Sexy moments (4 Viewers)

[dudley]

in rock.
those bits of a song that just make you go whoa

most recently, the outro of "where does yer go now" by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

nice enough melancholy song, then in the dying seconds, at 3:24 these amazing john barry-esque strings kick in a counter melody to the orchestra. i remember saying fuck out loud on first listen


best ever, 'luau' by drive like jehu, just before the final monolithic riff enslaught starts, there's that bit at 6:50 where all of a sudden john reis's guitars get double tracked and suddenly hard panned in the mix. fucking amazing

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

theres a bit in that song "number 13" by the pixies off doolittle, its near the end, theres a solo of sorts then it reverts back to the build up and in classic santiago fashion he plays this really simple riff that sees the song out, theres something so understated about it and i dunno if it screams sexy moment but it gets me every time.

 

[Flux]

Good call, Pharmacist.

Good thread, Dudley.

"Friction" by Television, the bit between the lines "stop this head motion, set the sails / us art boys gonna wind up in jail" where Billy Ficca goes double-time on the hats and one of the guitars plays an amazing complementary riff. Hearing that snatch of music for the first time blew my mind, really made me go "these fellas are gifted"...and then "Marquee Moon" came next...

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

the last 30 seconds of wait in vain by bob marley.

the bit where it slows down in total trash by sonic youth off daydream nation

the breakdown in "i was a man" by jape.

 

[taubstumm]

most recently, 'boil into u.v.', from the thenar grouping by piratio; various points where the guitar noise scree slams in like a blastwave. itunes is telling me it's my most-listened-to track right now; proper order.

 

[Bunny]

Yeah, the solo on Marquee just kept on going and I kept wetting my pants. Thems were the days. The first time you hear it is always the best.

Good call, Pharmacist.

Good thread, Dudley.

"Friction" by Television, the bit between the lines "stop this head motion, set the sails / us art boys gonna wind up in jail" where Billy Ficca goes double-time on the hats and one of the guitars plays an amazing complementary riff. Hearing that snatch of music for the first time blew my mind, really made me go "these fellas are gifted"...and then "Marquee Moon" came next...

 

[BC]

watching (and of course listening) to a live performance of taraf de haiouks at the union chapel in london: the song "mugur, murgurel" (little buds) has vocals so soulful i was almost moved to tears, but later in the track "a stork crosses the danube in the company of a raven", when the main melody kicks in (every time) i get this huge shiver up my spine. its like a rush on ecstacy, almost feel lightheaded. amazing. thats the moments that music is made for.

 

[therealjohnny]

Julie Londons 'Cry me A River' the bit at the start where she opens her mouth and that noise scomes out of it..and continues throughout the song

sexy

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

"child among the weeds" by lal and mike waterson has this astonishing bit in the middle. lal sings the main part with the guitar backing then the in the middle mike sings a few lines unaccompanied and they make me want to run outside and do cartwheels and shout "hurrah for life!!" at everyone, especially on a nice morning like this.... here are the magick words (he belts them out...):

Fly bird fly on your raven wing.
Take to the sky and sing for the love of wheeling and turning.
The day has only just begun the silver sun is shining.
Wake up, wake up everyone the day is only dazzling.
Fly bird fly on your raven wing.
Take to the sky and sing for the love of wheeling and turning.

 

[Mitchum]

I'm pretty taken by the moment the percussion and brass come in on Beirut's 'Postcards from Italy'.

 

[sexypornolady]

Can I mention Anal Cunt at this point?

 

[Anthony]

The "yeaaaaaaaaah!" in Why Bother? by weezer

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Can I mention Anal Cunt at this point?

which song?

 

[waterfall]

The bass coming in in the first chorus of maps

wait... they don't love you like I love you

 

[Stereobaby]

Just after the breakdown in Let Down on Ok Computer where it goes back into the original verse melody and Thom Yorke does this this incredible double track / backing vocal thingy.

Deadly stuff.

 

[sexypornolady]

which song?

The opening line of Guy Lombardo.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

There's a subtle groove twist towards the end of Stereolab's Cybele's Reverie (single version) that makes me swoon. Raar Maximum will know what I'm referring to. Amazing.

 

[hermie]

There's a subtle groove twist towards the end of Stereolab's Cybele's Reverie (single version) that makes me swoon. Raar Maximum will know what I'm referring to. Amazing.

some great ones mentioned already.sticking with stereolab there is that bit in 'Long Love Life' where you think the song can't get any better where it builds up then breaks down and Mary Hansen comes in with a killer hook and song changes completely leading on to a gorgeously cluttered finale(i'm not really explaining it too well).

also many of these moments are total accidents that are just left in.like when Kim Deal loses her voice singing "Oh!" towards the end and it just send comes out in a wail and gives you shivers.that one really sticks out as something unintentional yet makes the song infinitely better, for me anyway.

 

[steveamanakick]

The "yeaaaaaaaaah!" in Why Bother? by weezer

The entire middle bit/solo in Across the Sea by Weezer. It still amazes me everytime

 

[hermie]

The entire middle bit/solo in Across the Sea by Weezer. It still amazes me everytime

nah, the way they wrap it up with that last chorus is what really makes it for me.class song