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Goldilocks · 07-01-2010, 02:01 PM

We've all heard 'em. Countless times. The over-used lyric cliche's. What are some you've heard (ad nauseum)?

ABlairican Pie · 07-05-2010, 11:36 AM

"Going nowhere fast"
"I wish I didn't know now things I didn't know then"--first used by Bob Seeger
and was copied by Poison.

Goldilocks · 08-17-2010, 08:33 PM

"Like a dog without a bone" seems to have been used quite a bit too!

Ohio8 · 02-07-2024, 08:06 PM

The "midnight train".

ABlairican Pie · 02-08-2024, 07:45 AM

"Dead man walking" is an overused cliche in CCM (contemporary Christian music).

ThisLittlePiggy · 02-10-2024, 12:49 PM

"Soar like an eagle"

Steve M. · 04-25-2024, 08:28 PM

highway in the sky
bed of roses
playin' to win
'til the end of time
you broke my heart
get down

Steve M. · 04-25-2024, 08:31 PM

Also, "shot through the heart" - Bon Jovi used it as the opening lyric for "You Give Love a Bad Name" two years after titling a song "Shot Through The Heart" - which had already been a title of a Jennifer Warnes song . . . a song I happen to like a lot.

ThisLittlePiggy · 04-26-2024, 02:24 PM

Cold as ice

Cuts like a knife

07-01-2010, 02:01 PM	#1
Goldilocks Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 08, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 693	"Spread Your Wings and Fly" and other over-used music cliches' We've all heard 'em. Countless times. The over-used lyric cliche's. What are some you've heard (ad nauseum)?

07-05-2010, 11:36 AM	#2
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,620	"Going nowhere fast" "I wish I didn't know now things I didn't know then"--first used by Bob Seeger and was copied by Poison.
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02-07-2024, 08:06 PM	#4
Ohio8 Member Forum Star Join Date: Jul 29, 2003 Location: Wherever you aren't. Posts: 18,912	The "midnight train".
	__________________ "Shorter of breath and one day closer to death." -- Pink Floyd

04-25-2024, 08:28 PM	#7
Steve M. Back on the road to reality Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33,281	highway in the sky bed of roses playin' to win 'til the end of time you broke my heart get down
	__________________ I don't really get out a lot. When I do go out, I couldn't be happier. I love being in a nice milieu. I'm as happy as a clam. Just as long as I'm not in some club playing hip-hop. You hear that sort of thing in a lot of places. That's not my milieu. Rock and roll is good-time music. I love rock. So did my parents.

08-17-2010, 08:33 PM	#3
Goldilocks Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 08, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 693	"Like a dog without a bone" seems to have been used quite a bit too!

02-08-2024, 07:45 AM	#5
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,620	"Dead man walking" is an overused cliche in CCM (contemporary Christian music).

02-10-2024, 12:49 PM	#6
ThisLittlePiggy Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 02, 2013 Posts: 83,771	"Soar like an eagle"

04-25-2024, 08:31 PM	#8
Steve M. Back on the road to reality Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33,281	Also, "shot through the heart" - Bon Jovi used it as the opening lyric for "You Give Love a Bad Name" two years after titling a song "Shot Through The Heart" - which had already been a title of a Jennifer Warnes song . . . a song I happen to like a lot.

04-26-2024, 02:24 PM	#9
ThisLittlePiggy Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 02, 2013 Posts: 83,771	Cold as ice Cuts like a knife