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I was reflecting on the song 'Tonight' in another thread and wondered how to describe BG repeatedly singing the word "tonight" at the end. Is this technically a chorus? Anyhow, after further reflection I'm left wondering: as regards lyrics, are there any great BTR choruses?
Here's a highly scientific (not) categorisation after much analysis (not):
1) Repeat a phrase, usually the title of the song, perhaps with a little variation eg
Mary of the Fourth Form
He Watches it All
Another Piece of Red
Joey's on the Street Again
Looking After Number One ("I don't want to verb here like you")
She's So Modern ("She's so adjective here")
2) As above but with a few extra phrases eg
Mondays
Rat Trap
When the Night Comes
House on Fire
Elephants Graveyard
Hold On Me ("Never, never, never, never, never")
3) Na-na-nuh-na eg
Talking in Code
To the Bitter End
Me and Howard Hughes
3) Hybrid of 1 and 3
Diamond Smiles
Someone's Looking At You
4) No chorus at all (not necessarily a bad thing, of course) eg
Neon Heart
Drag me Down (or is it a 3?)
So as regards great choruses, off the top of my head, I've got:
Banana Republic
Living in an Island (though dangerously close to being a 2 on the Jamie scale).
Guess another category might be chorus with no reference to title; Europe Looked Ugly sprang to mind.
Need to have a think about this. It's great that it's another example of how much variation you can get from one band. Don't think I ever truly appreciated the creativity at the time.
Not sure Rat Trap qualifies as having a chorus though?
