there is a light
― rip van wanko, Monday, 9 October 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
Girlfriend in a Coma for sure. “Do you really think she’ll pull through?” memorable but not as much as the verse. Though this may be an easy one because I think generally whatever section of the song has the title in it will be more memorable.Another one: “Under Pressure”
― flappy bird, Monday, 9 October 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
thread title is more interesting to me than just "verse I like better than chorus" but clearly the tide is against me on this one
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 9 October 2017 21:57 (six years ago) link
Def Leppard - "Photograph"
― henry s, Monday, 9 October 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link
No
― President Keyes, Monday, 9 October 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
That has to be the single wrongest answer here!
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
WTF...the chorus to Photograph is the payoff!
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 08:03 (six years ago) link
The verses p much dont work if the chorus fails with that song
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 08:04 (six years ago) link
Did u perhaps mean Nickleback
It's spelled Nickelbakc
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 09:55 (six years ago) link
Although the chorus of Talking Heads' Once In A Lifetime is gorgeous, I suspect that the verses are far better known, no?I know I came across references to lines from the verses often. (I've even seen Spider-Man say "This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!" in a comic once.) but I can't remember ever seeing the chorus referenced outside of the song.
― Valentijn, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 09:57 (six years ago) link
I'd say that one is about 50/50. The parts people quote are from the verses but the chorus is really really catchy
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 11:04 (six years ago) link
What did you think the song was called when you first heard it (unless you knew already)?
"You may ask yourself""Letting the days go by"or "After the money's gone"or "Once in a lifetime"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 11:06 (six years ago) link
or "Same as it ever was" (missed that one out)
"Ugly House, Wife"
― nashwan, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 11:09 (six years ago) link
Oh, that takes me back, I must have first heard the song in my early teenage years, seeing the video on MTV... But yes, I do remember being drawn to the chorus, probably the "Water flowing underground" line stayed with me most back then.
― Valentijn, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 11:15 (six years ago) link
"Lucky You" by the Lightning Seeds
― Duane Barry, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:47 (six years ago) link
I kinda feel like "Money for Nothing" counts here? If the "We got to install microwave ovens...we got to move these color tvs" parts are the chorus.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
The real hook in 'Money for Nothing' is not the verse or the chorus: it's the riff, same as the real hook in 'Under Pressure' isn't the verse or the chorus, it's the bass riff.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
I feel that way about "Cherub Rock" too.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
Yep, 'Cherub Rock' too.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
same as the real hook in 'Under Pressure' isn't the verse or the chorus, it's the bass riff.
Yeah, the bass riff in the chorus.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
yeah, that's another category "songs where the riff/instrumental part is the chorus".I was thinking about "Enola Gay" also.
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
Yeah, the bass riff in the chorus.― Matt DC, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 2:36 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Matt DC, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 2:36 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The "it's the terror of knowing..." etc. part? Nah.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
I don't know what AlXTC from Paris is on about either - that doesn't apply to UP.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
yeah, I may have been wrong about that one since the bass riff might be the most memorable part of "UP" but it's not the same thing as the instrumental chorus/riff songs like "Enola Gay".
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
"Midnight City" too
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
"Baker Street"
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
I've always thought that "Kayleigh" by Marillion had a great 80's hook for its prechorus and a pretty substandard one for the actual chorus.
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, October 10, 2017 10:06 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
What's the chorus? I always thought the sax line was the chorus, and probably only like 5% of people who would recognize the song could sing any of the verse.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
sax line surely
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
(sorry, it seemed we'd got derailed into songs with instrumental choruses)
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
There’s a thread for that one:
Songs where the chorus is an instrumental
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
Many people confusing instrumental chorus with memorable riffs in that thread tho.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
'Baker Street' does have a chorus, but it's not the sax riff, which is the real hook.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
'Baker Dick' is a different story, ofc.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
The Smiths have no hooks. Their music is just frantic rhythm guitar with Morissey sort of meandering between the third and fifth notes of the chord.
I think this would be more melodically active than what often happens, which is Morrissey meandering between the first, third, and fifth scale degrees (or third, fifth, and modal seventh in minor keys) regardless of the chords.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVTzT3FmxhI
Apologies if this has been posted before somewhere here
― Fine Toothcomb (sonofstan), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, October 10, 2017 12:02 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You're absolutely correct, I wasn't really thinking clearly when I posted
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
ahah, great comments/video about Moz !
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 09:39 (six years ago) link
The oddest place I can think of for a hook is Cut Some Rug by The Bluetones, where it's the bassline on the bridge, which isn't even that high in the mix.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 10:32 (six years ago) link