A very interesting article here from
RetroCrush about their idea of the 50 coolest song parts ever.
A few surprises, and a good choice of their number one.
What is your number 1, or 2, or 3, or as many as you can think of.
What's your coolest song parts of all time
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- KVRAF
- 2401 posts since 29 Dec, 2002 from In the dark
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- KVRAF
- 3723 posts since 17 Apr, 2002 from Scotland
No.1 and No.2 are easy.
(1) In Yello's "Pinball Cha-Cha" there is an extended timbale solo in the middle of the track. The sequence right after that solo is my all time No.1 moment in any track. The rising strings and muted trumpet stabs over the electronic beat take my breath away every time.
(2) The last minute of Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman". Actually I love the whole song, but the instrumental outro is just sublime.
Number 3 is going to be a bit more difficult. Lemme think.....................
(1) In Yello's "Pinball Cha-Cha" there is an extended timbale solo in the middle of the track. The sequence right after that solo is my all time No.1 moment in any track. The rising strings and muted trumpet stabs over the electronic beat take my breath away every time.
(2) The last minute of Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman". Actually I love the whole song, but the instrumental outro is just sublime.
Number 3 is going to be a bit more difficult. Lemme think.....................
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- Boss Lovin' DR
- 14312 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
Phil Collins????? 
"When it comes to cool song parts, there is no greater "wait a minute...here it comes" moment than the when the drums finally kick in during Phil Collins' haunting, "In The Air Tonight". Nobody who listens to this song in their car can resist smacking their steering wheel along to the beat. And if they're anything like me, they usually do it too early and look like a jerk to all of their friends!"
Surely he accomplished looking like a twat from the moment he bought the record by the dimunutive, balding, tory fuckwit, p**g r**cking, balladeer.
And where was the riff from 'raining blood' by Slayer?
"When it comes to cool song parts, there is no greater "wait a minute...here it comes" moment than the when the drums finally kick in during Phil Collins' haunting, "In The Air Tonight". Nobody who listens to this song in their car can resist smacking their steering wheel along to the beat. And if they're anything like me, they usually do it too early and look like a jerk to all of their friends!"
Surely he accomplished looking like a twat from the moment he bought the record by the dimunutive, balding, tory fuckwit, p**g r**cking, balladeer.
And where was the riff from 'raining blood' by Slayer?
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- KVRian
- 1349 posts since 12 Jan, 2003 from Paris
OK...
From their list my favorites are :
#6 - Led Zepelin
#31 - Come together - i'm not a big fan of the Beatles but his song is really GREAT
The worst 2 are
#1 - Phil Collins - this one was easy !
#38 - Lionel richie...
From their list my favorites are :
#6 - Led Zepelin
#31 - Come together - i'm not a big fan of the Beatles but his song is really GREAT
The worst 2 are
#1 - Phil Collins - this one was easy !
#38 - Lionel richie...
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- KVRist
- 99 posts since 25 Apr, 2002
Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb ... guitar solo of course 
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- KVRAF
- 3266 posts since 22 Sep, 2003 from under the sun
Pink Floyd's Atom Earth Mother...
each part is unforgettable... but particularly the one when the choir sings in the unknown language...
each part is unforgettable... but particularly the one when the choir sings in the unknown language...
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- KVRAF
- 8109 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
Sonic Youth 'Teenage Riot' - after the intro when the main riff kicks in... sublime.
Yo La Tengo 'Autumn Sweaters' - the little bass synth riff... makes me shiver everytime for some reason.
Leo Kottkes 'Machine No....2(?)' - the whole damn guitar part is just perfect.
the cello in Nick Drakes 'Cello Song'
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Yo La Tengo 'Autumn Sweaters' - the little bass synth riff... makes me shiver everytime for some reason.
Leo Kottkes 'Machine No....2(?)' - the whole damn guitar part is just perfect.
the cello in Nick Drakes 'Cello Song'
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- KVRian
- 1313 posts since 29 Mar, 2002 from Salt Lake City, Utah - U.S.A.
"Just Like You Imagined" by Nine Inch Nails. Starting at 2:10 until about 2:27. Simply amazing. Turn the volume way up, focus in, really feel it and it's absolutely incredible!!! It's the crescendo to end all crescendo's. I think he built up from about 10 tracks to 128 in a matter of seconds. Intense to say the least.
"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Then the whole world speeds up to lightspeed and there's an amazing explosion. If I could choose to listen to something the last :17 seconds of my life that would be it. WOW!!!
"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Then the whole world speeds up to lightspeed and there's an amazing explosion. If I could choose to listen to something the last :17 seconds of my life that would be it. WOW!!!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2401 posts since 29 Dec, 2002 from In the dark
Yes,Kriminal wrote:The intro to War Pigs
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- KVRAF
- 2093 posts since 19 Jun, 2003 from UTM 18 317254E 4295335N (WGS84/NAD83)
I saw that page last week too... There's bunch of stuff I would have included... But some that come to mind are the Robert Fripp solo in Talking Heads "Born Under Punches," the bridge from "I'm Not In Love" 10cc, the drum solo from Sly and the Family Stone's "Sex Machine" and the weird sprong noise from Aphex Twin's "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball." I couldn't stop at 50.
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- KVRian
- 1488 posts since 7 Jan, 2004
It's a nice idea to put up such an 'all time favorites'-website, but it's indeed so very retro.
Where to find this kind of sites with (at least a little) more contemporary music?
Where to find this kind of sites with (at least a little) more contemporary music?
The more I hang around at KVR the less music I make.