Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!wjh12!foxvax1!brunix!browngr!msw From: msw@browngr.UUCP (Mark Wachsler) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: The Worst Lyrics You Have Ever Heard Message-ID: <1420@browngr.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 15:48:53 EDT Article-I.D.: browngr.1420 Posted: Fri Oct 12 15:48:53 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Oct-84 01:15:07 EDT References: gitpyr.259 Lines: 16 [] >The logic of some lyricists never ceases to amaze me. >My nominations for worst lyrics are: >Michael Jackson- "If you wanna be starting something, you gotta be starting > something." >Joe Jackson- "You can't get what you want until you know what you want." Awww, come on. So they're truisms; big deal! At least in the case of MJ, and to a lesser extent the one by JJ, at least they sound good. (i.e. the sound of the words (I think) is aesthetically pleasing, even if they don't mean diddly squat.) -------------- Mama say mama sow ma ma koo sa Mark Wachsler (or something like that) browngr!msw