Chili
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that's what I always thought, too. I had to google the lyrics for a sanity check.
What Are the Parts of a Song Called? Learn Key Terms for Every Section
that's what I always thought, too. I had to google the lyrics for a sanity check.
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RAMI
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famous beagle
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Yes, that's the B part. No chorus.
Yeah that song is more like a jazz standard form: A - A - B -A (with variations).
Many times on those forms, the last lyric line of the A section is the title of the song (or contains the title within it), as is the case with "Yesterday."
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RAMI
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Yes. Then there are weird cases, like "Every Breath You Take" by the Police. Not only is there no chorus, he only actually says the title of the song once in the entire song, and it's the very first line of the song. He never says "Every Breath You Take" again after that.
Weird.
Wild.
grimtraveller
If only for a moment.....
Sweet memories, flashing very quickly by.......
Then I was working on a campsite, starving because the food was so lousy, existing on fried onions and coffee and running a very efficient washing up crew of kids. And while washing up after dinner someone was playing the Polices' singles. I think it was a cassette (this was '94 !). And when that song came on, for the first time I didn't want to scream. I actually quite liked it. And the more I really listened to it, the more I thought it was good. When I heard Sting say it was a comment on Reagan's "Star wars" programme as well as about a very dangerous control freak, I thought, yeah, clever.
Considering the magnitude of the hit, it's interesting that the title phrase doesn't appear again in the song {although you can hear it in the backing vocals in the runout}. There's a song on Sting's "Dream of the blue turtles" album where he pokes fun at the song. In it's runout, he mentions a few lines from the song, mixed in with a couple of witticisms like "every cake you bake".
There's a number of songs where the title doesn't actually appear in the lyrics though it seems like they do (like "Love you to" or "Anarchy in the UK"). Maybe a side thread is in order........
Not really !
I remember when that song first came out. I absolutely hated it. I couldn't've cared less whether it featured the same double bass that was used on Elvis' "Heartbreak hotel". I thought it was so boring. For 11 years, each time I heard it, I was facepalming before the facepalm became the sensation of the visual interwebs !Yes. Then there are weird cases, like "Every Breath You Take" by the Police. Not only is there no chorus, he only actually says the title of the song once in the entire song, and it's the very first line of the song. He never says "Every Breath You Take" again after that.
Weird.
Wild.
Then I was working on a campsite, starving because the food was so lousy, existing on fried onions and coffee and running a very efficient washing up crew of kids. And while washing up after dinner someone was playing the Polices' singles. I think it was a cassette (this was '94 !). And when that song came on, for the first time I didn't want to scream. I actually quite liked it. And the more I really listened to it, the more I thought it was good. When I heard Sting say it was a comment on Reagan's "Star wars" programme as well as about a very dangerous control freak, I thought, yeah, clever.
Considering the magnitude of the hit, it's interesting that the title phrase doesn't appear again in the song {although you can hear it in the backing vocals in the runout}. There's a song on Sting's "Dream of the blue turtles" album where he pokes fun at the song. In it's runout, he mentions a few lines from the song, mixed in with a couple of witticisms like "every cake you bake".
There's a number of songs where the title doesn't actually appear in the lyrics though it seems like they do (like "Love you to" or "Anarchy in the UK"). Maybe a side thread is in order........
Not really !