Joel by the Boo Radleys when they hit the chorus "All I want is harmony
Like some outmoded sixties throwback
I don't feel no destiny you
make your own luck
if you want it now
I don't regret a single day"
They're known for not keeping the same chorus going over and over. Off that same album they have a song called "Charles Bukowski Is Dead" which starts off amazing with the catchiest melodies and choruses but they turn the song kind of proggy and neo psyche half way through. Not my cup of tea but at least they keep things fresh.
Also in Her Space Holiday's Tech Romance when it bursts into heavy guitar driven angst when he starts singing "It's such a shame..."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoFcMDwu8ro
When Kurt Cobain screams in "Sliver" over a chorus of "grandma take me home" for several bars.
When the bridge to Pavement's "Gold Soundz" hits. Soaring head rush.
When "Via Chicago" by Wilco shifts abruptly from the more calm acoustic side to the weird, feedback through a vacuum side.
When the piano on "Poor Places" starts to play the sinister minor key part in prepartion for the "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" outro.
When the chorus for The Kinks "Victoria" hits the final time and you can hear shouting in the background. It creates a very unrehearsed atmosphere to a chorus that already knocks me on my ass.
I've stated this before, but from about 4:40 on in Pavement's "Fillmore Jive", starting with "every night it's straight and narrow..." then building up into a furious guitar explosion before a final verse ending (the album) abruptly with "Their throats are filled with."
The simple guitar solo in VU's "I'm Set Free" makes my hair stand up.
The final verse in The Zombies' "Hung Up On A Dream", where they change key ("They spoke with soft persuading words..."). The tone of the music fits perfectly with the sentiment of the lyrics.
The Replacement's "Alex Chilton": that little guitar fill after the line "Mickey Mouse and the tarot cards"...2 1/2 seconds of blissful resolution to the preceding solo.
I've stated this before, but from about 4:40 on in Pavement's "Fillmore Jive", starting with "every night it's straight and narrow..." then building up into a furious guitar explosion before a final verse ending (the album) abruptly with "Their throats are filled with."
I don't know if I have already thanked you for this song but, well, thank you !
I had listened to Crooked Rain x2 before, but I'm not a big fan of Pavement and had lost most of my attention and interest when I had reached the end of the album the first times ; but seeing it was your #1 of the 90s I listened to the song on its own and I have been totally blown away.
It is in my top 100 all time since then.
That's excellent Nassim! Though I shouldn't be too surprised that you like the song, given your predisposition to Built To Spill and mammoth guitar textural jams... I believe you & I are on the same page there.
Also the very few first seconds of Bedshaped by Keane the way his voice so gently relaxes you at the beginning. The tone of his voice is just perfectly pitched and romantic.
Also in Sweet Soul Dream by World Party when they break into Irish folk with the fiddle and the violins towards the end of the song. That's why I perfer them to the Waterboys. They could never swoon you with their epic ballads the way World Party does.
