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  • I was particularly moved by V3 and the pre-chorus.

    Twilight Lexicon » Music Feature Saturday 2009

  • It can go along with anything involving action, although a modern-day gun battle would probably work best, especially with the vociferous words “Beware!” being blasted every other second in the pre-chorus.

    Top 10 Songs That Should Be Used in a Movie » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • When she sings in the pre-chorus bridge, "We went round and round till we knocked love out/We were laying in the ring, not making a sound," she's expressing something we've heard 5,000 times already in a clever way.

    fourfour: 2009

  • When she sings in the pre-chorus bridge, "We went round and round till we knocked love out/We were laying in the ring, not making a sound," she's expressing something we've heard 5,000 times already in a clever way.

    Imperfect is no excuse 2009

  • She does employ it more creatively than 99 percent of the people who use it (i.e. everyone) when she does this pre-chorus, "Oooohoooowooohooowaw," sounding like she's aiming to overload the computer.

    fourfour: 2009

  • If you listen to the instrumental part of the song, you get a sense of the story: scene-setting in the verse, tension building in the pre-chorus, a payoff in the chorus, a new twist in the bridge and a climactic finale.

    Soaring With Christina Aguilera Heather Holley 2011

  • When someone's been put to that sort of a test on live television--because I know what it feels like, and I think it's extremely nerve racking--you're pretty hyper-aware that something went right or something went wrong, so it's a really good time to have someone who has gone through it before say, You know, something went wrong in the pre-chorus, right?

    Mike Ragogna: Chatting with Ben Folds Plus His Video Premiere of "A Working Day" Mike Ragogna 2011

  • When someone's been put to that sort of a test on live television--because I know what it feels like, and I think it's extremely nerve racking--you're pretty hyper-aware that something went right or something went wrong, so it's a really good time to have someone who has gone through it before say, You know, something went wrong in the pre-chorus, right?

    Mike Ragogna: Chatting with Ben Folds; Plus His Video Premiere of "A Working Day" Mike Ragogna 2011

  • When someone's been put to that sort of a test on live television--because I know what it feels like, and I think it's extremely nerve racking--you're pretty hyper-aware that something went right or something went wrong, so it's a really good time to have someone who has gone through it before say, You know, something went wrong in the pre-chorus, right?

    Mike Ragogna: Chatting with Ben Folds Plus His Video Premiere of "A Working Day" Mike Ragogna 2011

  • She does employ it more creatively than 99 percent of the people who use it (i.e. everyone) when she does this pre-chorus, "Oooohoooowooohooowaw," sounding like she's aiming to overload the computer.

    Not quite 2009

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