CRIZ said on April 24, 2007 17:50:

The “shalalala” in “Love is all”.....destroys the deep meaning of the song and make it sound very daft! But I love the song anyway!! (Okay that is no line but just a word)
But it seems to me that Per just didn’t know anymore lyrics and came up with shalala...like he always does when he doesn’t seem to have any lyric idea..

bababa..nanana..shalalala...sometimes I wish he would stop at least the babababa and shalalalas....Nanananas are okay for me ;)

Shoobidooo

onlywhenidream said on April 24, 2007 19:23:

’...my trash turned to silver...’ - how to spoil a great song!

roxtexanet said on April 25, 2007 00:19:

No contest: “Jefferson got hit by a westbound truck, I guess that didn’t make him look like a million bucks” or whatever it is...

Roxrider_USA said on April 25, 2007 03:16:

Well, “... my trash turned to silver...” does have a nice meaning. If you analyse it carefully, you can see that since trash is garbage and there garbage most of the time is jut junk and nothing good at all, you can understand that if trash turns to or becomes silver it actaully gets to be valuable, important meaningful. I’d rather have my trash turning to silver than my trash staying as garbege, meaningless, ugly and not important at all.

Got it? It does have meaning. So, therefore, for me it’s not daft, strange or crazy.

Take care!
Carlos E., New York
“Communication is key”

onlywhenidream said on April 25, 2007 08:04:

@ roxrider - I agree ’trash to silver’ does have meaning. But for a European band to sing about ’trash’ is weird. You can tell that Per had learnt a new word whilst in the USA or he has been watching too many episodes of Friends, so for me, in the context of that song, ’Trash’ sounds really out of place.

But I do agree with you, it does make some sense. But really, it’s not very eloquent, is it?

fridapeeples said on April 25, 2007 10:15:

“Honey butt keep your big mouth shut” (Lies)

“Jefferson got hit by a westbound truck. I guess that didn’t make him look like a million bucks” (Jefferson)

plus the previously mentioned “trash turned to silver” as well as “rags turned gold and silver” from the same song (I Was So Lucky)

whateveriam said on April 25, 2007 13:59:

Daftest line in a Roxette song? Too many to mention, but that’s why we love them ;-)

’Even if I am in love with you. All this to say, what’s it to you?’

Roxwriter said on April 25, 2007 22:33:

“I guess that didn’t make him look like a million bucks” (Jefferson)

“It feels like being hit by a truck” (Centre of the Heart)

“I feed the ducks with a bun” (Make my head go pop)

“Bye bye baby baby bye baby baby bye bye” (Real Sugar)

“Looking at you through the holes of the soles of my old brown shoes” (Pay The Price)

“My girl came home to me just the other day >>acting ok

Kiwein1 said on April 26, 2007 14:31:

“Looking at you through the holes of the soles of my old brown shoes” (Pay The Price)”

Wow, how can you pick THIS line? As far as I remember this is a reference to The Beatles or especially George Harrison and I really think it’s a good one. :-) It’s the line I love the most in PTP.

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ChrisWilliams said on April 26, 2007 17:02:

I agree, ’Lies’ could have been given a better lyric. All that hardcore nonsense about putting boots on... I like the way “cooking jiving jumping shout” sounds, but again, it doesn’t make sense - But then you’re immediately into a great line, “’cause you’re every little thing I can do without”.

Roxette-atic said on April 26, 2007 19:42:

Nothing beats :” I feed the ducks with a bun, only to find me in love with you”....

purplemedusa said on April 30, 2007 07:02:

@Roxwriter; I think you might have been a target of TDR’s new anti-spam system so don’t take it all so personally! ;)

As for the ’daftest line’ subject, I think it’s a rather daft subject; some people are really showing an impressive ammount of ignorance! Are you guys forgetting that Per is well read and well informed? Yeah, I won’t disagree that there are some cases of clumsy grammer use in some Roxette lines, but as far as content goes there are much grounding in them. Remember, it’s all about pop music... Per’s a pop fanatic and he often use references/homage/metaphors that does not make much sense on the surface. Why not start a subject that discuss these less-obvious references, instead?

BTW What’s a ray gun?

whateveriam said on April 30, 2007 16:18:

@purple medusa

http://www.neatstuff.net/guns/Zapp-Ray-Gun.jpg

’Even if I am in love with you. All this to say, what’s it to you?’

coyboyusa said on April 30, 2007 17:47:

money was fine and i was on a high

took the tram round the bay

wait little world? uhm what?

i filled my lungs and veins? eh it fits the song cadence but uh

what I’m gonna do when i get a little excited a little in pain

and noone should pick on the shalala in love is all that’s also a beatles thing and it fits the song perfectly

cooperjefferson said on May 1, 2007 04:49:

“watch the thunder cast a spell” - View From A Hill

How do you “watch the thunder”?

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Angl_Tht_Rox84 said on May 1, 2007 19:57:

“Wacth the thunder cast a spell...”
You asked how do you watch this? The answer is very carefully!
My choice for this topic would have to be from ” Jefferson”
... Jefferson got hit by a westbound truck, I guess that didn’t make hime look like a million bucks...

Is Jefferson a real person? If he is I really feel sorry for this guy.

coyboyusa said on May 2, 2007 13:37:

is it it sounds like money lol

Rox_Nox2003 said on May 3, 2007 18:51:

When I fist read all these posts I said to myself “I thought this was just to share a couple of lines out of their songs that sound so silly ..but at least for the fun of their own sillyness.”

I mean ... after 20 years what is there along the way and on the sentence “Per write this “silly” stuff just to make it fun and not serious... to make it pop as it is” that all the fans still haven’t understood?

The essence of a song like LIES which is energetic and fun is based on itw own sound and energy and the lirics aren’t the important element it’s only words to have something to sing and scream along whatever... That has always been part of Per’s song writing philosophy, that is his own musical universe ... strage somehow but once again hilarious and fun and that is his goal by writing all that stuff ... why should we take it serious? He does not ... LOL

This is not David Foster we are talking about but yes Per Gessle the only and only with all the bla bla bla ba ba ba ba ba sha la la la and na na na na (come on’ we all love these na na na nas) LOL ... it’s not “feed the ducks” and “trash to silver” or “hit by a truck” or “kick it in kick it out” that has ever ruined the beauty within the music. In fact this “sillyness” and apparent lack of meaning provided at least for me some sort of uniqueness in Roxette as no one else ever came up using this kind of language. Per’s language i should say!

Always a lot more interesting than reading 50 cent lyrics acting like a 10 year old kid at school telling his “teacher” how bad all the other boys are (Nas, Ja Rule and all the american hip hop family LOL). For as i long as i have my trash turned to silver and my na na na nas to groove and sing along ... men I am dead happy! :)

Still one to choose for the fun of it: “my dog’s an alligator [...] money in the owen [...]” Well almost the whole COY lyric but ... probably this nonsense lyric is what make me go wild with it. Love the track 100% :)

harriej said on May 8, 2007 19:42:

Not strange or weird, but in fact a line that I have started to use as well, when i feel really bad:

It feels like being hit by a truck

Usually Roxette has great lyrics

Rox_Nox: I agree with you. The lyrics have nowhere ruined a Rox-song.
And indeed: COY is a great song, despite (or thanks to !!) the lyrics.

Jules-SouthAfrica said on May 11, 2007 17:28:

Quote:
My choice for this topic would have to be from ” Jefferson”
... Jefferson got hit by a westbound truck, I guess that didn’t make hime look like a million bucks...

yes, i agree! i find it hard to listen to this song!

nusaderenda said on May 16, 2007 06:47:

harriej:
Not strange or weird, but in fact a line that I have started to use as well, when i feel really bad:

It feels like being hit by a truck

-I agree! It’s a great line to describe shocking situations..And I have actually been hit by a truck, so I know how that feels.

nusaderenda said on May 18, 2007 11:21:

Yes, I like Cooper, but I don’t think I have said anything about that here.

Anyway, my choices for the daftest lines:

“Before I melt like snow, I say hello, how do you do”
and from the same song:
“Well, here we are cracking jokes in the corner of our mouths and I feel like I’m laughing in a dream, hahaha”

“The TVs on, but the only thing’s showing is a picture of you”, although I can understand the “deeper” meaning of this one.