I'll get the ball rolling:

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Baby I'm a Want You

And the Granddaddy of them all... Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby

Vinnie Vincent Invasion:

-(Ruler) Boyz are gonnna rock

From Paula Abdul's song Opposites Attract:


Ain't it amazing how we lasted this long
You and me proving everyone wrong.
Don't ever think we'll get our differences patched.
It don't really matter cause we're perfectly matched.

Bran Van 3000:


Pinocchio has got a broken nose
So watch your back bushwacker
You can't deal with the greatest cracker
Everybody knows
The prognosis
Is Discosis




How about titles of bands:

Bad English
The The

Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

"It aint no use in turnin on your light, babe
That light I never knowed"

From "We Are the World:"

"It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me..."


Another double negative:

From Tommy James' "Crimson and Clover:"

"Now...I don't hardly know her..."



And a triple negative from Joe Tex:

"I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman..."

don't forget of course, Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall"

we don't need no education!

Ain't Misbehavin

How about the triple-negative in America's Horse With No Name --
"'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain"

but I'm torn about Dylan's "Quinn the Eskimo" --
"You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn"... with better punctuation, that could be properly constructed, I suppose...you might not see 'nothing' the way Quinn did.

--Bob

We aint got nothin yet-The Blues Magoos

How about America's 'Tin Man':

"No Oz never did give nuthin to the Tin Man" :D

As a former English teacher, I have to say I always figured that subverting the rules of grammar was part and parcel of what rock 'n roll was all about.

I still recall the day my 6th grade language class greeted me singing in unison "we don't need no education."

You ain't seen nothin' yet
B-b-b-b-baby you just ain't seen nothin' yet
Here's somethin, here's somethin you're never gonna forget
Ya know ya know ya know you ain't seen nothin' yet
That's cuz you ain't been around!

Sir Paul's Live and Let Die: ".....and in this ever changing world in which we live in...."

Sir Paul's Live and Let Die: ".....and in this ever changing world in which we live in...."

The lyric is actually "...and in this ever changing world in which we're livin'..."

Not much better, but a little bit. You have to listen closely, but I've satisfied myself that's what he's actually singing.

On a slightly different tact:

Hot for Teacher by Van Halen. :yes:

And the flip side to defend teachers:

Beat on the Brat by The Ramones. :thmbsp:

The group America was mentioned twice in the same thread. Even though both were negative mentions, it's still two too many mentions.

Doug

Any rap .

Well, for us more higher upper educated folks, there was always English 1-B, which concentrated on poetry as part of english:

I dont want a pickle,
Just want to ride my motor-sickle
I don't want to die,
Just want to ride my motorcy........................................... ............cle.

Arlo Guthrie

Let us not forget the entire catalog of Slade;
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
"Cum On Feel The Noize"
"Bak 'ome"
....and many others.
Dan

On a slightly different tact:

Hot for Teacher by Van Halen. :yes:

And the flip side to defend teachers:

Beat on the Brat by The Ramones. :thmbsp:

If you mention the Ramones, then you must mention "Rock & Roll High School"!!!

And don't you never not forget ( :D ) some of their songs, like "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue", "Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy", "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment", "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement", I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You", "I Wanna Be Sedated", "I Wanna Live", well, with the Ramones, we could go on forever.

Then there's the Dead Boy's "Ain't it Fun?", Bob Dylan's "It ain't Me, Babe", Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love", Meatloaf's "Two outta Three Ain't Bad", The Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", and Micheal Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin".

And who sings "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone"?

As for band names, how about "Bad English"?

"And who sings "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone"?

Bill Withers would be that singer's name.

"Gimme Dat Thing"- Pipkins, 1970

"Gimme Dat Thing"- Pipkins, 1970

Actually, I think it's worse than that: "Gimme Dat Ding"

--Bob

Yep, I think you're right, come to think of it...

As for band names, how about "Bad English"?And of course The English Beat. :yes:

pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa--ooh mow mow--poppa--ooh mow mow--pa-poppa--ooh mow mow--poppa--ooh mow mow--pa-poppa--ooh mow mow--poppa--ooh mow mow............................................... .........................