All Together Now

What’s the most important (and enjoyable) part of a song? The music? The band? The Lyrics? Nope. All wrong I’m afraid. The answer, my dear readers is the good old fashioned chorus I was walking to work the other day and decided to check out the media player facilities on my new phone. As I walked past the hoards of little wastes of sperm who attend the local school by my house I was listening to, amongst others: ‘Jessie’s Girl’ by Rick Springfield and ‘Losing Touch’ by The Killers. And, as what always happens here, I was caught ‘singing’ by a rather startled un-suspecting member of the public! Poor bastard (Good job he wasn’t trimming his back bush eh? - haha) Anyway, after subjecting several more members of the public to my god awful singing on my trek to work, I realised that the afore mentioned Killers song has one of the most outstanding choruses I’ve ever heard in years. And it got me thinking: what is the best chorus ever written? So, as I always do when I’ve fuck all else to write about, I decided to compile a bit of a list Here’s a few of my choices: Jumping Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones: “but it’s aaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwlriiiiiiiiight now, in fact it’s a gaaaaasss, but it’s aaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwlriiiiiiiight, I’m jumpin jack flash it’s a gas! Gas! Gas!” Great song that also contains one of the finest opening lines in any song ever written: “I was born in a cross fire hurricane” – superb stuff. This was also the turning moment when The Stones switched from mainstream pop to the more ‘darker’ side of their famed persona. Notoriety beckoned! Paradise City – Guns ‘N Roses: “take me down to the Paradise City, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty” Classic example of the all-American bravado the chaps from G’N’R portrayed in their stage shows (although, may I point out, the video for this song was filmed during their warm up act for Aerosmith). Good example of an ‘all together now’ chorus The Rat – The Walkmen. “youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu’ve got a nerve to be asking a favour/youuuuuuuuuuuuu’ve got a nerve to be calling my number” This is hardly a ‘chorus’, but it’s worth a shout due to the pure spine-tingling way the song is actually sung by the fantastic Front Man of The Walkmen: Hamilton Leithhauser. Superb bit of drumming as well. But, as great as all of the above songs really are, there is really no contest. This is obviously a personal point of view of mine here, but the finest chorus ever written has to be without a single shadow of a doubt: Highway to Hell by the Great, Monolithic AC/DC So … “Hey mamma, look at me, I’m on my way to the promise land, WOW!! … … I’M ON THE HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHWAY TO HELL!!!!!!!” Get it listened to Mol