10 Songs That Got Stuff Completely Wrong
7. Jekyll and Hyde - Five Finger Death Punch
Most people coming to a Five Finger Death Punch record are not necessarily expecting the sounds of Shakespeare or anything. After all, most of the songs by these guys seem to just sound good dependent on how many beers you've chugged and benches you've pressed before actually listening to the music. Although there are bits and pieces of this band that can be interchangeable, you're really grasping at straws when you attempt to reach out to the world of classic literature.
While Ivan Moody was probably just intending to pay homage to the famous personality conflicts that are alluded in the story of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde, the fact that he approaches it with the mindset of a random bro at the bar just makes the song feel like it's asking for some sort of importance that isn't really there.
Aside from the nothing choruses of "oo-wee-oo-wee-oo," the actual reference doesn't really seem to make much sense when compared to the work of Robert Louis Stevenson, just sounding like some filler names to fit in the lyrics. Hell, for all we know, Moody himself might think that Jekyll and Hyde are just some rapscallions out for a good time like Abbott and Costello. For a band that's trying a half assed attempt at sounding bleak, these lyrics wouldn't get them too far in Literature class.