sgtpepper64 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Okay, so, I find myself finding tiny miniscule parts in songs that for some reason really kill me, in the way that it really gets me emotionally for some reason. A phrasing, a combination of notes, a specific guitar lick, a vocal inflection, anything. Am I the only one? Here are a few examples of mine: Wilco - At My Window Sad and Lonely 0:50 The way Jeff sings "Do you ever think of me my darlin'?" for some reason always sticks out to me and is just so beautiful. George Harrison - If Not For You 2:39 The way George goes up on the line "Nowhere at all" for some reason just always sticks out in my mind as being so beautiful. So, riddle me this, am I just completely nuts or do other people have these weird favorite parts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 havent got the time periods, but Via chicago "says i havent too far" Airline to heaven "the ticket you obtain" The lonely 1 "i understand i'm just a fan, i'm just a fan" Someday soon "wind will blowwwwwwwww" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 "On and On and On" before the band come in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I drive my wife crazy pointing out little parts of songs, a certain drum snap or little riff or whatever. I will have to give it some thought. One thing that always gives me chills is the way Merry Clayton's voice cracks on the "Rape, Murder" in Gimme Shelter. John Lennons falsetto at the end of "In my life". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pricklygirl Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Poor Places: "My fangs have been pulled and I really want to see you tonight." Slays me every time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Whenever I sing along to The Beatles -1 "Real Love", my eyes well up during the bridge and chorus, EVERY TIME, like some kind of Pavlovian dog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jakobnicholas Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 The jam of At Least That's What You Said....especially the first guitar crackle and the part where Glenn unleashes the maching gun of drums. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 When the big piano comes in with the full band in time toward the end of IATTBYH. Chicken skin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 is this for real? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Right when the reprise kicks in on "Playin' In The Band". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clint09eastwood Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 is this for real? Summer Teeth: After the instrumental when Jeff sings, "He feels lucky to have you here" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Final instrumental verse of Pieholden Suite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
electro Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Three come to mind: 1. the first "shake it to the east, shake it to the west" line in Funkadelic's "Hit It and Quit It". 2. Betty Carter in "Can't We Be Friends", when she sings "through with love" and drops instantaneously through about 3 octaves and back. 3. "Sunken Treasure" from Tweedy solo (I think 1-9-2003, maybe 2004), singing "with you..." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 The piano line on Ashes that plays at the "I'm down on my hands and knees every time a doorbell rings" line. The last guitar solo in Muzzle of Bees. The end of Reservations, all of Chinese Apple. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Come on baby somehow, I neeeeeed youDo I have to show you how, baby? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cambot Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Poor Places - I like the gentle little guitar riff after Jeff sings (i think) "I'm not goin' outside..." I just got Brian Wilson's "SMiLE" LP last night, and I love the part in "Surf's Up" when he sings "a children's song.." I also love the chord changes during "Cabin essence timely hello." I've got a million of these. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 It's funny that this came up today. I was just talking with someone about my favorite lyrics last week. These are just SOME of the ones that rip me up a little each time. And wonder who you've been in rhythm with In the beginningWe closed our eyesWhenever we kissedWe were surprisedTo find so much inside I'm assuming you love meAnd you know what that means How can I get closer and be further awayFrom the truth that proves it's beautiful to lie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 FWIW... http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?sho...6&hl=lyrics http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?sho...1&hl=lyrics Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 When the coda for "Hey Jude" by the Beatles kicks in. I bask in its glory every time. Also, for Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road," when the instrumental part kicks in it blows my brains out. When it comes to Wilco, they've already been mentioned...the Ashes part, the beginning of the guitar freakout in At Least That's What You Said, and the horns in Pieholden Suite at the end are real grabbers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barbkm Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Impossible Germany -- end of the instrumental part when Nels, Jeff, and Pat all play that same riff -- kills me. That's one of the songs that always takes me back to a live show. Via Chicago -- at the end, when his voice sounds like it's gonna break on "I'm coming home." Poor Places "Someone ties a bow in my backyard to show me love" Walken -- that guitar bit towards the end that's preceeded by Glen coming in strong on the drums. And the slide guitar after "I was singing this song about you." Non Wilco -- opening chords of REM's "So. Central Rain." Scary piano at the begininng of "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" There's so much more -- these are just the oof the top of my head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I usually get slain by a simple, well-placed harmonica solo, like in Moonshiner, or Call Me On Your Way Back Home, or The Ghost Of Tom Joad. Gets me every time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nobody Girl Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 You Are My Face -- "I have no idea how this happens" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andshewas Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Usually, there's a well-marked line between the songs I really love and those songs that hit me really hard, that I can't listen to very often. A few songs straddle that line (and have been listened to quite a lot, lately)... I crossed many states just to stand here now, my face all hot with tears I crossed city, and valley, desert, and stream, to bring my body here My history and future blaze bright in me and all my joy and pain Go through my head on our mountain bed where I smell your hair again One by one the teardrops fall as I write you One by one my words come falling on the page One by one my dreams are fading in the twilight One by one my schemes are fading fast away I kept my distance Because she fell in love with everyone Smoking grass and taking Christmas trees She fell in love with me I was polite to her A soft sadness had her much more than her loneliness and all of We're Just Friends. As for other bands, Radiohead's House of Cards, Let Down, and (of course) Fake Plastic TreesAugust - Rilo KileyHappy - Jenny Lewis w/ Watson TwinsDo You Realize?? - Flaming LipsNow at Last - Feist There are probably a few more, but these are the ones that I've never been able to get enough of, even if I feel less than chipper after listening to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThisIsNowhere Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I don't know about a specific part, but the first time I heard the Kicking Television version of One by One it completely blew me away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lodestar Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 There's a little piano fill on "Muzzle of Bees" that rocks my world every time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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