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Songs without a chorus

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Batman, Apr 23, 2017.

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  1. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    I heard "A Boy Named Sue" on the local country station the other day, and it got me wondering how many songs (and specifically how many good, well-known songs like that one) do not have a chorus?

    Off the top of my head I thought of "The Chair" by George Strait and "Sometime Around Midnight" by The Airborne Toxic Event, and I'm sure Pink Floyd or Zeppelin or the Grateful Dead had some 20-minute stream of consciousness ramblers.
    Any that you good folks can think of?
     
    Batman, Apr 23, 2017
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  2. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Thunder Road, Bohemian Rhapsody, and most of the Tommy songs, off the top of my head.
     
    three_bags_full, Apr 23, 2017
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  3. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    Thin Lizzy has a bunch of songs without a chorus. Probably because Phil Lynott was amazing.

    Roisin Dubh, Emerald, Warriors, Wild One. etc. etc.
     
    QYFW, Apr 23, 2017
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  4. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    For some reason I was thinking Bohemian Rhapsody had a chorus, albeit a non-traditional one, with the "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me" refrain. Been a while since I heard it, though.
     
    Batman, Apr 23, 2017
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  5. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    BTW, Thunder Road. Very dull song.
     
    QYFW, Apr 23, 2017
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  6. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    Up With People does not care for this thread.
     
    Machine Head, Apr 23, 2017
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  7. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

     
    TheSportsPredictor, Apr 23, 2017
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  8. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    "Meeting Across the River"
     
    micropolitan guy, Apr 24, 2017
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  9. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    Dear prudence
     
    Guy_Incognito, Apr 24, 2017
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  10. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Off the top of my head: "Midnight Rambler", "Hot Rod Lincoln", "All Along the Watchtower"
     
    Huggy, Apr 24, 2017
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  11. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Starman, Apr 24, 2017
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  12. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    I'll give up a chorus for a perfect bridge.

    But, off the top of my head, a lot of Wilco songs don't have a chorus.
     
    swingline, Apr 24, 2017
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