Readers' 20 Worst Lyrics Ever: No. 17

"Like a rock

Chargin' from the gate"

--Bob Seger and Silver Bullet Band's 'Like a Rock'

How many rocks have you seen charging from gates? Oh well, it made him a ton of money on truck ads. I guess he's wealthy now ... like a rock. --Brad Crabb, Brazil, Ind.

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Amyat 4-05-2007

HYSTERICAL -- never realized how dumb this song is. Good one, Brad.

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mike brennanat 4-06-2007

hey brad--fyi--seger donated the money from the chevy ads to the detroit public school system

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Bob Aat 4-07-2007

A partial line, taken out of context, from the complete lyric. In context it makes complete sense. An exceptionally stupid choice for this list.

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Tonyat 4-07-2007

It's not about context. It's about individual lines of lyric.
And this one is hilarious.

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DixonSteele1on1at 1-04-2009

Gotta agree with you here, Tony!

Read through all the lyrics and it still don't make no sense...lol!

Guess that's like saying where's the late, great George Carlin when you need him!

Carry on, yo!

http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-seger/like-a-rock/

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Crystalat 4-07-2007

Bob Seger did alot with his proceeds from Chevy using the song

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pregueletto butromonobabbittat 4-07-2007

Almost all of his songs could make the crap list. This says a lot about his Stag-soaked fans.

"Who wants a raise, who needs a stake"

or how about "The Horizontal Bop", in which Bob couldn't think of any names to use, so every line begins with "someone" this and "someone" that...

on and on and on...

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patat 4-07-2007

Bob Seger kicks John Mellencamp's ass in the makin' money off the car companies' sweepstakes.

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Patriciaat 4-08-2007

"Like a rock"; Strong & sure, unbreakable.

"Charging from the gate"; {A horse or bull} charging out of the gate when the gate is spung in a race or rodeo.
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I guess you need to know about those things to understand what he is singing about.

I just thank the good Lord that I don't understand all these lyrics like a 5 year old would.

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DAS SALLat 4-08-2007

No one ever heard of dis-similar pairings to make a metaphor??? This is pure genieus.

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ISAIDITat 4-14-2007

In response to Mike Brennan's comment- April 6, 2007. Hey...Mike Dumb A** Brennan...was your comment supposed to be an attack on the Detroit Public School system? It's obvious that whatever school system you're in (you MUST still be in school)hasn't helped you much. Capital letters and punctuation should not be omitted from your comments IF YOU'RE GOING TO CRITICIZE SOMEONE. DUMBA**! Now go to your corner and shut the F*** up! P. S. You wish you could be Bob Seger.

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segerlover1979at 7-03-2009

Great reply to an idiot's remark about Seger's lyrics. I don't care if this comment's 2 years after this posting. Seger's classic, legendary, respected, honored, loved and admired for being a hard workin-, blue collar man. He has soul & deep love for his family, fans and fellow Americans, who like him had to EARN THEY WAY to be successful. Oh, to Brad Crabb of Brazil, Ind. listen to his music that spans 4 decades
and don't be such a D***!

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segerlover1979at 7-03-2009

Oops...I need to correct my errors and add one more line

Great reply to an idiot's remark about Seger's lyrics. I don't care if MY comment's 2 years after the posting. Seger's classic, legendary, respected, honored, loved and admired for being a hard workin-, blue collar man. He has soul & a deep love for his family, fans and fellow Americans who, like Seger, had to EARN THEIR WAY to success. Oh, to Brad Crabb of Brazil, Ind. listen to his music that spans 4 decades and don't be such a D***! You couldn't even be half the man Bob Seger is...

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Van Watsonat 4-28-2007

I would like to note that at the time Bob Seger donated a lot of the money from the royalties of that deal to layed off UAW workers in his native detroit area....a truly unselfish man and I might add one of the best concerts I have ever attended.
I am appalled at your lack of sensitivity towards this performer.....

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Robertat 4-28-2007

One of the few artists that I absolutely cannot relate to anything he writes. Good choice. And at this age, if two-plus-two is on your mind, the answer is four.

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