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Songs with surprising solos, bridges, fadeouts, etc.

Started by kurumi, July 05, 2021, 05:22:40 PM

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kurumi

July 05, 2021, 05:22:40 PM  
It's a conventional song, for the most part, but there's one surprising part that makes it awesome (or perhaps ruins it for you).

"Strawberry Letter 23", a nice groove, with a proggy solo at 2:25:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rquygdjf0d8

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head", heard in elevators everywhere, but the ending (also around 2:25) sounds like the start of a better song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sySlY1XKlhM

"Hitch a Ride" by Boston - regular 70s AOR until Tom Scholz channels Keith Emerson at 1:27:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV3pR87L-T8
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July 05, 2021, 11:40:13 PM  
Electric Light Orchestra, Mr. Blue Sky has an odd double ending, which I didn't understand until I listened to the album and realized that the first ending is for the song and the second ending is for the 4-song Concerto for a Rainy Day that is side 3 of the vinyl and tracks 10-13 of the compact disc of Out Of The Blue.
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July 05, 2021, 11:46:10 PM  
Regarding Boston, Hitch A Ride-- at one point in the long instrumental ending, you can hear a pitch slide on the Hammond organ, which they couldn't do in 1975; that's Tom Scholz putting his thumb on the reel-to-reel that he uses to record all his stuff.  When he found out his favorite brand of reel-to-reel tape was being discontinued, he bought out all of their remaining inventory of it.
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July 06, 2021, 07:48:49 AM  
The Beatles "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" has several changes.

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July 06, 2021, 03:09:03 PM  
Quote from: GaryV on July 06, 2021, 07:48:49 AM
Paul and Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" has several changes.


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July 15, 2021, 02:42:50 AM  
Chicago's Feeling Stronger Every Day.  Starts out as a slow-ish tempo during the verses, then mid-song switches to a real up-beat rock pace.
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July 15, 2021, 04:51:44 AM  
O Fortuna from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Now that is a sudden intensity change.

Then there's those loud notes in the middle of a soft passage, like in the 2nd movement of Haydn's Surprise Symphony (hence its name) or that bassoon fart near the end of another Haydn work (I don't remember its name now).
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July 18, 2021, 08:15:09 PM  


The choir is a nice touch.
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