# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/21 "2022-11-09T03:35:41Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hEMvkPzqkAQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Veronika, der Lenz ist da (1990 Digital Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEMvkPzqkAQ) “Sogar der Großpapa sagt zu der Großmama” \>\> “Der liebe alte Großpapa sagt zu der guten Großmama” \>\> “Sogar der liebe, gute, alte Großpapa sagt zu der lieben, guten, alten Großmama” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/22 "2022-11-09T04:07:24Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9AubsUf75Dw/maxresdefault.jpg "The Folk Song Army") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AubsUf75Dw) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/23 "2022-11-09T10:51:53Z")
Joni Mitchell - Twisted. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z9FEJunwVek/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHUBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGBogVSh_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLAwzNwFTW6SPqEQGe2iviiW-diYeg "Joni Mitchell - Twisted") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9FEJunwVek) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/24 "2022-11-09T11:10:53Z")
Ha ! I came in to post a Dan Hicks one from “The Laughing song” … At 1:58, “While rehearsing for his act he made the grandiose mistake of living with his long lost uncles” ! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RMG5Du6OvWU/maxresdefault.jpg "The Laughing Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMG5Du6OvWU&t=118) > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > at 54 seconds … that’s too late, you mean 47 seconds ! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/25 "2022-11-09T12:27:34Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Joni Mitchell - Twisted. I was going to say Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/26 "2022-11-09T12:32:12Z")
Two measures of each chorus of Shakira’s “Estoy Aqui” are sung in very fast triplets: “among photos and notebooks, things and memories…” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NmJHH026X0c/maxresdefault.jpg "Shakira - Estoy Aquí (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmJHH026X0c) ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyEcks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnnyecks/32/18197_2.png) [@JohnnyEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyEcks)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/27 "2022-11-09T13:41:33Z")
Used as a gag on “Documentary Now” as Richard Kind tries to sing a show tune that’s crammed with way too many lyrics. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nKBlBvz2kn8/maxresdefault.jpg "Christmas Tips - Original Cast Album: Co-Op") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKBlBvz2kn8) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/28 "2022-11-09T14:47:33Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Joni Mitchell (chuckle) Thanks for the memory jog! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2fUSXN50gGc/maxresdefault.jpg "You Put Me Through Hell (Digitally Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fUSXN50gGc) ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/29 "2022-11-09T16:41:57Z")
“Nobody told me there’d be days like these” -JL ---
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/30 "2022-11-09T18:33:33Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > … that’s too late, you mean 47 seconds ! I shall commit seppuku at once. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/31 "2022-11-09T18:39:58Z")
[I’ve Been Everywhere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw) by Johnny Cash. Takes him about 30 seconds and then… weeeee! What fun! ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/32 "2022-11-09T19:14:57Z")
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serrrrrrrr-engeti Toto, “Africa.” An example where the singing is rushed and protracted in different parts of the very same line. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/33 "2022-11-09T19:36:41Z")
Tom Petty knew how to handle it when the music ran out before the words: "I was introduced and we both started groovin’ She said, “I dig you, baby, but I got to keep movin’ On. Keep movin’ on” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/34 "2022-11-09T19:59:17Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > > > Joni Mitchell - Twisted. > > I was going to say Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Or Wardell Grey. Annie Ross just added lyrics to the solo. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/99CJEPIeGmI/hqdefault.jpg "Wardell Gray Quartet - Twisted") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99CJEPIeGmI) ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/35 "2022-11-09T20:02:51Z")
The Pogues version of “Poor Paddy Works on the Railway” speeds up to a breakneck pace in 2/3 of the verses. Does any song with a jam-packed lyric that obligates rapid-fire delivery count? 'cause then you’ve got the obvious ones of “Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me),” “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” Regarding the Billy Joel one, I read one critic who noted “A list is not a song.” but I still like the track. ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/36 "2022-11-09T20:28:03Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” These are two examples of what I call “monkey business songs”, songs modeled after the breakneck execution of Chuck Berry’s “Too Much Monkey Business”. Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” I already posted is the first derivative, and of course itself inspired further songs like the two above. And here’s Elvis Costello again: his “Pump It Up” is another of those songs. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5b2w_nJLuvw/hqdefault.jpg "Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2w_nJLuvw) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3KI9eN-AY1s/maxresdefault.jpg "ELVIS COSTELLO Pump It Up") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KI9eN-AY1s) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/37 "2022-11-09T20:42:33Z")
The Spongetones’ “My Girl Maryanne”. _My girl Maryanne_ _She tries to get in as many words as she possibly can_ _I love Maryanne_ _She understands_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rCr_8tvbxpA/hqdefault.jpg "The Spongetones - My girl Maryanne") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCr_8tvbxpA) ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610/38 "2022-11-09T20:56:42Z")
Great Big Sea’s “Mari-Mac” is an absolute tongue-twister: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3AT07v9V4-w/hqdefault.jpg "Great Big Sea - Mari-Mac (LP Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AT07v9V4-w) ---
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Dio “Rainbow in the Dark” has the vocals float around the pocket quite a bit, rushing some, leading others… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PrBUjXaRSUQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Dio - Rainbow In The Dark (Official Music Video) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrBUjXaRSUQ) ---
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> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > …has the vocals float around the pocket quite a bit… I like that expression! Here’s Kevin Rowland doing exactly that. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZjwUX5MKJOo/hqdefault.jpg "There, There, My Dear - Dexy's Midnight Runners") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjwUX5MKJOo) The incomprehensible rapid-then-slow bit at 0:53 is surely one of the great moments in modern songwriting. > Keep quoting Cabaret, Berlin, Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, Duchamp, Beauvoir, > Kerouac, Kierkegaard, Michael Rennie, and I don’t believe you really like Frank Sinatra. Take that, Bob Dylan! j [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-rushed-singing/974610.md?page=3)