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The 20 Worst Lyrics Ever: No. 5
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"But if this ever-changing
world in which we live in ..."
--Paul McCartney and Wings' 'Live and Let Die'
Dangerous combination: Sir Paul having so much money and prepositional phrases being so cheap. Any junior-high English teacher would take points off for everything after "world."
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Editor's Note: Oops, we originally had "in" instead of "if." (Thanks for correcting us, commenters!) But the rest of it -- "in which we live in" vs. "in which we're livin'" -- is still debatable. Either way, everything after "world" is unneccessary, and that was our point. Macca fans, don't despair, we love him too -- read our I Freakin' Love This Song about 'Heart of the Country.'
Editor's Note: Oops, we originally had "in" instead of "if." (Thanks for correcting us, commenters!) But the rest of it -- "in which we live in" vs. "in which we're livin'" -- is still debatable. Either way, everything after "world" is unneccessary, and that was our point. Macca fans, don't despair, we love him too -- read our I Freakin' Love This Song about 'Heart of the Country.'
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You've got #5 wrong. The lyric is:
"But if this ever-changing
world in which we're livin' ..."
According to Oxford, "There’s no necessity to ban prepositions from the end of sentences. Ending a sentence with a preposition is a perfectly natural part of the structure of modern English."
So, it is not necessarily incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition. With all the bad lyrics out there, this one is hardly awful enough for such a list. PTxS
LIke Boheme said, isn't it "world in which we're living"? Come on, give Paul a little credit...
June 24 2012 at 5:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, but I doubt they'll take back the Oscar they gave hime for this song!
July 08 2011 at 3:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYes!! I've been saying this line in Live and Let Die are horrible horrible. And I LOVE Paul McCartney.
June 30 2011 at 5:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Boheme
It's "the world in which we're living", dicks.
May 30 2011 at 12:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
dan
are you ******* kidding me
May 17 2011 at 8:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Jason
Ok, so the line wasn't Shakespeare. You really going to try to tell Sir Dr. James Paul McCartney, M.B.E. how to write a song?
Remember Jim Morrison's take on the English language..."you know they are a liar"?
Uchiha_Itachi
it saddens me to see such classics deemed to have "worse lyrics" than the computer-written crap that's being spoon-fed to the masses today. Apparently the assclown who made this list has no concept of good music vs. wannabe crap designed to cater to people with a grade school iq
June 11 2010 at 12:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
revrock
Why is there a picture of Angela Lansbury here?
May 27 2010 at 6:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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