Are we human or are we.......DANCER?

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xS1TH L0RDx said:
I wonder if anybody who thinks that's a stupid lyric took the time to think about the meaning.
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It's hard to have any meaning when the line doesn't actually make sense. The Killers have never been renowned for their lyrics but their new album is appalling. Here's another good one from their current album:

"fill their head with rumours...of impending doom. It must be true."
 
ZealousD said:
It's a reference to Hunter S Thompson.
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how?!

Also, Hunter S Thompson would have been spaced out and wacky when he said it.

When the killers sing it, it sounds like its trying to be deep and meaningful, you can't say shit like this while you are pouting looking to the side and banging one knee in and out.

Bob from Pike creek said:
The follow up lyric of "my sign is vital" isn't any less stupid.
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shit, I think you beat my challenge. From the same song. from the next line.

Am I human or am I fail
My fail is vital
 
I sort of like this song. I almost respect the audacity needed to sing such a stupid refrain again, and again, and again.
 
catfish said:
To his credit, I have never had a bear claw, but the name fascinates me and would be very interested in sampling one.

he should probably change the line to 'foreign people wonder what the deal is with me, like a bear claw' though.
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i always assumed he was talking about an actual bear's claw.. not the donut.
 
Tntnnbltn said:
"I could care less what you think"
- Beyonce in Single Ladies
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OH SNAP GAF MELTDOWN IMMINENT

SHE SAID SHE COULD CARE LESS OH NOES
typo said:
How the hell was Human supposed to be a dance song?

I guess the answer is human because we are not dancer, damnit.
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Because if we were dancer it would be impossible for us to be human.

That means all the dancer in the world are NOT human.

NOOOOOOOOOOO they are taeking over!
 
When I found out that Hetfield sings "love i a four letter word" in "the day that never comes", instead of "love is a foreign word" really ruins that part of the song for me.

I still force myself to hear "love is a foreign word".
 
megashock5 said:
No, it's dancer, singular. Because it's being used as a classification - human or dancer.

Just as in animal, vegetable or mineral. Liquid, solid or gas.
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Seriously, how hard is it?

I know it sounds awkward at first, but this makes so much sense it's hard to see it any other way. Afterall, they don't use "humans".
"Are we cat or are we dog".

:( I like the song. Granted, I have no musical taste, so I never share my music with anyone, and I tend to just sit in the corner on my own.
 
I thought for sure that this thread was going to be about how GAF just found out about philosoraptor from 4chan, and was now trying to claim it as their own meme.
 
"Summer Girls"

Yeah...I like it when the girls stop by.. In the summer
Do you remember, Do you remember?
...when we met..That summer??

[Chorus:]
New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer..
Since that summer

[Verse 1:]
Hip Hop Marmalade spic And span,
Met you one summer and it all began
You're the best girl that I ever did see,
The great Larry Bird Jersey 33
When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet
Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
Call me Willy Whistle cause I can't speak baby
Something in your eyes went and drove me crazy
Now I can't forget you and it makes me mad,
Left one day and never came back
Stayed all summer then went back home,
Macauly Culkin wasn't Home Alone
Fell deep in love,but now we ain't speaking
Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Chorus:]
New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer..
Since that summer

[Verse 2:]
Cherry Pez,cold crush,rock star boogie
Used to hate school so I had to play hookie,
Always been hip to the B-boY Style
Known to act wild and make girls smile,
Love New Edition and the Candy Girl
Remind me of you because you rock my world
You come from Georgia where the peaches grow
They drink lemonade and speak real slow
You love hip hop and rock n roll
Dad took off when you were 4 years old
There was a good man named Paul Revere
I feel much better baby when you're near
You love fun dip and cherry Coke,
I like the way you laugh when I tell a joke
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge:]
In the summertime girls got it going on,
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like,
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike

[Verse 3]
Bugaloo shrimp and pogo sticks
My mind takes me back there oh so quick
Let you off the hook like my man Mr. Limpet
Think about that summer and I bug,cause I miss it
Like the color purple,macaroni and cheese,
Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees
Call you up but whats the use
I like Kevin Bacon,but I hate Footloose
Came in the door I said it before,I think I'm over you
but I'm really not sure
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge:]
In the summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worth while and some are so so,
Summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worth while and some are so so,
Summertime girls got it going on
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike

[Repeat Chorus]

pick any line from this horrible song and you have a winner.
 
"All the boys and all the girls are begging to if you seek Amy"
-Britney Spears

And yes I know the "subliminal message"(if you wanna call it that) in the song, but it's not clever but rather it's incredibly lame.
 
That "If You Seek Amy" crap is the absolute lamest thing ever. It's not clever, funny, witty, or anything. It's trying way too hard.
 
omg rite said:
That "If You Seek Amy" crap is the absolute lamest thing ever. It's not clever, funny, witty, or anything. It's trying way too hard.
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She could be schizophrenic. :D
 
Hellcrow said:
When I found out that Hetfield sings "love i a four letter word" in "the day that never comes", instead of "love is a foreign word" really ruins that part of the song for me.

I still force myself to hear "love is a foreign word".
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Huh? I thought that was a decent line.
 
Hellcrow said:
When I found out that Hetfield sings "love i a four letter word" in "the day that never comes", instead of "love is a foreign word" really ruins that part of the song for me.

I still force myself to hear "love is a foreign word".
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I've never heard the song, but I've always liked that phrase. In case you don't 'get it', the implication is that love is a swear-word like fuck shit damn etc which are all four letter words. He(?)'s not just saying that love has four letters in it. =P
 
"If I was on my dick, you niggas'll be glad."
-Plies, Friday

"If that's a throwback, then I guess I am throwed forward."
- Chamillionaire, Can't Be Stopped by Color

"If you ass-bettin', you just bet your ass."
- Ghostface Killah, The Juks

oh and everything else at http://www.snacksandshit.com
 
videotape said:
"Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains"
- Shakira
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ooohh good one.

I've always liked 'geting jiggy wit it nananananana getting jiggy wit it' as well, but I don'tt think it can be counted in the same category as it's intentionally goofy.

Incubus - The sky looks like a backlit canopy with holes punched in it.
 
yes. they should disappear from the face of the earth.

that song always irritates the hell out of me.. DANCER???.. DANCER???.. i'll dance on your fucking face you idiot.
 
"Even Ray Charles couldn't see me"
-DJ UNK feat. Big Korey & Dru, This Is How We Do

Ray Charles couldn't see ANYONE :lol
 
mrkgoo said:
Seriously, how hard is it?

I know it sounds awkward at first, but this makes so much sense it's hard to see it any other way. Afterall, they don't use "humans".
"Are we cat or are we dog".
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The problem is that "human" is a collective noun but "dancer" is not. "Human" can be used used singular for plural like "pride" for a group of lions. "Dancer" cannot because a group of dancers isn't a "dancer". You don't say "hey look, a dancer" when speaking about a group of dancing folk, you say "hey look, some dancers".
 
FabCam said:
The problem is that "human" is a collective noun but "dancer" is not. "Human" can be used used singular for plural like "pride" for a group of lions. "Dancer" cannot because a group of dancers isn't a "dancer". You don't say "hey look, a dancer" when speaking about a group of dancing folk, you say "hey look, some dancers".
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But it still works as a classification. You can separate a group into male and female, you don't necessarily need to use the plural forms males and females even if there are many in each group.
 
are we human or are we dancers

possible meaning: are we willful or dancing to a routine

originally i think their lyric was:

are we human or are we denser

possible meaning: are we willful or dense robots.... doing the robot.

either way, cool line

exactly how did you get dancer?
 
catfish said:
I dare any of you to come up with a stupider lyric.

Difficulty: IT must be one line, not a whole paragraph of shit.

There is so many faults with the above lyric. What a shit question.

EDIT: It's the single from the newest album by the Killers for any blessed individuals that have no idea what I'm talking about.
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It is a pretty silly lyric, but damn it all if GAF didn't already beat your lyric in the first few posts. Lil Wayne has some really fucking silly lines. "What don't kill you make you more strong" doesn't seem like a stupid lyric to me, its a well known phrase just worded differently for timing purposes. Also, screw Human. Spaceman is a far better song :D

And Joy Ride, too.
 
I have no stupid lines to contribute at the moment, but I just wanted to take this opportunity to express how much I abhor The Killers. This song--this line in particular--is just awful.
 
The OP's line is nonsensical to say the least, but it isn't as stupid as a lot of things.

From an article:
"It's taken from a quote by [author Hunter S.] Thompson. ... 'We're raising a generation of dancers,' and I took it and ran. I guess it bothers people that it's not grammatically correct, but I think I'm allowed to do whatever I want," he laughed. " 'Denser'? I hadn't heard that one. I don't like 'denser.' "

So, there you go. It's "dancer," and don't you forget it. And though Flowers cops to nicking the line from Thompson, does he share any of the author's sentiments about the growing softness of America's youth?

"I think that I do, and I don't want to be too much of a preacher," he said. "I say that it's a mild social statement, and that's all I'm gonna say. We're still trying to write the best pop songs we can write."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1598299/20081030/killers_the.jhtml

So while it's still pretty dumb, at least it kind of means something (not really). Anyway, who cares? The Chili Peppers have worse lines yet few complain about them.
 
JimtotheHum said:
"Summer Girls"

Yeah...I like it when the girls stop by.. In the summer
Do you remember, Do you remember?
...when we met..That summer??

[Chorus:]
New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer..
Since that summer

[Verse 1:]
Hip Hop Marmalade spic And span,
Met you one summer and it all began
You're the best girl that I ever did see,
The great Larry Bird Jersey 33
When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet
Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
Call me Willy Whistle cause I can't speak baby
Something in your eyes went and drove me crazy
Now I can't forget you and it makes me mad,
Left one day and never came back
Stayed all summer then went back home,
Macauly Culkin wasn't Home Alone
Fell deep in love,but now we ain't speaking
Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Chorus:]
New Kids On The block,had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer..
Since that summer

[Verse 2:]
Cherry Pez,cold crush,rock star boogie
Used to hate school so I had to play hookie,
Always been hip to the B-boY Style
Known to act wild and make girls smile,
Love New Edition and the Candy Girl
Remind me of you because you rock my world
You come from Georgia where the peaches grow
They drink lemonade and speak real slow
You love hip hop and rock n roll
Dad took off when you were 4 years old
There was a good man named Paul Revere
I feel much better baby when you're near
You love fun dip and cherry Coke,
I like the way you laugh when I tell a joke
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge:]
In the summertime girls got it going on,
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like,
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike

[Verse 3]
Bugaloo shrimp and pogo sticks
My mind takes me back there oh so quick
Let you off the hook like my man Mr. Limpet
Think about that summer and I bug,cause I miss it
Like the color purple,macaroni and cheese,
Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees
Call you up but whats the use
I like Kevin Bacon,but I hate Footloose
Came in the door I said it before,I think I'm over you
but I'm really not sure
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge:]
In the summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worth while and some are so so,
Summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worth while and some are so so,
Summertime girls got it going on
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike

[Repeat Chorus]

pick any line from this horrible song and you have a winner.
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You know, I was gonna say that you were supposed to pick only one line [and I know other people put more than one, but it was like only three lines] but damn it all if every line isn't stupid. What a fucking dumb song. Someone did not understand the lyrical process in the slighest. You, sir, win this game. Or thread. Whatever.
 
(Are we Human = do we have free will?) or (Are we Dancer = do we have predestined paths?)

It's an existential crisis. I don't see what's so bad about it. It's infinitely deeper than anything heard on most euro-trance, which is what this song attempts to be.

It's not great, but who cares? Apparently they reached the level where it's cool to hate them now. You guys are so deep that you can attempt literary criticism of a pop-dance song! Amazing!
 
'I USED TO BEEEEEEEE A LITTLE BOY!' Wow, Billy Corgan, how profound.

Hellcrow said:
When I found out that Hetfield sings "love i a four letter word" in "the day that never comes", instead of "love is a foreign word" really ruins that part of the song for me.
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Well DUH! Love IS a four letter word! Because it has four letters in it and stuff huhurr...
 
Casual Gamera said:
"I'm serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer."

Turbo B / Snap
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hahaha I love that song

I love Nirvana/Cobain but this one line is idiotic:

"What else could I say? Everyone is gay." -_-
 
Are people hating on the beat of the song or the lyrics?

I actually quite enjoyed the song, but didn't realize it was the killers (quite different from their previous work).
 
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