Songs that are "rooms with many doors"

Not much danger of me not doing that tbh.

love that only one Queen song was mentioned but 'Innuendo' and 'I Want It All' sprang to mind as much as Bo Rhap.

Tooled Up by Bark Psychosis.

Loads of Queen songs do this, I think; I've not heard it in years but doesn't Fat Bottomed Girls?

Does A Day In The Life count?

"You Never Give Me Your Money"

The playlist currently stands at:

Arcarsenal At The Drive-In
Rock Lobster The B-52's
Tooled Up Bark Psychosis
Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
Shake Your Rump Beastie Boys
Happiness Is A Warm Gun The Beatles
Get On The Bus The Boo Radleys
Four Saints The Boo Radleys
Joel The Boo Radleys
Black Metal Valentine Califone
The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich The Dismemberment Plan
Thorn Of Crowns Echo & The Bunnymen
All You Good Good People Embrace
The Spark That Bled The Flaming Lips
Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
São Paulo Guillemots
The Love You Save The Jackson 5
Only Skin Joanna Newsom
Like I Love You Justin Timberlake
Jig Of Life Kate Bush
Pump Up The Volume M/A/R/R/S
Six Mansun
Shotgun Mansun
Group Four Massive Attack
B.O.B Outkast
Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
2+2=5 (The Lukewarm) Radiohead
Paranoid Android Radiohead
Man Without Friends Siobhan Donaghy
Metal Detektor Spoon
Waiting For The Kid To Come Out Spoon
Receptacle For The Respectable Super Furry Animals
Happiness Is Easy Talk Talk
Artists Only Talking Heads
Poor Places Wilco
England part 2 Working For A Nuclear Free City
Nancy Adam Susan Working For A Nuclear Free City
Music Is Music As Devices Are Kisses Is Everything 65DaysOfStatic

Stuff mentioned on this thread that's not in there I simply don't have.

I can think of a few:

"C'n'C-S Mithering", The Fall
"Lights Out For Darker Skies", British Sea Power
"Shaking Hand", Women

and probably a lot more, but it's tough gauging which songs are really just a couple of otherwise separate tunes bolted together vs. those are a pretty ingenious patchwork.

Louis, help me think of Verve example.

Sit & Wonder might almost do it.

Or This Is Music.

lol what about "Noise Epic"

or uh

"Gravity Grave"

or "Feel"!

Trying to pick one that isn't 8 minutes long...

Pavement and The Clash must have something that fits.

I keep thinking of stuff like "Embassy Row", but I'm all like, Aw, that's just a little intro, no more part of the song than Wounded Kite was to Trigger Cut.

But then you've got something like "Half A Canyon". That'd work here, I think.

"The Sun, The Sea"?

Sparks' Dick Around definitely.

width of a circle - david bowie

None of those Verve tracks fit.

I didn't think they did tbh. When I did my iTunes scour, I overlooked them for the reason tat their songs, even when long, are generally locked in one swirly groove

Thngy and Heavy Vegetable

Best I could come up with re: Verve is "Stamped," which is still basically one extended groove/jam, though it occurs in series of fits and starts which could possibly be considered rooms?

Love - You Set the Scene

I've started a "rooms with many doors" playlist on spotify using Nick's list, feel free to add...

http://open.spotify.com/user/ntrifle/playlist/21wLQg4suNvbPr0UwSa1bM

I haven't got very far with it 'cos the kids need their tea...

Thngy and Heavy Vegetable
― MaresNest, Monday, March 23, 2009 4:21 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

lots of songs have 2 doors: Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl for example

Bowie 'Station to Station'
The Beatles 'Revolution 9'
Led Zeppelin 'Dazed & Confused'

The Verve don't fit, their songs mostly stick to a groove. You're looking more for things like time changes, changes in instrumentation, etc I take it?

I also forgot one of my all-time fave house music examples of this:

Smooth Touch: "House of Love"

Challenge: to find a James Brown track with many doors

I think you can keep a groove going and have major melodic / other changes that would qualify as "room with many doors" songwriting, but generally, yes, time changes / total arrangement shifts are what we're talking about, I think.

Fugazi - "Nightshop"

never looks back

Fuck yes, I meant to add Nightshop. Epic Problem might do this too?

louie you should really try the-dream again! so many doors

Stevie Wonder's gotta have something that fits?

Jane's Addiction - "Ted, Just Admit It"

One that is & isn't: 'Strawberry Fields Forever'

John Cale, "Strange Times In Casablanca"

Adam Green - "Gemstones"

Pink Floyd -Echoes

probably the only spiritualized that fits is the single version of 'feel so sad'

What about Roxy Music's If There Is Something? In the beginning a boring country rock ballad but then it takes off into melodramatic loveland. Bryan Ferry almost drowns in his tears.

Windowlicker Aphex Twin
Arcarsenal At The Drive-In
Rock Lobster The B-52's
Tooled Up Bark Psychosis
Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
Heroes And Villians The Beach Boys
Shake Your Rump Beastie Boys
Happiness Is A Warm Gun The Beatles
Hotwax Beck
The Beta Band Rap The Beta Band
Dragon The Beta Band
Eclipse The Beta Band
Get On The Bus The Boo Radleys
Four Saints The Boo Radleys
Joel The Boo Radleys
Black Metal Valentine Califone
A Life Of Possibilities The Dismemberment Plan
The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich The Dismemberment Plan
Thorn Of Crowns Echo & The Bunnymen
Porcupine Echo & The Bunnymen
All You Good Good People Embrace
The Spark That Bled The Flaming Lips
Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
Epic Problem Fugazi
Nightshop Fugazi
São Paulo Guillemots
Rocket Queen Guns N' Roses
The Love You Save The Jackson 5
Through The Night Softly Jim O'Rourke
Only Skin Joanna Newsom
Like I Love You Justin Timberlake
Jig Of Life Kate Bush
Dazed And Confused Led Zeppelin
Godiva Long Fin Killie
You Set The Scene Love
Your Mind And We Belong Together Love
7 And 7 Is Love
Pump Up The Volume M/A/R/R/S
Six Mansun
Shotgun Mansun
Group Four Massive Attack
Sister Anne MC5
She Lives In My Lap Outkast
Ghetto Musick Outkast
B.O.B Outkast
Funky Squaredance Phoenix
Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
2+2=5 (The Lukewarm) Radiohead
Paranoid Android Radiohead
Man Without Friends Siobhan Donaghy
Hummer Smashing Pumpkins
William, It Was Really Nothing The Smiths
Metal Detektor Spoon
Waiting For The Kid To Come Out Spoon
Slow Life Super Furry Animals
Receptacle For The Respectable Super Furry Animals
Happiness Is Easy Talk Talk
Artists Only Talking Heads
Sowing The Seeds Of Love Tears For Fears
DJed Tortoise
Poor Places Wilco
England part 2 Working For A Nuclear Free City
Nancy Adam Susan Working For A Nuclear Free City
Music Is Music As Devices Are Kisses Is Everything 65DaysOfStatic

Not doing too badly.

xpost

Yes, early Roxy were the kings of this.

Stevie Wonder's gotta have something that fits?

"Sir Duke," kinda.

Has anyone said "MacArthur Park" yet?

you don't have any roxy music on your hard drive, nick? i am surprised to say the least.

Yes, early Roxy were the kings of this.

Queens, rather.

Nick, you don't possess a copy of LiLiPUT: "Eisiger Wind"???

Or every record ever, for that matter.

EISIGER WIND!!!

Yeah! WOO WOO!!

The most doored-up room ever, amirite?

I don't have any Roxy Music on CD, let alone my iPod.

'William, It Was Really Nothing' is an inspired choice. In a similar vein, I nominate 'Penny Lane'