Great Moments of songs

Swish15

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!!

Bubs101

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

fitz0

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

Eigeen

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

cinneide

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.

gustavo

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"

Swish15

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

Glassheart

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...

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"

Fall_Guy

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

Howard the Duck

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

ilovemybrick

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.

Creature

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.

PrivateEye

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.

gustavo

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

stovelid

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.

JaneyMc

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

ilovemybrick

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

Blisterman

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

Xavi6

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.

Podge2k7

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

stovelid

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.

Bubs101

The last 4 minutes of Freebird

11811

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

1huge1

The Doors-The End

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

Photi

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

Jack Sheehan

'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.

lordgoat

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)

KnifeWRENCH

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.

Placid_Casual

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.

Placid_Casual

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.

Blisterman

Tenacious D - Tribute

And I said Nay, We are but men
ROCK!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!!!

HalloweenJack

The start of "Free Your Mind And You Ass Will Follow" by Funkadelic.

The up-tempo switch in "Station to Station" by David Bowie.

The last few lines of "Candidate" by David Bowie.

The start of "The Supermen" by David Bowie.

The heavy guitar in the second verse of "All The Madmen" by David Bowie (Last one, I swear).

The begining of "Zombie" by Fela Kuti.

The begining of "Music For My Mother" by Funkadelic.

The chorus of "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" by Prince.

The bit in "Purple Rain" where it sounds like Prince is crying.

el_tiddlero

The bridge in Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy..
all those sirens n solos just go so damn well together..
It's my new theme music as of yesterday..

Latchy

A great guitar solo here ,a drum solo there, a word and voice change in a vocal ,a harmony ......ah so many to choose from .

The sax solo in elton johns ' the bitch is back ' is epic

chalad07

I love the parts of songs when all 5 band members get up off their stools at the same time. You cant beat that,

Howard the Duck

chalad07 wrote: »

I love the parts of songs when all 5 band members get up off their stools at the same time. You cant beat that,

Friggin hilarious

S.I.R

Get out of here by thin lizzy, the bass line at the start is Brilliant and the last few lines are great:

" And ive become bitter, but i believe that this is better, not matter, whatever, whenever, we can never stay together "

or the killers, in one of the songs off the album Hot fuzz ( honestly cant remember the name of the song )

where they used the hook line " ive got soul but im not a soldier "

Nailz

Choras of "Kinky Afro" is great! The end of the backwards version of "Hell Awaits" by Slayer, sly one! The bass at the begining of "Peace Sells" by Megadeth. In the video of "5 Minutes Alone" by Pantera, I love when Dimebag drags, then he lifts the whammy and all strings drop, excellent guitarist. First hearing "Children" by Robert Miles.

'Ol Jack Chance

Really good thread some good songs mentioned.

1) The start of Ballad of a Thin Man by Bob Dylan

2) Bout ten seconds into Chocolate Jesus by Tom Waits

3) Start of Heartattack and Vine by Tom Waits

4) First 30 secs of Jimi Hendrix version of All Along the Watchtower

5) the bit where the boss sings weeeeee kissed in Candys Room

EvolutionNights

Bassline in Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Guitar solo in Another brick in the wall.
Guitar in Drivin South by Jimi Hendrix.
The opening sequence of Afro-Left by Leftism.

ronnie3585

The solo in Money and Time, also the drums in In my Time of Dying.

JerryHandbag

that bit in the middle of Blue Monday where everything stops for a sec....
Dave Gilmours solo in Pink Floyds Comfortably Numb
When the drunken trombones kick in during Radioheads National Anthem
Intro to New Orders True Faith...those 1980s electronic drums
Mike Oldfield doing a guitar wig-out somewhere in the middle of Tubular Bells
Intro to Dont Bring Me Down by ELO
Slash doing his skyscraper solo at the end of November Rain
THe electro beat bit in the middle of Milk & Honey by Beck

so many!

Nailz

Yes, thumbs up to "True Faith".

Prefabsprouter

The intro to Daft Punk's Around the World

Claptons Guitar solo on Creams "Deserted Cities of the Heart"

The Intro to "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane

The Intro to "Jean Genie" by David Bowie

The intro to the Yardbirds "Over Under Sideways Down" where Jimmy Paige plays the guitar like a violin.

lordgoat

The trumpet (yes the trumpet) in:

1) The Saturday Boy by Billy Bragg

2) For Emma, Forever by Bon Iver (The title track of the album)

3)Spitting Venom by Modest Mouse

stovelid

Nailz wrote: »

Yes, thumbs up to "True Faith".

Also like the fade out. Can't bring myself to go and find the time....

lordgoat wrote: »

The trumpet (yes the trumpet) in:

1) The Saturday Boy by Billy Bragg

+1

Also the trumpet at the end of Levi Stubb's tears...

tech77

OK probably not the best but one that comes to mind is:
Stay Away on Nevermind.
Just after the great drum solo (and before the last chorus) where Kurt just lets out a climactic, primal scream.
Really cathartic- the whole song leads up to it.

Latchy

The ' wop wop wop ' vocal on Bowies Golden years ' wop wop wop '

Mr.Nice Guy

The Beatles - Hey Jude and the transition into 'Na, na, na, na, na, na...'

Led Zeppelin - Robert Plant's long scream from Kashmir

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird's guitar solo