Thursday, July 14, 2005

Music: Best Rhymes

What is the best rhyme in popular (or unpopular) music? "It Ain't Necessarily So" (lyrics by Ira Gershwin) has some beauties. "He fought Big Goliath/Who lay down and dieth." "He made his home in/Dat fish's abdomen." "Oh, I takes dat gospel/Whenever it's pos'ple."

I'm also partial to the immortal line from Cork/London band Stump, "Then Charlton Heston put his vest on."

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