Poorest lyrics... Your choice?

[poormadpeter]

Datin' is pretty high up there - "Datin' makes girls start wiggle-walking!"

Outside of the movies, Life is probably one of the worst, if not THE worst. Sylvia goes along quite nicely until you find out that the woman that Elvis is so hung up on is called "Sylvia." Not that I have any problems with people called Sylvia, but there's probably a good reason why that name hadn't been used by pop songs before. The first line of the chorus just doesn't work.

That said, the 50s were not exactly brilliant in some cases: "Won't you wear my ring around your neck/To show the world I'm yours by heck" is hardly Shakespeare.

[charroman]

Is there a rehab centre for Elvis film soundtrack junkies? Think I need to go! Most of the tracks mentioned on this thread are the ones that hooked me as a kid. Then I heard the really good stuff! So perhaps they had some worth. Still draw the line at hey hey hey though. !!!

[matilda]

I became a fan in 1984 because of his movies being shown on german tv.
So I do have a soft spot for his movie songs.
So sign up to the self help group I am in.


at least it is less embarrassing than to admit to love the elvis in concert special and that elvis was getting better the older he got

[Ciscoking]

Mamma's little baby loves clambake, clambake
Mamma's little baby loves clambake too
Mamma's little baby loves clambake, clambake
Mamma's little baby loves clambake too

[HoneyTalkNelson]

And most of them were sold as sheet music too!

[shiatsujake]

How can someone who looks that good,sing something so bad.It just don't seem right,

[Eggrert]

I used to think that there was a line in "The Love Machine" that went "She may be tall, she may be short, she may be wise." OK. I can put up with that.

I recently found out that it's actually "wide" (not "wise"). I hate this more than I can ever say. I'm not sure why. Maybe because it just sounds so...demeaning.

Still classier than "Woman Without Love," though.

[Scarre]

Not the poorest but..."Hound Dog". Not much of a story...Love the song but, "Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine".

[Dnorman90]

I bought this LP for $1.00. I felt bad doing it because i LOVE Elvis, but being that it was Elvis, i bought it. So i'd say every track on here. Except "U.S. Male", I love that song.
http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Presley-Elvis-Greatest-sh*t/release/2647936

[stevelecher]

Another from GGG, I love the song but one lyric makes me cringe:
Because of love
I'm the happiest guy
AND LIFE IS SWEET
AS CHERRY CREAM PIE

I love the song and that voice is unbeatable, but that line....Ugh!

[Juan Luis]

Not the poorest but..."Hound Dog". Not much of a story...Love the song but, "Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine".

[George Smith]

Was not GGG by Lieber and Stoller? That is the real kicker, a song writing duo like these guys producing such a lyric... Mind you the song was a success as a whole, it is just that whole verse is awful...

Indeed, but it should be remembered that they were often writing humorous and deliberately ironic lyrics for the Coasters. I have no doubt that they wrote that verse with a knowing smile.

[jurasic1968]

The worst to me in the 60's are: Datin', A Dog's Life, Queenie Wahine's Papaya, Hey, Hey, Hey, Ito Eats, Big Boots, Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, No Room To Rhumba in a Sport's Car, Petunia, the Gardener's Daughter, Beach Shack,Yoga is as Yoga Does, Dominic, He's Your Uncle, Not Your Dad, Singing Tree and Confidence.
In the 70's: Padre, Life and Love Song of the Year.

[rjm]

I'll be back.

(No, those are not the lyrics. LOL. I have to sleep on this.)

rjm

Sent via my most phabulous phablet, the Galaxy Note 4

[sitdown revamped]

slightly off topic, but I always wondered: what if Elvis had written more songs by himself, maybe along with Red West or Charlie Hodge...kinda sad how it all ended after You'll Be Gone

[promiseland]

#1 one would have to go to Who's Barn What Barn Who really gives a sh*t... Whole Lotta Shakin Goin' On as the complete stupidest song ever put to paper as a waste of ink...

[tupelo_boy]

#1 one would have to go to Who's Barn What Barn Who really gives a sh*t... Whole Lotta Shakin Goin' On as the complete stupidest song ever put to paper as a waste of ink...

Actually that line improves if you try it using different accents.

Geoff

[r&b]

You must remember part of the charm of early rock and roll songs were the silly lyrics. Hound Dog, Whole Lotta Shakin, Tutti Fruitti, Bird Dog, Charlie Brown, all had crazy lyrics, but they were as infectious as the beat and brought smiles to peoples faces with Leiber & Stoller being the best rock/R&B writers with a humorous side to their lyrics. By the 60's, things changed, Rubber Soul , folk music & Dylan happened, people started to hear the words as much as the melodies. Thats when these movie songs really seemed to stand out as stinkers. Queenie Wahini coming out in the same year as Yesterday. Confidence in the same year as the Summer of Love and Monterey Pop. Elvis' movie songs really seemed silly by then and the lyrics seemed to stand out even more.

[promiseland]

#1 one would have to go to Who's Barn What Barn Who really gives a sh*t... Whole Lotta Shakin Goin' On as the complete stupidest song ever put to paper as a waste of ink...

Actually that line improves if you try it using different accents.

Geoff

Yes it improves from the all time worst to the worst of all time.

[Claus]

Well I can see that you and yoga will never do

Yoga is as yoga does there's no in-between
Your either with it on the ball or you've blown the scene
I can see lookin' at you, you just can't get settled
How can I even move, twistin' like a pretzel

(Yoga is, yoga does)
(There's no in-between)
(Your either with it all the way) Or you've blown the scene
(Or you've blown the scene)

Come on come on, untwist my legs
Pull my arms a lot
How did I get so tied up
In this yoga knot
You tell me just how I can take this yoga serious
When all it ever gives to me is a pain in my posterious

(Yoga is, yoga does)
(There's no in-between)
(Your either with it all the way) Or you've blown the scene
(Or you've blown the scene)

Stand upside down on your head, feet against the wall
A simple yoga exercise done by one and all
Now cross your eyes and hold your breath, look just like a clown
Yoga's sure to catch you if you come falling down

(Yoga is, yoga does)
(There's no in-between)
(Your either with it all the way) Or you've blown the scene
(Or you've blown the scene)

(Yoga is, yoga does)
(There's no in-between)
(Your either with it all the way) Or you've blown the scene
(Or you've blown the scene)

[Scarre]

Not the poorest but..."Hound Dog". Not much of a story...Love the song but, "Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine".

Thank you, Juan. I have a dog myself. Very funny indeed.

[Scarre]

Was not GGG by Lieber and Stoller? That is the real kicker, a song writing duo like these guys producing such a lyric... Mind you the song was a success as a whole, it is just that whole verse is awful...

Indeed, but it should be remembered that they were often writing humorous and deliberately ironic lyrics for the Coasfters. I have no doubt that they wrote that verse with a knowing smile.

I agree.

[elmonstro]

Hey Hey Hey and the Goop lyric!

Absolutely. Dreadful melody too.

[ICanHelp]

Datin' is pretty high up there - "Datin' makes girls start wiggle-walking!"

Outside of the movies, Life is probably one of the worst, if not THE worst. Sylvia goes along quite nicely until you find out that the woman that Elvis is so hung up on is called "Sylvia." Not that I have any problems with people called Sylvia, but there's probably a good reason why that name hadn't been used by pop songs before. The first line of the chorus just doesn't work.

That said, the 50s were not exactly brilliant in some cases: "Won't you wear my ring around your neck/To show the world I'm yours by heck" is hardly Shakespeare.

I watched a bit of PHS last night until my wife made me change the channel. Truth be told, I felt embarrassed for the man. What a total and complete piece of crap.

[r&b]

Datin' is pretty high up there - "Datin' makes girls start wiggle-walking!"

Outside of the movies, Life is probably one of the worst, if not THE worst. Sylvia goes along quite nicely until you find out that the woman that Elvis is so hung up on is called "Sylvia." Not that I have any problems with people called Sylvia, but there's probably a good reason why that name hadn't been used by pop songs before. The first line of the chorus just doesn't work.

That said, the 50s were not exactly brilliant in some cases: "Won't you wear my ring around your neck/To show the world I'm yours by heck" is hardly Shakespeare.

I watched a bit of PHS last night until my wife made me change the channel. Truth be told, I felt embarrassed for the man. What a total and complete piece of crap.

You should have changed the channel before your wife made you!
It is my least favorite for several reasons:

1) Elvis looked bad -overweight, sleepy, tired, etc.
2) Donna Butterworth
3) weak plot and they had gone to the well too many times with Hawaii for a movie, not to mention Elvis in uniform again. Didnt anyone have any other ideas besides this and racing??
4) weakest soundtrack LP ever with some downright dreadful songs. The LP was one big snooze except for Sand Castles which wasnt even in the film!
5) It was being filmed and recorded in 1965, arguably the greatest year in music since the 50's. Elvis should have said no!

I no longer own this film simply because I could never watch it again.