Songs that repeat lines over and over and over...

[BigDaddyLH]

On the opposite end, what about songs constructed nearly exclusively repeating phrases?

Tell the moon don't tell the marcher
Tell the moon don't tell the marcher

I always thought it was "tell the moon dog, tell the march hare"

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Opinions vary

 

[edvard]

 

[Controller]

 

[Killing Floor]

 

[Hodgo88]

I always thought it was "tell the moon dog, tell the march hare"

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Hey man, I've been known to mishear lyrics. Youre probably right. I thought Billy Squier was weird to be singing "My Candelabra" too.

 

[Red Ryder]

Free bird, the lyrics and that long monotonous guitar solo crap shoot.

 

[arlum]

I don't mind them when they're limited to the outro. Na .... Na .. Na .. Na . Na . Na .. Na .. Hey Jude.

 

[Dennyf]

Fleetwood Mac in the Stevie-Lindsay-Christine era is unlistenable for me due to every hit consisting of little more than endlessly- repeated choruses.

 

[Wheelhouse]

On the opposite end, what about songs constructed nearly exclusively repeating phrases?

Tell the moon don't tell the marcher
Tell the moon don't tell the marcher

Except Jon Anderson explicitly chose vocal sounds over words with word meanings most of the time, and some songs more than others. Yes' lyrics generally make less sense than any native English-speaking writer I can think of. Jon was not into poetry so much as pure vocal music.

 

[timbgtr]

I’m a huge Springsteen fan, but that said, “Ridin’ on the backstreets …”

 

[Hodgo88]

Except Jon Anderson explicitly chose vocal sounds over words with word meanings most of the time, and some songs more than others. Yes' lyrics generally make less sense than any native English-speaking writer I can think of. Jon was not into poetry so much as pure vocal music.

I never knew that, but as I sit here and think about Yes lyrics, it seems so obvious...

A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace / and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace

Thanks for that tidbit of info!

 

[thesamhill]

Dylan Moran's take:

 

[5595bassman]

But I like it anyway.

 

[Boblets]

billy thorpe mashed potato

 

[runstendt]

While I can't say that I honestly don't like this song (I find it too strange to not enjoy) it is not one of my favorites. The lyrics are just the title repeated until the song ends, going through several styles of music.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

There was an annoying hit three or four years ago whose chorus consisted of "I'm ridin' solo" over and over and over again.

 

[Skeet-1969]

Sending out an SOS... Sending out an SOS...
Sending out an SOS..

Mike B

 

[Lynxtrap]

I like it. And I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it, I la-la like it, I la-la like it!

 

[Kev-wilson]

I think this guy's repeating himself but it's in Glaswegian so I'm unsure

 

[smartsoul72]

I like the Police, but man! A lot of their songs really ride that repetition thing at the end