Worst Lyrics

[Van Gully]

Source of Infection. Man this song has great energy and of course great guitar playing but the lyrics are just lame as hell. What was Sammy thinkin'? Was he thinking? It's obvious Sammy didn't put much energy into this song. IMHO.

[Unchained Wolfie]

Sucker In a 3 Piece's lyrics are pretty awful also [img]smilies/sleep.gif[/img]

[BrokenCombs]

I agree Van Gully. This is perhaps my least favorite original VH song and it's not because of the music.

Those lyrics----ugghhhh!!

[Glenn]

Yup, the lyrics to both of those songs are bad. It's funny too, because I think songs like Mine All Mine and Cabo Wabo have some of Sammy's coolest lyrics, and then on the same album there are some real stinkers.

[Georgie]

It may have been #1, but boy are the lyrics stupid in "Jump." I think Eddie's music protects alot of VH bad lyrics. A few to mention:


"Big Fat Money"
"Sucker in a Three Piece"

[Unchained Wolfie]

Yeah but you can't understand very much of Big Fat Money so that's not a big deal [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[Van Gully]

I'm not too fond of "I'll Wait" either.

"I wrote a letter
and told her these words
that meant alot to me"

I dunno, maybe it's just Dave's delivery on this line but it always seemed clumsy to me.

[JWS_5150]

I'm surprised "Spanked" hasn't been mentioned yet.

[Dan Halen]

Source Of Infection gets my vote.

[AbeVanHalen]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JWS_5150:
I'm surprised "Spanked" hasn't been mentioned yet.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Actually, I recall watching late night tv for about a year before that cd came out. I remember seeing those commercials; I thought the song was rather funny. It was the MUSIC of Spanked that didn't do much for me. But the lyrics I found to be a comical commentary on how low tv was beginning to stoop.


As for WORST lyrics, I'll pick one song for each singer.

Dave: Loss of Control
Sammy: Sucker in a 3 Piece
Gary: Fire in the Hole

[KenyonVincent]

Big Fat Money kicks ass [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Loss of Control is just as disunderstandable. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] Worst lyrics? A Apolitical Blues, but that isn't an original. I'll agree with Jump. Some weird lyrics.

[ April 26, 2001 at 06:42 PM: Message edited by: KenyonVincent ]

[Bigdaddy_14]

Big Fat money does it for me in this category.

[Raldo]

Even though it's not Van Halen, the song 'Dick In The Dirt' by Sammy Hagar has the cheesiest lyrics of all time. It's off of the 'VOA' album.

[BrokenCombs]

I know that one Raldo---It's pretty bad.

Glenn, you have a great point there: Lyrics from Mine All Mine and Cabo Wabo are some of Sam's best, yet on the same album you have Source Of Infection.

[paradiddle]

For me there is just something the way Dave puts words together...it's so non-linear, very metaphorical...they could mean something different to everyone, which is what makes his lyrics so timeless, intriguing, and unique.