I remember something that went "Every picture tells a story, don't it?" which is the entire lyric
― Mark G, Sunday, 7 July 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link
The Who, "My Generation."
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 7 July 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link
"My Generation" has two distinct verses
― Lee626, Sunday, 7 July 2013 15:59 (ten years ago) link
"mr. fantasy" by traffic
― fit and working again, Sunday, 7 July 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
the church - under the milky way
― clouds, Sunday, 7 July 2013 16:21 (ten years ago) link
oh, ha, totally, I was thinking in terms of chords/structure; it doesn't really have a chorus distinct from the verses, but yeah, different words in different verses.
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― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 7 July 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
"My Generation" does change keys on almost every verse though, it's in four different keys altogether - that's a very unusual musical feature.
― Lee626, Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, there's three key changes; first two verses and the bass solo are in the same key, next verse modulates up, verse after that modulates up again, epochal outro modulates up yet again.
Who even does that anymore, especially on a song like that?
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 7 July 2013 18:28 (ten years ago) link
was gonna say "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" but I think the single version has a diff second verse after the backwards bridge?
― thot police (fadanuf4erybody), Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
julie grant's amazing cover of arthur alexander's "everyday i have to cry" is another great example of modulating up every verse (but not an example, sadly, of one verse repeated multiple times).
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 06:56 (ten years ago) link
bleached, "electric chair"
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 06:59 (ten years ago) link
Modest Mouse - Convenient Parking
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
dylan 'all the tired horses'
― sons of plutarchy (will), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
i guess that's more just a chorus on repeat rather
― sons of plutarchy (will), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 18:41 (ten years ago) link
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
― owenf, Friday, 26 July 2013 22:56 (ten years ago) link
flipper
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Friday, 26 July 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
Jim O'Rourke - "Women of the World"
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 27 July 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link
The Lemonheads - "Into Your Arms"
― alpine static, Saturday, 27 July 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
The Whigs - Put Your Right Hand On My Heart
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 27 July 2013 03:17 (ten years ago) link
Deux - "Game and Performance," "Decadence"
― loosely inspired by Dr. Dre (crüt), Saturday, 27 July 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre - "Waiting All Night". Where all the verses and the chorus (and even the middle 8) are more or less the same in a - rudimental - way.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 11 August 2013 01:23 (ten years ago) link
just realized Lupe Fiasco did this quite often on Food and Liquor. tho I like that album, it kinda pissed me off.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 11 August 2013 02:30 (ten years ago) link
R.E.M. - 'Orange Crush'
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Sunday, 11 August 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
good call with "Orange Crush." seems like a lot of big R.E.M. hits from that era either repeat verses or have lots of repeating/similar lines ("Pop Song 89," "Stand," "Everybody Hurts").
― some dude, Sunday, 11 August 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
McAlmont / Butler - 'Yes'
― help yourself to another slice of apple ... crumble (Willl), Friday, 6 September 2019 10:50 (four years ago) link