英国の音楽ファンを困惑させる「最も分かりにくい歌詞ランキング」を音楽ストリーミング・サービスのblinkbox musicが発表。2000人の英国人を対象に行ったものでTOP10リストが発表されています。なお、調査ではリスナーの約3割が歌詞の意味を理解しなくても構わない傾向にあるとも説明しています
＜The top 10 most confusing lyrics＞
1. ‘Are we human, or are we dancer?’ – The Killers, Human
2. ‘I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob’ – The Beatles, I Am The Walrus
3. ‘What about elephants? Have we lost their trust?’- Michael Jackson, Earth Song
4. ‘Tom bol li de se de moi ya, hey jambo jumbo’ - Lionel Richie, All Night Long
5. ‘Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad’ - Carly Rae Jepson, Call Me Maybe
6. ‘Beats so big I'm stepping on leprechauns’ - Black Eyed Peas, Boom Boom Pow
7. ‘The reflex is an only child, he's waiting in the park’ - Duran Duran, The Reflex
8. ‘Club Tropicana, drinks are free, fun and sunshine, there's enough for everyone, all that's missing is the sea’ - Wham!, Club Tropicana
9. ‘Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter, and my daddy said stay away from Juliet.’ – Taylor Swift, Love Story
10. ‘Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball’- Oasis, Champagne Supernova
