JukeboxJacob
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Post by JukeboxJacob on Jan 22, 2022 16:29:37 GMT -5
This topic's been brought up in a couple threads lately, but as far as I can search, no one's made a dedicated thread to the topic, so...
What are some songs with a weak bridge/no bridge at all? These are songs that after the 2nd chorus, rather than having a bridge, they just kinda do nothing for a bit, before returning to another chorus. I HATE when songs do this! It's typically out of sheer laziness on the song writer's part. I'll start with a few examples:
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Post by jenglisbe on Jan 23, 2022 9:55:32 GMT -5
Country songs in general often lack bridges, but two Carrie Underwood songs that have weak/non-existent bridges that I think could be even more epic than they already are if they had big bridges are "Before He Cheats" and "Blown Away."
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Post by Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ on Jan 23, 2022 10:02:29 GMT -5
Ed's Thinking Out Loud, and Perfect too
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JukeboxJacob
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Post by JukeboxJacob on Jan 23, 2022 17:30:55 GMT -5
Ed's Thinking Out Loud, and Perfect too Good examples. Thankfully in the radio cuts, they shorten the songs to just (Verse - Prechorus - Chorus x2) which works out nicely |
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Post by back2blk on Jan 23, 2022 17:51:21 GMT -5
Adele - When We Were Young
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Post by jenglisbe on Jan 23, 2022 17:59:27 GMT -5
Adele - When We Were Young I love its bridge lol (though I guess it's almost more of a breakdown?). |
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Post by back2blk on Jan 23, 2022 18:00:55 GMT -5
Adele - When We Were Young I love its bridge lol (though I guess it's almost more of a breakdown?). It just kinda mellowed out, and then she kinda gave us another simple verse?.... whatever it is..... it's something in the place of where the bridge should go. lol |
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Post by jenglisbe on Jan 23, 2022 18:11:11 GMT -5
I love its bridge lol (though I guess it's almost more of a breakdown?). It just kinda mellowed out, and then she kinda gave us another simple verse?.... whatever it is..... it's something in the place of where the bridge should go. lol I just love it because the song itself reminds me of coming hone on the holidays and seeing everyone at a party or something, and then that "bridge" is the comedown from being high/drunk and having that moment of philosophizing. But yeah, I don't know how to treat that type of section where instead of taking the song 'up' it takes a song down. Dua Lipa's "BMH" was mentioned in the topic post. It doesn't have a traditional bridge, but it has...something. I just don't know what to call it. |
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Post by gikem on Jan 23, 2022 20:17:14 GMT -5
In the '80s (especially the latter half) it was commonplace for songs to have a guitar or saxophone solo in place of a true written bridge before transitioning to the final chorus.
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Post by irice22 on Jan 26, 2022 1:27:23 GMT -5
Haven't lots of newer songs been eliminating the bridge all together to get more repeat spins? "I'm So Tired" by Lauv and Troye Sivan comes to mind.
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