WHY DID THEY DO THAT ?
Posted by paul beard on 13 September 2008 - 9:44pm.
This has probably been done before but what the hell.
Great records that are ruined in some way by a Guitar solo,Crap backing vocals, kids singing,Rick Parfitt, You get the idea.
I'll start.
This great pop song by The Lemonheads is totally ruined by the Whistling bit.
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Whistling
Having forgotten this track, and being a great lover of whistling in song, I was ready to leap to Evan Dando's defence.
But you're right, it's terrible.
No way
It's fine. Normally hate whistling in songs - it always reminds me of Gorky Park by The Scorpions but this is fine. The Lemonheads did very little wrong and this is definitely ok.
psst...
it's "wind of change".
You ain't seen me, right
*taps nose*
This will be that rare occasion
that I'm happy to accept being wrong.
Gorky Park
Anything to do with the Arkady Renko books by Martin Cruz Smith?
wonderful!
love that whistle break, here's a solo gone seriously astray...
Van Halen ~ Jump
sorry, it's actually a whole band going very astray
None more Linda McCartney
But surely the crew must shoulder the blame?
Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson
He ends one of the world's most beautiful songs with a determined impression of howling cats at midnight.
Hey Jude - he made it bad
Paul "rocking out" at the end:
"Judy Juuudy JudyJudyJudyJudyJudy - Owww! Owww!"
Still a great song - but I wish he'd pipe down. It just sounds so awkward.
Elbow - Starlings
Gotta say that the trumpets on Starlings are loud and grating against the smooth backdrop.
Agreed
And as it's the first track it has a big impact on the perception of the listener. Mrs LB really hated that bit so much that she hasn't really listened to the rest of the album. Stuck it on in the car at the weekend and skipped the first track just because of that.
Couldn't agree more.
I thought there was something wrong with the levels on my machine. If they brought out a version patch I'd discard the 'honky' version.
Bear Cage
by the Stranglers would be their best song if it weren't for that bit where they all sing "Bear caaaaage", totally breaking the atmos phere of the song. Come to think of it, most Stranglers songs are 90% great, 10% totally naff.
Shoot The Runner
I'm no great fan of Kasabian, but I quite liked Shoot The Runner when I heard it on the radio. When I downloaded it from iTunes, however, I found that the word 'bitch' had been edited from the song for radio purposes. "I'm her king and she's my queen - bitch" he sings. It's horrible - makes me feel quite ill.
I deleted it and have basically been put off their entire output.
Helen Wheels
Bye Bye? "bbbooyyee boyeee".
Pronunciation
This song is ruined by James Dean Bradfield's hatstand pronunciation of the word "genuine".