What are your favorite songs whose lyrics are MAF/incomprehensible? I gather this and would like to get to know more; From the years 60 to the present, both English, German, Dutch or Spanish.
This is one of my favorite songs from my childhood: Da da da -Trio
Next: Chop Suey-System of a Down
These lyrics are not really hard to understand, yet weird…
Another one from my childhood: Ça plane pour moi-Plastic Bertrand
Besides I like the cover of the Presidents of the United States too:
I can add much more, would you want to?
Close to the Edge of Yes, the whole album.This is full of poetic and mystical skeleton, the texts evoke beautiful images, but a bit like the lyricism of the Fifties: always on the verge of unintelligibility and the Kakafonie, always just no imagery and just no recognizability. The music is equally capricious and fascinating.
I am the Walrus of The Beatles.
Always loved ‘ Der Kommisar ‘ by Falco.
A half in German, half in English redecorated song.
Only recently I know that it is about the cocaine use of Falco and his circle of friends.. 9-3
Also nice: ‘ The Ketchup song ‘ by Las Ketchup.
A song based on ‘ Rappers Delight ‘ by the Sugar Hill Gang.
Las Ketchup Asereje English with lyrics YouTube
Kejje Check of it I like very much.The B side as well.
Most work of Alanis morissete and Roxette.King of pain and silver blue eg.
Lots of Bon Iver
Lionel Richie-All Night Long (All Night)
Shakira – Wherever, Whenever
U2 – Elevation
Snap – Rhythm Is A Dancer
Backstreet Boys – Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
Europe-The Final Countdown; Carrie
Des’ree – Life
Las Ketchup-The Ketchup Song
The Crystals-Da Doo Ron Ron
Little Richard-Tutti Frutti
Def Leppard-Pour Some Sugar On Me
Starship-We Built This City
Mmm mmm mmm Mmmm-Crash Test Dummies
True-Spandau Ballet
Dancehall Days-Wang Chung
[Source: Myself
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
Walking on the Moon, da do do De da da (The Police)
Norwegian Wood, Come Together, Ob-la-di Ob-la-Da (The Beatles)
London Calling (The Clash)
A Horse With No Name (America)
[Source: rocksongs/Lyrics that make no sense
Pastorale (Ramses Shaffy, Liesbeth List) [Very strange story
Sing, Fight, cry, pray, laugh, work and admire (Ramses Shaffy)
On the road (Abel)
[Source: Myself
[Other sources: Google with ‘ worse lyrics ‘, ‘ nonsensical lyrics ‘; problem: Often it is about the word use of a britisher who is not understood in the US or else, or the whole passage ruining
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Oh La La (TC Matic) -1981 Language: Oostends and error English
Putain Putain (TC Matic) -1981 title: ‘ Damn x 2 ‘ (Lett: Whore) Languages: Error French, English and West-Flemish (vert.’ A small thick shoots everything to pieces, a long [Dinnen (< thin one) thin does virtue inside. Is this sufficient in terms of clarity?)
The Wild boeredaughter (Ivan Heylen): In 1974 also a megahit in the Netherlands-
Content: A silent farmer’s son has been in love with a farmer’s daughter for years.However, she did not want a silent friend, but ‘ ne wilden ‘. Until one day the guy collects his courage and her says ‘ Thou, clean wijveken, know that I love you, (Totte ma x 2) Kiss Me x2, do it x 2, Kiss Me x 2 with all your strength and she had listened well , she got it hot and cold at the same time and binst (while) she gave him a kiss, she shook with her hole (butt). ‘ NB Ivan Heylen now has a Monegaskisch passport.
