I heard a KT Tunstall song on the radio today, "Other Side of the World," which contains the phrase "same old tired excuses." But instead of singing "exCUSes," she sings "EXcuSES," stressing the wrong syllables. Is this a pet peeve for anyone else? It sounds so amateurish to me. Listen to anything by Chuck Berry or Paul Simon (except "Sounds of Silence") and they sing in a perfect conversational rhythm, which I think is one of the many hallmarks of good writing.
Here are some others that I find particularly silly:
Fleetwood Mac: "When the rain waSHES you clean, you'll know."
Jackson Browne: "Lookin' out at the road, ruSHIN' unDER my wheels."
Is it just me?