Bits Of Songs That You Love, Loathe Or Laugh At.
Yeah it is another music thread so apologies in advance to those who don't like them, but you don't need a great deal of knowledge to join in this one.

I'll start

Love: That bit in Al Stewart's Year Of The Cat where the sunny sounding acoustic guitar break is suddenly supplanted by the strident electric and the string section comes leaping to the front of the mix. Works everytime for me.

Loathe: Jeff Buckley does a fine version of Hallelujah but at the start he does this sharp intake of breath. Now you wouldn't believe that breathing in could be pretentious, but it is. It really is. It's ages before the singing starts so it's not done for any technical reason. It seems to be saying - don't breathe reverence is required.

Laugh At: From End Of The Century by The Ramones "It's the end, the end of the seventies, it's the end, the end of the century." Erm what calendar are you using there Joey?
(Cave Duck, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:00, 47 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Any song where they stop singing and start talking in the middle.
What you really mean is that you thought of these heartfelt words you wanted to include in your lyrics but couldn't find a way of fitting them to the tune.

Charlene's 'Never been to me' springs to mind, though to be fair it's a shit song to start with. And now you're all humming it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

"Ladies and gentlemen... MR ELTON JOHN!"

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I loathe...
...that bit in U2 songs where the music and singing starts. It usually goes downhill from there for about 3-4 minutes then once it ends I feel like killing someone.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I was about to say the same
morning Doc
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:08, Reply)

Good morn' to you Vippers...
Sorry to cut you up there, but it is 'National State The Obvious Day'.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:11, Reply)

nay bother
I'm very much looking forward to getting out of here and firing up the first of a large number of bifters that this weekend will contain.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

I actually really like
"counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:11, Reply)

And 'four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw'.
But that chord sequence is sooo seventies.
Streets of London, Don't think Twice, Looking from a Window Above-song.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:23, Reply)

Only You?
I adore that.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Yazoo?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Yup

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Sorry what?
I sneezed as I was typing.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:33, Reply)

Bless you

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:35, Reply)

The 'That's like hypnotising chickens'
line in Lust for Life always makes me giggle. Also the 'of course I've had it in my ear before' line makes me think of ear sex from Family Guy (once you go black, you go deaf).

Christ, I need to get a life
(berk, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

in that case I need to get one too
as I think the same.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:14, Reply)

Smells like Teen Spirit.
Love the bit where it breaks down and you just hear that two note riff from the guitar. Of course this has nothing to do with it coinciding with the part of the video where the hot-wapped cheerleader in the anarchy t-shirt is leaning back with her pom-poms waving in the air.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:14, Reply)

Just thought of some more
Love: The drumming on Something Of Nothing In Particular by The Associates. As the title suggests it's basically a filler album track. But the drumming (by John Murphy)is really sharp and rhythmical as all good drumming should be.

Laugh At:
"There are explosive kegs - between my legs
Dear God please help me" by Morrissey
Now I appreciate there's a bit of a play on words with some northerners using the word kegs to mean pants, but even so could there possibly be a more clunky metaphor for jizz filled nads?*

* If you can think of any please let me know so that I can add them to "Cave Duck's Big Book of Clunky Metaphors For Jizz Filled Nads"**

** Still looking for a publisher by the way, so if you know anyone..
(Cave Duck, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:17, Reply)

unfortunately Morrisey is massively fucking shit

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:18, Reply)

He had some magical moments..
"You can pin and mount me like a butterfly" always makes me snigger like a fool.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:24, Reply)

his best moments are when he shuts up
didn't he cut a gig short last year sometime as well because he had something thrown at him?

that was his finest moment
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:29, Reply)

oooh grumpy knicks

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:33, Reply)

Isn't he just?
I'm quite partial to a bit of Smithery on occasion.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:34, Reply)

Me too

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:35, Reply)

Mardy chops.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:34, Reply)

I cannot possibly be called grumpy
in a thread about Morrissey
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:36, Reply)

His lyrics ain't grumpy
They're funny
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:38, Reply)

^^
This.

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now makes me giggle.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I strongly suspect that Morrissey is more than a tad tossy, but he has written some decent songs.
One of the things I liked about The Smiths was the contrast. If you take the vocals off Girlfriend In A Coma its quite a jaunty little number.
(Cave Duck, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:40, Reply)

Oh, he's blatantly a massive wanker.

( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:43, Reply)

The Associate were fucking fantastic and that is a great call!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Yes, yes they were. Billy McKenzie was a sad loss.

(Cave Duck, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:34, Reply)

I do like the the sax solo at the end of Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side.
And the end of 'Can't Always Get What you Want' when Charlie goes mental.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:19, Reply)

Nofx - Lisa and Louise
Always makes me laugh,
"I'll never forget the first time you kissed me/ Now I want you to fist me!" Actually, lots of Nofx songs are rather amusing.

Love - the opening drum rolls on "March of the Fire Ants" by Mastodon before the riff really kicks in. Genius.

Loathe - any song with that over-produced vocodered singing that all R&B has at the minute. Face-rapingly shit.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:31, Reply)

Laugh - Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me With Science. Magnus Pyke delivering the title line with surprise.

Laugh/Have an Erection - Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop Well Did You Ever?
From the Red Hot & Blue album of Cole Porter covers - Debbie Harry delivering the line "What Cocks"
(Cave Duck, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:32, Reply)

There's a really shit song by Bryan Adams & Mel C called "Baby when you're gone"
you think it cant get worse, then they sing this line with gusto. "EVEN FOOD DON'T TASTE THAT GOOD..."

How did it get into the charts? How?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:43, Reply)

Also, drink ain't doin' what it should.
Fuck me, I hate that song
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:44, Reply)

Almost as bad as "Breakfast at Tiffneys" by Deep Blue Something
the hard "T" in the line "Well that's the one thing we've goTTT!" really grates.

I really should stop listening to the radio when driving.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 11:47, Reply)

Love/Laugh At - Frank Sidebottom - pretty much everything really. A sad loss.

Loathe - The chorus of Abracadbra by the Steve Miller Band

"Abra-abracadabra ( a bit lame but I'll let it go)
I wanna reach out and grab yer (Oh dear)
Abra-abracadbra (the next line better be bloody good)
Abracadabra" (what?, WHAT?)

Yes that really expresses your inner most tender feelings to your beloved. She'll just melt when she hears that.
(Cave Duck, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:01, Reply)

I always sing "I'm gonna freak out and stab ya!"
because i'm so funny
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:05, Reply)

I like this ^

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:13, Reply)

You have made the whole rest of my life a bit better.

(Cave Duck, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:17, Reply)

*Rides off into the sunset*

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

Love: the first 30 seconds or so of 'Films' by Gary Numan
also roughly the same amount of 'Tom Sawyer' by tedious Canadian fuglies Rush. For best result get two copies of each, and cut between them*, thus neatly avoiding the (frankly shit) rest of the songs. Before you know it, you’re creating Proper Hip Hop in its purest form. All with the help of hideous castrato Gaddy Lee and his pals – who’d have believed it were possible?

Hate: I really do not need to bother filling this bit in, do I?


*like so: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WEytN7FQIo
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:11, Reply)

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooothis iiiiiis Maaaajor Tommmm to Ground Control!
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:13, Reply)

What about the voice of Geddy Lee, how'd it get so high?
I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?
"I know him and he does!"
Then you're my fact-checking cuz.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:19, Reply)

Just before this thread sails away
Laugh: Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division - The torch song of the angst generation, but right near the end Peter Hook starts playing the riff from "And Then He Kissed Me" by The Crystals.

Laugh/Loathe a bit: From We Stood Still by Ultravox
"We stood still
We all stood still
Still stood still
We're standing still"

So, let's see if I've understood this correctly... Is it essentially about standing still then Midge?
(Cave Duck, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:45, Reply)

And the first line in Vienna is....
"He wanked in the corner..." which is a cracking way to start a song.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 12:53, Reply)