Readers' 20 Worst Lyrics Ever: No. 20
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We showed you ours -- now you're showing us yours. Since we posted our 20 Worst Lyrics of All Time, you've left us 4000+ comments -- not all of which say, "You suck!" So, for the sequel, here are the lyrics you most love to mock. Let's count them down ... and, by all means, leave yourselves some comments.
"I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy"
--Bob Marley's 'I Shot the Sheriff'
Who gives a crap, you're still going to jail!!! --Lisa, Long Island, N.Y.
"I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy"
--Bob Marley's 'I Shot the Sheriff'
Who gives a crap, you're still going to jail!!! --Lisa, Long Island, N.Y.
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melissaat 3-03-2008
wow...people just stop harassing peoples comments...i don't agree with them either but is calling them fourth graders really going to help...but c'mon guys dont trash bob...
"don't talk to me if you think i'm dumb" -waiting in vain by bob marley
aimeeat 3-26-2008
I don't see why Spinner put this lyric on the list...if they got 4000+ comments there had have been at least 1000 that were better suited for an awful lyrics list.
warren cancillaat 4-03-2008
Even when I was a white 20-something ignoramus Eric Clapton singing these lyrics made no sense to me. It was only on hearing Bob Marley that I realized it was an ingenious song about racism and corruption.
Shaw Vittoriat 4-09-2008
Lisa and her followers need to go back under whatever rock they came from......... Bob Marley was an icon and still remain one into infinity.......you on the other hand,well let's leave it like that.............
Dallasat 4-16-2008
Marley was a genius and if you don't like the lyrics or better yet don't understand them I suggest no need to comment on them.
heatherat 5-07-2008
OMG..you can't f*king touch Bob Marley..Im going to pretend I never saw this.
bluespec5at 5-18-2008
It's pathetic the way some of you 20-somethings worship your idols so much that no one can criticize their lyrics. Some of you are just insecure reactionaries, but, regarding I Shot the Sherriff, there is nothing wrong with the lyrics if you listen to the whole song. Marley is referring to a situation where he had to defend himself against a corrupt sheriff and, in the process, ends up killing the guy. Although he didn't kill the deputy, yet through a series of events, unexplained in the song, it appears that someone killed the deputy and tries to pin both murders on Marley.
Kelseyyat 7-24-2008
i love this song.!
Heyat 8-09-2008
i've listn to the song
but reading the lyrics
i relize how stupid the song is
hes still awesome though
animerocks2000at 8-11-2008
makes you wonder what lisa was smoking
Michaelat 9-22-2008
well if you listen to the whole song you might get it, that he shot the sheriff in self defense.
geno121at 10-08-2008
dont EVER fucking take a shot at bob marley. EVER.
caeenamorconmi91at 10-26-2008
Dude are you serious? Why is this song up here. It's a CLASSIC.
alecm004at 11-29-2008
what about Mister Mister's "Broken Wings" where he soulfully sings with a straight face “You’re half of the flesh, and blood makes me whole,”. or in Limp Bizkit's "Nookie", "I did it all for the Nookie, come on, the Nookie, come on, the Nookie, so you can take that cookie, and stick it up your ass.." need I say any more?
maddieat 11-30-2008
i lovee thats song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the lyrics may be weird but its awesome now all we listen too is songs about sex! i like this much better
lilmojoman7at 11-30-2008
this is a great song wether he says dum stuff or not
michael102271at 12-11-2008
he swore it was in self defense.
Liteninat 12-13-2008
HEY IDIOTS ,Bob was singing about Injustice in Jamaica and around the world.The sheriff shot his own deputy and tried to frame the Hero of this song and he knows that if he gets caught he will get convicted of a crime he didnt commit,Look up Marleys backstory for context, He was shot by the Jamaican Government went he wouldnt work with the ruling regime(lend his celebrity to the Regimes agenda).
regnr8d1at 12-30-2008
You see the thing is he shot the sheriff the bullet bounced off his badge and hit the deputy.
So "I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy" is indeed a true statement.
There you go a little CSI for ya.
Nickat 12-31-2008
Good God...it is just common sense not to hate on Bob. In fact, being negative about Bob Marley is pretty ironic. But such things will piss off a lot of...er...people belonging to a certain interest group. And there's a lot of us. Lisa...you're the worst kind of person.