LiveMusic Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Can anyone tell me a song that does not have end rhymes? If you have the lyric or part of the lyric, that would be nice. EDIT: BTW, I mean hit songs that I would know. > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Listen to "Surrender" by Cheap Trick. Hardly any rhymes there. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerelli Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 It's what I always preach. A song doesn't have to rhyme at all to be good or even great. Surrender is an excellent example of that. http://www.myspace.com/jokerelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Yup...an honest line is much better than a forced rhyme. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I Got Rhythm by Gershwin ============ I got rhythm I got music I got my girl Who could ask for anything more? This one doesn't rhyme too much Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House ===================== There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost But you'll never see the end of the road While you're travelling with me Chorus Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us We know they won't win Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof In the paper today tales of war and of waste But you turn right over to the T.V. page Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us We know they won't win Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart Only the shadows ahead barely clearing the roof Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us Don't ever let them win aka riffing Double Post music: Strip Down http://rimspeed.com http://loadedtheband.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 The few places where there is rhyming (not including internal or spelling rhyme) are bold: Hello. Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone home? Come on, now. I hear youre feeling down. Well I can ease your pain, Get you on your feet again. Relax. I need some information first. Just the basic facts: Can you show me where it hurts? There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ships smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I cant hear what youre sayin. When I was a child I had a fever. My hands felt just like two balloons. Now I got that feeling once again. I cant explain, you would not understand. This is not how I am. I have become comfortably numb. Ok. Just a little pinprick. [ping] Therell be no more --aaaaaahhhhh! But you may feel a little sick. Can you stand up? I do believe its working. good. Thatll keep you going for the show. Come on its time to go. There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ships smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I cant hear what youre sayin. When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse, Out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look but it was gone. I cannot put my finger on it now. The child is grown, the dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb. "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Once there was this kid who Got into an accident and couldn't come to school But when he finally came back His hair had turned from black into bright white He said that it was from when The car had smashed so hard Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Once there was this girl who Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room But when they finally made her They saw birthmarks all over her body She couldn't quite explain it They'd always just been there Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm But both girl and boy were glad 'Cause one kid had it worse than that 'Cause then there was this boy whose Parents made him come directly home right after school And when they went to their church They shook and lurched all over the church floor He couldn't quite explain it They'd always just gone there Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philter Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Pearl Jam- Jeremy At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops, with him on top. Lemon yellow sun. Arms raised in a v, and the dead lay in pools of maroon below. Daddy didn't give attention, oh, to the fact that mommy didn't care. King Jeremy the wicked, oh, ruled his world. Jeremy spoke in class today. Jeremy spoke in class today. Clearly I remember pickin' on the boy, seemed a harmless little fuck. Ooo, but we unleashed a lion. Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast, how could I forget? And he hit me with a surprise left. My jaw left hurtin', ooo, dropped wide open just like the day, oh, like the day I heard: Daddy didn't give affection, no, and the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear. King jeremy the wicked, oh, ruled his world... Jeremy spoke in class today. Jeremy spoke in class today. Jeremy spoke in class today. Try to forget this...try to forget this... Try to erase this...try to erase this... from the blackboard... Jeremy spoke in class today. Jeremy spoke in class today. Jeremy spoke in, spoke in... Jeremy spoke in, spoke in... Jeremy spoke in class today... (spoke in, spoke in...) ---------------------------- Phil Mann http://www.wideblacksky.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desdinova Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 This and many more... ME262 : Goering's on the phone to Freiburg Say's Willie's done quite a job Hitler's on the phone from Berlin Say's I'm gonna make you a star My Captain Von Ondine, here's your next patrol A flight of English bombers across the canal After twelve, they'll all be here I think you know the job They hung there dependant from the sky Like some heavy metal fruit These bombers, ripened, ready to tilt Must these Englishmen live that I might die Must they live that I might die In a G-load disaster from the rate of climb Sometimes I'd faint and be lost to our side But there's no reward for failure, but death So watch me in the mirrors, keep in the glidepath Get me through these radars, no I cannot fail Not when great silver slugs are eager to feed I can't fail, no not now When twenty five bombers wait ripe They hung there dependant from the sky Like some heavy metal fruit These bombers, ripened, ready to tilt Must these Englishmen live that I might die Must they live that I might die Me-262 prince of turbojet, Junker's jommo 004 Blasts from clustered R4M quartets in my snout And see these English planes go burn Now you be my witness how red were the skies When the fortresses flow, for the very last time It was dark over Westphalia, in april of T45 They hung there dependant from the sky Like some heavy metal fruit These bombers, ripened, ready to tilt Must these Englishmen live that I might die Must they live that I might die Must these Englishmen live that I might die Junker.s jommo 004 (repeat many times) Bombers at 12 o'clock high ASTRONOMY: (actually there may be a rhyme in here) The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst Out at you from their hiding place Like acid and oil on a madman's face His reason tends to fly away Like lesser birds on the four winds Like silver scrapes in May Now the sands become a crust And most of you have gone away Come Susy dear, let's take a walk Just out there upon the beach I know you'll soon be married And you want to know where the winds come from Well it's never said at all On the map that Carrie reads Behind the clock back there you know At the four winds bar Hey, hey, hey, hey Four winds at the four winds bar Two doors locked and windows barred One door let to take you in The other one just mirrors it Hey, hey, hey, hey In hellish glare and inference The other one's a duplicate The queenly flux, eternal light Or the light that never warms (repeat twice) The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst Out at you from their hiding place Miss Carrie nurse and Suzy dear Would find themselves at the four winds bar It's the nexus of the crisis The origin of storms Just the place to hopelessly Encounter time and then came me Hey, hey, hey, hey Call me Desdenova, eternal light These gravely digs of mine Will surely prove a sight And don't forget my dog, fixed and consequent Astronomy...a star (repeat indefinitely) Desdinova "...I am the one you warned me of." www.BaronAudio.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barandine Vondenger Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 theres lots of different ways to say stuff and even more ways to WRITE stuff. some times when you are tellink a story one has NO NEED TO RHYME. yet rhymin' is PART OF WHY one "likes" a given tune when you don't quite know why you like it. even being one of mine this is a good example which goes from no rhymes to lots of rhymes. Words and music by arell Spencer circa2003 may24th I saw a beautiful girl in the grocery store Oh I was standin' in line and I did'nt have much to say when she looked me in the eye and she gave me a little wink Oh I met that beautiful girl in the parkin' lot oh we talked for a while and she asked me if I'd go for a ride so I give her a wink of my own and I said why not oh so we ambled over to her limo man it had black leather seats keith richards and the stones was on the stereo when she asked me I told her it was neat then she poured some pink champagne she asked me I said I do not drink she said not even water I said water would be alright I think water would be alright I think I said water would be quite alright I think Frank Ranklin and the Ranktones WARP SPEED ONLY STREAM FRANKIE RANKLIN (Stanky Franks) <<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Randy Newman "My Life Is Good" A couple of weeks ago My wife and I Took a little trip down to Mexico Met this young girl there We brought her back with us Now she lives with us In our home She cleans the hallway She cleans the stair She cleans the livingroom She wipes the baby's ass She drives the kids to school She does the laundry too She wrote this song for me Listen Yeah The other afternoon My wife and I Took a little ride into Beverly Hills Went to the private school Our oldest child attends Many famous people send their children there This teacher says to us "We have a problem here This child just will not do A thing I tell him to And he's such a big old thing He hurts the other children All the games they play, he plays so rough Hold it teacher Wait a minute Maybe my hears are clogged or somethin' Maybe I'm not understanding The English language Dear, you don't seem to realize My Life Is Good My Life Is Good My Life Is Good, you old bag My Life, My Life Just this evening Some young associates of ours Are flying to see us from New York City They're gonna stay with us Oh, a couple of weeks or so I'm gonna take 'em to Restaurants and everything Gonna get'em some Real good cocaine They don't get much Where they come from And this one's guy wife Is such a pretty little brown thing That I'm liable to give her a poke or two Whaddaya think of that? Teacher, let me tell you a little story Just this morning My wife and I Went to this hotel in the hills That's right The Bel-Air Hotel Where a very good friend of ours Happens to be staying And the name of this young man Is Mr Bruce Springsteen That's right, yeah Oh, we talked about some kind of woodblock or something And this new guitar we like And you know what he said to me I'll tell you what he said to me He said, "Rand, I'm tired How would you like to be the Boss for awhile?" Well, yeah Blow, Big Man, blow My Life Is Good My Life Is Good My Life Is Good My Life, My Life Is Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Yeah, Randy Newman! When She Loved Me (from Toy Story II) When somebody loved me everything was beautiful every hour we spent together lives within my heart And when she was sad I was there to dry her tears and when she was happy so was I when she loved me Through the summer and the fall we had each other that was all just she and I together like it was meant to be And when she was lonely I was there to comfort her and I knew that she loved me So the years went by I stayed the same but she began to drift away I was left alone still I waited for the day when shed say I will always love you Lonely and forgotten never thought shed look my way and she smiled at me and held me just like she used to do like she loved me when she loved me When somebody loved me everything was beautiful every hour we spent together lives within my heart When she loved me... How about Kevin Gilbert's creation, Toy Matinee? There Was A Little Boy Verse 1 Mother's crazy but she runs the family. Two older sisters and the boy who's nine years old He's old enough to see the way it's going Somewhere the birds are singing But Mother's all alone He needs a father but she takes a lover. This man is not a friend, shows no friendship. This man just waits around to play with sister. But he plays too serious, he plays too rough. Short Chorus How can you expect a child to understand the sickness of the world whose eyes are blind? The dying man inside this little boy is questioning his once upon a time. Verse 2 He leaves home early for a loveless world. And he find what he needs with an older boy. He's got a couple things to hide from mother. He hopes she'll understand, she hopes he'll change. Chorus: How can you expect a child to understand the sickness of the world whose eyes are blind? A world he can't hope to conquer, insecurities that fester in his mind. No choice, no fault and no way out, no blame, no guilt, no friends, no cure, no crime. The dying man inside this little boy is questioning his once upon a time. (There was a little boy.) Verse 3 This boy was once a strong man - but getting weaker. He carries more than just the shame inside. His mother stays away and faces nothing. She blindly wishes for a happy ending. Repeat Chorus It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowly Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 If I Was Your Girlfriend by Prince, it has rhyme, but they are not in the usual places. Kcbass "Let It Be!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Tracy Chapman's Fast Car. I dislike the song not because it has few rhymes but because it has no rhythmic sensibility; if she has six syllables to spit out and room for three, she spits them out anyway, ugh. Her other material (that I've heard) is not that way. Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 David Bowie "Modern Love" & "China Girl" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaz Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney) Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, They slither while they pass, they slip away Across the Universe. Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind, Possessing and caressing me. Jai Guru Deva Om Nothing's gonna change my world, Nothing's gonna change my world. Nothing's gonna change my world, Nothing's gonna change my world. Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes, They call me on and on Across the Universe. Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box, They tumble blindly as they make their way Across the Universe Jai Guru Deva Om Nothing's gonna change my world, Nothing's gonna change my world. Nothing's gonna change my world, Nothing's gonna change my world. Sounds of laughter, shades of earth are ringing Through my open ears inciting and inviting me. Limitless, undying love, which shines around me like a million suns, And calls me on and on Across the Universe Jai Guru Deva Om Nothing's gonna change my world, Nothing's gonna change my world. Nothing's gonna change my world, Nothing's gonna change my world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Na na na na Na na na na Hey Hey Hey Goodbye Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Great call, zzzzzzzzzzzz! Originally posted by Botch.: Tracy Chapman's Fast Car. I dislike the song not because it has few rhymes but because it has no rhythmic sensibility; if she has six syllables to spit out and room for three, she spits them out anyway, ugh. Her other material (that I've heard) is not that way.Ha! I really like that song, though I haven't heard much else from Ms. Chapman other than "Give One Reason To Stay Here". I believe she sings "Fast Car" that way for effect. It's a kind of conversational singing. Paul Simon does this sometimes, too. The beauty of it in "Fast Car" is that it illustrates the unstable, anxious life of the character in the song. It also adds to the emphasis when she sings "I--eee--I.." The lullabye groove of the music is the underlying bed of rhythm. At least that's what I hear and it's quite beautiful, IMO. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradivoro Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Moonlight in Vermont www.soundclick.com/paulradelat www.123writemelody.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveMusic Posted March 27, 2004 Author Share Posted March 27, 2004 I must say, I am baffled by some of your guys' selections in this thread. Not picking on you, Mark, but in bold are near rhymes I have identified in your song... Originally posted by Mark Zeger: Randy Newman "My Life Is Good" A couple of weeks ago My wife and I Took a little trip down to Mexico Met this young girl there We brought her back with us Now she lives with us In our home She cleans the hallway She cleans the stair She cleans the living room She wipes the baby's ass She drives the kids to school She does the laundry too She wrote this song for me Listen Yeah === That's just the first part! > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 LiveMusic- I don't feel picked on. I read "song that does not rhyme" to mean a song with no logical rhyme scheme. So while there are some words in "My Life Is Good" that rhyme eventually, I guess I didn't detect a pattern. Using "us" to end 2 consective lines isn't a rhyme. IMO, neither are "room", "school", and "too" (close, but not quite there). But what do I know. YMMV. Anyway, Neil picked a better example from the Randy Newman songbook. LOVE that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveMusic Posted July 10, 2005 Author Share Posted July 10, 2005 Originally posted by tradivoro: Moonlight in Vermont Good one! MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT Written by John Blackburn & Karl Suessdorf Pennies in a stream Falling leaves, a sycamore Moonlight in Vermont Icy finger-waves Ski trails on a mountainside Snowlight in Vermont Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway And travel each bend in the road People who meet in this romantic setting Are so hypnotized by the lovely... Ev'ning summer breeze Warbling of a meadowlark Moonlight in Vermont Telegraph cables, how they sing down the highway And they travel each bend in the road People who meet in this romantic setting Are so hypnotized by the lovely... Ev'ning summer breeze The warbling of a meadowlark Moonlight in Vermont You and I and Moonlight in Vermont > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanmass Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 I had never noticed that "Surrender" doesn't rhyme, but I always felt that there was something jarring about the lyrics. That's what it was- it really gets your attention. It's interesting how that's effective in different ways with some of these different songs: it makes the Pink Floyd sound conversational, while it gives the BOC songs a kind of prose storytelling feel. And it helps the Randy Newman songs sound so offbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Base Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Had to add it Alice Cooper - The Song That Didn't Rhyme Wrote a song, it was wrong from it`s very first conception Seemed I struggled on every line It wasn`t fast, wasn`t pretty, wasn`t serious or witty The song that didn`t rhyme The band couldn`t wing it, the singer couldn`t sing it The Drummer's always out of time The DJ`s were offended, my union card suspended Billboard declared it a crime The melody blows in a key that no one can find The lyrics don`t flow but I can`t get it out of my mind A three minute waste of your time On a song that didn`t rhyme It was bland, it was boring, all the groupies there were snoring The first time we played it live All the record guys got fired, the president retired But somehow the song survived The melody blows in a key that no one can find The lyrics don`t flow but I can`t get it out of my mind The melody blows in a key that no one can find The lyrics don`t flow but I can`t get it out of my mind A three minute waste of your time No redeeming value of any kind But thanks for the twelve ninety nine On a song that didn`t rhyme Fa Fa FA Fa fa fa fa fa FA fa FA FA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosh Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Tequila,... dunno who wrote it though Fan, nu pissar jag taggtråd igen. Jag skulle inte satt på räpan. http://www.bushcollectors.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotown Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Three times a Lady by the Commodores (Lionel Ritchie) Jotown:) "It's all good: Except when it's Great" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveMusic Posted July 11, 2005 Author Share Posted July 11, 2005 Originally posted by Jotown: Three times a Lady by the Commodores (Lionel Ritchie) He blew it. Last verse rhymes. = Three Times a Lady The Commodores/Lionel Richie Thanks for the times that you've given me, The memories are all in my mind. And now that we've come to the end of our rainbow There's something I must say out loud. You're once, twice, three times a lady, and I love you. Yes, you're once, twice, three times a lady, And I love you I love you. When we are together the moments I cherish, with every beat of my heart. To touch you, to hold you, to feel you, to need you. There's nothing to keep us apart. You're once, twice, three times a lady, and I love you. I love you. > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Knight Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Snow Patrol's How To Be Dead (Big in the UK) The only rhyme is an internal one in the last line... I love his song Please take it easy It can't all be my fault I haven't made half the mistakes That you've listed so far Oh baby let me explain something It's all down to drugs At least I remember taking them And not a lot else It seems I've stepped over lines You've drawn again and again But if the ecstacy's in The wit is definitely out Dr. Jekyll is wrestling Hyde... For my pride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 How about the verses of On Any Other Day by The Police? (Written by Stuart Copeland) ..with the exception of the first two lines. But it's used to specific effect. (rationalization. ) On Any Other Day There's a house on my street. And it looks real neat. I'm the chap who lives in it. There's a tree on the sidewalk. There's a car by the door. I'll go for a ride in it. And when the Wombat comes.. he will find me gone. He'll look for a place to sit. Chorus: My wife has burned the scrambled eggs. The dog just bit my leg. My teenage daughter ran away. My fine young son has turned out gay!?! Pulled out the morning paper.. and spilled my tea. (spoken:)Oh how could I do it?!? (sung:)My wife is proud to tell me.. of her love affair. (spoken:)Oh, how could she do this to me?!? Chorus And it would be ok on any other day. And it would be ok on any other day. (rinse and repeat...)Better yet, how about some Paul Simon? This one rhymes long phrases, but rarely. That Was Your Mother A long time ago, yeah Before you was born dude When I was still single And life was great I held this job as a traveling salesman That kept me moving from state to state Well, I'm standing on the corner of Lafayette State of Louisiana Wondering where a city boy could go To get a little conversation Drink a little red wine Catch a little bit of those Cajun girls Dancing to Zydeco Along come a young girl She's pretty as a prayerbook Sweet as an apple on Christmas day I said good gracious can this be my luck If that's my prayerbook Lord let us pray Well, I'm standing on the corner of Lafayette State of Louisiana Wondering where a city boy could go To get her in a conversation Drink a little red wine Dance to the music of Clifton Chenier The King of the Bayou Well, that was your mother And that was your father Before you was born dude When life was great You are the burden of my generation I sure do love you But let's get that straight Well, I'm standing on the corner of Lafayette Arcoss the street from The Public Heading down to the Lone Star Cafe Maybe get a little conversation Drink a little red wine Standing in the shadow of Clifton Chenier Dancing the night away It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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