Extreme rhymes in lyrics

[Dr Jekyll]

when I met you in the restaurant
you could tell I was no debutante
(Blondie, Dreaming)


mini skirts were in style
when she walked down the aisle
back in 63
but it's hard to get by
when your arse is the size
of a small country
(Divine comedy, National express)

Any other examples of stretching the rhyming concept?

[droopsnoot]

I always turn to Depeche Mode for strained rhymes, though they're probably no worse than anyone else. But I can't decide whether

Everything counts
in large amounts

is better or worse than

Words are very
unnecessary

[cherryowen]

My favourite version of "Fly Me To The Moon" by Mr. T. Bennett has an extended intro, which I love listening to and playing along to:-

Poets often take many words
To say a simple thing
It takes thought, and time and rhyme
To make a poem sing
With music and words, I've been playing
For you, I have written a song
To make sure you know what I'm saying
I'll translate as I go along

Clever

[daddy cool]

Surely "africa" wins this one!

"The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti"

[Starfighter]

Glen Campbell gave that a good run with Rhinestone Cowboy.

“There’s been a load of compromisin’
On the way to my horizon “

[Gary29]

Pitbull rhyming the word 'Kodak' with 'Kodak'

[Escapegoat]

"I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease"

Now THAT is genius.

[droopsnoot]

And I think it was Snap who said

"I'm serious as cancer
when I say rhythm is a dancer"

[Doofus]

We've got so many tchotchkes
We've practically emptied the Louvre
In most of our palaces
There's hardly room to maneuver

[bigandclever]

Mariah Carey - Don't Stop
"I'm like a bowl of gumbo. You ain't hotter than this, I'm what they play in the clubo"

Paula Abdul - Straight Up
"Are you more than hot for me? Or am I a page in your history


book"

[Doofus]

I know that when I say this,
I may be stepping on pins and needles;
But I don't like all these people
slagging her for breaking up the Beatles.

[blueg33]

This one pisses me off every time my daughter selects her play list in the car

Standing over the basin
I've been washing my face in

Girls Aloud "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me"

[Mastiff]

I have to admire Eminem for this beauty in Cleaning Out My Closet:

"Goin' through public housing systems, victim of Münchausen's Syndrome"

Takes some doing that, I always thought.

[daddy cool]

blueg33 said:

This one pisses me off every time my daughter selects her play list in the car

Standing over the basin
I've been washing my face in

Girls Aloud "Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me"

Could be worse... could be "standing over the bidet...."

[Camoradi]

Now John Finn's wife was something of a mystery
In a town where to share a sworn secret was a solemn duty
I had brass knuckles and a bolo knife
Over near the bandstand with John Finn's wife
She got perfumed breasts and raven hair
Sprinkled with wedding confetti
And a gang of marauders all giving me stares
Armed, as they were, with machetes

John Finn's Wife (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)

[popeyewhite]

Too much coke:

Generals gather in their masses
Just like witches at black masses

[HOGEPH]

Eminem, the master of wordplay

I've created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Marshall no more
They want Shady, I'm chopped liver
Well if you want Shady, then this is what I'll give ya
A little bit of weed mixed with some hard liquor
Some vodka that will jump start my heart quicker
Then a shot when I get shocked at the hospital
By the doctor when I'm not cooperating
When I'm rocking the table while he's operating "Hey"
You waited this long to stop debating
'Cause I'm back, I'm on the rag and ovulating
I know you got a job Ms. Cheney
But your husband's heart problem is complicating
So the F-C-C won't let me be or let me be me so let me see
They tried to shut me down on M-T-V
But it feels so empty without me
So come on and dip, bum on your lips
fk that, come on your lips and some on your t*ts
And get ready 'cause this st is about to get heavy
I just settled all my lawsuits, "fk you, Debbie!"

[ajprice]

The ultimate has to be Des'ree 'Life'...

"I don't want to see a ghost
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast"

Pink 'Family Portrait' gets me too. I like Pink, but...

Your pain is painful.


Eminem lyric rhymes are great though, really good.

[Robmarriott]

I've never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance
They're looking for a little romance
given half a chance

This is a good rhyme but for some reason, Chris De Burgh says;

Darnce
Romance
Charnce.

No idea what he was thinking.

(Appreciate this isn’t an extreme rhyme, it’s the opposite somehow)

[aaron_2000]

Army Of The Pharaohs, Dump The Clip

"Hand gun, automatic,
Shotgun, pump action,
Me with your wife, that's automatic pump action"