# Examples of "rushed" singing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 8, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610 "2022-11-08T23:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/1 "2022-11-08T23:34:12Z")
Not sure if it originated in the blues, or what, but I always found it a fun technique, especially trying to cram a whole bunch of extra syllables into one line of lyrics so that sometimes they’re kinda spilling into the next line/stanza. At 3:29: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5cvEVivHVsU/maxresdefault.jpg "Your Time Is Gonna Come (Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cvEVivHVsU) At 2:47: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nN120kCiVyQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Boys Are Back In Town") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN120kCiVyQ) At: 2:17: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/k1Qnt5bx1OI/maxresdefault.jpg "Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Qnt5bx1OI) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/2 "2022-11-08T23:52:36Z")
[Bob Dylan - Po’ Boy (Official Audio) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Nx7ojiZv0&ab_channel=BobDylanVEVO) Not sure how to do the time-stamp trick, but clock in at 2:30 and listen to the “Freddy” portion. mmm ETA: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q1Nx7ojiZv0/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Dylan - Po' Boy (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Nx7ojiZv0) (thanks @Dr.Strangelove and @Guest-starring_Id) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/3 "2022-11-08T23:56:25Z")
Move the position to the place you want in the YouTube player, then right-click on the video and hit “Copy video URL at current time.” You’ll get something like this: [https://youtu.be/Q1Nx7ojiZv0?t=150](https://youtu.be/Q1Nx7ojiZv0?t=150) Or you can just manually add a “?t=XXX” at the end, where XXX is the time in seconds. ---
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Great example. Time-stamping: - pause - right click - click on third option down: “copy video url at current time” - paste right into SDMB text box. ETA: ninja’ed. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/5 "2022-11-09T00:03:29Z")
There is Eminem: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Rap\_God\_sample.ogg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Rap_God_sample.ogg) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/6 "2022-11-09T00:11:04Z")
I’ve always enjoyed the part in Queen’s “We Are The Champions” when Freddy accelerates through “You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it I thank you all.” ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/7 "2022-11-09T00:12:40Z")
In “Detectives”, EC’s lyrics are sort of mirroring the loose, syncopated triplet shuffle feel of the beat - in this case it’s the hi-hat cymbal that’s really leading the rhythm. He throws a lot of lines in that last verse whose syllables follow this pattern of syncopated variations on the triplet: “You think you’re alone…”, “visible shivers”, “ready to hear the worst” - it’s actually really clever the way the words are structured to fit the beat. I wouldn’t really describe it as rushed though, _because_ it’s all so carefully calculated to fit. But the example from We Are The Champions (“You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it I thank you all.”) is a better example IMO of “rushed” lyrics that bear no relation to the song’s rhythm but still work. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/8 "2022-11-09T00:31:19Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Rz9XbbMZyz8/maxresdefault.jpg "Shorty Falls In Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz9XbbMZyz8) Dan Hicks “Shorty Falls In Love” at 54 seconds “Particularly when I’m thinking whirlwinds of thoughts of you…” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/9 "2022-11-09T00:41:06Z")
“Ugly Woman”, by Roaring Lion: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3DCL3zGxbnc/hqdefault.jpg "Ugly Woman - Roaring Lion") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DCL3zGxbnc) ---
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A small, quick one, (that actually grinds down to slow) at 4:15: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iO6OvHxD_m8/maxresdefault.jpg "Young Americans (2016 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO6OvHxD_m8) ---
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Opening words of “Rocky Racoon”? ---
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Ah! Here we go: At 5:27 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A8HMCfXmVc0/maxresdefault.jpg "Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Inca Roads (1975)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8HMCfXmVc0) ---
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Two from ELO: Second line of the last verse. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ze3p-WeLCGk/maxresdefault.jpg "Electric Light Orchestra - Can't Get It Out Of My Head (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze3p-WeLCGk) On one of the live albums, someone sings a harmony on top and it’s nice. The bridge to this has to be a studio trick. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BDhJU_cNCZE/maxresdefault.jpg "Electric Light Orchestra - Turn To Stone (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDhJU_cNCZE) ---
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Yeah, the ELO was a good one. Unfortunately, for the first video I got a “this video can’t be shown in your country” message. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/15 "2022-11-09T01:37:25Z")
Another Costello example: _You either shut up or get cut up, they don’t wanna hear about it_ _It’s only inches on the reel-to-reel_ _And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools_ _Tryin’ to anesthetize the way that you feel_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pG-Lq6Kc-rQ/hqdefault.jpg "Elvis Costello - Radio, Radio (1978) [+Lyrics]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG-Lq6Kc-rQ) And the whole of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues”. There’s no song more rushed. Try to sing along… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MGxjIBEZvx0/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxjIBEZvx0) ---
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The Association - And when the morning of the warning’s passed The gassed and flaccid kids are flung across the stars The psychodramas and the traumas gone The songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/URUd5RUAz1I/maxresdefault.jpg "Along Comes Mary (Remastered Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URUd5RUAz1I) ---
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Goddammit lady you know I ain’t lyin’ to ya, I’m only gonna tell you one tiiiime [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KLRO4W9pNrQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Runnin' with the Devil (2015 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLRO4W9pNrQ) A dreaded sunny day, so let’s go where we’re wanted and I meet you at the cemet’ry gates [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dfXqxjMkyQ4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Smiths - Cemetry Gates (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfXqxjMkyQ4) ---
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> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > A dreaded sunny day, so let’s go where we’re wanted and I meet you at the cemet’ry gates That’s a good one I haven’t thought of! Cemetry Gates is my favorite Smiths song. ---
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It doesn’t even have to be a song. This is a line of iambic pentameter from the play “Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury” by Charles Williams. (The speaker is Henry VIII. He is talking to Cranmer about Anne Boleyn.) She has tá-/ken my í-/mage of her lóve, / and bró-/ken it. She díes. Sixteen syllables in a line your English teacher told you should have ten. ---
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How funny. Same here! May also be because it was the first Smiths song I had heard. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610.md?page=2)