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I know that I must do what's right
As 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)


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