My Top 10 Lyrical PET PEEVES! | Lyrics 101 - Brentalfloss
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2024
- It's the return of my educational songwriting series "Lyrics 101"!
This time, I share my top ten PET PEEVES in lyrics; those lazy lyrical clichés that annoy me every time I hear them. Join me, won't you?
Special thanks to @LeonUnity 's Petros Ioannou for help with color grading on this one. Check out his how-to videos about filmmaking and photography!
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I think it's plain to see that when looking down to the core of the matter, the lyrics are really oh, so good, but Brent is just feeling a little blue and left his better self on the shelf in the next room. Can't you see Brent, you just take part in the heart of this matter, don't be at strife over these things like words could cut you like some knife. Just take it easy an enjoy your life with your wife. You had a wife in your life, right? Or are you one of those who'd rather roam far away from home? Might be why you're so restless and bothered by these kind of...
Well...
Things. Can't come up with any better word for it.
Bravo, sir.
Well done!
I feel that he is going to hurt you
I just regurgitated some corn
This is Brent's Saturday Morning Watchmen. Or it will be when someone makes a musical recording of it.
I can't help but feel "School's Out' "Can't even think of a word that rhymes" reflects the singer/"character" perfectly: School's Out, don't need to think! Brain is shut off!
Not to mention there aren't a whole lot of words that rhyme with "principles" or "innocence".
@@SenseiLeRoof There's a ton of close-enough slant rhymes and opportunities for assonance, though.
*puts on a stuffy authoritarian voice*
"If all you care about is winning friends, just trade your innocence for insolence, diminishments and dissonance, instigate incidents intrinsically linked to imprisonment. Be belligerent imbeciles, inconsiderate criminals, deliberately spitting on your principal's principles. The pinnacle of pitiful undisciplined liberals, willfully ignorant of what's biblically traditional."
I could go on, but it's getting late and if I keep writing this stupid thing, sooner or later I'll have typed the words "lyrical miracle" at which point it's gone too far. Carcinogens. First word I thought of to rhyme with innocence, but I ended up deleting it.
@@SenseiLeRoof That isn't really true, but also goes with what seems to be his main point of "a lack of another rhyme isn't an excuse, find alternative ways of saying it instead."
There's also the fact that listening to the song, its fully intentional. Its a double entendre. You don't have classes or principals because school is out, so why bother thinking of a rhyme? But also you don't have class or principles, you're rude instead. The melody implies the next rhyme is actually with class just as they say we got no innocence. And what would someone with no class, no principles, and no innocence rhyme with class? This is more evident when in concert, they often changed "innocence" to "intelligence" or "etiquette".
The song "School's Out" is sung from the perspective of a teenager that has no respect for education and see's it as a waste of time, so the line "We can't even think of a word that rhymes" is meant to be ironic.
@@Swenglish I read that as if Eminem was rapping it. lol
When do people refer to Strife?
*looks at Final Fantasy VII*
literally the only thing i can think when i hear or use the word strife.
When you're a kid and you wanna go "WEE" but you ain't got drugs yet, you hold on for your life. Hold on to your little gonads and strife. Gonads and strife, gonads and strife, gonads and strife.
Just the fact that brentalfloss is back after a year makes me feel great.
Time to go write a song with all of these
for real
More like two. Just shy.
One that grinds my gears: rhyming 'girl' with 'world.' if I hear it on a song written after 1980, it instantly loses points with me.
Yeah, "unfurled" is almost always forced too!
Slant rhymes in songs always bother me no matter what they are. Like, a poem is fine because they aren't performed, but if you can't make a word rhyme exactly in a song, don't have the song rhyme!
That's oh so good. I feel this to the core.
But what if they are... MATERIAL? *dramatic cue you all know*
I agree but would change 1980 to 1983
4:34: when they where building my home, they filled the walls with insulation foam.
11:06 "Unless they're 200 years old"
**Example from a guy born 101 years ago**
Close enough!
Can't you see Brent?
Lazy cliches are the backbone of the music industry.
It's plain to see!!
There's no need to roam from the core of the industry that ate cliches
"Wherever I May Roam" is about living a nomadic lifestyle. Roaming IS his home in that song. I think it gets a pass.
Plus it's like the main concept of the song, and it's in the name. I think the "home" is the rhyme here.
Brent's point is that the phrase 'wherever I may roam' sounds unnatural or archaic. It doesn't sound like something someone would say in everyday conversation.
That said, I too love the song
I don't think he's lambasting any one particular example, but the pervasive trend as a whole. Sort of a "no one raindrop is to blame for the flood" observation.
I would like to wave my hands in the air... but the truth is, I DO care. I just care SO MUCH.
"When they tell to 'wave your hands in the air like you just don't care', wouldn't the better show of apathy be simply not to bother?" --Jimmy Carr
Brent was able to rhyme "carnivorous" with "coniferous", so I trust his opinions.
That'th a nithe bike, Brental Floth! It'th mine now! Weeeeeeeeee!
MAN I HATE MIKE TYSON
One of mine: Rhyming a word with itself
Yes, that is awful.
Ooof! That's the gold medal of laziness right there!
This is why Sonny Boy is my least favourite song ever.
I actually like it if it's bold enough. Like in War Pigs
I was so hoping you were about to reference Patrick's rock rhymes, and you were! That was a fun moment.
Great video man. I'm desperate for tips like these. 👍
I was expecting “tonight” at the end of phrases for no reason to be on the list
"When do people refer to strife?"
Me: "As a FF7 fan...."
Even then, when do people ever call him Strife?
Me: "As a Homestuck fan..."
Me: "As a comic book fan..."
I've heard roam used in casual conversations my whole life, along with : to the core, don't you see/can't you see, plain to see, and strife. Those phrases/words aren't dead yet- And I'm hearing them even more with some of my newer coworkers.
He´s right about the roaming thing! My midlaner dosen´t even know the word anymore!
Rhyming "Sky" and "high" is such low-hanging fruit that is truly omnipresent, definitely my biggest pet peeve in lyrics.
You only said this because of the recent Mega Man 3 video
@@HylianFox3 It had that rhyme? I guess that's a perfect example then ;P
@@DaDoppen something along the lines of "You're seeing Proto Man's head in the sky / dude, are you totally high" lol
@@HylianFox3 Oh yeah, lol
Okay, now write a song with all of the bad things you spoke about.
i was thinking this exactly
Yeah thinking the same lol
Corneria is blue, and now lately I am too~ (I've been listening to a lot of Space Oddity recently.)
Now excuse me while I go listen to Apples to the Core...
I was definitely expecting the "fire" + "desire" combo!
Like in the songs "I want it that way" and "Venus"?
He didn't want it that way
One cliched rhyme I see a lot is "confusion" and "illusion" (and yes, "disillusioned" counts, too!)
Lyrics 101?! Am I dreaming?!
Yes this was the ghost of Brentalpast
Return of the king
It's plain to see
Rhyming is so difficult. I wrote 2 poems in my life and am still exhausted.
Don't you see the world is full of strife, it cuts you like a knife? We may never return home, to the place we would once roam.
There's a song in the musical curtains where they straight up call out the home/roam, life/wife, love/glove thing in a really pretty way.
When people use these pet peeves in their songs, the quality drops off like some kind of Mario knockoff.
It clearly shows, man.
@@RemerkulTheFlyingCow since when did turtles explode man???
@@faroshscale Aw, Brent, come on. Aren't you a little bit nostalgic for this thing? Remember when it came out?
@@JoshuaRWorkman Waaay back in the day, all we had were 3-frame LCD games...
Our journeys had a lack, of all but travel scrabble packs.
I was hoping you’d include the word "tonight".
I can’t stand how people just seem to overuse that word in songs.
I was gonna say that.
THAT is one that always bothered me even as a kid.
Cmon, let's play fortnite tonite! *dab*
I'm just glad I'm not the only one who has this pet peeve. Yeah, I was expecting this one too.
I very much have used "Don't you see?" In ways other than anger or stern.
Brentalfloss: "when have heard or used the word strife?"
Me: "well I'm a Darksiders fan so probably yesterday"
You got me laughing at "don't regurgitate corn"
When I roamed through my recommedations I never assumed to see a new video from brentalfloss.
I don't know what I expected, but this was much more specific than I had expected.
One of my personal pet peeves when people just force rhymes instead of having no rhyme. Music doesn't need to rhyme, that's a myth, it just has to flow properly. A particluarlly egregious example I can think of is Mark De Groot's original English cover of Limit Break x Survivor (english fan covers are usually _very_ guilty of forced rhymes...) when he replaced the _english_ lyrics "Can't get no satisfaction" with _the complete reverse_ lyrics of "Satisfaction kills the action" and after I got into an argument with his lyricist in the comments (who claimed that these _completely_ isolated from the rest of the song lyrics "didn't flow right" which means the lyricist either thinks that the original lyrics didn't flow right which is _entirely_ incorrect or they're completely full of it), the guy has the _AUDACITY_ to do a smug wink in his newer cover of the song when he sings the lyrics "Can't get no satisfaction" when _I'M_ the one who was validated.
It is true that lyrics don't have to rhyme (in fact English is the only language of music I've even noticed concern itself with rhyming, though my experience with others is limited), it does need to carry throughout the song. If you're already doing typical rhyming lyrics, you will need to find a rhyme. If you don't want to find a rhyme, make that carry throughout the entire song or when you get to the party that doesn't rhyme, it's going to clash.
@@Holydragonblade Did you even read the rest of what I said? The idiot lyricist replaced words in the original Mark De Groot cover of Limit Break x Survivor that independently flow that are already in English with a forced rhyme...
Also Japanese music rhymes too. If you listen to the Japanese version of Limit Break X Survivor and Mark De Groot's new version of the cover, you'll even notice his lyricist even alternates the rhyming _backwards_ meaning _the rhymes aren't even in the right places_ ... I have _no clue_ how that happened....
I suppose part of the issue both here and when making new songs though is that the human brain is predisposed to patterns and rhyming becomes second nature so they decide to rhyme when they don't even need to.
Also I suppose the only alternative is to just not write the lyrics at all. Probably for the best with some of these people anyway because they or their lyricists are just... _SO BAD_ at rhyming... I could easily google a rhyming dictionary on the internet but I doubt those people even remotely considered it.
@@mattwo7 I did read the rest of your comment, but had nothing to say about it. I haven't listened to any version of that song and had no context for addressing that situation, so I said nothing about it.
I understand where you're coming from, but that final sentence you said about feeling "validated" just made it sound like you're still mad about it years later
The use of Use Your Words sound effects for each point is great, haha. Glad to see you’re back!
An active brentalfloss, is it true what I see?
I truly hope that this activity isn't temporary!
To once again hear his lyrics in my mind,
It's like art itself is being redefined!
Thank you for the laughs throughout the years,
if I ever meet you I'd love to buy you some beers!
Here's to looking forward to many more videos
...I quite honestly can't come up with a rhyme for videos.
Stay awesome, keep the laughs coming and I'm really looking forward to the next videos.
Wow, I learned a new word! Tetris it: organize a difficult thought to avoid using repetitive words. Love you Brent!!!
Glad you're back! Some of my earliest memories of this platform are from your videos, now I'm very excited to see what's in store for the future
7:06 🎵Stacy can't you see, you're just not the girl for me🎵By the way, have you decided on all of the season 12 songs yet? If not, I'd really love a Fire Emblem with lyrics! I think it would fit in pretty well with some of your other classics.
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb
Y'know, watching this video has made me want to go back and watch how many of these he's broken so prepare for my return Mr. Floss
I thought for sure "girl" and "world" would be on the chopping block 😆 Frankly, I'm shocked. But this video is awesome!
I bought your game four times, by the way! My family loves it
I’m so glad you gave the SpongeBob musical a shoutout. It’s honestly incredible, and the lyrics are so good in terms of song writing and also being funny. The choreography is also really fun, and the dialogue between the songs are also super close to that classic SpongeBob humor. Just if you’re gonna find a recording (legal or otherwise) I’d rather have someone watch anything other than the televised version. They cut a lot for commercials.
Ohhh I know I am gonna love this! I got a ton of pet peeves with spanish lyrics, specially localizations which, I know are hard to pull off, but there's so many tropes that repeat!
Seeing you post a new video always takes me right back to being 15 again and singing your „With Lyrics“ songs
Now excuse me while I listen to every Mega Man song you’ve recorded 🤘
A personal pet peeve: "break up" and "make up" are NOT the only things that rhyme with "wake up". I don't know why this one bothers me so much, but it grates whenever I hear it.
hide the scars to fade away the shake up?
dont know if you've seen "how you write a love song" by axis of awesome but it pokes fun at that pretty well :)
@@triinrainboot4779 Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Thank you SO MUCH for continuing this series!
I love this kind of videos!
12:42 Brentalfloss has Brentalflaws??? Never!
Great 101 video! It’s good to be able to recognize these sort of cliches and avoid them when possible/appropriate.
the periphery lyric is "it's as lit as an AF", not "any act"
I love how he said "rolling" with a rolling r, what a nice touch!
Dude you are f****** awesome. I still go back and listen to your what a video games had lyrics videos. I was legit singing Dr Mario just the other day to my homie
most cases of "cuts like a knife" are things that aren't literally cutting so they are cutting very much not like a knife
This is the first of your lyrics 101 I’ve seen. Also, you the bomb Brent
happy to see you back
To address #4, the best use of “Feeling Blue” that I can think of is from Steven Universe where Yellow Diamond sings to Blue Diamond “What’s the use of Feeling, Blue?” Where it’s a pun on the saying and a pun about Blue Diamond herself.
Oooh, nice to see you bringing back more than one old series from your channel's early days. Will we perhaps see a new FAQ?
The phrase or words 'Can you hear it' or 'Can you feel it' is used in anime or japanese opening songs.
This is great information. I will never be able to unhear all these cliches. Thanks!
gooood brent giving us adviceees, you made my day
"Have you ever heard someone say 'wherever I may roam'?"
Yes, but I live in Texas so it doesn't count.
Brentalfloss with hair?
My life is complete.
I'm just impressed that you managed to find 10 things to put in this list without including "take a chance something something dance" or "hands in the air like you don't care" or "we gonna do something like you never knew".
I can't believe you didn't mention ending a line or verse with "tonight"
Man I missed you Brent, thanks for this!
The one that didn't make the list: rhyming 'n***a with n***a'.
And probably never will, lest the entire video gets demonitized, or worse...
They call me Mr. Knowitall
I am so eloquent.
Perfection is my middle name
And whatever rhymes with eloquent.
-Primus
Oof... those shots fired on Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dinah Washington. As a fan of classic jazz and traditional pop, it's the deliverance of those types of lyrics that outshines the statements themselves. Good video, though. Didn't realize how many lyrical cliches still persist to this day.
Also, how does this channel not have at least a million subscribers since like 2012? It's one of the most creative, humoristic and longest running channels on YT.
Well, to be clear, it's less firing shots and more illustrating how I'm sick of hearing these clichés because they're so old, Nat used em, lol. They just usually sound goofy nowadays, ya know? :)
Oh wow, you responded. Thank you for taking the time to read my comment and respond back. No, I understand and appreciate your point. "Feeling blue" is definitely a cliche that has been over-utilized in jazz, country, and well... the blues. For myself, I realized watching this video that I have always given those artists a pass since they are such masters of their craft.
Love the channel by the way. Been watching since 2008.
Great video!
Gotta be honest here. I'm not sure how you appeared in my suggestions but glad you did. I've been wondering what you've been doing since the days of old when I'd see you on ScrewAttack. Still have a few of your old tunes in my regular spotify playlist.
Number 9
Mine is rhyming "Friend" with "End" I mean, COME ON!!! Does NO OTHER WORD rhyme with "Friend" other than "End???"
listens further: Oh. Well that's not the case with me. I just hate this because it's overused!
Love. This. Man.
I want to hear "Can't/Don't you see?" in a song about the blind.
Watching this video, I'm glad that I've made four videos on video game tracks with original lyrics and not once have I done anything on this list. Brent has been a large influence on how I write lyrics to music, so it feels great to see that he would most likely approve. Based on this list, anyway.
"You're my one, my love, my all, my everything..."
So many songs...
You ate an entire apple for numer 2. I admire your commitment to the bit.
Look closely. I forgot to buy an apple before the shoot. IT'S DIGITALLY SUPERIMPOSED! YA BOI LEARNED SOME TRICKS IN FINAL CUT 🎉🎉🎉
@@brentalfloss Ah, only available in the George Lucas cut
Hey Brent I'm a secondary school music teacher, and while my choir kids are distance learning I'm going to have them learn songwriting, and I'm absolutely using this video in a lesson!
(Btw my biggest lyrical pet peeve is rhyming "time" with "on a dime")
I really enjoyed this, thank you.
1:18 that line is forever stuck in my head because I watch that show with my nephew.
8:39 What about Eiffel 65 - I'm blue?
That dude's literally blue.
Loved this video. I need more of these opinions please!
Your examples for “blue” were all bluesy songs...
Welcome back brother.
That apple gag made me laugh way more than it should have.
This stuff's great!
Lyrics 101 got me into writing songs. I had the biggest smile on my face when I saw this.
I've used "can't you see" in a song before, but it was "Can't you see that I adore you?" so I think it's okay.
And I actually do say "plain to see" sometimes, but I can blame the fact that I'm not a native English speaker and I learned English mostly from music and television...
I smiled just to see your face again. (Added note: met you at the Railroad Club in Vancouver after your video games awesome appearance). Hello again
Anything about “the sky falling down” or “the sky comes falling down”
Angers me to my core 🍎
Something that I've always been interested in seeing in an episode like this is a discussion of unusual figures of speech. Things such as setting lyrics up with a series of rhymes and a certain phrase at the end that everyone would expect you to use a certain rhyme but you go out of your way to make it not rhyme either to bring their attention to this point, intentionally break up the flow and/or to bring the listener to a place they were not expecting. This is something that is obviously some kind of figure of speech but I don't even know if there is a name for it. Yes it's something you don't want to use on a regular basis but it would really fit and could add impact to songs that go over events that are very unexpected, sudden, and jarring. For example, it would really fit in something like the first verse of Youth of the Nation by P.O.D. I know of a few non-english songs that use this but for some reason, I just can't think of any english ones.
The cut to Khan the Musical Brent with his full head of hair was jarring
Oh damn, great to see you're still around Brentalfloss
I really enjoy your Luigi's Mansion 1 and 2 with lyrics. I hope you're making Luigi's Mansion 3 with lyrics for this Halloween.
There are plenty of tools that cut but don't "cut like a knife". We need more songs where the singer feels like something "cut like a chainsaw".
"Sorry if you're eating" he says as I'm smiling at my phone while eating a Pop Tart
Yay for lyrics!
I feel like rhyming “cold” with “old” should have gone on this list.
cold old told scold bold fold rolled mold gold sold polled
Great video as always Brent! Would have been funny if you referenced Hamilton, when talking about being blue
rhyming "tomorrow" with "borrow" works me up.
Welcome back Brent
I think the song "Our Lady of the Underground" from the musical Hadestown uses the self/shelf rhyme really well. In the examples you gave, the word "shelf" was shoved into the second half of the rhyme just to rhyme with "self"--there was no deeper meaning or context for the word. However, in "Our Lady of the Underground" the singer is in a speakeasy so it makes sense to refer to the various drinks on the shelf. I'm guessing the writer originally started with a shelf/self rhyme when writing the song to introduce that character, but she reverse-engineered a neat subplot for the musical from that rhyme if so--and did it really well!