10 Worst Music Lyrics Of The '80s
6. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
Duran Duran could fill their own list of ten terrible lyrics, and have some extras in reserve. 'Hungry Like The Wolf' makes the mistake of taking a metaphor, as expressed in the title, and torturing it until it has nothing left to give, as they continue to find ways to try to work that wolf theme. Their greatest bad line is undoubtedly 'I smell like I sound and I'm hungry like the wolf', but hang on for a further feast of fun.
How about 'Straddle the line in discord and rhyme I'm on the hunt now after you', from the same song. 'I'm dancing on the valentine, I tell you somebody's fooling around with my chances on the danger line' is another demonstration of their ability to string words together that mean less than the sum of their parts.
To round out this entry, how about a few examples from 'The Reflex' which was only beaten by a hair's breadth by 'Wolf' onto this list: 'The reflex is an only child, he's waiting by the park, the reflex is in charge of finding treasures in the dark'. No more need be added.