In The Moment
So, when I listen to music, I listen for various reasons,
but I am never looking for something in particular.
However, sometimes after a while, you start to find things
that you didn’t notice. By the time I have heard a song 50 times, I am usually
waiting for something. Whether it be a
solo or a cool lyric.
Sometimes it is none of that. So here is a short post about some musical “moments”
that I just so happen to adore.
Roxanne – The Police
The moment that I love in this song is right at the
beginning. It is actually not a part of
the song at all. Rather it is a mishap.
Like 4 seconds into recording the song, Sting accidentally
sits on a piano and you here a few piano notes followed by laughter.
The rest of the take was so good, that they just left this
part in there.
Ok, pick your side, Roxanne, or red light, and get ready to
chug.
One Love/ People Get Ready – Bob Marley
So we move from one beginning, to another.
This time it’s not the beginning of the song, rather it is
the word beginning.
Something about the way that Bob says it here, has just
always attracted me. I don’t know if it
is an attribute to the timing of the song, his accent or both.
No matter what I love it. So wait for the 1:22 mark and there it shall
be.
So also, this is the new 40th anniversary mix,
but it is in the original as well. (Hopefully this will help sell more of the
new one)
Feeling This – Blink 182
So from 2 beginnings to an ending. I have always loved the way that this song
ends.
This is from the last good Blink album to feature Tom.
They wrote this song in separate rooms. So that explains the difference in verse and
chorus.
But in the end of the song they break out and are screaming
through the chorus and other added parts overlaying their own voices against
each other and themselves.
It reaches a great moment where the music drops out and you
just get the vocals
Don’t fast forward, just be there around the 2:10 mark
ABC- Jackson 5
So I talked about this before,
One of the main reasons I love this song is Michael breaking
it down in the bridge.
It’s so smooth, but no matter how many times I have tried to
use it, every girl has refused to show me what she could do.
Wait until 1:45 you’ll get it
Louie Louie – The Kingsmen
So, the part I always wait for is another mistake.
This wasn’t a case of using the best take, as there was only
1 take. With 3 microphones hanging in
the air. So it was wild
But after the solo, at about 1:59 lead singer Jack Ely
starts singing too soon and then stops and waits and does it again.
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car –
Billy Ocean
Give me a dollar and one of those fancy juke boxes that
works with the internet and me and my boy Tate Nugg are going to hit the dance
floor
That’s all you need to know
But what you are waiting for is the awesome build up to the
chorus at the 3:44 mark
Goosebumps
Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
I am sorry for all the memories I might bring up for Robin
Williams fans.
But I love this song, the video is great
What a better message than to tell people to be happy
So at the 1:32 mark, there is like an extra smile of
syllables sung that always makes me happy.
Good Vibrations- The Beach Boys (Live
in London)
So this was the version of the song that I had known the
longest. I know, weird. But this is how I remember the song.
Obviously it is so much better than this version would show.
But this was the record I had on my snoopy record player
suitcase thing.
So this moment only exists on this version but I add it to
the song no matter where I am listening.
Basically just wait until the 2:13 moment and listen to Mike
Love’s adlibs
Sittin on the Dock of the Bay –
Justin Timberlake (at the White House)
This is not about politics at all
I also left this for last because I figured the ladies
reading might not move on.
I am not going to ruin it for you. You’ll know.
And if you don’t, the audience will tell you.
OK that is all for now.
Go enjoy your day
