Xpost, achh, I wasn't sure if there was a vocal chorus or not, just remembered the saxophone.
― EDB, Friday, 17 July 2009 23:16 (sixteen years ago)
UPTOWN FUCKIN' FUNKKK
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 January 2015 15:35 (eleven years ago)
"Do It Again" - Sonic's Rendezvous Band
― thinking of a master plan (m coleman), Friday, 9 January 2015 16:04 (eleven years ago)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 9 January 2015 22:12 (eleven years ago)
Manfred Mann Chapter iii - "One Way Glass"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTExEWt7zN4
― Mark G, Friday, 9 January 2015 23:07 (eleven years ago)
Men Without Hats - Pop Goes the World
― cock chirea, Saturday, 10 January 2015 01:36 (eleven years ago)
Guru Josh - Infinity
"Disconnect the Dots" - of Montreal
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Saturday, 10 January 2015 02:02 (eleven years ago)
Geto Boys - 'My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me'
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 10 January 2015 02:35 (eleven years ago)
If we want to be nerdy, shouldn't it be "refrain" rather than "chorus" in the thread title?
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Saturday, 10 January 2015 03:10 (eleven years ago)
Does R.E.M.'s "Belong" count here?
― the strawberries are for the entrepreneurs (SlimAndSlam), Saturday, 10 January 2015 03:49 (eleven years ago)
SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS
― quan voice (voodoo chili), Saturday, 10 January 2015 13:23 (eleven years ago)
Pavement - Grounded
― Darvin H.A.M. (AlexPh), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:12 (eleven years ago)
Yo La Tengo - From a Motel 6
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:38 (eleven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuqEbRzy_t8
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 22:59 (eleven years ago)
War - "Low Rider"
― fan boy three (Lee626), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:52 (eleven years ago)
Gary Numan - "Cars"
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 22 January 2015 03:29 (eleven years ago)
David Bowie - "Ziggy Stardust"
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 22 January 2015 04:09 (eleven years ago)
A refrain is not the same as a chorus, "Living on the ceiling" has both..
― Mark G, Thursday, 22 January 2015 07:52 (eleven years ago)
A refrain is not the same as a chorus
it kind of is
― you've got no fans you've got no ground (anagram), Thursday, 22 January 2015 08:31 (eleven years ago)
Iiiiitt kind of is, yeahhhh..
― Mark G, Thursday, 22 January 2015 10:28 (eleven years ago)
If (chorus AND refrain)=0 AND (chorus OR refrain) = 1 THEN chorus=refrain
― Mark G, Thursday, 22 January 2015 10:30 (eleven years ago)
The main riff in Ziggy Stardust is definitely the chorus, the "So where were the spiders?" bit is the pre-chorus
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 22 January 2015 16:14 (eleven years ago)
True, if the riff was left out, this is a song without a chorus.
― Mark G, Thursday, 22 January 2015 16:16 (eleven years ago)
The Beatles, "I'm Looking Through You"
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 January 2015 16:58 (eleven years ago)
^ where?
― fan boy three (Lee626), Friday, 23 January 2015 05:09 (eleven years ago)
yeah, two chords on the farfisa is not a chorus.
― Mark G, Friday, 23 January 2015 11:53 (eleven years ago)
Given how loose people are being with terminology, I don't see why not. Where else is the chorus? The "Why, tell me why did you not treat me right?" part is a bridge/middle eight, and the entire verse builds to the four-bar organ/guitar part.
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Friday, 23 January 2015 12:00 (eleven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auJ_wkSxiKA("if you ever change your mind..." is definitely the bridge)
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 12:48 (seven years ago)
Fever Ray - To the Moon and Back
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 13:50 (seven years ago)
I'm slightly hesitant to be the pedant here, but In that Squeeze song, isn't the "Never chew a pickle" bit the chorus?
― enochroot, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 15:05 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPeQGWL7fok
This one counts too, right? I mean, the "can't stop now, don't you know / I'll never let you go, don't go!" bit is cleary the pre-chorus, and the chorus melody only starts after it.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:13 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbaygmy30Z8
And Yazoo's other big hit is an even more obvious example of this.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:15 (seven years ago)
For example "Party Fears Two" by The Associates
Also "Paper House" by The Associates.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:16 (seven years ago)
That M83 song
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:20 (seven years ago)
Thin White Rope’s version of “some velvet morning” where they simply replace Nancy’s bit with dual lead guitars
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:37 (seven years ago)
Does R.E.M.'s "Belong" count here?No, there are (wordless) vocals. Pavement - GroundedThe chorus is, “Boys are dyin’ on these streets...”
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Thursday, 9 May 2019 02:52 (seven years ago)
Geto Boys - 'My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me'The chorus (if it has one) is, “My mind is playin’ tricks on me...”
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Thursday, 9 May 2019 03:20 (seven years ago)
UPTOWN FUCKIN' FUNKKKUh...
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Thursday, 9 May 2019 03:27 (seven years ago)
If the guitar bit in Grounded had vocals you - ok I - would definitely say it was the chorus, and 'boys are dying on these streets' the bridge, or the last line of it.
― The Pingularity (ledge), Thursday, 9 May 2019 07:52 (seven years ago)
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 9 May 2019 08:31 (seven years ago)
Ivy - “Baker”I know this song very well but today it has me picturing a bleary eyed Baker Mayfield staring at the Cleveland skyline at 3am after finding out the Browns got Deshawn Watson.
― brimstead, Friday, 9 February 2024 00:24 (two years ago)
xxp It couldn’t have vocals, it’s just a gtr riff! But even if he sang something over it, I’d still say “Boys are dyin’…” is part of the chorus. It’s certainly not the bridge(?)
― atmospheric river phoenix (morrisp), Friday, 9 February 2024 03:01 (two years ago)
Pavement songs don’t often have bridges, IIRC… they’re lesson in, “only include a bridge if you really write a kickass one” (e.g., “Stereo”).
― atmospheric river phoenix (morrisp), Friday, 9 February 2024 03:04 (two years ago)
You never, never know when the bridge falls apart.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 9 February 2024 03:36 (two years ago)
these threads are kind of fascinating. it's amazing for a board that loves music how so many people don't seem to know what a chorus is
― budo jeru, Friday, 9 February 2024 05:46 (two years ago)
Vocabulary is what we make it (but also lol completely otm)
― H.P, Friday, 9 February 2024 07:59 (two years ago)
Kraftwerk, "Tour de France". Actually most (all?) Kraftwerk songs, I think?
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 9 February 2024 08:09 (two years ago)
Paul Simon - Duncan
― Valentijn, Friday, 9 February 2024 11:16 (two years ago)
Depeche Mode - Shame
― Kim, Friday, 9 February 2024 14:16 (two years ago)