.. it's bad english, we were told back in Primary school.
But, like all rules, it's done to give the impression that the song is a reply or a continuation of a conversation that has broken into song structure, "Musical" style.
"And I'm Tellllllllling you! I'm not going...."
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:19 (thirteen years ago)
I love this trick, but I can't think of any examples off the top of my head.
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago)
So not titles with the first word "And," but only lyrics?
― All Hopped Up and Ready To POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago)
the fall - "and this day"
― Any one can have ketchup for their food, I don't care any more (Edward III), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago)
Thom Yorke - "And It Rained All Night"
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago)
"And I Love Her"
"And You And I"
― BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago)
"...And Justice For All"
Which is... 9:46 long! Jesus.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago)
"And She Was"
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago)
oh you're talking about the actual lyrics
"And we Danced"
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago)
"And She Was" still counts!
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago)
was gonna say
― graveshitwave (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago)
Walk Away Renee!
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago)
And In Glove
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:36 (thirteen years ago)
My Way!
― ledge, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago)
'Into the Groove' - "and you can dance, for inspiration"
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago)
Walk Away Renee!― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:35 AM (7 minutes ago)
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:35 AM (7 minutes ago)
― All Hopped Up and Ready To POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:43 (thirteen years ago)
― ledge, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:37 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
nah, this
― ledge, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago)
"Then He Kissed Me" by the Crystals is soooo close, yet so far.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago)
Oh, wait, lyrics.
What is this doing in ILE?
Jerusalem
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:48 (thirteen years ago)
OK, kick off the numbers:
1. "And I'm telling you"2. "and she was etc"3. "and now, the end is near.."4. "and you can dance, for inspiration"
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:48 (thirteen years ago)
Oh I get it now!
Man, I love Walk Away Renee.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago)
5. My Love by Paul McCartney: "And when I go away, I know my heart will stay . . ."
― BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago)
6. And did those feet in ancient times
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago)
7. Selling the Drama, by Live: "And to love a god, and to fear a flame."
― BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago)
8. This Is A Low - "And into the sea goes pretty England and me ..."
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago)
9. Fortran 5, "And Erm"
... not sure about this one, "Erm" might be the first word
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago)
10. Van Morrison: And the Healing Has Begun
"And we'll walk down the avenue again..."
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago)
11. Walk Away Renee "And when I see the sign that points one way The lot we used to pass by every day.."
As per Tom D., catching up...
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago)
Does The End by The Beatles count? Or does that start with "Oh yeah"?
Anyway. Jesus Christ Pose, by Soundgarden. That counts.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago)
12. AR Kane 'And I Say' - "And I say, don't go away"
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:08 (thirteen years ago)
^ terrible lyrics tbh
― Quantum of Pie (NickB), Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago)
13. Rush 'Closer to the Heart' – "And the men who hold high places..."
― SongOfSam, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago)
"The End" still wouldn't count since there's also "Are you going to be in my dreams Tonight?" and several repeats of "Love You" before it gets to the "And in the end" part.
Would the Books "Free Translator", which begins with a repeating sample of a guy singing "And I see", count?
― MarkoP, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago)
14. Hole, "Violet" - "And the sky was made of amethysts..."
― thewufs, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:19 (thirteen years ago)
ahhhhhhh! that's the one!
― grit of ad hominem (kkvgz), Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago)
Lotsa "modern rock" songs like this
15. Meat Puppets, "Backwater" - "And when I wake up in the morning..."
16. Stone Temple Pilots, "Plush" - "And I feel that time's a-wasting..."
― thewufs, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago)
17. Aphrodite's Child "Four Horsemen" - "and when the lamb opened the first seal"
― AWeAreVEV0 (Spectrist), Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago)
18. Genesis, "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago)
19. Led Zeppelin "What Is and What Should Never Be" - "and if I say to you tomorrow"
― AWeAreVEV0 (Spectrist), Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago)
Andmoreagain - Love
― dlp9001, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago)
21. Van Morrison, "Sweet Thing" - "and I will stroll the merry wayand jump the hedges first"
― Aglet, Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago)
And now the end is near, etc...
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago)
i think alanis has done this like, several times
― nerdlinger weissbrau (donna rouge), Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago)
or maybe she hasn't, but tori has!
22. tori amos - 'bells for her' ("and through the life force and there goes her friend...")
― nerdlinger weissbrau (donna rouge), Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:02 (thirteen years ago)
― BIG HOOBA aka the stankdriver (Phil D.), Thursday, July 21, 2011 3:51 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
great thread for providing a context where this song is a good example of something positive
― 69, Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:02 (thirteen years ago)
22. Rose Elinor Dougall - "Start/Stop/Synchro""And though wistful messages/Sent loaded with lust"
― Pheeel, Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago)
23 that should be, sorry
God, I'd have said this thread was one I started last year.
FOUR?
― Mark G, Saturday, 29 August 2015 21:52 (nine years ago)
Bohannon, "Foot Stomping Music"
"And if you feel like clapping your hands"
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 20:27 (eight years ago)
If you actually play "Plush" real loud, there's a bit of a garble at the beginning: "ummmannnwhennn I feel.."
Plus, Google says so: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=plush%20lyrics
― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 20:42 (eight years ago)
Staind, "Outside"
And youCan bring me to my kneesAgain
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Spacehog, "In the Meantime"
And in the end we shall achieve in timeThe thing they call divine
― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 21:11 (eight years ago)
Now She Sleeps In A Box In The Good Soil Of Denmark - David & the Citizens
― kinder, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 20:47 (eight years ago)
Stone Temple Pilots, "And So I Know"
And so I know it's begun again Never be the same and with that I saidNever ever be this way again
(great deep cut from Tiny Music)
― LimbsKing, Thursday, 31 August 2017 19:52 (seven years ago)
And what costume shall the poor girl wear?
― timellison, Sunday, 5 November 2017 16:30 (seven years ago)
and where will she go? and what shall she do?
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 5 November 2017 16:32 (seven years ago)
^^^^^
Microdisney, "And"
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 November 2017 16:34 (seven years ago)
Dillard and Clark, "Out on the Side"
And there could be at any moment a change
― cwkiii, Monday, 6 November 2017 00:12 (seven years ago)
The Inspirations "Victory is Sweet"
And I see a great band of angels camped all around me and I see the captain rising up the challenge to meet
― Charles3108, Monday, 5 March 2018 18:54 (seven years ago)
"Stardust"
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
― stuck on the darraghmac (qiqing), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 03:55 (seven years ago)
Has there been a bad song that does this?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 07:46 (seven years ago)
Deep cut from the archives..
"And You" by the Strawberry Zots
― LimbsKing, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 23:21 (six years ago)
(And you drive your pretty car...)
― LimbsKing, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 23:23 (six years ago)
Hush Harbor, "Looking for a Ladder"
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 23:29 (six years ago)
"And I don't know how I knew it..." song: Simply Jessie, artist: Rex Smith, album: Sooner or Later soundtrack. #YesImGeekAF
― Laurelei, Thursday, 5 December 2019 01:33 (five years ago)
The Connells - "If it Crumbles"
"And for the first and for the last time..."
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Friday, 6 December 2019 18:09 (five years ago)
Chris Stamey - Depth of Field
"And I could scarcely believe we were talking in the kitchen..."
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 6 December 2019 18:36 (five years ago)
Goo Goo Dolls — Name
“And even though the moment passed me by, I still can't turn away”
― LimbsKing, Saturday, 25 January 2020 20:55 (five years ago)
"And there were future reflections on the face and the hands"
― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 25 January 2020 21:12 (five years ago)
Zep = Ten Years Gone
― calstars, Saturday, 25 January 2020 21:32 (five years ago)
intranets has it as "then as it was" tho
― calstars, Saturday, 25 January 2020 21:33 (five years ago)
blame Bob Plant
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1
― epistantophus, Sunday, 26 January 2020 03:37 (five years ago)
Lync - “b”
― dad genes (morrisp), Sunday, 26 January 2020 03:55 (five years ago)
"2112"
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Sunday, 26 January 2020 04:17 (five years ago)
glad to see Stevie F flagged “Divorce Song”shocked no mention of “The Blower’s Daughter”
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 26 January 2020 04:49 (five years ago)
Oh good one!
― ... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Sunday, 26 January 2020 04:52 (five years ago)
also sorry for typo Stevie D lol
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 26 January 2020 17:59 (five years ago)
Bowie-Future Legend
"And in the death, as the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy thoroughfare..."
― Arthur, Sunday, 26 January 2020 18:27 (five years ago)
I was all ready to post "Shop Around" before I remembered the spoken part before "And then she said..."
Anyway, "She Cried".
― punning display, Sunday, 26 January 2020 19:25 (five years ago)
"The Happiest Girl In the World" by Biff Bang Pow!:
"And although what you say is trueI still won't listen to a word"
― Tim, Monday, 27 January 2020 09:46 (five years ago)
TS: songs that start with “and” vs songs that start with “well”
― epistantophus, Monday, 27 January 2020 11:54 (five years ago)
"and they called it puppy love" is the first line of "I Enjoy Having Sexual Intercourse with Young Dogs," a controversial hit originally written by Paul Anka for Annette Funicello in 1960, and later repopularized by teen heartthrob Donnie Osmond in 1972, at a time when bestiality in pop music had become more socially acceptable.
― del griffith, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 00:08 (five years ago)
Maybe my fave:
Low, "Two-Step":
"And the light, it burns your skinin a language you don't understand"
― Soundslike, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 00:33 (five years ago)
lawrence weld to thread?
― brimstead, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 01:54 (five years ago)
welk
Kanye West - Runaway
― nate woolls, Monday, 18 May 2020 20:58 (five years ago)
Taylor Swift, "Cowboy Like Me"
"And the tennis court was covered up with some tent-like thing."
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 12 December 2020 02:45 (four years ago)
^great line – it leapt out at me when I listened earlier.
― good karma, my aesthetic (morrisp), Saturday, 12 December 2020 02:52 (four years ago)
― del griffith, Monday, January 27, 2020 4:08 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
the best part of having a drinking problem is discovering extremely good posts you've gotten you made
― the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 12 December 2020 02:59 (four years ago)
And when I told him I didn't love him anymooo-re, heee cried
― timellison, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 23:04 (four years ago)
Mentioned above as "She Cried". Also, the Shangri-Las version is a bit of a cheat, because there's a spoken intro.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 00:25 (four years ago)
'And in glove, the sun shines out of our behinds...
― mahb, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 10:20 (four years ago)
Have we not had 'And I Am Telling You'?
― kinder, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 12:50 (four years ago)
Metallica - Wherever I May Roam
"And the road becomes my bride"
― peace, man, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 13:28 (four years ago)
Nice clip of these guys playing it live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2NbmFcEB90
― timellison, Friday, 26 March 2021 20:35 (four years ago)
Local heroes: https://open.spotify.com/track/3ToAM78VtRIlOUYWrsatYV?si=dz3Xz6ByRh-Cd2EH3X85wA
― "The Pus/Worm" by The Smiths (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 27 March 2021 05:47 (four years ago)
U2 - Running to Stand Still
― nate woolls, Sunday, 29 January 2023 21:28 (two years ago)