Bad grammar in music industry

**TheJackpotter** · Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:08 pm Post subject: Bad grammar in music industry

Either my English sucks, or bad grammar is getting even more popular in music.
I was just hearing Lights and Sounds by Yellowcard and heard: "You earns...". It's not the first time I hear typos like this. I'm gonna list s'more typos:
Master of Puppets: "Where's the dreams..."
Alesha Dickson - Breathe Slow: "You is taking..."
A song by Nickelback, I think: "I is..." "...so much faster than I"
So, SH, what do you think about this? Do they make this mistakes on prupose or not?
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**9001** · Joined: 03 Sep 2008 Posts: 3690 Location: North New Jersey

They're definitely made on purpose to make the lyrics flow better. If they were going for 100% grammatical correctness, those would have definitely been caught.

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**kainiac** · Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject: Re: Bad grammar in music industry

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**bummet3** · Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Posts: 66 Location: Wyandotte, MI

I'm surprised you didn't mention any rap songs.
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**ready2rock** · Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:05 pm Post subject:

The Nickelback song you're referring to is "Never gonna be alone":

Time is going by
so much faster than I

I don't know where you're getting the I is from, but they picked I to rhyme with by

The one I will call Nickelback on is the song "believe it or Not" where Chad somehow thought that "everyone have" and "everyone believe" is correct.

The song's message is great, but the grammar...not so much.

I think that with the internet and text speak, people in general, not just musicians, aren't being as careful with their grammar because they can be a little sloppy and a lot of people won't notice anything wrong
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**kainiac** · Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:21 pm Post subject:

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**guitarroker** · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 1993 Location: Iceland

No, "I" only works if you are the topic of the sentence, not the object. Plus, "I" and "me" are the exact same amount of syllables: one. No excuse, and I don't think it "flows better" or anything.
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Do you know how many songs have grammatical error? Almost all of them, my friend. Have fun picking them out.
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**directshot999** · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 3838 Location: Birmingham, AL

"Where's the dreams that I've been after?"

"Where're the dreams that I've been after?"

"Where are the dreams that I've been after?"

Which sounds clearer and flows better? Definitely the original.
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Goo goo ga joob?

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