Entertainment For Lively Minds
Great moments in otherwise terrible songs.
Posted by art vanderlay on 16 August 2011 - 8:43am.
The following piece of music, Beasts by Sex Gang Children, is pretty awful so listen with caution. I cant stand this stupid gothic shoutfest but listen to it quite frequently! Why? Because at 1 minute in( and then at further points throughout the 'song') there is a guitar riff that just kills me.
Now I'm no muso and this is not a complicated riff (I think it's just going down minor chords but would be happy to be put right) but it just thrills me for the 15 or 20 seconds that it's played for, even after all these years and even though the rest of the song is a howler.
So anyone got any snatches of music they love from a song they otherwise wouldn't give iPod room to?
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Orange Juice - Simply Thrilled
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Bros!
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