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Jimmy Buffett
Lyrical Fixation: How awesome it is to be Jimmy Buffett Example Lyric: "Waistin' away again in Margaritaville How It All Started: With 1977's "Margaritaville," Jimmy Buffett had a huge hit on his hands. So huge, in fact, that at some point he went from singing about how awesome it is to live on an island to actually living on an island. Not that he stopped singing about it, though. It was just that now he was able to sing about it all while thinking, "Wow, I really do live on an island, fuck yeah."
Why It Needs to Stop: Plenty of musicians write songs about how awesome they are (we're looking at you, every performer in the history of rap music). But the bothersome thing about Jimmy Buffett's boasting is that he isn't boasting at all. He states it all in a plain, matter-of-fact way, as if to say, "yeah, I guess I'm pretty damn awesome." Regardless of the subject matter, Jimmy Buffett will take some time out to remind you that, unlike you, he lives on a goddamn tropical island. Take for example, this excerpt from the song "Jamaica Mistaica": "Well the word got out He's singing about his airplane being mistakenly shot at by the Jamaican government! Is this really the time to drop the "paradise" reference?
While we admire the restraint it must have taken to not mention that Bono was on the plane with him at the time, this basically makes Buffett the equivalent of that obnoxious rich relative who shows up at your family gathering at the trailer park and regales you with tales of his jet-setting life style and the burdens of SUV ownership while you contemplate the ramifications of calling in to your job at Wal-Mart the day after Thanksgiving. This guy can't even sing about food with reminding you how unspeakably awesome it is to be Jimmy Buffett. "Not just havanas or bananas or daiquiris Nice. Now we hate cheeseburgers. Thanks a fucking lot, Buffett.
Look, we'd love to tell you all about how Jimmy Buffett has continued this cycle of braggadocio on his most recent album, 2006's Take the Weather With You, but honestly, these are tough economic times. The last thing we want to do is spend an hour listening to Jack Johnson's grandfather piss and moan about tourists sunbathing too close to his satellite television adorned tiki hut. Just understand, it's definitely still happening. #1.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Lyrical Fixation: Southern California Example Lyric: "L.A. is the place, sets my mind ablaze How It All Started: Those sample lyrics are from the Red Hot Chili Peppers very first single, "Out In L.A." From that point on, references to California ("Under the Bridge," "Californication," etc.) have occupied almost as much space on RHCP albums as the shitty "rapping" does.
Why It Needs to Stop: Sure, we all love the place we live in to some degree, or else we'd move. But there isn't all that much you can say about any place before things start to get a little redundant. If Springsteen didn't mix in a little sex music with all of those anthems about impoverished towns, at some point the frustration would overtake you and you'd find yourself at your local homeless shelter with a megaphone imploring people to get a fucking job already.
But Anthony Kiedis has an uncanny ability to reference Los Angeles no matter what the song is about. A song about chicks? Best believe those chicks are from L.A. A song about depression? L.A. is super depressing, bro! A tune about drug addiction? Blame it on the City of Angels. A song about absolutely nothing? It's a safe bet that at some point, "wang dang dong bell flay" will be rhymed with "L.A." It's enough to make a person pray for an earthquake, if not for the inevitable RHCP benefit album to earthquake victims that would surely follow (with a title like "Los Angeles Rocks." )
Unfortunately, the band's fascination with ham fistedly mentioning California whenever possible shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The first single off of their most recent album was called "Dani California." Hell, at least take a hint from Sufjan Stevens and branch out to another freaking state. Do you have something funny to say about a random topic? You could be on the front page of Cracked.com tomorrow. Go here and find out how to create a Topic Page. And don't forget to check out the Nostradamus' of the music industry, in 6 Musicians Who Predicted Their Own Death in Song. Or find out about some performers' regrettable pasts, in Six Musicians With Pasts They Hope You'll Forget. And stop by our Top Picks to see Swaim shooting Windex-heroin... again. And don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get dick jokes sent straight to your news feed. |
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I disagree about RHCP. If you learn about the band members and their history, then their music will make sense :)
not that i really care what people sing about. cuase i guess that's how they make money. but all i know is when i hear that c**t lady gaga or anyone else i really dont like, i just turn the damn radio off. seems like you should do the same... *puts hands up* that's all i'm saying ^_^
eminems' a little b***h. Yes, he has mad skills and can spit with the best of 'em. His beefs have always been hilarious ( some examples: his battle with everlast, ICP, benzino, Irv gotti, and jermaine duprie, who, according to eminem and D12, has a "nickelodeon fetish" ) however this s**t with his mom really has to stop. I remember when his mom was a guest on Bill O'Reilly and basically said her son has "never had a real job" his entire life. Now that he's king of hip hop and no one would dare go eyeball to eyeball with him, maybe he should just get into movies. In fact, I remember when he *first* started out and some VJ did an interview with Em outside his old house. The VJ asked what would Em rap about if and once he hit it big, em was like "man, I dunno". Well, Mr. Mathers...it's happened. Just do the whole "eddie and the cruisers" thing and fake your own death. Yanno, for the lulz.
Actually, the entire pop genre should be on this list. This includes pop-rap, pop-rock, pop-country, etc. But I guess the article sort of proves the point with some specific examples.
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After reading the Anthony Kiedis Biography (Scar Tissue) it became clear to me why EVERY Chili Peppers song is about California. The guy just can't let his past go.
and as for red hot chili peppers, theyve been in lawsuit battles over their music for more than a decade. if you noticed back in the first albums, their songs were all about getting laid and getting f**ked up, but then a few albums later you have songs like "aeroplane" and other bulls**t songs, because the labels wanted them to be this mainstream giant. well f**k, what would you do? my ass wouldve switched labels, but not everyone is a genius.
It's not even about them going mainstream, it's about them changing their music and evolving with the time. The band has been together since '85 (add and subtract a few band members), if they still preformed the same s**t, they'd be as sad as... well, Bon Jovi. I mean, they're remarkably diverse, if you listen to all of their albums, instead of the same 8 songs they play on the radio.
the song from korn the lyrics are "hotter than me" not "harder than me"
When it comes to the song "Kill You" raping his mother is a referance to the reaction that kind of subject matter recieves, so I wouldn't count that one. As for Korn, I lost touch with them after they regressed from the "I'm haven a f**kin blast" Follow the Leader album back to the "My life is s**tty(not really but it's a great way to get the fans who i've lost touch with to relate) Issues album.
Amusing article, however I'd have to disagree about the RHCP section. It seems to me that a far greater percentage of their work seems to be about various band members' addiction to heroin and the ways it affected their lives and the lives of people around them. Under the bridge is much less about how life is in LA, than it is about how damn disappointed the narrator is in himself about how he sold his stratocaster guitar signed by the rolling stones for one last hit in his 4 week heroin binge, an item that today, would be almost priceless to any rock collector.
Also, while it is only one album of many, Stadium Arcadium, is an entire album that looks back in retrospect at the band's lives to date, about their triumphs, tribulations, regrets, and rejoices, and dani california, is about the loss of a girl named Dani, who is referenced in the lyrics to "by the way' 4 years prior.
Hey, maybe I'm taking it overboard, but the chili peppers loved a lot of other places. We've all heard "around the world" right?
RHCP and KoRn are some of my favorite bands
Wouldn't that be TWO of your favorite bands?
I take a high offense to that. All of Eminem's personal songs are, well, just that: PERSONAL SONGS. That means he can write about WHATEVER THE FUCK HE WANTS, because it comes from INNER EMOTIONS. It's not made-up for the hell of it, fake, or about something unimportant or morally disgusting. (Not to all idiots: Please keep in mind we are talking about the subject of the songs here, not individual joke an/or exaggeration particular lyrics - this IS rap btw.) The ONLY honest form of poetry, and the point of it's existence in the first place, is to show these emotions (and/or political themes). I am sick and f**king tired of hearing about how "Eminem should stop singing about his mom". Who gives f**k whether or not Eminem sings about his mom? If you don't like the song then don't f**king listen to it. Not to mention the song "My Mom" isn't about his mom, it's about him fearing that he is becoming like his mom, and presumable hating himself for it. If Amy Lee isn't hating for singing truthfully and honestly then why should Eminem be? Shut the goddamn f**king f**k up already.
Similarly, Korn's lyrics are most likely political, "Yeah these guys picked on me in high school and it f**king killed me, so I'm going to continue to sing about it so that people learn and hopefully somehow help stop bullying of that caliber." In fact there are lots of cases where the bullies really don't know what kind of effect their having on their victim's lives, albeit the stereotypical "inner city black kid where almost no one in the school has any moral values" who is the one who fits that category (of not knowing their f**king up somebody's life that badly and/or having the potential to start caring if they do know) is generally not going to be listening to Korn.
Also, the second set of lyrics you're quoting doesn't necessarily have anything to do with high school. Metaphors, abuse from parents, abuse from spouse, inspiration from a movie, many other places those lyrics could have come from. No mention of any school is made.
Also, why does your pie chart look like a vagina? Especially considering I've never heard RHCP rap.
And the most OBVIOUS group of all time who somehow did not make it onto this list... Pink Floyd.
Seriously, you take high offense? How can you take high offense to that? It's not about you, tard! You can not like it, and you can not agree with it, but you can't take high offense to something that doesn't relate to you. You know how other kids got the talk from their parents about not drinking what's under the sink but you never did from yours? They were hoping that little oversight would play well in court if you did. What an idiot to spend two hours typing a dissertation that I skimmed for ten seconds and stopped before your retardation poured over into me.
You have terrible taste in music, go away please.
Staind probably isn't on the list because its not a mainstream band. If the article was full of bands that only a few people have heard about, it would be boring for the rest of us, and we wouldn't be able to relate. I mean everyone has heard of Eminem, RHCP, Korn and Bon Jovi. Not sure who the other guy was though...
Exactly how is Staind "Not a mainstream band?" Staind is one of those bands that, when listening to their music after discovering that you really like their most recent single, you'll listen to all the other songs on the CD/social network profile/YouTube "related" lists you're going through and repeatedly think, "Oh, they wrote that song too?" "Hey, that one too?" "That one TOO?" "Wow, I guess I'm a fan of Staind then! They sure as heel get more radio play then Korn or Bon Jovi, or for that matter Eminem though in the past Eminem has got as much (as in before Staind existed he did). You're a lot more likely to recognize a song, or 10 songs, by Staind then you are to recognize a single one from Korn, so what in the flying f**k are you talking about? Not to mention Korn's music isn't exactly very recognizable of itself unless you're a diehard Death Metal fan. Normal people (not that I like normal people) can't tell the difference between them or SlipKnoT's hard songs or any other screaming meal song which sounds exactly like them.
why isn't Staind on the list?? I mean is there any more way Aaron Lewis can describe being down? Linkin Park also, it always a bout someone lying, making mistakes, so generic always, but still a decent band though.
Also, Oasis you wouldn't believe hown many of their songs say 'sun', 'sunshine' or just 'shine' well, lot of 'em!
How about 99,5 % of all popular rappers moving somewhere else from a) hoes b)cars c) money d) rimz of their car e) saying their own name and how awesome they are???
Because Staind and Linkin Park don't always sing about the same subject???? Because even though all their songs sound the same the lyrics are all very different? (Linkin Park: "Hello I exist!," "I'm going to forgive myself for this," "You f**king suck," "Don't kill yourself, FriendHuman", "I'm searching for something to complete me inside," "Please don't only remember the bad things after I die," and "Stop treating other people like s**t (humanity political commentary)". These are all different themes.
Staind's lyrics are even more different then each other: "I won't ever leave you," "Believe in me, I can do this," "I have a drug addiction," "Hollywood faketards f**king suck," "Thank you for Loving me and making it feel worthwhile to pursue my dreams," I love my daughter," and "Thank you for helping me end my drug addiction," I don't think there's any stretch of the imagination that could relate these songs to each other in subject-matter, except the two about drugs where each is about different subjects within drugs.
So yeah that's why Linkin Park and Staind aren't on the list, because they don't repeatedly sing about the same f**king thing??
As for n****r rap, no one exactly expects and n****r rap songs to be unique. Besides that, who could they cite? No one n****r rapper has more capitalization on "Hey look I should be immediately sent to prison and tortured mercilessly by Chinese people" songs then any other.
Also, EVERY band or singer that's not exclusively for adults over the age of 30 has a song about how awesome they are. ALL OF THEM. This is good, because this song is always really "cool and "AWESOME!"" to all of their fans, in which it often references all 20 of their previous singles and is really cool, with the exception of of course the n****r rappers who don't generally worry about actually being intelligent or skilled in anything and therefore don't care. Hollywood Undead is the exception that could be noted to this though. I do NOT think Hollywood Undead should be making songs about how awesome they are, considering it was their FIRST FUCKING CD. But since EVERY SINGLE SONG ON THE ENTIRE CD, except for "city," not to mention once again that it was their FIRST FUCKING CD", they should definitely be #2 on this list. (Yeah sorry 12 years of EVERY SINGLE SONG probably beats them, even though RHCP's songs aren't all THEMED on California (some just mention it rather then themeing it, especially the ones about suicide).
Nickelback and promiscuous women seems to be gaining some steam.
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