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Great Moments of songs

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  • 24-07-2008 1:57pm
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    Swish15
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    Got thinking the other day about great moments in songs.......For example when the riff kicks in on knights of cydonia!!! That would be my personal favourite!!


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    Bubs101
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    Without doubt for me it is the epiphany in Poor Places by Wilco. Keyboards and stuff start to dissapear noise starts to reduce than only accoustic guitar and drums

    "And it makes no difference to me etc." Brilliance.
    The eye of the storm


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    fitz0
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    The piano bit at the end of Johnny Cash's cover of the Mercy Seat


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    Eigeen
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    The instrumental at the end of Mr Brightside - The Killers.


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    cinneide
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    The climax after the solo of Stairway to Heaven, begins: "As we wind on down the road..."

    That's been described as the Sistine Chapel of rock musical moments.


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    gustavo
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    Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

    "If man is five , If man is five If man is five If man is five
    Then the devil is six Then the devil is six Then the devil is six Then the devil is six
    And if the devil is six THEN GOD IS SEVEN , THEN GOD IS SEVEN , THEN GOD IS SEVEN"


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    Swish15
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    there is some real obvious ones out there. Like when the drums kick in during Phil Collins "In the air tonight" Or Queens "Bohemian Rapsody" (there is about 50 different moments in that song):pac:.

    When the Bass kicks in for "Holiday" by Green Day.
    Or the Instrumental for "SRXT" by Bloc Party
    Also Love the start of "Best of you" Foo Fighters


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    Glassheart
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    The Beatles - Dear Prudence

    From about 3:18 there is a beautiful call and respond part between Lennon's vocal and Harrison's lead guitar.

    Nice thread...


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    Swish15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭Swish15


    Great Choice, Love that!!!! there could be pretty much a whole thread on beatles moments. Love the screaming bit at the end of "Hey Jude"


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    Fall_Guy
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    the kick-in towards the end of bullet in the head by rage against the machine. swa-heet.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TDgkOOlbwg


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    Howard the Duck
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    gustavo wrote: »
    Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

    "If man is five , If man is five If man is five If man is five
    Then the devil is six Then the devil is six Then the devil is six Then the devil is six
    And if the devil is six THEN GOD IS SEVEN , THEN GOD IS SEVEN , THEN GOD IS SEVEN"

    Yep agreed classic song moment


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    ilovemybrick
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    Howard the Duck wrote: »
    Yep agreed classic song moment

    Add in the amazing bit whenever they played it live where everybody had hands in the hair first with 5 fingers spread and then 6 and finally 7 while screaming their lungs out.

    Magic.


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    Creature
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    The bit at the end of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails where he sings "If I could start again..." and it gets quiet but then the synths erupt at the last line followed by white noise.


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    PrivateEye
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    gustavo wrote: »
    Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

    "If man is five , If man is five If man is five If man is five
    Then the devil is six Then the devil is six Then the devil is six Then the devil is six
    And if the devil is six THEN GOD IS SEVEN , THEN GOD IS SEVEN , THEN GOD IS SEVEN"

    Spot on.

    *The very start of that Public Enemy classic, Fight The Power. When that first line hits..."1989 THE NUMBER, ANOTHER SUMMA!" out of nowhere. Hits you every time.


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    gustavo
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    Howard the Duck wrote: »
    Yep agreed classic song moment

    I picked it cos I remember hearing the song properly for the first time and not expecting that at all :DAnd then going back and listening to that bit again and again


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    stovelid
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    Off top of head...

    The bridge (is that what you call it?) in I wanna be adored by the Stone Rose. The bit where they wig out for a few seconds in the middle of the tune.

    Same but in Fake Tales of San Francisco by the Arctic Monkeys...half way through where it ups tempo (and he says He talks of San Francisco, he's from Hunter's Bar..)

    The bit in the House Song by the Beta Band where they have a sample of someone rapping, sounds a bit like MC Solaar, probably not.

    No future fade out of God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols.


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    JaneyMc
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    The end of 'Little Sister' by QOTSA. Also the end of 'Charmer' by Kings of Leon.


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    ilovemybrick
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    2 minutes and 31 seconds into "Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean" by Explosions in the Sky.


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    Blisterman
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    Van Halen -Panama
    2:18 in, when it goes quiet, for a few seconds with a superb guitar riff.


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    Xavi6
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    The solo in 'Winds of Change' by The Scorpions. Epic.

    The instrumental bit towards the end of 'Rebellion: Lies' by Arcade Fire with all the violins and shit. Pure class.


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    Podge2k7
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    The guitar solo at the start of voodoo child by Jimi Hendrix


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    stovelid
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    Xavi6 wrote: »
    The solo in 'Winds of Change' by The Scorpions. Epic.

    What about the riff of Since You've been Gone by Rainbow?

    If you're being ironic and have smoked me out of the soft-metal long grass, you're dead btw. :)


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    Bubs101
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    The last 4 minutes of Freebird


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    11811
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    the instrumental end of PDA by Interpol...
    Amazing.


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    1huge1
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    The Doors-The End

    At the end that song is epic (no pun intended)


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    Photi
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    The outro of Lazy Line Painter Jane by Belle & Sebastian.


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    Jack Sheehan
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    'The Rangers had a homecoming, in Harlem late last night,
    and the Magic Rat drove his slick machine,over the Jersey state line.
    Barefoot girls sittin' on the hood of dodge, drinkin' warm beer in the soft summer rain.


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    lordgoat
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    Elliott Smith - Lost and Found

    Day breaks every mornin when he wakes and thinks of you (keyboard melody part, it's what day break sounds like)


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    KnifeWRENCH
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    The intro to "Teen Age Riot" by Sonic Youth, and the bit where it ends and the main riff starts (around 1:22)

    The intro to "Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans" by Smashing Pumpkins.

    The final chorus of "Declare Independence" by Bjork, where it turns into a total rave.


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    Placid_Casual
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    The middle section of Sorglopur by Sigur Ros where it builds into a massive crescendo and then all of a sudden goes quiet.
    The song title means something like Lost at Sea. Even though I can't understand a word of it, the music always creates an image in my mind of a little boat being tossed about in a storm and then arrving in calm waters.

    Also, when the strings kick in on Pyramid Song by Radiohead and Thom Yorke harmonises along with them.


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    Placid_Casual
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    Podge2k7 wrote: »
    The guitar solo at the start of voodoo child by Jimi Hendrix

    Love that, and also the intro to Love Spreads by the Stone Roses which is a bit of a rip off of it.


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