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by nextts 454 days ago
Bohemian Rhapsody springs to mind. Most of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Yeah lots of famous rock stuff now I think of it. AC/DC Led Zeppelin.

Is it cheating to not use pop in the examples?

Takes a lot of effort to break the mold though!
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devnullbrain 454 days ago
You can find plenty of examples just from The Beatles
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DidYaWipe 454 days ago
Springs to mind as what? A counter-example? If so, I would not agree.
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nextts 454 days ago
Wikipedia:

> The song is highly unusual for a popular single in featuring no chorus, combining disparate musical styles, and containing lyrics which eschew conventional love-based narratives, and instead make allusions to murder and nihilism.[5]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody

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DidYaWipe 454 days ago
Right... which means that it offers up numerous dramatically different sections that defy the the "press Play... mumble a while... press Stop" trend that I'm complaining about.
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