Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same artist
Posted: Tue January 14, 2020 3:41 am
by Superblood Wolfmoon
I can think of a few artists who have done this--repeat a passage of lyrics in multiple songs.
Sting - "O My God" and "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days
Since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me who ends up
Getting wet
Chris Cornell - "Sound of a Gun" and "Drown Me Slowly"
The open mouth of the city
Swallowed up the town
With the same old concrete
That I still walk down
And it seemed they put a shine
On this place when I was young
Maybe I just don't see it now
Any others?
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Tue January 14, 2020 3:45 am
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Tue January 14, 2020 3:51 am
by evenslow
Vampire Weekend - I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die.
Finger Back and Harmony Hall.
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Tue January 14, 2020 3:52 am
by LoathedVermin72
Many Kanye songs
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Tue January 14, 2020 4:45 am
by knee tunes
piss and shit
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Tue January 14, 2020 5:23 am
by Kevin Davis
I think Van Morrison uses the phrases "gardens all misty wet with rain" and "listen to the radio, jelly roll" in about 35 different songs
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Tue January 14, 2020 1:07 pm
by oasisfan35
Lumineers with Sleep on the Floor off Cleopatra and Life in the City off III:
"If the sun don't shine on me today
And if the subways flood and bridges break
Will you lay yourself down and dig your grave
Or will you rail against your dying day"
Which really irked me, especially with the Cleopatra name drop, as I adore Sleep on the Floor.
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Tue January 14, 2020 11:22 pm
by Jammer XCI
Hip hop as a whole is the king of this.
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Tue January 14, 2020 11:47 pm
by washing machine
Can't let this thread stand without mentioning Hootie.
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Wed January 15, 2020 12:34 am
by bodysnatcher
I don't know why I feel so tongue tied
Don't know why I feel so skinned alive
Found in both Radiohead's "Myxomatosis" and "Cuttooth"
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Wed January 15, 2020 12:38 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Wed January 15, 2020 3:43 am
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:Pearl Jam, "Porch" and "1/2 Full":
There ain't gonna be any middle anymore
He even says “it’s been said before” right after
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Wed January 15, 2020 3:45 am
by evenslow
wease wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Pearl Jam, "Porch" and "1/2 Full":
There ain't gonna be any middle anymore
He even says “it’s been said before” right after
this somehow never occurred to me until this thread. i am idiot.
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Wed January 15, 2020 4:39 am
by i got bugs
Jammer XCI wrote:Hip hop as a whole is the king of this.
Too $hort
Re: Lyrics that appear in more than one song by the same art
Posted: Wed January 15, 2020 8:41 pm
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
tragabigzanda wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:I don't know why I feel so tongue tied
Don't know why I feel so skinned alive
Found in both Radiohead's "Myxomatosis" and "Cuttooth"
i never noticed that, but then many of thom's words are indecipherable
Also "the dinosaurs roam the earth" appears in both "Optimistic" and "Where I End And You Begin".