I know that I must do what's rightAs sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
others?
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Sunday, 7 March 2010 07:09 (fifteen years ago)
tho some can really make this sort of thing work for them, like Mark Kozelek.
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Sunday, 7 March 2010 07:12 (fifteen years ago)
actually, that line is one of the most endearing things about "Africa," now that I think about it.
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Sunday, 7 March 2010 07:14 (fifteen years ago)
elvis costello's punch the clock has some
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 7 March 2010 13:29 (fifteen years ago)
When I saw this thread I opened it up intending to post that line from Africa. That line and his ability to fit all that in there is all time imo.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Sunday, 7 March 2010 13:32 (fifteen years ago)
In a song full of unwieldy lines, this takes the biscuit:
Just like the...old man in...that book by Nabokov
― might seem normal but is actually (snoball), Sunday, 7 March 2010 13:51 (fifteen years ago)
I don't know, I think that works p well in that song. Hears it yesterday and silently gave props to Sting for working Nabokov into a pop song tbh.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Sunday, 7 March 2010 13:55 (fifteen years ago)
uh "heard" it yesterday obv
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Sunday, 7 March 2010 13:58 (fifteen years ago)
"As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti"
This is kinda remarkable in its way and now I can't stop singing it. I'd love to hear more examples. Surely The Smiths have indulged in something like this.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 8 March 2010 14:46 (fifteen years ago)
bruce springsteen has a clear affinity for lyrics with a few too many syllables. sometimes he pulls it off nicely:
gonna be a rumble out on the promenade / and the gambling commission's hangin' on by the skin of its teeth
sometimes he doesn't.
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 8 March 2010 17:35 (fifteen years ago)
Every line of every Talib Kweli verse.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 8 March 2010 17:37 (fifteen years ago)