and a one, and a two, and a three..
― notes on camping (Pillbox), Sunday, 24 July 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
45. The Human League - Open Your Heart ("And when it hurts you know they love to tell you/How they warned you")
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 24 July 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
46. The Boo Radleys - Take the Time Around
― Hallway, Sunday, 24 July 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
47. Moloko - "Forever More"
― PAJAMARALLS? PAJAMALWAYS! (DJP), Monday, 25 July 2011 05:49 (twelve years ago) link
Bal Sagoth - "And Lo, When the Imperium Marches Against Gul-Kothoth, Then Dark Sorceries Shall Enshroud the Citadel of the Obsidian Crown"
― Siegbran, Monday, 25 July 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
49. U2 - A Sort of Homecoming
"And you know it's time to goThrough the sleet and driving snow"
― nate woolls, Saturday, 13 August 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
16. Stone Temple Pilots, "Plush" - "And I feel that time's a-wasting..."
― thewufs, Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:24 PM Bookmark
this one is actually "WHEN I feel that time's a wasted go..."
― shining like national dog shit (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 August 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
Who's gonna be the first to find a rap song that does this?
― Erin Go! Bwaaaah!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 14 August 2011 08:13 (twelve years ago) link
John Cale - Andalucia :-)
― StanM, Sunday, 14 August 2011 08:35 (twelve years ago) link
^ damn. Lyrics start with "When" of course :-(
― StanM, Sunday, 14 August 2011 08:41 (twelve years ago) link
Laura Nyro, "And When I Die"
― Josefa, Sunday, 14 August 2011 09:46 (twelve years ago) link
"Signs"
― Lee626, Sunday, 14 August 2011 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
U2 - Walk On
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
― Siegbran, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
The lyrics have to start with "and", not the song title.
― nate woolls, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
'Gigantic' - Pixies
― My heart goes out to the people of platitudes (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 14 August 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Dionne Warwick and Friends - “That's what friends are for”
”And I never thought I'd feel this way”
― Megadeth Monk (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 14 August 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
50. Smashing Pumpkins - "Pennies"
"and i stumbled onto you as you stumbled over me"
― 50000000 elves (blank), Sunday, 14 August 2011 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
Rap, being more prose-based, presumably has to conform to the rulez in this regard, I guess.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 09:12 (twelve years ago) link
'heard em say'?
― bear, bear, bear, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 09:16 (twelve years ago) link
Public Enemy - 'Power to the People' (kind of...)
― jlgt, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 09:27 (twelve years ago) link
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
― nate woolls, Saturday, 10 November 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
tame impala - be above it
― nostormo, Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
The Ark - Calleth You, Cometh I.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 November 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
i feel like the wedding present must have done this at some point but who knows
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Saturday, 10 November 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
"And I Love You So" by Don McLean.
― banjoboy, Sunday, 11 November 2012 04:40 (eleven years ago) link
Liz Phair - "Divorce Song"
― goya cézanne (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 11 November 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 11 November 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
The Gaslight Anthem - "Here Comes My Man"
― some dude, Thursday, 3 January 2013 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Zombies, "Tell Her No"
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 3 January 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
Flaming Lips - "A Spoonful Weighs a Ton" ("And though they were sad, they rescued everyone"
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 3 January 2013 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
TLC "Baby-Baby-Baby" (And you want my lovin'/Well that's alright)
― The Reverend, Friday, 15 February 2013 07:59 (eleven years ago) link
NO ONE mentioned The Whispers' "And The Beat Goes On"?
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Friday, 15 February 2013 08:23 (eleven years ago) link
Bee Gees, "And the Sun Will Shine" (the opening line is actually "And the rain will fall"... typically upbeat from Robin Gibb there)
― A frenzied geologist (Tom D.), Saturday, 10 May 2014 10:58 (nine years ago) link
See that I never actually posted the lyric for number 33, which is "And if it's bad, don't let it get you down"
― Bo Diddley Is A Threadkiller (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 May 2014 11:11 (nine years ago) link
Saves the Day - Shoulder to the Wheel
― how's life, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 10:09 (nine years ago) link
And I say "just go.Please, Dave, just drive. "
― how's life, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 10:11 (nine years ago) link
Have you noticed there's a high percentage of great songs that do this?
Compared to a control sample of not "and" songs...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 10:27 (nine years ago) link
David Bowie - The Bewlay Brothers
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 10:37 (nine years ago) link
"And you ah? You do ah?"And So is Love - Kate Bush
"And the beat goes on"The Whispers
"And I wake up in the morning and she says 'Hi'"Little Green Apples - Roger Miller
― Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 10:58 (nine years ago) link
Robert Forster - It Ain't Easy
And a river ran, and a train ran, and a dream ran through everything that he did
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 30 July 2015 14:51 (eight years ago) link
Don McLean - Castles In The Air
― (no offence to people) (dog latin), Thursday, 30 July 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
the 1975 - sex
"and this is how it starts"
― feargal czukay (NickB), Thursday, 30 July 2015 15:07 (eight years ago) link
Butthole Surfers - is it called "To Parter?" It's on Rembrandt Pussyhorse iirc
"And all the sailors who were junkies..."
― Jon not Jon, Thursday, 30 July 2015 15:34 (eight years ago) link
straitjacket fits - she speeds
"and i quietly count with her gone"
― feargal czukay (NickB), Thursday, 30 July 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Reading through this and thinking are there even good songs that don't do this?
My fake 6ths album could have started with "and" - http://reading-log-blog.blogspot.com/2009/08/exclusive.html
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 30 July 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
The Sisters of Mercy - TorchMy Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - And This is What the Devil Does
― early rejecter, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
I've gotr the beginning of my way running through my head as 'and in the end' but I'm not sure that's the start.
Got a couple of other MOR tracks running through my head and hopefully I'll identify them shortly.Plus a Pink Floyd and a Beatles.
Cool eh?
― Stevolende, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
So maybe I'm confusing the beginning of My way with the beatles track?
and seemed to be Cormac McCarthy's favourite word didn't it?
― Stevolende, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
Ha, no way, I've always heard this as "and i quietly count with the gun"
― MaresNest, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link