Lyrical Crimes

Ah, memories. We all suspected this was a jumble of thrown-together words, but is there anything to it in fact? Only Beck may know for sure, but we're damn sure going to try to figure it out!In case you are a perdedor and forgot what the song sounds like:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE

It has nothing to do with wrapping, it has nothing to do with douches, but lord knows what it actually has to do with. This week we try to get to the bottom of whatever Bruce Springsteen and Manfred Mann were thinking of!Manfred Mann's version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ptulhhQPgBruce Springsteen's version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iaca30QbOo

Time for another examination of some songs we really love! Sit back and enjoy as we delve into the weird and wonderful world of Cyndi Lauper and Talking Heads!Here's Part 1 of the Goonies video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxLhytQ67fs...and if you're a completionist, here's part 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h6YJIzfpKgAnd here's the video for (Nothing But) Flowershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twY8YQYDBE

Time to go back to the Grungy '90s with Pearl Jam's ass-kicker Even Flow. Come along with us as we put ourselves in the body of an insane homeless person! Good times!Here's the video (I hope Josh didn't lose his job)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxKWTzr-k6s

Feeling pretty psyched about this random jumble of word salad! We're experiencing the end of the world, so we might as well listen to a song about it! Leonard Bernstein!Here's a link to the song. Enjoy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A

This week we sink our teeth into the poppiest, bubble-gummiest, butt-clenching-iest piece of fluff pop to ever come out of Denmark! Come on, Barbie, let's go party!Here's a link to the song (although no one will blame you for not wanting to listen to this ever again):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A

Happy Halloween everyone! It's time to get spooky with the Blue Oyster Cult! Please enjoy, and I mean it this time!Here's the song in all it's umlaut-y goodness!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2cAnd just in case you need more cowbell...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0s

It's an oldie, but a goodie! Also, probably a bit misogynistic. And bullying. And gross.But hey, there are a couple of versions of this song, BOTH of which, we'll tackle on this episode! Enjoy!Big Joe Turner's version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wTQsAgktgBill Haley's version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B7xr_EjbzE

Hoo boy. Talk about things that haven't aged well. Come to think of it, this song probably didn't age all that well in 1971. Great job, Mick! Trigger warning, perhaps? Proceed with caution at least.If, for some reason, you haven't heard this, here's the link to the song. Enjoy!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hcAA93N8c

I want to reach out and grab Steve Miller for writing this turkey. But it turns out there's a Shyamalan-esque twist in here that you probably never picked up on! Also, we break some kind of podcasting record for "Most time saying the word 'panties'."Welcome back to the eighties!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY8B0uQpwZs

It's a classic that's been around a long long time, but why exactly is this seemingly sensible person a tramp? Can we get to the bottom of this mystery? Here's a video of Ol' Blue Eyes laying it down live:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn1V4EczIGQ

There's quirky, and then there's ridiculous. What the hell is going on with Virginia? Let's dig in and find out, huh?Check the song out here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Qvb7q9Nm0

Time for another examination of a couple of songs we really like. Get ready to learn what exactly a Karma Chameleon and an Analog Kid actually are!Karma Chameleon by Culture Club:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWwThe Analog Kid by Rush:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56qyILcZZuY

We're back, with another song that makes you dumber the more you listen to it! Boring cliches, over-sexualization, and poor dart playing figure into this week's ditty.Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Honky-Tonk Badonkadonk.

Partyin partyin (yeah!) Partyin partyin (yeah!) Monotone monotone (yeah!) Kill me please kill me please (yeah!)Time to get down on the most subtext-less song ever written. And who knows? There may be an impromptu beat poetry session in there as well. Enjoy!Here's the link to the song, in case you feel like killing yourself.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0

On this week's episode of Lyrical Crimes, you'll learn everything you wanted to know about gambling, addiction and, um, dildos. Ladies and gentlemen, Steely Dan.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iac-vLq6tnY

Miracles are all up in this bitch! Funny thing is, nothing in here is actually a miracle! The Insane Clown Posse attempt to get deep and, um, fail.Listen if you dare...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs

They Might Be Giants, but their lyrics are pretty cryptic. Who are these four dudes, and what's with all the fighting?There's a video for the song, but why not watch the Tiny Toon Adventures version?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsAiCs66l40

Mulattoes? Deodorant? Over-bored or Overboard? What do all these things have to do with each other? NIRVANA, baby! You've heard the song a million times, but what the hell are these lyrics about? Eric and Niki get to the bottom of it all!Get your Cobain on at the link below!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

This is possibly the most inspiring song ever made. Biz Markie spent about six minutes writing a bunch of mediocre lyrics and stole a chorus, and became a chart-topping artist! If he can put no work into something and become incredibly successful, maybe so can you!Here's the song!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aofoBrFNdg

It's short, it's catchy, it's poppy, it's...very disturbing as it turns out. What does it mean? We're going to get to the bottom of it if it turns us all Japanese!Click on the link to check the song out!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWWwM2wwMww

Someone actually spent a portion of their lives writing a song called "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy," and someone named Kenny Chesney thought this was something he wanted to put his name on. This is something that actually happened.Get your sexy on at the link below...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWu4aynBK7E

Time for a little change of pace! Instead of trying to polish a bunch of turds, It's time to examine a couple of already-polished turds that Niki and Eric both really love. One, you may have heard, the other, you most definitely have not. Are these lyrics as good as we think they are?Check out "She" by Green Day here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnF0pkWD2TcCheck out "The Waitress in the Bar Orbiting Io" here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AgKvkBvsk

Existential crises abound in this unfathomably awful song from 1993. Is it really as bad as Eric thinks it is? Only one way to find out!Check the "Song" out here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc

What is a man to do when he has lost his job and is threatened with eviction? Get hammered, of course! This week we discuss this George Thorogood "classic". Check the song out here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISmgOrhELXs

Time to uncover the lyrics behind this incredibly catchy little ditty that everyone from your six year old niece to your eighty year old grandma loves.Love, baby, that's where it's at!, and here's where the video is at! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs

This week we try to determine if Debbie Harry was just on an incredible amount of drugs or if she was suffering some kind of stroke event when she blabbered out the rap for Rapture--excuse me, Raaaaaaaaptuuuuuure...Here's the link for the videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g

William Raymond Cyrus regales us with the ear-worm of all ear-worms, and Niki and Eric would like to apologize for bringing this horrible travesty back into your life.Link to the Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQIPdHMpjc

The Beatles? How dare we? But seriously, how did the band that wrote "All You Need is Love" decide that they needed to include a jaunty little ditty about a serial killer on one of the greatest albums of all time?Check the song out here!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJag19WoAe0

If you had somehow forgotten about this tragic, tragic celebration of the female form, we're sorry. But guess what? It's back to clog up your ear-holes! Milky milky cocoa? I don't think so....Check out the song and the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_eraFWWs

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Destroy my sweater, whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa. But is there more to this deceptive little ditty than either of us thought? Watch us unravel!Check out the song here...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHQqqM5sr7g

We go to work uncovering a treasure trove of misheard lyrics in one of the biggest rock anthems of all time. Come and get sticky sweet with us!Check out the song and the video here!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIB9Y4OFPs

Take your baby by the what now? Eric and Niki delve into this bafflingly strange set of cobbled together words by the Wangiest Wang that ever Chunged.Here's the link for the video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKwO1aB1W3I