Bohemian Rhapsody is a smart song, because instead of having one part stuck in your head, you've got all of it stuck in your head at once

@andregalvao5739

Жыл бұрын

HEEL YEAH! BY THE END OF THE YEAR NOBODY WILL KNOW THE NAME "QUEEN"

@wozaow

11 ай бұрын

​@@andregalvao5739?

@ZERO-rq6cy

11 ай бұрын

@@andregalvao5739 YOU WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS THE MAN WHO LOST QUEEN

@ZERO-rq6cy

11 ай бұрын

@@insertname4159 I love it nontheless

@willydawookiee1163

11 ай бұрын

@@insertname4159 because it’s not the most overrated song of all time

Tbh I burst out laughing when Jesus of suburbia sound waves were just a block

@diaet

3 жыл бұрын

Several decades of compression technology and dynamic Standards later...

@Xpndable

3 жыл бұрын

That's funny, I almost burst into tears, it's so sad to see the dynamic range just destroyed like that

@SayItAintTso

3 жыл бұрын

@Absolute Zero as a rock producer, I fully agree!! But some mastering engineers truly go overboard. I don’t think Jesus of Suburbia suffers from this tho

@Cristalskulle

3 жыл бұрын

@Absolute Zero I agree I think it goes well with the genre :)

@Cristalskulle

3 жыл бұрын

Me too 😂

Perfect example: Nutshell by Alice In Chains. Intro - Verse 1 - Verse 2 - Outro solo Despite being so simple, it's so powerful at the same time

@joebyren7566

11 ай бұрын

In a nutshell that's what nutshell is

@KursedEarth79

11 ай бұрын

Good example , I thought about nutshell when I first clicked this video

@jakubwspaniay2867

11 ай бұрын

I would say that this "ooh" part could be classified as chorus

I’m curious about REM’s Losing My Religion. Certain parts kind of sound like they could be a chorus, “That’s me in the corner” or “Oh no, I said too much,” but they never resolve into a defined ending. If a chorus creates a sense of release, you never get that with this song. There’s a feeling of tension throughout the song, almost like you wish he would finally break into a chorus but he never does.

@23h109hh

Жыл бұрын

"I thought that I heard you laughing" is probably the "chorus"

@joshwantstotravel9516

Жыл бұрын

Weve played that in our school band recently and i know what you mean. Though both lyrically and musically there is a chorus, i doesnt feel much like one

@froggary

Жыл бұрын

I love REM and I've noticed quite a few songs of theirs that don't have a clear-cut chorus. Some of my favourites are Find The River, We Walk and Tongue.

@samanteater

Жыл бұрын

​​@Dustin Void I think it's because the non-verse parts are so short and there's no dynamic/chord shift between them and the verse, so it feels like one continuous verse looping back on itself that just happens to end with the same lines.

@BrunoEwok

Жыл бұрын

Losing My Religion does something really cool to obscure its structure. The verse is broken into two sections. The second verse puts the two seconds in reverse order. Then there's a mini-post-chorus, half a verse, the chorus, and the mini-post-chours.

This is what „rhapsody“ actually means: an episodic piece of music.

@kaimcmanus9608

3 жыл бұрын

According to my music dictionary, rhapsody means: a free-style composition usually in one movement, often based on folk melodies

@laplelp7780

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaimcmanus9608 isnt that the same

@aocplusme5676

3 жыл бұрын

Dematotic shuttupp

@kitsune630

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaimcmanus9608 so technically, Bohemian Rhapsody isnt even a rhapsody at all.

@kisaragiayami

3 жыл бұрын

@@kitsune630 Every Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody has at least 3 movements with the second one repeating once. Isn’t that cool

I love how Jesus of Suburbia is just a solid block of sound

@adonaiyah2196

2 жыл бұрын

🟨🟥🟩🟪🟦

@LRM12o8

2 жыл бұрын

That really surprised me. Neither the song nor the album sound flat or distorted imo, but it looks like a deafening wall of sound here!

@Mandude4200

2 жыл бұрын

I saw it live, we initially had rafters seats, but we snuck down to the mosh pit and this song started playing the second we got down there, it was truly amazing

@nicktreleaven4119

2 жыл бұрын

@@LRM12o8 From about 2000 much rock music released heavily used level compression so the dynamic range was maxed out throughout despite quieter sections being in the raw recording. Thankfully I think that production trend has abated somewhat since then

@Audiablo

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicktreleaven4119 think anything by Metallica post-2000

Queen has many songs with atypical structures, not just Bohemian Rhapsody. March of the Black Queen, Prophet's Song, Innuendo etc are great examples.

@SnowghostFilms

Жыл бұрын

You could also add Somebody to Love and Love of my Life to that list of chorusless Queen songs, but there’s also probably more I haven’t hear yet.

@chincherojo7479

Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, Innuendo has a relatively normal AABA structure, A being a verse and a chorus; and B being the bridge, except it is very long and has a Spanish guitar solo

@Paulnap

Жыл бұрын

Queen has a lot of example but Prophet's song starts with the actual chorus and repeat it several times. All instances has little variations but it sounds like a chorus.

@TenthAvenue94

9 ай бұрын

My Fairy King is another example (and one of their finest moments).

@sq1tl

9 ай бұрын

@@SnowghostFilmsYou can say the “somebody, ooh somebody, could anybody find me somebody to love” is the chorus

When I was a teenager one thing that really attracted me to the Smashing Pumpkins music was the fact they'd often completely change the lyrics in each chorus

@wigsplitter777

11 ай бұрын

What do you mean like they keep the same rhyme skeme and just change the words or completely change the chorus

@lele-qr4cy

10 ай бұрын

​@@wigsplitter777i guess the person said they change just the words but i may be wrong

@urianerreerre5005

10 ай бұрын

​@@lele-qr4cy Yes, mostly only the lyics change

@inktvisje575

8 ай бұрын

can you give song titles that are examples of this?

The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel is a great example of a strophic piece. It just ends every verse with the title of the song.

@42069TV

3 жыл бұрын

I usually thought the last line of each verse was a Chorus.

@malimusimu5641

3 жыл бұрын

@@42069TV No, that's called a Refrain

@42069TV

3 жыл бұрын

@@malimusimu5641 oh okay.

@LadyVoldemort

3 жыл бұрын

Also "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" and "Scarborough Fair". I'm not sure about "Paint It Black" though...what category is that song? It's pretty repetitive...

@itscorvid358

3 жыл бұрын

Megadeth's "In My Darkest Hour" doesn't have a chorus either, 5 verses, not even a single repeated vocal part ever

"These songs have NO chorus" Prog fans: "first time?"

@progisloveprogislife4501

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there

@mumflrfumperdink8416

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously, pink floyd was in my head throughout, they have tons of examples

@user-vh7ks3xc1j

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jaellycookie

2 жыл бұрын

@@progisloveprogislife4501 atom heart mother!! (my favourite album)

@PedanticTwit

2 жыл бұрын

@@mumflrfumperdink8416 Like all of _Animals._

A lot of Led Zeppelin's songs throughout their discography have instrumental choruses and those can be solid examples

@ILJ68

11 ай бұрын

My brain went to Kashmir and then Stairway to Heaven first

@cloudkitt

10 ай бұрын

And of course they're still looking for that confounded bridge.

@dust-dog

10 ай бұрын

'Over the Hills and Far Away'?

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot is another really good example of a song with no chorus. The lyrics and the story is what makes it such a great song.

@dannyboy6668

Жыл бұрын

That song came to my mind to

@adabofeverything7120

Жыл бұрын

Sad he passed away yesterday. 😭💔

@steveklemetti8035

Жыл бұрын

The music was the chorus as it was repeated

@Anotherroom

11 ай бұрын

@@steveklemetti8035 repetition isn't the only criteria for a chorus lmao

@tomflorio3639

11 ай бұрын

Good example! Also, it is in danger of falling victim to the same issue as Squeeze's "Up The Junction" (another story song that David points out in the video) - that being the repetition of the same bars over and over again becoming boring. I grew to appreciate TWOTEF over the years, but as a kid I'd turn the dial whenever it came on the radio, bc I got sick of that same cadence in every lyric.

I love how "episodic" generally means "songs that are at least 6 minutes long."

@nobodyqwertyu

2 жыл бұрын

It has nothing to with the length of the song.

@thomasmannia

Жыл бұрын

@@nobodyqwertyu It was a joke.

@the_most_ever_company

Жыл бұрын

what "episodic" really means is "songs that will probably be accused of being progressive rock"

@TheChrisSimpson

Жыл бұрын

@@the_most_ever_company Listen to The Decline by NOFX. 18 freakin minutes long. no chorus, episodic narrative style. Not quite prog rock... (but as progressive as punk gets i guess).

@joelebruno

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChrisSimpson Listen to Bring The Sun by Swans

A little over a year ago I went to a public toilet and while washing my hands I saw some text on the mirror: wash your hands as long as the chorus of bohemian rhapsody. Seven minutes later I left completely confused.

@Scoldy_

3 жыл бұрын

This feels like illegal information

@nigeldepledge3790

3 жыл бұрын

The most confusing part is that it's a six-minute song...

@teddybaker4759

3 жыл бұрын

@@nigeldepledge3790 A minute spent trying to figure it out.

A remarkable example not yet mentioned is Nena's most famous song, 99 Red Balloons. This is not only without a chorus but with long instrumental parts between them. Instrumental parts that long are common in German rock and German electronica.

@miro2742

7 ай бұрын

It has that instrumental chorus

A Day In The Life is a good example for an AABA and Instrumental Chorus Song; First two sections is John singing about the Car and the War, then there is the build up and Paul's part, again the instrumental, then it returns to John's Part with the Holes, build up again, the final release is the 30 Sec.- 1 minute long Piano chord.

That Jesus of Suburbia waveform is the thing of nightmares. Compressed to hell and back again

@Alberto-ny7kf

3 жыл бұрын

the contrast with bohemian rhapsody's waveform is so harsh its funny

@Christopher-md7tf

3 жыл бұрын

Still not as bad as Californication

@castrucciocastracani0

3 жыл бұрын

@@Christopher-md7tf every RHCP is compressed as f**k, I don't understand it

@Christopher-md7tf

3 жыл бұрын

@@castrucciocastracani0 I'm not sure I agree. Californication and By the Way are veeery bad in that regard (which is frustrating because the music itself is amazing), you can really hear the clipping all over the place. Stadium Arcadium sounds *much* better and BSSM is an absolute masterpiece production-wise. The rest of their catalogue I don't really listen to tbh, but I can't imagine that the first couple of records were that heavily compressed, since they still came out in the 80s.

@markowalski1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Christopher-md7tf It wasn't until they started working with Rick Rubin on Blood Sugar Sex Magik. I don't know what changed with Stadium Arcadium but it definitely has the beset production

the waveform of the greenday song is a meme in itself

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was quite surprised by that! Product of the "loudness wars" I imagine! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

@pulykamell

3 жыл бұрын

Hah. I was about to comment, HOLY HYPER COMPRESSION BATMAN! and see it's been dutifully noticed. Good job, internet.

@G60syncro

3 жыл бұрын

First thing to spring in my mind as well!! How am I to know where one section ends and the other begins!!

@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't expect paranoid android to have so many over compressed moments

@grunions9648

3 жыл бұрын

That's 2005 baby!

Always thought the structure of Baba O'Riley was unlike any other song I've heard. Weird but brilliant.

Lots of Bob Dylan songs lack a chorus, if you put the hook at the end of the verse, you don’t need a chorus. Pure genius

@cjmiller6741

Жыл бұрын

Then the hook becomes the chorus.

@Kstang09

Жыл бұрын

Aaaaand if I die, on top of the hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilll...... aww if I don't make it, you know my baby will!

@calvinfeustel2147

11 ай бұрын

Can this really be the end?

@theproducers1967

11 ай бұрын

And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind… :) that song is a perfect example

@PatJDylan

11 ай бұрын

​@@Kstang09so damn weird!!!!!! I'm listening to this song right now. 🫢

House Of The Rising Sun. A really brilliant song but it just goes round and round. A song that only has one part, repeated over and over. In The Animals version Eric Burdon lifts the vocals now and then but it doesn't have a chorus

@housefoundation1

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought that the first lines were the chorus and also when that part repeats later on

@leavi2520

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, lots of other folk songs are like that.

@suntexi

2 жыл бұрын

Watch out for the 2nd inversion F7. I've only ever heard it in the Animals' cover, and never in pub bands'. Alan Price was master of his Vox continental Mk 2.

@bompibjorn6177

2 жыл бұрын

Why so popular, why still rememberd after so many years…… it is soooooo ggggod…

@PhilomathBret

2 жыл бұрын

This was in his list of folk songs.

I LOVE songs without a chorus because they feel more like a story, more interesting, and less like the composer is just filling time.

@abbeybelanger8118

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite songs is "You Never Give Me Your Money" from the Beatles and its the wierdest but coolest song ever!

@brown9671

2 жыл бұрын

You can still tell a story with a chorus, it can be foreshadowing then later explained, it can change meaning after every verse, stuff like that

@CoingamerFL

2 жыл бұрын

I've made quite a few songs without a chorus (or any repeating section) and most of them dont have one because they are meant to be played on a rhythm game, and having a chorus or a repeating section doesnt make a lot of sense in that context.

@abbeybelanger8118

2 жыл бұрын

@@CoingamerFL That's really awesome dude. I've only just started songwriting but I'd love to create a song like this. Any tips maybe?

@shomershabbos6291

2 жыл бұрын

@@abbeybelanger8118 i love this song, but it's hard to seperate it from the entire medley, "mean mr mustard" and polethene pam" are also two quircky gems

Love this! I really need a whole series / playlist for these variations in structures. It helps me so much on my own projects.

The song that just builds monotonically - White Rabbit.

@hifijohn

3 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that Im surprised he didn't mention it.

@TroyJakubiec

3 жыл бұрын

In Dreams - Roy Orbison

@jakephocas1396

3 жыл бұрын

Of course!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Great song and great example! I often think that song is over way too quick! The "When the men on the chessboard ..." section could have easily been a chorus if the song had a longer structure! 😀

@Christopher-md7tf

3 жыл бұрын

Monotonically or maniacally?

Time by Pink Floyd is a solid one, and I think it really contributes to feeling and message, the sense that you can never go back and time keeps moving on without you.

@ikenshnikenable

2 жыл бұрын

Most Pink Floyd songs

@manonmrx2741

2 жыл бұрын

@@ikenshnikenable yeah they don't give a shit

@jonathanplatt6559

2 жыл бұрын

I would say that one arguably does have a chorus, although the lyrics of the choruses are different.

@christatler7378

2 жыл бұрын

Sheep

@jansmitowiczauthor78

2 жыл бұрын

God would I love him to analyze the 37 different parts of Dogs! Or Shine On [full 25 minutes].

I am not a professional but really do love and aim to understand music. I watched this and was completely blown away. You are brilliant at picking songs apart and teaching how they are constructed and developed. AMAZING thank you.

"Change" by Alex G is a song that stood out to me recently because it is literally the same four chords and melody (more or less) throughout; yet changes in ornamentation and dynamic make it really hypnotic and beautiful, definitely not boring.

The Sound Of Silence is just a 5 stanza poem set to music. No intro, no outro, no chorus, no guitar solo

@djgrab1

3 жыл бұрын

There it is! Thanks CJ

@sinclairheiny813

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the best song ever written

@sourisvoleur4854

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the form of a Child ballad (albeit with fewer verses)

@walrusgumboot

3 жыл бұрын

It does have an intro and outro, and while no chorus it’s verse does have two distinct sections that adds contrast and variety

@sourisvoleur4854

3 жыл бұрын

@@walrusgumboot - Please explain about the intro and outro - it just starts immediately with the singing.

Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Marty Robbins - Big Iron Roger Waters - almost any song from his solo albums

@nr1229

3 жыл бұрын

I always thought of stairway having two semi-choruses, being: "and she's buying a stairway to heaven" and "and it makes me wonder" because these two phrases are repeatet that often.

@hippycow1006

3 жыл бұрын

Marty robbins also had el paso

@ryanbarros7583

3 жыл бұрын

@@nr1229 I think that would be classified as more of a bridge. I’m not very knowledgeable of music but that’s what I believe it would be called, because it is written to lead into a chorus, which is what a bridge does, but instead continues the song instead of hitting a chorus

@t-bo2734

3 жыл бұрын

"Tomorrow Never Knows" & "A Day in the Life."

@t-bo2734

3 жыл бұрын

"After the Gold Rush" & "White Moon."

What is described at 4:32 could be called VVBV (verse verse bridge verse), and the form VVBVB also exist, for example is Yesterday, a song mentioned in this video. This helps distinguish it from the rhyming scheme AABA. The song 'Up the junction' seems to be basically VVVVVVBVVVVVV. I should also note that a lot of songs that only use one chord are, in fact, strophic form songs.

Fade to Black by Metallica is the one that immediately comes to mind. Catchy as hell, but no chorus in sight.

@schneir5

Жыл бұрын

That's literally one of like five songs I can play on guitar, but I didn't think of it 😂

@fanawb

Жыл бұрын

Holy wars too

@alper7653

Жыл бұрын

it has an instrumental chorus tbh, the heavy part thats in between the acoustic parts

My favorite Elton John song is probably Tiny Dancer. Yeah, it has a chorus, but I like the long buildup before it gets to the chorus. I think it's a fantastic trick that gets the listener on a relatively longer state of tension for a more satisfying release.

@DeSlagen8

2 жыл бұрын

David happened to make a video on this

@fredlorek7349

2 жыл бұрын

Five Years by David Bowie also takes a while to build up to the chorus.

@Bubdiddly

2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly the same extent, but Got to Get You Into My Life by the Beatles always makes me think they’re gonna scream “GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE” after that first verse, and that makes that line hit so much harder

@moneywiz9470

2 жыл бұрын

Replace everytime he says 'tiny dancer' with 'Tony Danza'

@Tweej

2 жыл бұрын

@@moneywiz9470 ok Pheobe

Another well-known song that has an instrumental chorus is "Sultans of Swing"

@lord_of_m3mes311

3 жыл бұрын

Fade to Black by Metallica also has an instrumental chorus.

@heelbradley7407

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like when they end each set of lyrics with "we are the Sultans of Swing", that is sort of a low-key chorus. I would be fine to be wrong there.

@jamiepacemizzi2822

3 жыл бұрын

@@heelbradley7407 Yeah I guess you could say that, but to be honest he only uses the phrase "Sultans of Swing" once if I recall correctly. The other times he says "they play creole" and "London town". But in any case, I would say it is more or less instrumental since it just a phrase of 2 syllables between the pre chorus and chorus

Over The Hills And Far Away was the song that got me interested in irregular structures. Doesn't really fall into any of these categories, it's almost a through-composition, but not really because it kind of has short verses that repeat. Kind of an A-A-A-B-B-B-C-B-A reprisal... Kind of. It's always fascinated me and it freed me up early on to play around with song structures in ways that my peers weren't.

These tutorials are so so good! Thanks for being so considerate with your product placement adverts... I'll certainly check out your sponsors!

For some reason, Over The Rainbow has always felt like Chorus, Chorus, Verse, Chorus to me. And I've never even questioned that interpretation.

@trebleboost7

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I almost think the A section in these songs would work as a traditional chorus.

@dougieboxell6505

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, and I like your first name

@VincenzodeLeon

3 жыл бұрын

Technically considered Chorus Chorus Bridge Chorus, because the Verse is actually “when all the world...” that you usually don’t hear performed outside the musical

@sean_mccadden

3 жыл бұрын

I believe (and I could be wrong) that the line “Somewhere over the rainbow” is actually considered a “refrain” which is a word or phrase that is repeated but not in a way of a chorus since the following lines are changed. “Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high” “Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly” It’s debatable though

@VincenzodeLeon

3 жыл бұрын

@@sean_mccadden Yeah, refrains are typically short phrases and such like in blues songs, so your calling the phrase a refrain I'm tempted to agree. But the whole 8-bar sections would be the choruses

I first noticed Johnny Cash as the guy to have many songs without a chorus. "A Boy Named Sue" being a good example.

@lucasduque8289

3 жыл бұрын

A boy named sue is a good example, being a song telling a story. It also has the factor of the constant repetition of the verse "life ain't easy for a boy named sue" during the first half. But the song isn't Johnny's, it's actualy a cover. Don't remember who did the original, though.

@justintime2502

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucasduque8289 You are totally right. It was written by Shel Silverstein

@ezramalzbender7934

3 жыл бұрын

Dylan as well

@peternancoz3031

3 жыл бұрын

Several Harry Chapin song also are story telling songs without a chorus.

@erwingouw3162

3 жыл бұрын

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Dear David, I have realized through some other music KZreadrs, that the role of the chorus in contemporaneous pop or trap changed completely (e. G. Billie Eillish). The old funcion of the chorus, that used to be more melodically or more energetic, is in current music more often a drop in intensity, melodic movement or even tempo. It'd be great if you can do a video about it! 😊Keep the great content

Handlebars by the Flobots is a good one. The song builds on the main idea from the beginning without replacing the first verse until the very end of the song.

Arctic Monkeys - The Ultracheese Thundercat - Them Changes Radiohead - Weird Fishes Paul Mcartney - Backseat Of My Car David Bowie - Lazarus Some more examples for you people looking for chorus-less songs

@knigistudios9430

3 жыл бұрын

Hotel & Casino is amazing

@Max-zn7md

3 жыл бұрын

You never give me your money

@codypower4298

3 жыл бұрын

them changes kind of has a chorus

@wiggledixbubsy98

3 жыл бұрын

Parquet Courts - Black and White Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal Parquet Courts - Instant Disassembly Parquet Courts - Raw Milk Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving

@lobster9059

3 жыл бұрын

Dream Sweet In Sea Major

The one song without a chorus I immediately think of is Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles. Super underrated!

@Croix1

2 жыл бұрын

the piano section does kinda serve the purpose of a chorus. i love that song though

@clarkrrr

2 жыл бұрын

@@Croix1 oh yeah, forgot it was in there twice lol

@ganeshapsychedelicrock4027

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't the "Da da da da da da da da" part of Rocky Racoon the Chorus?

@libradawg9

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's the instrumental chorus he's talking about. Hey Jude and Day in the Life were the first ones that I thought of.

@samanthanowell9655

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite Beatles track of all time!

This was incredibly informative on song structure!! I rarely see these song forms being discussed in detail.

Roundabout by Yes is a strange one because the "I'll be the roundabout" does sort of count as the chorus which is mostly the only line repeated however the song always keeps you interested by changing up how the instruments sound and by the middle point, changed the instrumental altogether

"Love is a losing game" by Amy Winehouse is one of my favourites without a chorus.

@TequilaToothpick

2 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful song.

@Zachary_Cordova

2 жыл бұрын

Huh

i love sultans of swing having an instrumental chorus in the iconic riff, perfectly creating a chorus in a chorus-less song

@Captain_Bottles

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! It’s a fantastic tune, I was about to mention it too! :D

@XxNoMErcY99xX

2 жыл бұрын

But it kinda has a chorus, doesn't it? It's really short but the "we are the sultans, we are the sultans of swing" is pretty much a chorus, isn't it?

@pc_panic

2 жыл бұрын

@@XxNoMErcY99xX u right

@nicholasharvey1232

Жыл бұрын

I would consider "Cars" by Gary Numan to be yet another song with an instrumental chorus. When the key changes from A to D, that serves as the "chorus".

@delpullen1982

Жыл бұрын

@@XxNoMErcY99xX Yes. This distinction of having lyrics or not is silly. What if a completely instrumental chorus just has a "yeah!" at the end? Is that NOW a different type of section of song? No. Choruses do NOT need lyrics.

I would say that "Lady in Black" by Uriah Heep (written by Ken Hensley) is a great example of a "storytelling song". It's based on the same 2 chord figure throughout (bouncing between the tonic Am and G), with just one passing chord in the turnaround sections (so you may call it a 2.5 chords song 🙂). There are vocal-only chorus-like sections, but the harmony stays the same everywhere. And such a simplicity of musical form and harmony is compensated so well by the loads of lyrics to sing (and to remember by the vocalist as well 🙂). So therefore it looks very much like a traditional song, that is so easy to get to and to sing together, even for the very first time.

Nightwish's Poet and the Pendulum comes to mind as a song that's only partially chorusless. Starts with an operatic ouverture, then follow a fe minutes chorus/verse alternation, before it turns fully through-composed with one last repitition of the chorus before the last movement.

Stairway to Heaven by Zeppelin is certainly one of the most famous examples of a huge rock song that has no chorus. I was actually expecting you to use that song as your leading example....but Bohemian Rhapsody is a bloody good choice too....

@Arrica101

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure led zepplin are notorious for blocking videos, probably why they weren't featured. I would agree it is arguably the most famous song ever without a chorus

@knigistudios9430

3 жыл бұрын

@@Arrica101 They wouldn't block him, but demonetize him

@edwardcardona717

3 жыл бұрын

@@Arrica101 Whereas Queen typically let stuff go all the time. I will always love that about them

@3006khz

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of led zeppelin songs don't have a chorus..

@knigistudios9430

3 жыл бұрын

@@edwardcardona717 I worked translating songs, and I agree completely with this. Queen even let you use their offical videos!

I knew there was a reason I subscribed to you. You are the best music analyist and teacher. You include music of all genres, including electro... wow! Finally! I'm starting to produce music. I'm watching you constantly to get pointers. Thank you, thank you! KZread is the best!

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane is easily AAAA, and the A's just get progressively bigger.

@moe45673

2 жыл бұрын

Isnt it more AABA? That "when men on the chessboard" part is definitely not A

@Breeze1

2 жыл бұрын

aaaaaaAAAAAAA

@ultrakool

2 жыл бұрын

it has a b. don't believe me? then go ask alice. I think she'll know.

@sadlytemporary4143

2 жыл бұрын

@@ultrakool yeah, you aren't the first to point that out to me. In retrospect, it's definitely not actually AAAA, but it isn't what I'd call a chorus either, and I thought the comment was funny

@CoingamerFL

2 жыл бұрын

@@sadlytemporary4143 aabaaabaAABAAABAAABAAA

One of my favourite songs ever is a combination of the AABA and an instrumental chorus: Year of the Cat by Al Stewart. One of the reasons I love that song so much.

The Day Before You Came, by ABBA. I guess it's strophic, because each verse ends in "The day before you came", and most lines begin with "I must". Interestingly the final verse changes structure and releases some of the tension, but I usually come out of that song feeling like I have been fully satiated. When All Is Said and Done from the same album (Visitors) is also with chorus and follows a more strophic structure with release supplied by the instrumental.

""Now the chorus comes in, but nobody knows why, except Mozart - and he's dead." - Victor Borge

@buzzthebuzzer6230

3 жыл бұрын

Nice beard

@charliesguitarandgaming896

3 жыл бұрын

I just watched that yesterday, Victor Borge was hilarious

@demolitionman5782

3 жыл бұрын

Santa why didnt you give me anything last Christmas

@alanr4447a

3 жыл бұрын

Borge thought it might be to relieve elevension.

@kl-ij7yy

3 жыл бұрын

What is this from??

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, by Billy Joel, springs to mind as a song without a "proper chorus."

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

Great song! 😀

@labscimaster

3 жыл бұрын

It it wasn't for its length, I'm sure Billy Joel would be remembered for that song, and not Piano man. I wonder whether its complexity also made it less memorable than Piano man. It is a much better song, IMO.

@MuzixMaker

3 жыл бұрын

Italian Restaurant is through-composed IMO

Golden Brown is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. The Stranglers were such an underrated band.

Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse is one of my favorite songs without a chorus and is a great strophic example.

The LAs song There She Goes is basically one long chorus. Nothing but endless payoff and yet never gets boring.

@HowToGames1

3 жыл бұрын

Seems you have great music taste there mate! Scousers and music, heavenly combo

@graham9851

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a great song

@kylestevensanders

3 жыл бұрын

I learned about this song from Mac DeMarco

@em-cj2zw

3 жыл бұрын

yes!! more las appreciation!!

@joelbizzell1386

3 жыл бұрын

Just like heroin, really.

John Lennon: God, I don't wanna be a soldier, crippled inside The Doors: Riders on the storm, LA woman, The end David Bowie: Space oddity

@sotis1756

3 жыл бұрын

Riders on the Storm has a semi chorus

@ean1245

3 жыл бұрын

Space Oddity definitely has a chorus in "Here am I sitting/floating in/'round my tin can".

@sotis1756

3 жыл бұрын

@@ean1245 ah you're right! Haven't heard the song in years

@ean1245

3 жыл бұрын

@@sotis1756 and I would advise you to listen to it again since this song is legitimately great

@craigbroadfoot1851

3 жыл бұрын

@@sotis1756 It’s more of a repeating blues-type structure and as much an instrumental song as anything, maybe with an ‘instrumental chorus’.

I just remembered going to a rock concert of a Polish band Łzy with my mom and neighbours. I didn't know much of their songs, maybe two or three, but their choruses were so energetic and memorable and it wa so fun!! I can't imagine what if they didn't do choruses.

Two of my favourite through-composed songs are Station To Station by David Bowie (although the "The return of the Thin White Duke" part occurs twice, and when live he sings it a third time) and Somewhat Damaged by Nine Inch Nails.

I’m surprised that Bjork was not mentioned in this episode. She has numerous songs with atypical structures, both with and without choruses. You’ve Been Flirting Again, Bachelorette, All Neon Like, Pluto, All Is Full of Love, 107 Steps, An Echo A Stain, Show Me Forgiveness, Oll Birtan, Submarine, Sonnets / Unrealities XI, Ancestors, Midvikudags, Vertebrae by Vertebrae, Pneumonia, My Juvenile, Moon, Dark Matter, Hollow, Sacrifice, Mutual Core, Solstice, History of Touches, Black Lake, etc the list goes on and on. She deserves a mention in a topic such as this.

@LuizVitor

Жыл бұрын

YEEES!!!!!

@mariol2116

Жыл бұрын

MY SONG DONT HAVE CHORUS kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4N3x6hmnNaap6g.html

@thalesmatheus6011

Жыл бұрын

bachelorette does have chorus

@LuizVitor

Жыл бұрын

@@thalesmatheus6011 agree, it’s the “im a fountain of blood” verse?

'The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald' is a great example of a song with an instrumental chorus

@liebnub

3 жыл бұрын

@casey6556

3 жыл бұрын

It’s pretty strophic too - the music is fairly similar across each verse, though sung a bit differently (much like some recordings of House of the Rising Sun)

Muse - Starlight Intro - Verse - B section/Elaborated intro ("hold you in my arms...") - Half verse - "Pre-chorus"/C section ("I'll never let you go...") - D section ("Our hopes and expectations", serves as a kind of anti-chorus) - B section - Half verse - C section - D section but more climactic - Slightly altered B section/Outro

Great idea for a video. I never really gave this any thought before.

Just Like Heaven amazes me with its lack of chorus, it's one of those driving songs that just moves and amps up.

@jackvalentino2125

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like a huge amount of Cure tracks follow the no chorus rules haha. Nearly every song off of Disintegration doesn’t have a chorus

@ChasMusic

3 жыл бұрын

You don't consider "You and me just like heaven" to be a one-line chorus?

@Astfgl

3 жыл бұрын

The Cure really seemed to go out of their way to avoid choruses in their songs, yet they always managed to keep things varied and interesting. It makes their songs harder to grasp, but also that much more intriguing and replayable.

@HowardLeaderman

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChasMusic There is a melodic refrain between verse 2 and 3 that's breifly reprised at the end, but it hardly counts as a chorus. Also, he says "You, just like heaven" just once at the end of the song.

@HowardLeaderman

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackvalentino2125 True, but lovesong clearly had that intrumental one, and that's the only track I would consider a "pop song". Just Like Heaven is very pop and accessible despite being without a chorus, a testament to Smith that he wrote such an engaging pop song without the classic device. There's a lot of music in the more post punk or Gothic scene without hooks, but the style of Just Like Heaven compared to that makes it more impressive as a chorus-less song. (not that it's my favorite cure song or anything.)

If a strophic song is really bad, could we call it cata-strophic? Thank you, I'm here all week...

@jeffthebracketman

3 жыл бұрын

Try the veal...

@jennifermorris6848

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Dad

@muenchhausenmusic

3 жыл бұрын

Gold right there, this video was basically one hell of a perfect setup just waiting for you XD XD XD

@allthatyoutouch3164

3 жыл бұрын

@@jennifermorris6848 😂

@KillarneyMark

3 жыл бұрын

Or if it’s about the world turning, it would be geostrophic. OK, that one’s a bit more niche.

Other examples of episodic/story songs are ELO's Mr Blue Sky (although there are a few lines that return), Queen's Somebody to Love and New Order's Blue Monday. Queen's Hammer to Fall and Crazy Little Thing Called Love are strophic, just with a solo in the middle.

@jorgito93700

10 ай бұрын

Doesn't Mr Blue Sky have a clear chorus with the "Mr Blue Sky please tell us why" section?

@10thdoctor15

10 ай бұрын

@@jorgito93700 I don't know if a chorus can be one single line that repeats, and not in regular periods

@jorgito93700

8 ай бұрын

@@10thdoctor15 I mean there's plenty of songs with a chorus that's just one line that repeats, often being the title. We Will Rock You by Queen is the first one that comes to my mind.

@10thdoctor15

8 ай бұрын

@@jorgito93700 That chorus is the line twice, which is sung three times; I'm talking about a line that just appears more than once in the song, not a whole chorus.

Late to this, but great video. My favorite chorusless song is Sometime Around Midnight by The Airborn Toxic Event. I think it falls under storytelling. I love it because as the song goes, the singer sounds more drunk. It’s a good story.

I was searching through my ABBA songs for songs written in AABA form, so that I could point out the irony here, and instead I seemed to have found quite a few ABBA songs in AAAA form. P.S. Thanks for the information.

@neilgibbons2532

3 жыл бұрын

Did you try ACDC or MCJZ

@TenisJr

3 жыл бұрын

tbh everytime I see the AABA structure it takes my brain a second to remember we're not talking about ABBA

@blackforest2808

2 жыл бұрын

@@neilgibbons2532 damn it, ya beat me to it hahahaa

@williama.walker2287

2 жыл бұрын

Somebody reading these comments should be challenged to write an ABBA ABBA song.

@luiszuluaga6575

2 жыл бұрын

Aaaah..!☝🏼😃

I'm pretty sure The End. by MCR doesn't actually have a chorus, but still a lot of buildup that never gets any release until the song that plays right after it on the album. They blend into each other perfectly, I think that's pretty neat!

@buttercup0747

3 жыл бұрын

Yees mcr! They have a few like that, such as (i think) “it’s not a Fashion statement, it’s a Deathwish”

@spicycarrot6059

3 жыл бұрын

@@buttercup0747 Oh yeah, I think you’re right, though he does repeat the “I’m coming back from the dead…” lines, it doesn’t seem like an actual chorus- also whatever the fuck Demolition Lovers’s song structure is lmao

@johnathanpumpernickel5532

3 жыл бұрын

i also think welcome to the black parade doesn’t have one either but i haven’t listened to that song in a while

@buttercup0747

3 жыл бұрын

@@spicycarrot6059 i love demolition lovers

@spicycarrot6059

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnathanpumpernickel5532 The “we’ll carry on” part seems pretty chorus-y to me, could be wrong though lol

you've literally listed a lot of my favourite songs. i love a story, i love repetition, i love a straight forward moving song. no hook is needed for me ha. another classic no chorus is maybe the hurricane by bob dylan

Missed a couple of the biggest & best in this category. "Sound of Silence" & "Stairway to Heaven". Was really surprised you left these out. I waited for these the whole video.

Every Breath You Take is a great chorusless one. It's got that three-level AABA structure, where each A section is a mini AABA structure, and then each main AABA part is nested inside an larger AABA format. It's a really fun song to pick apart.

@tiemenscholten3755

3 жыл бұрын

Wow I had to look up if Every Breath You Take really didn’t have any choruses. Mind blowing actually, it seems like the song has a repetitive chorus in my head haha

@jasonremy1627

3 жыл бұрын

@@tiemenscholten3755 it's repetitive, but it's not really a chorus. It just has these 3 different parts that it organizes in this cool way.

@sebastiano728

3 жыл бұрын

Tbh, though I understand the mechanics that make up the AABA format, as long as it repeats itself, I often just consider the B section the chorus. Like "Oh can't you see / You belong to me..." or in Yesterday "Why she had to go? / I don't know, she wouldn't say". They repeat itself, but aren't considered choruses because they don't have the catchy lyric people remember, like the "I'll be watching you" repeating itself at the end. The only other distinction I can find between a repeating B section and a chorus is that while verses feel like they're leading up to a chorus, B sections often feel more like bridges, working as a counteract to the verse, rather than its payoff. Also, AABA songs often have the hook be in the first line of the verse. Every Breath You Take, Yesterday, Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Blue Skies all have the title of the song be the first line of each of their A sections. Lastly, though it does contain a chorus, the structure of Oh-bla-Di Oh-bla-da reminds me of the AABA songs listed. We got an obvious verse and chorus, but the "In a couple of years they have built a home, sweet home" feels like a repeating bridge (or, consequently, like the B sections in the AABA songs).

@deliusmyth5063

3 жыл бұрын

It's a fractal structure. And if you want to get really silly, the phrase “Every breath you take” is itself AABA.

@carlo4594

3 жыл бұрын

No Reply by the Beatles does the same thing. An AABA for where each A section is its own AABA but with slightly different lyrics each time.

Happiness is a warm gun is really a masterpiece

@kevinmeserole7345

3 жыл бұрын

It's a good song, but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece.

@H4SLP

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmeserole7345 okay but I would call it a masterpiece

@musicbydanny6925

3 жыл бұрын

It’s like a pre- Bohemian Rhapsody or like I would describe it has thy

@Ms_Drake

3 жыл бұрын

@@musicbydanny6925 And so are A Day in the Life and Band on the Run, though the latter had a chorus on the folk rock section.

@musicbydanny6925

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ms_Drake I mean a rhapsody is something that doesn’t repeat and A Day In The Life did so with the interlude. But yeah A Day In The Life really did it first lol

This is a great music appreciation lesson, worthy of the songs referenced!

i know its been a while since you posted this, but in Paranoid Android there are these lyrics which in most of the sites i looked, said that it counted as a chorus in the song: "What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android)"; "What's that? (I may be paranoid, but no android) What's that? (I may be paranoid, but no android)". happy new years

I thought you would mention Stairway to Heaven. You can maybe call the last part a chorus but it never repeats itself, it’s just a continuous way up in energy. Just like climbing a stairway

@marcofearg9956

3 жыл бұрын

That was the first song i think of

@GGNotes

3 жыл бұрын

"Makes me wonder" is the chorus.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

I was actually going to include Stairway but, as another commenter has pointed out, it actually does have a chorus! The "Make me wonder" bit. 😊

@GGNotes

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano Thanks, David! "Makes me wonder" is not as catchy as choruses normally are, but it's definitely "part B", and repeated more than once, so yes it qualifies as chorus. Thank for another great video!

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

@@GGNotes Yeah, it's not an obvious chorus at all! I actually made an entire graphic for Stairway because I was going to include it in the video until I realised that it did technically have a chorus!

I love how Jesus Of Suburbia and Homecoming are both 9 minute through composed songs on the same album and they're both great.

@jacobdodd346

2 жыл бұрын

jesus of suburbia, and American Idiot in general is, imo, one of the best songs and albums of all time.

@Lowfe

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobdodd346 I agree with you 100% American Idiot and Jesus Of Suburbia definitely is one of the best songs and albums ever made

@alphadoge8639

2 жыл бұрын

Great is a fucking understatement

@Lowfe

2 жыл бұрын

@@alphadoge8639 You're right it is a understatement. Jesus Of Suburbia and Homecoming and the entire American Idiot album for that matter is a masterpiece

@MariaThePotterNut

Жыл бұрын

They wrote it with the thought of it being one full story, like a musical, and it shows. Which is why it so easily transforms into a staged musical. It's a masterpiece of an album and deserves more recognition for it.

Consider this: Yesterday starts with the chorus (or hook). The "chorus" is the part everyone sings together, hence the word "chorus". The same goes with the other songs described here. Each section has a hook. Those songs are one long chorus with different parts.

My two favorites that follow this structure are both from MGMT! "Of Moons, Birds, and Monsters" from their first album, "Oracular Spectacular" and "Siberian Breaks" from their second, "Congratulations" both really underrated, especially despite the popularity/success of "Oracular"

man you must have like 0% chance of monetization with all these famous songs. ur a saint for it

@longinuscyclone213

3 жыл бұрын

yeah this man deserves what support he gets on patreon and so much more

@samuelthecamel

3 жыл бұрын

He's very careful with using alternate renditions of songs and only playing them for short periods of time, so I doubt it

Haha the differece between Bohemien Rhapsody and JoS shows the loudness wars and why you should leave headroom

@sourisvoleur4854

3 жыл бұрын

It really jumps out at one.

@jack002tuber

3 жыл бұрын

Max Headroom

@frmcf

3 жыл бұрын

@@jack002tuber Or Min Headroom in this case :)

@nikolajmadsen1002

3 жыл бұрын

What's JoS?

@clf400

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikolajmadsen1002 Jesus of suburbia

"Movie Magg" by Carl Perkins is an overlooked strophic rockabilly piece. There's so much interesting theory behind this awesome genre!

Interesting topic, very instructive overview. Btw, in Jesus Of Suburbia, I believe both parts I and II have a regular Verse1-Chorus-Verse2-Chorus structure in themselves.

Am I really gonna be the first one to mention... “A Day in the Life”? Cheers, from Guadalajara, Mexico. Big fan, mate.

@DavidBennettPiano

3 жыл бұрын

"A Day In The Life" certainly has an erratic structure and, although it has got some repeating sections, I don't think we ever get anything close to a typical chorus! 😁

@emanuellandeholm5657

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano Revolution #9.

@noahford9605

3 жыл бұрын

@@emanuellandeholm5657 you can’t really have a chorus if the song doesn’t really have lyrics other than random scatterings of noise

@emanuellandeholm5657

3 жыл бұрын

@@noahford9605 Infidel!

@sunkintree

3 жыл бұрын

@@noahford9605 Did you watch the video or are you just stupid? The youtuber himself said choruses can lack lyrics. Jesus christ. Stop spreading bullshit.

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, too doesnt have a chorus🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥🔥

@aliciamarie2414

2 жыл бұрын

Love your profile photo!

@diopappa

2 жыл бұрын

Well, at least I'm not the only fool to think it's crazy not to mention this song in this category (which one though?)

@lbarnesmusic

2 жыл бұрын

It does have the “ooh, it makes me wonder” part though, although it simply feels like a bridge that has a reprise tbh

@kaiser_ua

2 жыл бұрын

Kashmir?

@larshamelijnck4400

2 жыл бұрын

@@diopappa I think it's some sort of combination of episodic and story-telling

Others I know of:: Three songs by Glen Campbell-"By The Time I Get to Phoenix", "Galveston", and "Southern Nights" Two by Cream - "White Room" and "Badge" Two early songs by the Dutch band Teach-In - "Spoke the Lord Creator" (originally an instrumental by fellow Dutch band Focus) and "Can't Be So Bad" (originally by Moby Grape) George Michael - "A Different Corner" Billy Joel - "The Ballad of Billy the Kid"

"Space Oddity" by David Bowie is a great example of a song like this It gets close to repeating itself, but not quite, as one line in the "planet Earth is blue" parts differs each time

@cbonshep

11 ай бұрын

While I LOVE the song I am not sure it fits this. It does seem to have a chorus despite the lyrics not being repeated exactly like Doctor My Eyes -Jackson Browne, or All I want - Joni Mitchell, but the TinCan section is a Verse Verse Chorus with the requisite resolution.

@salty_3k506

11 ай бұрын

that's not much of a difference, it's like sequencing where you play the same melody higher or lower. it's not exactly the same but it's still the same melody, just like in the song it's the same section with some slight change.

@rlsfrny

10 ай бұрын

It's pretty unique - it appears to be AABBC BAC

I don’t know if im correct, but isn’t Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin a song with no chorus?

@ramiabdalla2661

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, you seem to be correct, nice

@cletusbeauregard1972

2 жыл бұрын

Most of Zeppelin's songs didn't have choruses after Robert Plant took over the lyric writing. He just didn't like them.

@stellartoad

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@PedanticTwit

2 жыл бұрын

@Zbigniew G When he said, "perhaps the most famous example of a through-composed song is," I immediately started to say _Stairway to Heaven._ Was kind of left with a Spock raised eyebrow. I always heard Stairway more than Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio.

@alexanderbinkert181

2 жыл бұрын

I think he might not have included it because Led Zeppelin tends to copyright claim videos that use their songs.

Every pink Floyd's songs, a change of seasons by dream theater

@atomiccritter6492

2 жыл бұрын

even Another Brick In The Wall Part (2,3 or whatever it is)?

@lesalabs

2 жыл бұрын

@@atomiccritter6492 Well, Part 2 has a chorus. Shine You Crazy Diamond and Echoes too. And some others. Not every Floyd`s song is without a chorus. That would be boring.

@louieo.blevinsmusic4197

2 жыл бұрын

@@goofyblud “Changes?”

@echowo1761

2 жыл бұрын

@@lesalabs i dont think echoes has a chorus tbh, and based on the vid shine on you crazy diamond is best defined as a strophic song, which according to him doesnt have a chorus

@mozzer1881

2 жыл бұрын

@@lesalabs set the controls for the heart of the sun has what i consider a chorus, arnold layne has a chorus (i think), see emily play, bike, matilda mother (but like set the controls its only a single line), corporal clegg, welcome to the machine, probably more but its still easier to label the ones with a chorus than without

It's something I never thought of before, but now thinking about it, loads of my fave songs have no chorus... obvious one spings to mind, Stairway to heaven, and I now get what your talking about, building then the big hit. In Stairway, it builds, steadily and relentleslym going from a folky ballad, then Bass and drums join before the epic solo, resolving finally back to peace and calm.

I don' know where any of these would fit, but these spring immediately to mind (and I can't think of any chorus in them) ... The Beatles - Hey Jude (The Beatles did it a lot ) Squeeze - Cool for Cats Journey - Don't Stop Believing Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing Also, how do songs that appear to have a chorus, but which are lyrically different each time work? Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet for example ...

Dreams by The Cranberries has kind of an "instrumental chorus" but the instrument is Dolores' incredible voice doing its thing.

Dylan did an entire album without a chorus with John Wesley Harding.

The entire album of 'why we fight' by Gatsbys American Dream. It was their first full length - independently released. They got tons of major label buzz, but they all told them they needed to write chourses. So they wrote a 5 song e.p about how they would never write chorus' They eventually did, but, i really love this start.

Great stuff. Very helpful.

My favorite example would be "Human Sadness" by the voidz... each section feels like a stage of emotional progression through some catastrophic event! whether that's an apocalypse in the literal sense, or just a personal "end of the world"/descent into madness, it's almost like the stages of grief. No chorus to speak of

@nathaneckman2607

2 жыл бұрын

Such a good song. Casablancas is the perfect voice for it

@ethanm2000

2 жыл бұрын

One of the most perfect songs ever

@piercedimare6782

2 жыл бұрын

it does have a chorus, the da da da, da da part

@rizahaykel

2 жыл бұрын

human sadness does have a chorus, "...there is a field, i meet you there" part

@CalebIsBlue

2 жыл бұрын

it definitely has a chorus. The chorus lyrics are, "Beyond all ideas of right and wrong, there is a field I will be meeting you there," repeated twice. The chorus comes three time after the first, third, and sixth verse. The first two even have a very similar backing melody, only the first is cut off near its end. The final chorus is much bigger than the first two, but definitely still a chorus.

I’ve seen many examples in the comment section that I thought of, but one band that I’d like to highlight would be The Doors. On their first album, “The Crystal Ship” and “The End” are without choruses and differ immensely in structure and length of the song. “The Crystal Ship” is less than three minutes long while “The End” is close to 12 minutes and can easily keep your attention throughout

@kate-kw2xl

2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping for someone to mention The End (and the Doors)!

@LynkJDL1

2 жыл бұрын

The Soft Parade too

@PedroBenolielBonito

2 жыл бұрын

Best opening song for any movie, ever (Apocalypse Now)

Roy Orbison was likely the first Rock and Roll musician to do this. as according to Fred Foster of monument records. because in most cases the title of the song usually derived from the chorus. so I'm not sure if I have the title correct. but I believe it's "In Dreams". where Roy wrote the song with all verse building up to a huge climax. that ended with the lyrics. "You Turned and Walked Away with Me".

Mr Brightside is one of my favorites. Almost strophic, with a musical interlude before it repeats and a different outro