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* ''[[Anime/LuckyStar Motteke! Sailor Fuku!]]'', which is quite appropriate considering it somewhat parodies shows with songs exactly like it. It doesn't help that what the song actually says changes depending on who you're talking to. Is the second line about being wrapped up in a sailor uniform, a school uniform being wrapped in the person wearing it, or ''rapping'' in a sailor uniform? It's so confusing!

* Parodied by comedian Kyle Gordon with [[https://www.indy100.com/tiktok/planet-bass-kyle-gordon-song "Planet of the Bass"]] (aka "Every European Dance Song in TheNineties") a spoof of [=Y2K=]-era {{Europop}} in which he and Chrissi Poland (credited as DJ Crazy Times and Ms. Biljana Electronica[[note]]The latter is [[LoopingLines played in the video]] by [[https://gizmodo.com/planet-of-the-bass-song-tiktok-biljana-electronica-1850714675 a revolving door of influencers]] (Audrey Trullinger, Mara Olney, and Sabrina Brier), in a parody of how many Eurodance songs regularly swapped out their female vocalists[[/note]]) sing nonsense lyrics that sound [[BlindIdiotTranslation poorly machine-translated]] from German into English over an uptempo electronic beat. Music/{{Aqua}}, one of the bands whose music was being parodied, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny voiced their approval]] by way of a ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' meme.

When we out in the space on the planet of the\\
BASS!!!\\

* Parodied by comedian Kyle Gordon with [[https://www.indy100.com/tiktok/planet-bass-kyle-gordon-song "Planet of the Bass"]] (aka "Every European Dance Song in TheNineties") a spoof of [=Y2K=]-era {{Europop}} in which he and Audrey Trullinger (credited as DJ Crazy Times and Ms. Biljana Electronica) sing nonsense lyrics that sound [[BlindIdiotTranslation poorly machine-translated]] from German into English over an uptempo electronic beat. Music/{{Aqua}}, one of the bands whose music was being parodied, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny voiced their approval]] by way of a ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' meme.

** "Kidney Bingos" plays this one pretty straight, although it can be read as a very abstract ListSong - all the words and phrases used could describe either something one might worry about (e.g. "fire", "mob", "crash"), or vices one might use to distract themselves from those worries (e.g. "pints", "drugs", "sex calls"). The chorus alone is "Money spines, paper lung, kidney bingos, organ fun"...

** "Kidney Bingos" plays this one pretty straight, although there is an implied theme, and it can be read as a very abstract ListSong. The chorus alone is "Money spines, paper lung, kidney bingos, organ fun"...

** There's also Billy Bragg and Wilco's "Hoodoo Voodoo", which actually had [[PosthumousCollaboration lyrics written by]] Woody Guthrie. Justified because Guthrie was just writing a silly song to entertain his kids:

* Music/{{Pink}}'s "Feel Good Time". It's pretty unusual for her, but more much more typical of Music/{{Beck}} who co-wrote the song [[note]] (It was originally going to be a collaboration between Beck and the song's producer William Orbit, then someone got a hold of the demo and wanted to use it in ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle''; Beck didn't want to be associated with the movie himself, but didn't mind letting someone else sing the song)[[/note]].

We get paid to rattle our chains\\
We go in the back, paint our money black\\
Spend it on the enemy\\
Sleeping in the church, riding in the dirt\\
Put a banner over my grave\\
Make a body work, make a beggar hurt\\
Sell me something big and untamed

We get paid to rattle our chains
We go in the back, paint our money black
Spend it on the enemy
Sleeping in the church, riding in the dirt
Put a banner over my grave
Make a body work, make a beggar hurt

* Music/{{Pink}}'s "Feel Good Time". It's pretty unusual for her, but once you learn that Music/{{Beck}} was a co-writer [[note]] In fact, it was originally going to be a collaboration between Beck and William Orbit for a solo album the latter was working on. Then someone got a hold of the demo and wanted to use it in ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle''; Beck didn't want to be associated with the movie himself, but didn't mind letting someone else sing the song[[/note]], lines like "paint our money black, spend it on the enemy" seem a little less odd.

** "Close to the Edge" one-ups that. It kicks off with "A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace / [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace....]]", and carries on in that vein for almost 19 minutes.

** And, of course, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs.

** If you pierce through all of the bizarre French slang, [[IntercourseWithYou the meaning of the lyrics]] becomes pretty clear... That said, it's pretty incoherent and whacked out, suggesting [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs lots of speed was taken during the writing process]].

* Parodied by comedian Kyle Gordon with [[https://www.intheknow.com/post/planet-of-the-bass-euro-pop/ "Planet of the Bass"]] (aka "Every European Dance Song in TheNineties") a spoof of [=Y2K=]-era {{Europop}} in which he and Audrey Trullinger (credited as DJ Crazy Times and Ms. Biljana Electronica) sing nonsense lyrics that sound [[BlindIdiotTranslation poorly machine-translated]] from German into English over an uptempo electronic beat.
-->All оf thе drеаm, hоw dоеs it mеаn?\\
Whеn thе rhythm is glаd, thеrе is nоthing tо bе sаd\\
Dаngеr аnd dаnсе, clаpping thе hаnds\\
Whеn wе оut in thе spасе on thе plаnеt оf thе\\

Lifе, it nеvеr diе, wоmеn аrе my fаvоritе guy\\
Sеx, I'm wаnting mоrе, tеll thе wоrld, stop the war\\
Bооm, hеаr thе bаss gо zооm, hаvе а bоdy, fееl thе grооvе\\
Cybеr systеm оvеrlоаd, evеrybоdy MOVEMENT!

* Parodied by comedian Kyle Gordon with [[https://www.intheknow.com/post/planet-of-the-bass-euro-pop/ "Planet of the Bass",]] a spoof of [=Y2K=]-era {{Europop}} in which he and Audrey Trullinger (credited as DJ Crazy Times and Ms. Biljana Electronica) sing nonsense lyrics that sound [[BlindIdiotTranslation poorly machine-translated]] from German into English over an uptempo electronic beat.

-->All оf thе drеаm, hоw dоеs it mеаn?//
Whеn thе rhythm is glаd, thеrе is nоthing tо bе sаd//
Dаngеr аnd dаnсе, clаpping thе hаnds//
Whеn wе оut in thе spасе on thе plаnеt оf thе//

Lifе, it nеvеr diе, wоmеn аrе my fаvоritе guy//
Sеx, I'm wаnting mоrе, tеll thе wоrld, stop the war//
Bооm, hеаr thе bаss gо zооm, hаvе а bоdy, fееl thе grооvе//

** His take on one of the ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' openings:

** "Last Wave" was written as a musical GagDub of the music video for "Walk This Way" by {{Music/Aerosmith}} and Music/RunDMC: The chorus seems like some pretty straightforward musings about death ("we die alone, we die in pain, we live in terror..."). The verses sometimes less so:

* Primitive Radio Gods' "[[LongTitle Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand]]" seems to be trying to say something profound...until the last line of the third verse: "And bathe yourself in zebra flesh".

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':

* ''Film/WillyWonka'': Like in the original book, the Oompa-Loompas sing a song each time a child is eliminated from the tour, but here they use lots of nonsense words just for the sake of creating easy rhymes. For example, they begin each song with "Oompa-Loompa, Doopity-Doo, I've got a perfect puzzle for you!" (switching "a perfect puzzle" to "another puzzle" in all songs after the first).

See also SurrealThemeTune, {{Scatting}}, WordSaladTitle, WordSaladPhilosophy, TheWalrusWasPaul, and TrueArtIsIncomprehensible. May overlap with PhraseSaladLyrics. Compare SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein. Not to be confused with [[ViewersAreGeniuses Listeners Are Geniuses]], where lyrics are loaded with literary, mythological, or pop-cultural references that are confusing only to non-geniuses.

* The band ''Orgy'' often uses weird lyrics and metaphors. One that stands out is the song "Eyes-radio-lies" which ends with the repeating line "With all that's fake there's sense to make from toys that break". A possible translation is "With so much bullshitting going on, it's no wonder things so often don't work out."

** Then there's [[https://youtu.be/BhDhDRvHaGs Rick Perry]].
-->''Ice cream. That is cheap. Fact.''
-->''And then I suspended Marsha off this bridge, and took a virgin heifer nightriding for a while; we never got a dead spirit. We hated it though. It's disgusting.''
-->''Someone had a grade-A lungfish decorate their home for a merry fool's function.''
-->''What's good is to get these goats for our computer industry!''
-->''I'm bored by famine. I cannot wait for a medieval cookie, a cinnabon, hot yellow cool-aid, and save a pretzel for the gas-jets!''
-->''Some do the olympics; and some defy the titans. Ice cream.''
-->''You know, I had this girl, who was too ugly to ride; and we were bitter. This princess-and-the-mustache, one-size-fits-all, everybody-hookup? Babe.''
-->''You can borrow my [=CDs=], but not one every day! You could try my Kwanzaa [=CDs=]; but they're not yours, and you don't have to take any of them.''

* "No Return", TheNineties' sounding song written for the opening sequence of ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}''.

* Anna Waronker and Craig Wedren wrote "No Return", the theme song specifically for the show, but it fits in with grunge music from TheNineties, complete with WordSaladLyrics.

Birthday suit, just a smile, no one home''

* [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants]]: In the episode “Sing a Song of Patrick,” Patrick writes [[https://youtu.be/OQF32VHv754 a song,]] but when it’s broadcast on the radio, the entire town hates it and even starts an [[TorchesAndPitchForks angry mob]] about it. Considering that it was written by [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Patrick]], the lyrics are complete nonsense. Despite this, the song actually doesn’t sound all that bad.

* Most likely unintentionally, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Patrick's]] song he wrote in the ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' episode "Sing a Song of Patrick" has some pretty nonsensical lyrics.
-->This song is over, except for this line.
-->You win this round, Broccoli!

-->>[=MacArthur's=] Park is melting in the dark\\

* This is Music/GirlsAloud's entire shtick. "Love Machine" is their most famous example. More recent ones are "Sexy! No No No..." and "Miss You Bow Wow". This is all due to Xenomania's method of inventing random words to serve as placeholders while shaping the music and then shaping the lyrics from there, leading to lyrics like "jumping on my tutu", and [[http://www.metrolyrics.com/sexy-no-no-no-lyrics-girls-aloud.html whatever the hell]] "Sexy! No No No..." means.

* [[https://youtu.be/LlVI7ZNiFlI&ob=av2e ''The Look'']] by Music/{{Roxette}}. This was their breakthrough hit in the US and UK, despite having lyrics that weren't even supposed to be kept, let alone make sense. Tasty like a raindrop!

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'': In contrast to "Sonic Boom" in the US soundtrack, which is a clear BraggingThemeTune about how awesome Sonic is, most of the lyrics to the two Japanese-exclusive tunes "Sonic-You Can Do Anything" and "Cosmic Eternity" make ''no sense whatsoever'', with the latter sounding more like an abstract, high energy workout tune than a motivational hero song.

* by Music/{{Soundgarden}}. Music/ChrisCornell himself admits that most of his lyrics have no intended literal meaning and are more intended to evoke a mood.

--->I got up feeling so down
--->I got off being sold out
--->I've kept the movie rolling
--->But the story's getting old now
--->I just looked in the mirror
--->Things aren't looking so good
--->I'm looking California
--->And feeling Minnesota