Friday, June 11

More music

Did you see the one about the best ever parts of songs? I saw it first on MeFi, then checked out the retroCRUSH article THE 50 COOLEST SONG PARTS.

I don't know that I agree that any of these parts are in the top 50 coolest, but the ones I agree are cool from that list are:

#49 "BEEN CAUGHT STEALING" by JANE'S ADDICTION
#47 "FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT" THE BEASTIE BOYS, 1986
#42 "KILLING AN ARAB" THE CURE, 1980
#37 "FLASH GORDON THEME" QUEEN, 1980
#19 "BABA O RILEY" THE WHO, 1971
#1 "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" PHIL COLLINS, 1981

Ones I like from the MeFi thread:
+ Matthew Sweet, "Sick of Myself", but i'd pick the chorus, especially the end of it.
+ Pearl Jam's 'Black' - the last line, where Vedder stretches out the line "why can't it be mine" into "why can't it be, can't it beeeee muuuh-aaaaih-ah-hah-hine".
+ Smashing Pumpkins 'Today' (I can't play the guitar but figured out those nine notes, dee-dee dee-dee dee-dee dee-dee-dee) [and many other SP parts, including the strings and bells in 'Disarm'.]
+ Jeff Buckley's last two "Hallelulah"s.
+ "Your what?!" "Tiiin roof...rusted."

Som of my own (incomplete, unsystematic) ideas:
+ the theme from Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
+ numerous parts of 'Hey ya', upon entering your head, threaten to never leave.
+ opening of the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage'
+ the intro to Metallica's 'Enter Sandman'
+ the synth melody in 'Living in Oblivion' by Anything Box
+ many of the harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel, eg 'April come she will' and 'American tune'
+ the chorus of 'Bizarre Love Triangle' by New Order
+ the opening to 'Gardening at Night' by REM
+ wordless call from 'Mr Wendal'
+ the snare in 'Linger'
+ the vocal harmonies in REM's 'Fall on me'
+ the tack piano in REM's 'Shaking through'
+ the guitar loop in REM's 'Leave'

How about you?

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