June 2007 archive
The Libertines - Time For Heroes
Did you see the stylish kids in the riot We were shovelled up like muck Set the night on fire Wombles bleed truncheons and shields You know I cherish you my love It appears that today Peter Doherty saw...
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want, So tell me what you want, what you really really want, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want, So tell me what you...
Fall Out Boy - This Aint A Scene, It’s An Arms Race
I am an arms dealer. Fitting you with weapons in the form of words And don't really care, which side wins As long as the room keeps singing That's just the business I'm in Peter Wentz is claiming that...
50 Cent - Candy Shop
Yeah... Uh huh So seductive Well. I mean there’s only so much I can work with here; 50 Cent is claiming that something is going to be quite seductive. I take you to the candy shop I'll let you...
MC Hammer - Can’t Touch This
U cant touch this My, my, my, my Music htis me so hard Make me cry: Oh, my Lord! Thank you for blessing Me with a mind And two hyped feet It feels good when I know youre down...
Fergie - London Bridge
Oh shit (oh shit) Oh shit (oh shit) Oh shit (oh shit) An auspicious enough start to a song considering it is just someone cursing, the thing is we don’t know what this is cursing? I have a number...
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Amy and Alcohol and Jim Trott all in one big, happy song.
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
What you gon' do with all that junk? All that junk inside your trunk? I'ma get, get, get, get, you drunk, Get you love drunk off my hump. My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, My...
Limp Bizkit - Hot Dog
Tom has a look at this Fred Durst penned classic - featuring a certain F word well over 40 times (yes, you guessed it - Fred!).
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Kurt Cobain shot himself in 1994. Was this why? Dave considers.
R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
One of the greatest songs ever written. Full. Stop.
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Don't you tell me to smile You stick around I'll make it worth your while Got numbers beyond what you can dial Maybe it's because I'm so versatile Style profile I said It always brings me back when I...
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
Culture sucks down words Itemise loathing and feed yourself smiles Organise your safe tribal war Hurt maim kill and enslave the ghetto The Manic Street Preachers are, it appears, a very cheerful bunch. A bunch who really don’t know...
Slipknot - People = Shit
Here we go again, motherfucker Corey Taylor, rousing as ever, kicks off the song with a healthy and in-your-face degree of unnecessary swearing. Come on down, and see the idiot right here Too fucked to beg and not afraid to...
Nelly - Hot In Here
I was like, good gracious ass is bodacious Uh, flirtatcious, tryin to show patience Lookin for the right time to shoot my steam (you know) Waitin for the right time to flash them keys Then um I'm leavin, please...
Fergie - Glamorous
If you ain't got no money take yo'broke ass home You say: If you ain't got no money take yo'broke ass home G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S, yeah G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S Fergie is clearly not a fan of the homeless/indebted/students. She appears to be telling...
Mika - Love Today
Everybody's gonna love today, Gonna love today, gonna love today. Everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today. Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to, Love love me, love love me, love love. Well one of the first things...
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
Hey! Hey! You! You! I don't like your girlfriend! No way No way! I think you need a new one Hey! Hey! You! You! I could be your girlfriend Well the claws are out straight away from little Miss...
Lily Allen - LDN
London is slowly making Lily Allen go terribly insane. She writes, Dave analyses.
Rhianna - Umbrella
Ah yes that mega smash hit. It was brilliant. Well, it wasn't, but I digress. Someone commented on this piece when I first wrote it: "Tom, you do know Rhianna isn't Welsh, right?"
