LB's political, music business and career-related songs - discuss

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

musically, i always loved the verses of SYH and always hated the chorus (as was the case in many of his newer songs on UTS and GOS for me), and repetitive music going with show yous of the chorus was so annoying to me that i never really paid attention to what he actually says in this song. but wow - some really beautiful lyrics in this song!!

Oh, I loved the lyrics the first time I contemplated what kind of trouble a madman out on a bad man's route could get himself into!

And while I can understand how a banal chorus can bring a song down (trying not to think about the Black Eyed Peas, here), even with just the simple repetition of "show you how" I never felt that the SHY chorus was trite. I wondered why the song was not more liked. You have articulated a reason I never considered before.

I know some are unenthused about the tune and some, like Alicelover, hated it. Lindsey might have been self-conscious about the chorus himself, since he used another arrangement immediately in concert. Perhaps he thought that a little vocal layering would add depth to the chorus, but it never occurred to me that more was needed.

Michele