link

I got a question, as serious as cancer
Who can keep the average dancer
Hyper as a heart attack, nobody smiling
Cause you're expressing the rhyme that I'm styling

-- The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:15 (13 hours ago) Link

you gotta be joking! that's dope!

elan, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link

what's with that last line in "labels" by GZA where he says 'Geffen'? It's really weird and jarring.

res, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link

immediately after seeing this thread i thought of "supersonic", albeit it was the alka seltzer line.

Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link

PARTY/BACARDI to thread

rogermexico., Wednesday, 2 July 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link

I wonder what J0hn thinks his own worst "emergency rhymes" are.

libcrypt, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link

PARTY/BACARDI to thread

modfags lock thread pls

brightscreamer, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 23:50 (sixteen years ago) link

you gotta be joking! that's dope!

-- elan, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 3:05 PM (Wednesday, July 2, 2008 3:05 PM) Bookmark Link

uh

please view in context of thread

The Reverend, Thursday, 3 July 2008 05:51 (sixteen years ago) link


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