Music
Des'ree song 'Life' has the worst lyrics of any pop song, according to a poll of BBC 6 Music listeners.
Listeners to the digital radio station were asked to nominate tunes with terrible words. They then voted from nominees - and Des'ree's 1998 single was a clear winner with 30 per cent.
The chorus of 'Life' reads: "I don't want to see a ghost/It's the sight that I fear most/I'd rather have a piece of toast/Watch the evening news."
Snap's 'Rhythm Is A Dancer' came second in the poll, whose results were announced on the Marc Riley show. "I'm as serious as cancer/When I say rhythm is a dancer," it goes.
Indie favourites Razorlight came third. "And I met a girl/She asked me my name/I told her what it was," secured 'Somewhere Else' its place.
Riley commented: "Bad lyrics can come in all forms - some acceptable, some less so. For instance, in the right hands, defiantly dumb lyrics such as Manfred Mann's 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy' can be more than acceptable as part of the pop idiom.
"But imagine the same words streaming from the crown prince of gloom, Leonard Cohen. It would, quite rightly, be mocked and held up for much ridicule."
A BBC spokesman added: "Some of the lyrics are truly dreadful. But some of them do look worse written down on paper."
Listeners to the digital radio station were asked to nominate tunes with terrible words. They then voted from nominees - and Des'ree's 1998 single was a clear winner with 30 per cent.
The chorus of 'Life' reads: "I don't want to see a ghost/It's the sight that I fear most/I'd rather have a piece of toast/Watch the evening news."
Snap's 'Rhythm Is A Dancer' came second in the poll, whose results were announced on the Marc Riley show. "I'm as serious as cancer/When I say rhythm is a dancer," it goes.
Indie favourites Razorlight came third. "And I met a girl/She asked me my name/I told her what it was," secured 'Somewhere Else' its place.
Riley commented: "Bad lyrics can come in all forms - some acceptable, some less so. For instance, in the right hands, defiantly dumb lyrics such as Manfred Mann's 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy' can be more than acceptable as part of the pop idiom.
"But imagine the same words streaming from the crown prince of gloom, Leonard Cohen. It would, quite rightly, be mocked and held up for much ridicule."
A BBC spokesman added: "Some of the lyrics are truly dreadful. But some of them do look worse written down on paper."
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