Who Else thought And you know i walk a thousand miles if i can just see you tonight And So if by the time The bar closes And you feel like falling down I carry you home tonight Was the same song?
@@madison-5422 Honestly it's the perfect age for this topic 'cos "sophomoric" is a really good word here and that's a typical college sophomore age. At 19 we're just getting a handle on the world and our philosophies enough to feel really aware and like we've got things figured out and know where we're going, and we're just smart enough to have that feeling but still stupid enough to be way off base with it. Hence "sophomoric" lol, just wise enough to be an idiot. So it makes sense that writing and/or listening to inspiring-sounding but vaguely shallow pop songs, especially ones about fairly shortsighted views on life and using a sense of impermanence as a rationalization for hedonism, is totally a 19-year-old sort of thing to do. :P
Reminds me of Flight of the Conchords - The Most Beautiful Girl.. makes jokes out of corny pop song phrases and pick up lines. “Looking 'round the room I can tell that you Are the most beautiful girl in the room (In the whole wide room) And when you're on the street Depending on the street I bet you are definitely in the top three Good looking girls on the street, yeah Depending on the street, ooh” ....... “You're so beautiful You could be a part time model But you'd probably still have to keep your normal job A part time model Spending part of your time modelling And part of your time next to me And the rest of your time doing your normal job, ooh”
Sentences where adding tonight at the end makes a difference: I promise I won't cheat on you. I'd like to see you in my office. Everything that lives will die.
@@avaneeshbharadwaj8516 I guess we could add tonight here too and the meaning is changed, because the comment is definitely not underrated now, a month later.
I’d say yes to this but at the same time with this song the word “tonight” is integral because it connects “carry you home” to “we are young” in most of the places it’s used. So while yes it creates that same sense of urgency, I don’t think you could replace it by just instrument or another word. Yes no maybe so?
True, though that is also the pre-chorus leading into the chorus. As well as it does not follow the cadence or scale degrees that all of his examples do. Good thought tho
The rule in pop music has always been that, if you have two syllables spare, use "tonight" when you need the accent on the second syllable and "baby" when you need the accent on the first.
Someone should write a song called "Tonight" and never say the word. It should obviously be a 4/4 summer pop hit to really drive people insane when they start wondering what extra "thing" is missing because the song sounds weird.
its so ironic how they do it to end the pre-chorus and indicate the beginning of the chorus. Its the embodiment of the modern problems require modern solutions meme
Wait pls actually tell me if you are joking lmao I can't tell sorry- I thought it was to town, but I must be just super dumb and not notice a joke when it is right in front of me lmao
"Tonight" is a fairly generic word tonight. You can easily add it to the end of almost any sentence, without changing the meaning of the other words tonight. As you can see in this self-demonstrating example, it can work in almost any context tonight.
I think that might be because in HSS the artist has just gone from 1 to 2 in the previous bar, and so even in this short sample your ears know what they want and they're not getting it. Perhaps the whole songs of Perfect and A Thousand Miles would be more disconcerting if "tonight" were removed.
@@nothayley also there's a big gap, no drum fill and then just empty uke chords so it sounds obviously missing. In the other ones there's enough other instruments to cover the gap so it doesn't sound as weird.
I'd say it's because he lingers on "do" for a bit too long that it feels like he's about to say something else, but he doesn't. The guy in the video essentially created an awkward silence in a song.
Really? I quite preferred it for all the songs except Soul Sister which sounded slightly off without tonight. Probably because I feel like the tonight actually made a difference in the lyrics.
@@xLextonx without it i feel sick lol. I know these songs too well with the "tonight" and without it i feel uncomfortable lol. Also the ending note would need to change without the tonight bc I do feel the need for that resolve .
@@jurgeysamuel He uses it to link the verse and chorus together. The same unresolved melody effect happens if you just sing "I will carry you home." Pretty clever, actually.
Wtf this just reminded me of what my friend and I used to do 10+ years ago. We would sometimes end our sentences with "tonight" in a singy voice when talking. I guess we were already somehow aware of this trend in songs and kinda subconciously mocked it.
I actually think Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" sounds much better without the word "tonight" at the end. That word always particularly bugged me in that song.
@@stanconnorstan4266 if you think about it tho, im pretty sure a woman would like to feel extra special on a special day like their wedding or something like that. Saying that she looks perfect on that night could really be something more beautiful than shallow with the right context, I guess it just depends if you want to look at it cynically or not.
@@charlesporsbjer2416 is it the same though? It sounds like the vocal melody is actually resolving upwards in a minor scale to what would be the relative major root and then the instrumental goes down step-by-step to the minor tonic.
'Tonight' can give a sense of romance and excitement, making it sound like it's a special moment. If it was replaced with 'Today' in some songs, it may not have the same effect, because 'Today' suggests a longer time span, losing its 'special moment' vibe!
Doesn't "tonight" also draw the listener in, as though the singer and listener were part of the same shared experience? Tonight, as in here in this moment.
I noticed this at about 4-5 years old. English is my second language, and at that age, any preeminent and recurring word has a solid impact. After yes/no/hello/goodbye, tonight is probably the first English word I learned. I would make up songs in pretend English, and "tonight" was a strong staple.
Just reminding everyone that since he used music in the video, he's demonetized. Throw him a thumbs up at the very least to show some love for him making this video
I want to meet potential architects; all night I want to purchase urban real estate; all night I want to study local zoning laws; all night I want to calculate construction costs; all night
Skinner, with his crazy explanations The superintendent's gonna need his medication When he hears Skinner's lame exaggerations There'll be trouble in town tonight
This makes me realise how creative the end of the chorus to "Let's go to the mall" is. The melody goes 8-3-1 rather than 2-1-1 AND the last word is today. Robin Sparkles broke new ground in the Canadian 90s!
This is brilliant. I think I'll just start adding it to random songs to mess with people. Oh I believe in yesterday. Tonight. Shake it off, shake it off. Tonight. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Tonight.
Haha i spent a good year of my life wondering what was "that song I couldn't remember anything about except how satisfying the "tonight" lyric was at the end of the chorus". Turned out it was probably a meta song i couldn't find because it was every song.
@@gryla5290 I had to think of Don't Stop Me Now throughout the entire video. Obviously doesn't fit the theme, but starting with "Tonight" kinda does that, I guess
You are so right - look Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh Through the fields we go Laughing all the way. Bells on bob-tail ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song *tonight* I just *knew* thought this song was about nocturnal shenanigans...
In that Hey Soul Sister one, the removal of tonight actually makes a huge difference. 'I don't wanna miss a single thing you do' has way different implications to 'I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight'.
I think we are just super conditioned with Hey Soul Sister. It's probably the most known of those 3 songs and there is quite a lot of emphasis on the "Tonight". Especially because the "do" is so drawn out. You just need something to finish that long "do".
@@TheMastermilch Nah. "I don’t want to miss a single thing you do" is quite stalkerish. Adding "tonight" (or *any* temporal or other limitation to the statement) makes it nigh infinitely less stalkerish.
The point was that the lyrics still made sense despite removing “tonight.” The melody sounds terrible without that resolution but the message still gets across
Japanese songs, especially ones from Idol Groups, like to use 「君と」very often, which on its own means "You too" or "With you" as if to include the listener into the group of very cute singers. It also seems to be the standard version of saying You in songs, though あなた is still used often, even though it's not used in speech nearly as often.
I noticed this years ago. Lots of words rhyme with the 'ight' sound. Light, bright, night, right, fight, might, sight etc. All quite emotive words found frequently in pop songs.
DUUUUUDE! I think you just wrote a Rap tune! your love light is shining bright so this night let's make it right no need to fight 'cause we might just loose sight of things we feel...................... tonight!
I don’t think it would work, because Tadaa is something said when you’re surprising someone with something, which doesn’t make sense at the end of those phrases. As my kid brother said when he heard Savage Garden “I Knew I Loved You Before I Met You” as a little kid: “this doesn’t make any SENSE!!”
The one that comes to mind is "We Are Young" "So if by the time the bar closes, and you feel like falling down... I'll carry... you home.... toniiiight".
i think that's because freddie did sing the "of the world" at the end of the song at live aid, which is undoubtedly their most popular performance. so people who don't usually listen to queen and dissect/memorize their lyrics are most familiar with the song going that way, even though it's not really like that
As far as I know, he doesn't sing it, at all...isn't that a popular example for the Mandela Effect (which is utter bullshit)? Seriously, like I'd ever listened to this song, for real.
@@Brax1982 he does say it at least once, the Mandela effect is that some people mistakenly think he says it after the last iteration, but "champions" is the last word.
Side note: It also works in other national anthems too, even those not in English. Take a look. God save the Queen... tonight. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee... tonight. (French) Marchons, marchons, qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons... ce soir. (Translation: March on, march on, for the impure blood will water our furrows... tonight.) (Soviet) Lead us to the victory of communism... tonight.
When you cut out “tonight” on those three sample songs it makes sense but it’s just... cursed. Especially Hey Soul Sister that didn’t make me feel good toNIGHT
He did mention that the song leaves you kinda hanging and you want it to resolve back to the root note. Because that is missing, it feels weird. Maybe if you pull the other note down to the root, but it might be a bit big of a jump. Not sure
whats funny is theres one song i can think of that does this differently, Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" begins with "Tonight" rather than ending with it.
I think it’s about the different conceptual use of “tonight”; in “Dont stop me now,” “tonight” is the future, in which the unknown escapades are about to transpire In songs where the hook ends with tonight, I’d posit that “tonight” is more of a gleeful, sublime, or sensual PRESENT than a future
That tonight in Perfect is so sad, like you can barely hear it it's like Ed just needed a word so it wouldn't be awkard and he couldn't think of any other word
Did anyone else actually enjoy when he played the songs with “tonight” removed from them? I kinda felt like there was a beauty in the simplicity of letting the song pause on the previous lyrics and letting them hang in the air a bit longer unresolved before the song returns to the tonic chord.
Totally! Love how he mentions the 'night' always being emphasized ( 'toNIGHT', not 'TOnight'), when Murphy makes a point to sing 'TOnite, TOnite, TOnite, TOnite...' He must've noticed it too!
For the "How I met your mother" fans here, the song "Let's go to the mall" by Robin Sparkles has this kind of hook at the end of the chorus, but with the word "today". That song is legendary.
I also want to throw in that the long "i" sound in "tonight" can be one of the prettiest/most powerful vowel sounds to sing, which makes it nice if you want the chorus to end soft and sweet, or on a big, belty power note. Another good reason to drop it into your lyrics.
Ending with the word "tonight" offers an emotional connection to the listener, because chances are there will be a "tonight" in their life that very day. It might already be "tonight". It makes a song come off as a bit more personal, if that makes sense.
Soon as I read the title I thought of the end of “We are Young” by F.U.N ...“So if by time, the bar closes. And you feel like falling down. I’ll carry you home.. *Tonight*
honestly, the ed sheeran version sounds less shallow while the original says the girl only looks perfect tonight, but if they are perfect, wouldn’t they look perfect everyday?? so the song actually makes more sense without the tonight.
I'd say Story of Tonight gets a pass for this, seeing as it has literal lyrical significance, and it isn't really used in the same way as the others in this video.. i guess??
I also think that the resolution on "tonight" works really well in live shows, making the night of the show feel more special and the lyrics easier to identify with.
That’s a really cool idea, it would kinda leave the listener thinking about the song after its conclusion. Plus it would have a deeper meaning in the song based on the context, like in “Perfect,” if ‘tonight’ was taken off, it would mean that the things he said about her aren’t limited to tonight
I don't really know actually. The two songs I knew felt weird, but the one from Ed Sheeran I did not know for example. It felt fine, like it was meant that way.
Using the word "tonight" at the end is an easy way to add extra feeling and a sense of atmosphere to the lyrics. "Tonight" has a feeling of "conclusion" and also "exploring the unknown" because of the dark but also beautiful starry imagery of night and not knowing what lies beyond. Since lyrics are mostly used to tell stories, it's pretty useful to use words that have that ability.
The word "tonight" invites you into the song, because it's a word that has immediate relevancy, both to the characters in the song, and to the listener, who is listening tonight. It makes you a part of the action, by bringing the action very much into the present tense. This is like in a movie, where most of the action took place in the past, and suddenly you're at the scene that's supposed to represent the present day. Suddenly the action seems more immediate and raw. There's also another explanation for "tonight." The song writers are piggy-backing off of each other, borrowing the good feelings you subconsciously remember from the last song hook that ended with "tonight."
