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From: msw@browngr.UUCP (Mark Wachsler)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: The Worst Lyrics You Have Ever Heard
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 15:48:53 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 15:48:53 1984
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>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.)

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