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haha...that's a bit mean.

Well the title would have to be "Antidisestablishmentarianism Blues"...obviously [mellow]

Sorry...couldn't resist it.

 

One of the most vexing songwriting words is generally reckoned to be 'orange' I think, as nothing much rhymes with it.

 

I threw you an orange

You were out of range

I felt really strange....

 

Naah....

 

In a letter to the Times newspaper a few years ago, some smartarse pointed out there is a store in London called Gorringes (which is a school outfitters).....so he thought you could rhyme orange(s) with that;

 

"We ate some oranges then shopped at Gorringes" ](*,)

Naahhhh!!!

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Sorry...couldn't resist it.

 

One of the most vexing songwriting words is generally reckoned to be 'orange' I think, as nothing much rhymes with it.

 

I threw you an orange

You were out of range

I felt really strange....

 

Naah....

 

In a letter to the Times newspaper a few years ago, some smartarse pointed out there is a store in London called Gorringes (which is a school outfitters).....so he thought you could rhyme orange(s) with that;

 

"We ate some oranges then shopped at Gorringes" ](*,)

Naahhhh!!!

 

Ha!...A strange coincidence but only tonight I was learning a song by Guy Clark called Cold Dog Soup that has a verse

"Ginsberg and Kearourac

Shootin' dice playin' Ramblin Jack's guitar

with the cowboy painti' pickguard on it

and they sat in the back and they drank for free

and rhymed orange with Rosalie

Now there's a pride of lions to draw to"

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As i analyse Radioheads music more i notice the lyrics almost never rhyme. Thom just sings a melody and stretches out the words ss required to fit the melody.

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The Fab Four made do for ages with the ten words - love, me, you, I, girl, her, he, please, and and do. I always wanted to write a sentence with and and in it and I've done it.

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