good choruses that come surprisingly out of nowhere

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name some tunes where a memorable chorus stems from a verse that gives absolutely nothing away.

pixies - dead
pink floyd - summer '68
ozzy osbourne - bark at the moon

for starters

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)

Scarlet Fantastic: No Memory

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 12:02 (nineteen years ago)

i wanna hear it :(

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 12:03 (nineteen years ago)

Recently featured on Popular: Blackberry Way.

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

Outkast - Morris Brown
Nine Inch Nails - Closer

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 12:25 (nineteen years ago)

LiLiPut - Eisiger Winbd

― mike a (mike a), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

Life in a Northern Town

― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

(uh, "wind")

also The Raincoats, "Off Duty Trip"

― mike a (mike a), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 12:44 (nineteen years ago)

pretty much every first song ("Lucky", "Party", "Stoned") on every Lewis Taylor album...

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 12:49 (nineteen years ago)

Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

Nothing band, sub-Jesus Jones alternarock verse, but then the chourus hits, like a evil version of Abba: "Drop Dead Gorgeous" by Republica.

― bendy (bendy), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

Al Martino, "To the Door of the Sun (Alle Porte Del Sole)"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

Senses Working Overtime.

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

In Bloom : Nirvana

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

Misfits - She
Misfits - Angelfuck

― Lee is Free (Lee is Free), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

Misfits - Where Eagles Dare

― dave q (listerine), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

Umm what about pretty much every Misfits song ever?

Also I think the verses and chorus of "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado are totally incongruous in a really good way.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

Not sure if it comes out of nowhere, but the chorus of the Bee Gees "Black Diamond" always struck me as particularly HUGE.

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

― Stephen Bush (Stephen B.), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

elvis costello - beyond belief

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

Urge Overkill - "Positive Bleeding"

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 18:46 (nineteen years ago)

Thin White Rope "Wet Heart"

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

Howard Jones: Specialty

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:21 (nineteen years ago)

genius of love, maybe?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

Life in a Northern Town

The chorus comes surprisingly out of nowhere, yes, but the verse is a lot better. Likewise with "Caught Out There".

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

Shack "Cornish Town"

― steve r. (starlight kid), Thursday, 5 October 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

icehouse "electric blue"
right said fred "deeply dippy"

― methanie tanner (methanie tanner), Thursday, 5 October 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

otm on shack

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 5 October 2006 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

Notwist, "The One with the Freaks"

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 October 2006 02:19 (nineteen years ago)

split enz, "i got you"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 5 October 2006 02:29 (nineteen years ago)

totally otm with "summer '68"
weird just thinking about that last night - i was listening to it and the chorus came on and i was like, this song was good up til now but now it's
freakin RIDICULOUS!!!!

― Ramzi Awn (rra123), Friday, 6 October 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

kate bush "wuthering heights"

― Ramzi Awn (rra123), Friday, 6 October 2006 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon"

― Cunga (Cunga), Friday, 6 October 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

Good verse overshadowed by cliche chorus:

Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

― The PappaWheelie Story: Half Brain, Half Soul, All Mouth (on sale now) (PappaWhe, Friday, 6 October 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

Catherine Wheel - Satellite

― Stephen Bush (Stephen B.), Friday, 6 October 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

the dismemberment plan's "you are invited" may possibly own this thread.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Friday, 6 October 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

~~the dismemberment plan's "you are invited"~~ Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" may possibly own this thread.

― Stephen Bush (Stephen B.), Friday, 6 October 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

Depeche Mode: Blasphemous Rumours

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 6 October 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

A Design For Life--Manic Street Preachers

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

Hardly the only case of a Manics song with a rather boring verse and a brilliant chorus.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 6 October 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

spiritualized - medication
talk talk - desire (although the verse is still brilliant)
mclusky - slay!

ride - seagull, kaleidoscope, in a different place, polar bear, dreams burn down, decay, paralysed, vapour trail

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Friday, 6 October 2006 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

"Electric Blue" is #1 with a fucking bullet in this thread. Talk about a song that saves it all for the chorus--the dude barely even bothers to mumble through the 12-measure verses, but man does he sell that chorus. "Blasphemous Rumours" is a great call too.

Blink-182 - "Stay Together for the Kids"
Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee"
Super Furry Animals - "She's Got Spies"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 7 October 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

And "She's Got Spies" is certainly a good call as well.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 7 October 2006 00:12 (nineteen years ago)

Jeffrey Osborne - "You Should be Mine(Woo Woo Song)". the chorus isn't actually that good, but it comes out of nowhere.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 7 October 2006 02:46 (nineteen years ago)

The Notwist - "Pilot"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 7 October 2006 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

never did quite embrace blasphemous rumours. too many sylables in the chorus or something. gahan's sounding a little posh on that one as well

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 7 October 2006 03:45 (nineteen years ago)

syllables

also, 'irish blood, english heart'

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 7 October 2006 04:00 (nineteen years ago)

"Parklife" pwns.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 7 October 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

Bjork - Hyperballad

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Saturday, 7 October 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

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