Are pop lyrics getting more repetative
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That is a fascinating article and study.
scotty38
pfm Member
I may be a little biased but it's only repeated a few times plus the rest of the song has some meaning. It's also pretty good too....
glancaster
In the silicon vale
My friends and I used to sing along:
...there's no lyrics
It's also remarkable that when they eventually tire of the main theme, they branch out with:
Reach for the sky
No river too deep
No mountain too high
Total dial-a-cliché. It's a blessed relief when they give up churning them out and return to the chorus.
I was going to contribute The Vaccines' Wreckin' Bar, which certainly has a few ra ra ras, but having checked the lyrics, it's far more varied than I remembered.
deebster
Half Man Half Biscuit
Repetition really turns me off and always has done.
A melody line, riff or anything else and I'm fine with it, but words no. I still get a twinge of disappointment when reading the lyrics before listening to a song for the first time and seeing a repeated chorus line.
Oh, except for Mark E Smith. Obvs.
A melody line, riff or anything else and I'm fine with it, but words no. I still get a twinge of disappointment when reading the lyrics before listening to a song for the first time and seeing a repeated chorus line.
Oh, except for Mark E Smith. Obvs.
Marchbanks
Hat and Beard member
Playing Devil’s advocate here, but why Obvs? Why was Mark’s repetition Obvs OK but every other instance off-turning?
‘Because he was a genius’ will be marked down as insufficiently rigorous, BTW.