jaxson50 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 How many great songs (rock, pop, etc. ) that have no chorus can you think of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Does John Lee Hooker's entire output count...?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyMoon Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven Tom Waits - Rain Dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest farnsbarns Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Subterranean homesick blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I used to enjoy 'the Soft Parade' too...."Tropic corridor, tropic treasure"....Jim got well away on the fade of that one! But, back on track - no chorus in 'Purple Haze', 'Hey Joe'...the point about Dylan is well made as many of his earlier songs don't go to a chorus, as on the 'Bringin' it all back home' album. Most Stones numbers have a distinct chorus...thinking about the Beatles, does 'Hey Jude' really have a chorus? Or 'When I'm 64'? In that tune, the title/tag 'will you still need me' etc occurs at the end of the verse. The deep blues (Muddy, Wolf, John Lee and many more) doesn't usually have choruses. Nor do many 32-bar standards which follow an AABA pattern (vs, vs, mid 8, vs) or similar. However the OP refers to rock, pop, etc so I'm a bit off track again here. Country music most always has a chorus. At the other end of the spectrum, how about the original 'Black Sabbath'? 'Dazed and Confused'? Would you say there is a chorus in that? Good thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Bohemian Rhapsody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Little Wing... And its been a while since I heard it (will have to listen to it now) but as far as I remember Animals by Floyd, I dont think any of those tunes had a chorus.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlwOHUipDxc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxom Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I could think of many Ramones songs, but I don't have the time to think right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzb5QABCmak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svoGMzUoT30&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G McBride Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Choctaw Bingo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvar Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Almost any song by Bob Dylan-with a couple of exceptions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT ED Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 99% of Rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 How about Frankenstein by Edger Winter? Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R.M.30! Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 "Baba O'Riley" by The Who Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC9POpjnB9g Absolutely fantastic song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heymisterk Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 An oft-overlooked Beatles gem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Tomorrow Never Knows- Beatles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 99% of Rush You're incorrect.... Most Rush songs (And I should know, cause' I'm a full-bore Rushian!) have a chorus, even if it occurs only once in the song. I am not counting their many instrumentals. Closer To The Heart, The Necromancer, and Red Sector A don't have choruses (the latter sure has a lot of chorusING!), however. And does "The Spirit Of Radio" qualify as having a chorus"? I'm not sure. It can go either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl M Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Country songwriter Tom T. Hall wrote MANY songs without a chorus. I always liked this one. It's about a guitar player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted June 15, 2012 Author Share Posted June 15, 2012 Country songwriter Tom T. Hall wrote MANY songs without a chorus. I always liked this one. It's about a guitar player. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6siRVk67Epw Tom T is one of the best story tellers ever...Thanks for the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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