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Post by Hervard on Sept 21, 2013 16:00:03 GMT -5
Now this is probably a short list. Many songs do mention the title in the bridge, but most of those songs mention the title elsewhere in the song.
There are only two songs I can think of that mention the title nowhere else in the song besides the bridge:
Dream On - Aerosmith Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch
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Post by pb on Sept 21, 2013 16:19:30 GMT -5
Wow, difficult question.
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Post by pb on Sept 21, 2013 16:25:22 GMT -5
Ok, I thought of one. "Hard To Say" by Dan Fogelberg.
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Post by pb on Sept 21, 2013 18:03:47 GMT -5
Ok, I thought of one. "Hard To Say" by Dan Fogelberg. I guess this is a near miss. Looking over the lyrics again he also throws in "hard to say" in a verse later in the song.
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Post by woolebull on Sept 21, 2013 21:50:57 GMT -5
Now this is probably a short list. Many songs do mention the title in the bridge, but most of those songs mention the title elsewhere in the song. There are only two songs I can think of that mention the title nowhere else in the song besides the bridge: Dream On - Aerosmith Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch How about "Opportunities" by Pet Shop Boys? Only mentioned in the song in a way that I wouldn't consider a verse...but I'm sure some might.
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Post by vto66 on Sept 22, 2013 0:13:30 GMT -5
"December"--Collective Soul
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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 22, 2013 7:13:37 GMT -5
I believe Dazz by Brick would qualify.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 22, 2013 17:36:23 GMT -5
Ok, I thought of one. "Hard To Say" by Dan Fogelberg. I guess this is a near miss. Looking over the lyrics again he also throws in "hard to say" in a verse later in the song. Besides, that's in the chorus where he says it.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 22, 2013 17:37:00 GMT -5
"December"--Collective Soul This one is questionable, as they do layer it over the final choruses as well.
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Post by freakyflybry on Sept 22, 2013 20:50:14 GMT -5
Chumbawamba - Amnesia
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Post by pb on Sept 23, 2013 9:04:38 GMT -5
I guess this is a near miss. Looking over the lyrics again he also throws in "hard to say" in a verse later in the song. Besides, that's in the chorus where he says it. I'd consider that a bridge, but there is room for debate.
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Post by matt on Sept 23, 2013 14:27:52 GMT -5
Wow that's a song I haven't heard in forever! Still hear "Tub Thumping" every now and then, but never the follow up...
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Post by mytwocents on Sept 28, 2013 20:26:01 GMT -5
The recent discussion about songs containing their titles in the lyrics reminds me that back in the day, listening to AT40, I came across a fair number of songs where the title of their parent album appeared in their lyrics (without being the album's title track)! Right now, though, I can only think of three examples off the top of my head:
Lionel Richie, "All Night Long (All Night)" ("Yeah! Once you get started, you can't slow down / Come join the fun, it's a merry-go-round") from the 1983 album "Can't Slow Down"
Rick Springfield, "Bop 'Til You Drop" (Chorus: "There is something you've been thinking of / Lately you're feeling the power of love / Everybody says it's so so hard to hold / The alarm rings, you've gotta get up, you've gotta get up") from the 1984 album "Hard to Hold"
Starship, "We Built This City" ("Knee deep in the hoopla sinking in your fight / Too many runaways eating up the night") from the 1985 album "Knee Deep in the Hoopla"
Can somebody jostle my memory with more examples that aren't coming to my mind right now? (And, of course, examples from outside of this time frame are welcome, too!)
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 28, 2013 21:04:24 GMT -5
"Beginnings" by Chicago could be included in this group. The song is called "Beginnings" but the word "beginning" isn't sung until the bridge.
Would "Questions 67 and 68" by Chicago count? Those four words are not sung until the end of the song.
Edited add: Would "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey fit the category? The title is not mentioned until after the guitar solo.
2nd edited add: From the Shadoe Stevens era... what about (of all topics, dealing with the bridge of the song)... "Under The Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers?
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Post by freakyflybry on Sept 29, 2013 0:35:41 GMT -5
The recent discussion about songs containing their titles in the lyrics reminds me that back in the day, listening to AT40, I came across a fair number of songs where the title of their parent album appeared in their lyrics (without being the album's title track)! Right now, though, I can only think of three examples off the top of my head: Alanis Morissette did it three times: "You Learn" from Jagged Little Pill, "So Pure" from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie and "Hands Clean" from Under Rug Swept all made CT40/AT40; all mentioned the title of their albums in their lyrics.
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