Tuesday 24 June, 2008

Musical gerunds

Filed under: Music, Grammar etc.

As far as I'm aware, there are few songs whose titles are a non-finite clause including a gerund. (Surprised no one else has writen about this very subject.) The only two I can think of are Squeeze's Pulling Mussels from a Shell and Shed Seven's Chasing Rainbows. The only such band is Counting Crows, although not sure whether this is acting as a present participle.

That is all.


Posted by dan at 8:05am | Permalink | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)
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What's a non-finite clause including a gerund?

Posted by Dave, 7:56am, Wednesday 25 June 2008

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Twisting the knife - Alison Moyet
Begging you - The Stone Roses
Losing My Religion - REM
...... to name but a few!

And as for bands, don't forget Talking Heads though I would go for it being a present participle instead.

Posted by Niknej, 8:32am, Saturday 5 July 2008

Chasing Pavements - Adele
Telling Stories - The Charlatans
Joining A Fan Club - Jellyfish

Yes indeed...

Posted by Steve 12:44pm, Friday 11 July 2008
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