pleonasm

Paul McCartney certainly had his moments of lyrical elegance. But he wasn't at his best in "Live and Let Die." For instance, the line
But if this ever-changing world in which we live in
Makes you give in and cry

gets me every dang time I hear it. "World in which we live in?" Really? No one caught that before it went to press?

I just heard that sung twelve times. I cringed every time.

And, for the record, that mistake is called a pleonasm.

Comments

Sean said…
Haha! Yes, that's a song I've always loved and hated -- loved, because it's McCartney catchy, hated because the words always make me want to whip out a red pencil.
barrybrake said…
Actually, I don't even love the song that much. The lyrics seem shoehorned and awkward, and then there's that jam section that's really boring.
Jasony said…
and it is something up with which I will not put.

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