Songs where you have to endure the shit bit to get to the good bit.

[Wolveryeti]

Exhibit A:

Roxanne:

Weird white knight shit sung in patois - pass.

THAT chorus though.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Exhibit A:

Roxanne:

Weird white knight shit sung in patois - pass.

THAT chorus though.

He’s judgemental until his dick kicks in and then overlooks his previous thoughts.

God save the King is boring until we get stuck into the Scots. I am obviously joking but I’m struggling to think of an example unless you prefer the Dinosaur bit in the middle of Echoes.

 

[savoloysam]

Bohemian Rhapsody.

The part where the song finishes

 

[platinumsage]

Insomnia

Tearing off tights with my teeth etc....until it gets to the bit where he stops saying words.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Sonic Youth's Dripping Dream. Quite run of the mill until this wonderful quiet sad bit of guitar for a minute or so, it's wonderful

 

[Pickman's model]

Most songs, where you have to endure shite for 3 or 4 minutes till they end

 

[SpookyFrank]

...unless you prefer the Dinosaur bit in the middle of Echoes.

It's all great. The sparkly guitar bit near the end wouldn't work without all that build up.

 

[MickiQ]

Anything with any rapping in it

 

[hitmouse]

Anything with a guitar solo in it. (Last week I was idly thinking of doing a poll about "what's the worst thing you can do to a song, guitar solo or autotune?")

 

[savoloysam]

It's all great. The sparkly guitar bit near the end wouldn't work without all that build up.

Plus it helps creep my neighbours out when I play it loud

 

[SpookyFrank]

I hear seagulls though, not dinosaurs.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Anything with a guitar solo in it. (Last week I was idly thinking of doing a poll about "what's the worst thing you can do to a song, guitar solo or autotune?")

I've gone right off guitar solos. The effect is usually visceral, rather than emotional. The best ones are slow, and simple. Something you could sing along with.

Some writer or other summed up the true genius of George Harrison; the fact you can sing all his guitar parts.

 

[savoloysam]

I hear seagulls though, not dinosaurs.

Don't tell farmerbarleymow. Oh wait I just did.

Personally I've never considered what animal it was. More than likely it was an effects machine of some sort.

 

[savoloysam]

Goggled it. It was Gilmour playing backwards through a wah wah peddle.

What’s That Sound? The seagulls featured on Pink Floyd song ‘Echoes’

Gilmour's mistake turned to gold.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I hear seagulls though, not dinosaurs.

Definitely more Pterodactyl than gull. Not that I’ve ever heard one.

 

[DotCommunist]

roughly 60-70% of sabaton songs tbf

 

[danny la rouge]

I've gone right off guitar solos. The effect is usually visceral, rather than emotional. The best ones are slow, and simple. Something you could sing along with.

Some writer or other summed up the true genius of George Harrison; the fact you can sing all his guitar parts.

The convention is a bit ridiculous. And I speak as a purveyor of them myself.

 

[Knotted]

I hear seagulls though, not dinosaurs.

Seagulls are dinosaurs!!!

 

[Brainaddict]

All those songs that have a needless wibbly introductory bit before the song properly begins. Even the usually ruthlessly efficient Future of the Left did it with Arming Eritrea, and even there it is superfluous to requirements and you just want to get through it to get to the song.

 

[skyscraper101]

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

 

[savoloysam]

What annoys me more than anything, and it's present in lots of music I like, are those long drawn out endings. Especially the ones that are twice as loud as the actual song and just turn the song into a garbled mess at the end, or they finish with some annoying high pitch sound or other.

 

[savoloysam]

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

You can't have that ending with out the whole song. It's all good to my ears that one. Lyrics are great

 

[DotCommunist]

You can't have that ending with out the whole song. It's all good to my ears that one. Lyrics are great

I prefer dreams, motorsport robbed the chain and ruined it a bit by overplay

 

[savoloysam]

I prefer dreams, the motorsport robbed the chain and ruined it a bit by overplay

I love the whole album. One of my favourites of all time. Would definitely be in the top 10 somewhere.

 

[DotCommunist]

I love the whole album. One of my favourites of all time. Would definitely be in the top 10 somewhere.

oh yeah rumours is one of those albums thats been recognized as brilliant across multiple generations now. My parents played it. It went viral among the yoot during lockdown and gave the band members another big payday.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

That EOB - Brazil track. The folky opening doesn't do that much for me, then it turns into a bit of a Sasha/UNKLE inspired monster.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

You can't have that ending with out the whole song.

They managed to on the Grand Prix.

 

[skyscraper101]

The one which goes the other way is Spaceman by Babylon Zoo.

 

[hitmouse]

What annoys me more than anything, and it's present in lots of music I like, are those long drawn out endings. Especially the ones that are twice as loud as the actual song and just turn the song into a garbled mess at the end, or they finish with some annoying high pitch sound or other.

Oh yeah, I don't notice it on record so much but a lot of noisy bands love doing that thing of "let's just make an annoying guitar squeal between songs" when playing live, and it always feels like it's adding nothing to the experience except for adding to my chances of hearing damage.

 

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Mudhoney's version of Halloween by the Sonic Youths. Pretty much what you'd expect and then turns into a revved up I Wanna be Your Dog by the Stooges just before the end.