Redundancy Department of Redundancy
I'm not 100% sure whether to label these as "redundant", or merely so ridiculously obvious as to be comical. In any event, I've narrowed it down to two examples of the most redundant/too-obvious song lyrics of all time:
"Only time will tell/If we stand the test of time" from Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love"
AND
"Lonely is the night/When you find yourself alone" from Billy Squier's "Lonely Is The Night"
I can't choose. Flip a coin to get the winner...
UPDATE: It's now official: the two choices above are for "most ridiculously obvious" lyrics. The "redundancy" award goes to a 3rd option, proposed by first-time HH commenter, K Lee. (Drum roll, please...)
"I want to ride my bicycle/I want to ride my bike" from Queen's "Bicycle Race" [Haahnster hangs head in shame for not thinking of that one himself!]
"Only time will tell/If we stand the test of time" from Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love"
AND
"Lonely is the night/When you find yourself alone" from Billy Squier's "Lonely Is The Night"
I can't choose. Flip a coin to get the winner...
UPDATE: It's now official: the two choices above are for "most ridiculously obvious" lyrics. The "redundancy" award goes to a 3rd option, proposed by first-time HH commenter, K Lee. (Drum roll, please...)
"I want to ride my bicycle/I want to ride my bike" from Queen's "Bicycle Race" [Haahnster hangs head in shame for not thinking of that one himself!]
posted by haahnster at 5:58 AM
14 Comments:
In this ever-changing world in which we live in, you're gonna have some redundnacy.
If Led Zep released a "Lamest Hits" lp, then a Billy Squier "Greatest Hits" lp would be redundant.
BTW, darling pic of Emily the other day. Just didn't get logged in to say so!
Oh, yeah. Nice Macca line...just an extra "in" or two.
Squier was one in a long line of Zep wannabes, wasn't he?
Thanks on Emily's behalf. She rocks!!!
My vote's for Mr. Squier. But I do love me some "Everybody Wants You."
They are just using the ancient hebrew way of stating something important by saying it twice in the same sentence.
You know, kind of Old Testament rock!
Ah, Old Testament rock. Love the genre. That Abraham could wail, couldn't he? And don't get me started on Noah and Ham.
Billy Squire
Anyway what do you think of "Southern Cross"- (whrrrrr-clang griiiiind changing of gears)
I think the Squier line is the more redundant. Of those two choices, that is.
There, unfortunately MANY more representations of such word vomit throughout rock music. As much as I love them, let me give you a penultimate example of Supreme Redundancy: "Bicycle Race" by Queen.
Freddie Mercury may have had a killer voice, but that song makes me want to dig him up and kill him again.
Old Lady: "Southern Cross" is one of the CSN songs that I actually like. "Wooden Ships" is another really good one, I think. There are others, but not "Our House" and "Teach Your Children"!!!
KLee: Good call! "I want to ride my bicycle/I want to ride my bike"...how could I forget that one????!!?
"Who Made Who" is an excellent addition to the discussion. I think it's taking us in even a slightly different direction: endless repetition.
See also "Atlantis" by Donovan ("way down below the ocean..." repeated endlessly) and that "I've Seen All Good People" song by Yes.
"See also "Atlantis" by Donovan"
Yeah, but it rocked the hell out of "Goodfellas."
That just proves the greatness of the movie Goodfellas.
Hell, even that ridiculously overblown, incongruous-with-the-rest-of-the-song, piano ending to "Layla" was utilized effectively in Goodfellas.
Scorsese is a genius!!!
Who are you, who, who, who, who - come on and tell me who are you, who, who, who. Who the fuck are you..........
There's so damn many.
Like I said -- we aren't all that inventive as a musical species, I guess. I do console myself with the thought that "Bicycle Race" is a fairly short song. It coulda been an epic of "Alice's Restaurant" duration, and then I *would* have had to kill Freddie Mercury.
Ah, The Who...
You better you better you bet...
And, "Alice", y'all remember Alice?
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