“I hope you know this will go down on your permanent record“
Song (click for full lyrics): Kiss Off
Artist: Violent Femmes
Album: Violent Femmes
Year: 1982
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From the Washington Post and VH1’s poll of the greatest lyrics of all-time in Britain. Number three.
“I feel stupid and contagious, here we are now, entertain us”
Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Artist: Nirvana
Album: Nevermind
Year: 1991
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Props to Dicky Barrett from the Mighty Morning Show on Indie 103.1 for dialing me in on this. Tomorrow I will have to post some Bosstones wisdom.
“They can’t get nowhere, they’ve all gone beat crazy“
Song: Beat Crazy
Artist: Joe Jackson
Album: Beat Crazy
Year: 1980
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“All I learnt at school was how to bend not break the rules“
Song: Baggy Trousers
Artist: Madness
Album: Absolutely
Year: 1980
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“There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.”
Song: Your Redneck Past
Artist: Ben Folds Five
Album: The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner
Year: 1999
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“What the hell am I doing here? I don’t belong here.”
Song: Creep
Artist: Radiohead
Album: Pablo Honey
Year: 1993
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“When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school It’s a wonder I can think at all.“
Song: Kodachrome
Artist: Paul Simon
Album: There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
Year: 1973
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