Some songs boast the triple-threat of amazing verse, bridge and chorus. Lots of songs have an ordinary verse leading to a kick-ass chorus. Less common, but still a frequent sub-category, are those songs where the chorus is a bit of a let-down. I would argue that Billy Bragg’s virtually perfect ‘The Boy Done Good’ has a forgettable chorus. ‘It’s Private Tonight’ by Arthur Adams is another example. The chorus is fine, but doesn’t deliver on the promise of the verse, which is why it is relegated to my PYRITE RADIO. Check him here, playing live in March 2017. What a dude.
Author of The Vinyl Frontier, out March 2019
