Sentence examples for bittersweet chorus from inspiring English sources
Over the Border features the same structure – a bittersweet chorus flanked by spoken-word verses – but its lyrics fetishise old record labels ("green and yellow Harvests, pink Pyes, silver Bells") and hymn Top of the Pops, Dexys Midnight Runners and Smash Hits.
Mason added that the song "pack[s] a remarkable amount of detail into two short verses and a bridge" and "resolves with a soaring, bittersweet chorus".
In the choruses, his bittersweet voice is buoyed by a children's chorus, espousing hip-hop pride: "Don't hate on us, we're fabulous".
State Senator Leland Yee, a San Francisco Democrat who had fought for the restoration of funding, added to the chorus of bittersweet praise, saying in a statement that while he was pleased Mr. Schwarzenegger had signed the bill, "I am still dismayed that he would put women and children at risk in the first place".
Leonard Bernstein once said that the opening chords of the third movement alone, in which the chorus sings a bittersweet, almost resigned setting of the word "Alleluia," would have ensured Stravinsky's place in history.
While Petty's lyrics often harbour a bittersweet edge beneath their radio-perfect choruses, the America he evokes in his music is ultimately seductive.
