Writing a song is hard. Not everything in the world can be as simple as “I’m hot cuz I’m fly, you ain’t cuz you’re not.” Sometimes musicians and songwriters have to come up with metaphors, antecdotes or quotable lines– all while keeping the beat and rhyming with the line before. It’s not always easy, which is why every so often we’re blessed with ridiculous lines like “there’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic & gin.” The folks over at Cracked have compiled a list of the 15 Most Outrageous Claims in Pop Music History. Crappy metaphors, ridiculous rap claims and straight up nonsense- it’s all there. Check it out now.
The list is great (I don’t think I ever noticed how stupid that Color Me Badd line is), but I’ll be honest: I’m a little surprised that Lil’ Kim’s claim that her vag comes in different flavors didn’t make the cut. Maybe next time.
