Songs that repeat the title a zillion times at the end

[toymaker]

That's why when one learns to play, say, classical guitar, tutors tell you to change the phrasing when repeating sections e.g. play brighter, softer, louder etc (near the bridge or up the neck etc). I've seen a lesson Joe Satriani gave to a very accomplished guitarist playing one of his tunes and he basically said the same thing about varying the way a repeated phrase or section is played.

But is this done with vocals? And if it is done on some of these examples, does the repetition of the words still sound annoying? Maybe. But isn't pop and/or popular rock music built around simple, repeated phrases??

That's why we've all migrated to Rush (presumably) because we've outgrown most of the simple, repetitive stuff. Because they 'tried' to make their music a little bit more sophisticated for the most part :P :Neil: :rush:

 

IMO most of the songs listed so far are repetitive but have enough variation throughout the song to keep them enjoyable. The deal with pop music is you want the familiarity of repeated sections, but you do want to subtly change the arrangement of them to make the song seem to progress even as it's coming back to the same theme. I think Muse do this very well in many of their poppier tracks, as they usually include an element in the second verse that wasn't there in the first, which then takes the second chorus to another level. More recently they've been doing extended sort of outro's with extra words on pop songs too, sometimes before a final chorus, which I think really brings them home.

 

What do you think of the Mike Rutherford album I mentioned? I dig the album, but I want the songs to end sooner!

 

I'm so bad at listening to solo albums. I haven't heard solo works from Brian May, Roger Taylor, Geddy, Alex, Tony Banks, or Mike Rutherford. I have heard Gabriel, Collins, Hackett, and Mercury. Should I give that Rutherford album a listen?

 

I think his first solo record is better - Smallcreep's Day. It has some cool stuff on it; however, like Tony Banks, I think he kept his best stuff for Genesis. I don't know if you want to put yourself through this: here's a song list from Acting Very Strange with descriptions of the endings:

 

Acting Very Strange - repeats "I'm acting very strange without you - oh" for about a minute at the end

A Day to Remember - repeats "That day you remember, that day you can't hide" with long pauses between for over a minute at the end

Maxine - repeats "Maxine" for almost two minutes at the end

Halfway there - probably the most tolerable - repeats the chorus a bunch of time in the fade

Who's Fooling Who - repeats the key line for about 45 seconds at the end, with a repeating saxophone thing

Couldn't Get Arrested - repeats the chorus for over a minute, although there's some interesting other vocals

I Don't Wanna Know - repeats "I don't wanna be another fool" until you go f***ing insane - for over a minute

Hideaway - a welcome reprieve - a long guitar solo

Edited October 13, 2021 by toymaker

[Entre_Perpetuo]

That's why when one learns to play, say, classical guitar, tutors tell you to change the phrasing when repeating sections e.g. play brighter, softer, louder etc (near the bridge or up the neck etc). I've seen a lesson Joe Satriani gave to a very accomplished guitarist playing one of his tunes and he basically said the same thing about varying the way a repeated phrase or section is played.

But is this done with vocals? And if it is done on some of these examples, does the repetition of the words still sound annoying? Maybe. But isn't pop and/or popular rock music built around simple, repeated phrases??

That's why we've all migrated to Rush (presumably) because we've outgrown most of the simple, repetitive stuff. Because they 'tried' to make their music a little bit more sophisticated for the most part :P :Neil: :rush:

 

IMO most of the songs listed so far are repetitive but have enough variation throughout the song to keep them enjoyable. The deal with pop music is you want the familiarity of repeated sections, but you do want to subtly change the arrangement of them to make the song seem to progress even as it's coming back to the same theme. I think Muse do this very well in many of their poppier tracks, as they usually include an element in the second verse that wasn't there in the first, which then takes the second chorus to another level. More recently they've been doing extended sort of outro's with extra words on pop songs too, sometimes before a final chorus, which I think really brings them home.

 

What do you think of the Mike Rutherford album I mentioned? I dig the album, but I want the songs to end sooner!

 

I'm so bad at listening to solo albums. I haven't heard solo works from Brian May, Roger Taylor, Geddy, Alex, Tony Banks, or Mike Rutherford. I have heard Gabriel, Collins, Hackett, and Mercury. Should I give that Rutherford album a listen?

 

I think his first solo record is better - Smallcreep's Day. It has some cool stuff on it; however, like Tony Banks, I think he kept his best stuff for Genesis. I don't know if you want to put yourself through this: here's a song list from Acting Very Strange with descriptions of the endings:

 

Acting Very Strange - repeats "I'm acting very strange without you - oh" for about a minute at the end

A Day to Remember - repeats "That day you remember, that day you can't hide" with long pauses between for over a minute at the end

Maxine - repeats "Maxine" for almost two minutes at the end

Halfway there - probably the most tolerable - repeats the chorus a bunch of time in the fade

Who's Fooling Who - repeats the key line for about 45 seconds at the end, with a repeating saxophone thing

Couldn't Get Arrested - repeats the chorus for over a minute, although there's some interesting other vocals

I Don't Wanna Know - repeats "I don't wanna be another fool" until you go f***ing insane - for over a minute

Hideaway - a welcome reprieve - a long guitar solo

 

Hm... maybe I'll wait to get to that one, lol. Smallcreeps Day I've heard about before. I'll keep my eye out for that one.

[IbanezJem]

There may be more repetitive songs than this, but not many.

 

I'd forgotten about that. Reactor is one of Neil's stranger records. But a damn good one.

[driventotheedge]

Maybe folks didn't get my reference earlier in the thread so I'll post the song here. Insanely repetitive..................

 

[goose]

"I'm getting closer to my home..." from I'm Your Captain. :zzz:

 

Isn't that song like half an hour long, as well? It seems like it...

A couple of guys chose to do it for karaoke and it was torture.

[goose]

It's the End of the World As We Know It

[RUSHHEAD666]

I don't know why - it sucks - but I find myself growing increasingly irritated by too much repetition in music. It could be my tendency to fixate on repetition. I'm talking about songs that repeat the song title or a key line in the song over and over and over as the song fades out. "Sending out an S.O.S.! Sending out and S.O.S.!..." I dig Daft Punk, but there's that one song that drives me nuts, Lose Yourself to Dance. Whodunnit by Genesis is annoying, too.

 

I recently listened to Mike Rutherford's album Acting Very Strange, and I swear every song on this record does it at the end. At least when Rush does it, they sort of change it up melodically a bit, don't they? "Closer to the Heart"...

 

It's okay if you all think I'm bent out of shape over nothing much - just wondering if anyone else has noticed this, or noticed other repetitive riffs or things that kind of get old fast.

 

 

George Harrison's "I've Got My Mind Set On You." One of the worst songs ever written. Please put ice picks in my ears, then push them in with a sledge hammer.

[RUSHHEAD666]

Whodunnit is crap.

 

Everyone loves "Fragile" by YES. However "We Are Heaven" drives me fuckking crazy. A reprise too? TERRIBLE!

[toymaker]

Whodunnit is crap.

 

Everyone loves "Fragile" by YES. However "We Are Heaven" drives me fuckking crazy. A reprise too? TERRIBLE!

 

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

We have heaven, we have heaven, we have heaven

 

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

He is here, he is here, he is here

To Look around, to look around, to look around, to look around

We have heaven, we have heaven, we have heaven

 

Deep.

[RUSHHEAD666]

Whodunnit is crap.

 

Everyone loves "Fragile" by YES. However "We Are Heaven" drives me fuckking crazy. A reprise too? TERRIBLE!

 

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

We have heaven, we have heaven, we have heaven

 

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

He is here, he is here, he is here

To Look around, to look around, to look around, to look around

We have heaven, we have heaven, we have heaven

 

Deep.

 

 

Hahahahaha!

 

 

 

Speaking about deep.

 

Funny enough I'm listening to Cream Live At The BBC.

 

"I'm So Glad" just played. I had to turn it the fuckk off. Ridiculous.

[RUSHHEAD666]

Eric Crapton is the most overrated guitar player on the planet. At least he was good on heroin. JMO

 

Oh and on "Eyesight For The Blind" in the movie "Tommy." Love that scene in the Monroe Church.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Eric Crapton is the most overrated guitar player on the planet. At least he was good on heroin. JMO

 

Oh and on "Eyesight For The Blind" in the movie "Tommy." Love that scene in the Monroe Church.

 

There’s nothing Clapton did on guitar that one of his contemporaries didn’t do better.

[toymaker]

Whodunnit is crap.

 

Everyone loves "Fragile" by YES. However "We Are Heaven" drives me fuckking crazy. A reprise too? TERRIBLE!

 

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

We have heaven, we have heaven, we have heaven

 

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

He is here, he is here, he is here

To Look around, to look around, to look around, to look around

We have heaven, we have heaven, we have heaven

 

Deep.

 

 

Hahahahaha!

 

 

 

Speaking about deep.

 

Funny enough I'm listening to Cream Live At The BBC.

 

"I'm So Glad" just played. I had to turn it the fuckk off. Ridiculous.

 

Oh, yeah. Can't stand it.

[RUSHHEAD666]

Whodunnit is crap.

 

Everyone loves "Fragile" by YES. However "We Are Heaven" drives me fuckking crazy. A reprise too? TERRIBLE!

 

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

We have heaven, we have heaven, we have heaven

 

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare

He is here, he is here, he is here

To Look around, to look around, to look around, to look around

We have heaven, we have heaven, we have heaven

 

Deep.

 

 

Hahahahaha!

 

 

 

Speaking about deep.

 

Funny enough I'm listening to Cream Live At The BBC.

 

"I'm So Glad" just played. I had to turn it the fuckk off. Ridiculous.

 

Oh, yeah. Can't stand it.

 

"I'm So Mad" lol

[RUSHHEAD666]

One song I absolutely love that repeats over and over and over again is "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" NIGHT RANGER!! They RULE!

[RUSHHEAD666]

"Domo arigato Mr. Roboto" UGH!

[JohnRogers]

Any song by KI$$???

[JohnRogers]

Eric Crapton is the most overrated guitar player on the planet. At least he was good on heroin. JMO

 

Oh and on "Eyesight For The Blind" in the movie "Tommy." Love that scene in the Monroe Church.

 

There’s nothing Clapton did on guitar that one of his contemporaries didn’t do better.

I like this bold Hot Take.

[Rush Cocky]

"Domo arigato Mr. Roboto" UGH!

 

It was so bad it caused Styx to break up. Fact.

[driventotheedge]

"Domo arigato Mr. Roboto" UGH!

 

It was so bad it caused Styx to break up. Fact.

Yet I saw them 3 or 4 years ago, without DeYoung of course, and they did this piece of shit for a song. I was highly disappointed and would've loved Suite Madam Blue instead. Oh well, at least they didn't do Babe.

Edited October 15, 2021 by driventotheedge

[bluefox4000]

Any modern Maiden tune.

 

Mick