John Fogerty "Zanz Kant Danz"
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 00:09 (eight months ago) link
(Saul Zaentz)
would bet that The Beta Band Rap does this more than any other song ever recorded
― Deflatormouse, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 00:23 (eight months ago) link
Zaentz was also a label guy (and not quite what I had in mind with the query, though this is def a category in itself).
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 00:33 (eight months ago) link
My fav Boyz II Men song is an interlude called "Khalil", which is about their manager that had recently been killed in a shooting.
Very moving piece of music
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 01:37 (eight months ago) link
Khalil Roundtree
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 01:38 (eight months ago) link
??There's an mma fighter called Khalil Rountree, but he's still alive, and never managed boyziimen afaik...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 01:53 (eight months ago) link
I thought that was about an A&R guy.
I was including it as other non-performing member of their “team”
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 02:32 (eight months ago) link
While traveling the country, their tour manager Khalil Rountree was murdered in Chicago, and the group's future performances of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" were dedicated to him. As a result of this unfortunate experience, the song helped advance their success.
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 04:05 (eight months ago) link
Holy heck!It's his son....Khalil Rountree Jr...So strange....
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 04:12 (eight months ago) link
Dante is a scrub
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 05:21 (eight months ago) link
R.E.M. - Little America (“Jefferson” (Holt), the band’s manager at the time)
(Having become persona non grata, "Jefferson" changed to "Washington" on the Live at the Olympia album.)
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 05:45 (eight months ago) link
“Hamilton” would work well today.
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 06:08 (eight months ago) link
Songs in which the artist refers (by name) to a manager or other non-performing member of their “team”
Enya - Orinoco Flow (Rob Dickins)Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (Mario C)
And ofc Blur now have an an album named after Smoggy
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 19:44 (eight months ago) link
Funkadelic, "Cholly (Funk Gettin' Ready to Roll)" (Cholly Bassoline, George Clinton's manager)
Always sounded like a made up name to me but he appears to be real:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cholly-bassoline-b0987885
― Continuous Two-Tone Warble (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 19:53 (eight months ago) link
BA Robertson - Bang Bang
“Life was in a ruin, she loved Johnny Fruin”; John Fruin was the head of WEA Records in 1979. Very inclusive reference from BA.
― houdini said, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 19:55 (eight months ago) link
Same thinking as Enya!
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 20:06 (eight months ago) link
I never knew the lyrics of “Orinoco Flow” (beyond the chorus), but flabbergasted that it name-checks a guy named “Rob Dickins”!
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 20:10 (eight months ago) link
Songs in which different verses are an octave apart. Either with the same singer or different singers.
(Correct me if I am wrong, which happens frequently.)
Bill Withers starts Lean on Me low, with "some times in our lives, we all have pain" etc. The other verses are up from there, e.g., "if there is a load" etc.
So Blink-182 starts I Miss You low, with "Hello there, the angel from my nightmare" etc. The other verse is up from there "Where are you" etc.
Note: NOT a key change, just the same melody an octave up.
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 24 August 2023 20:05 (eight months ago) link
i know this happens a lot but can't for the life of me think of any examples rn
― budo jeru, Friday, 25 August 2023 19:34 (eight months ago) link
it definitely makes sense from an arrangement standpoint, in terms of adding variation without really doing anything new
― budo jeru, Friday, 25 August 2023 19:35 (eight months ago) link
I believe Geddy Lee does this on the last pre-chorus of "Freewill" by Rush.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:01 (eight months ago) link
Songs which have amazing intros and slowly drop in quality until the end is either mediocre or actually bad.
Obvious example of this = Love Is The Drug. Maybe also Pyjamarma.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 25 August 2023 20:04 (eight months ago) link
Xp Probably some male/female duets work this way also, but I am having trouble thinking of which. "Up Where We Belong"?
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 25 August 2023 20:07 (eight months ago) link
Idk if this counts but Another One Bites the Dust has a similar idea ?
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:11 (eight months ago) link
Cat Stevens’ Father and Son
― houdini said, Friday, 25 August 2023 20:43 (eight months ago) link
Not an answer but the q makes me think of “1999”
― calstars, Friday, 25 August 2023 21:30 (eight months ago) link
Peter Hammill does the octave jump on the chorus of "Lemmings" and probably in other songs. Bowie does it twice in the opening verse(s) of "Sweet Thing".
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 26 August 2023 04:23 (eight months ago) link
Pop songs that make hooks out of pauses
The Beach Boys - The Little Girl I Once KnewSteve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)Garbage - SupervixenMadonna - Don't Tell Me
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 28 August 2023 23:42 (seven months ago) link
Funny how a song you haven't heard in maybe 30 years can sometime be the first to pop into your head after a prompt like this:
The Colorblind James Experience - A Different Bob
― Alba, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 08:34 (seven months ago) link
Maybe the whole thing is too stop-start to count, but:Television - Prove It
― Alba, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 08:38 (seven months ago) link
Antici
pation
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 09:10 (seven months ago) link
The Breeders – Cannonball
― Alba, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 09:13 (seven months ago) link
English Beat - Rankin Fullstop
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 10:17 (seven months ago) link
Fugazi - Waiting Room
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 05:19 (seven months ago) link
Songs which announce individual sections
From the Viz magazine single "Bags of Fun with Buster" by Johnny Japes & His Jesticles (who are certainly not John Otway, Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory):
Oh Buster, why do you let your sac swing so low? / Sax swing solo? Yes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugIShP1qgKk
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 03:54 (seven months ago) link
Songs that mention unsent letters:
R.E.M. - Letter Never SentThe Folk Implosion - Burning PaperLana Del Rey - Sweet
― Taylor Swift Reporter (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 04:11 (seven months ago) link
Top Ten Songs Titles Improved by Replacing the Word "Walk" with "Wank"
Walk Like an EgyptianWalk a Mile in My ShoesRemember (Walkin' in the Sand)I Walk on Gilded SplintersWalk Away ReneeWalking in RhythmThese Boots Are Made for WalkingDaddy Don't You Walk So FastYou'll Never Walk AloneWalkin' the Dog
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 04:21 (seven months ago) link
Walking to New OrleansWalking in Memphis
But I would wank 500 miles, and I would wank 500 more...
― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:00 (seven months ago) link
Alternatively, how about songs improved by changing "Walkin'" to "Walken"?
https://ministryofbollockscouk.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/boots_walken.jpg
― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 10:02 (seven months ago) link
60s UK toytown pop songs which contain the phrase “all fingers and thumbs”:
Manfred Mann - Ha! Ha! Said the ClownWorld of Oz - The Muffin Man
― houdini said, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 13:07 (seven months ago) link
Baggy-type songs by (ahem) non-baggy artists. Whether intentional or not (almost always intentional).
Bon Jovi - Keep the FaithGeorge Michael - Freedom '90Jane's Addiction - Been Caught StealingSiouxsie & the Banshees - Kiss Them for MeThe Cure - Never Enough, Harold & JoeU2 - Mysterious WaysThe Fall - Telephone ThingThe Jesus & Mary Chain - Far Gone and Out, Reverence, etcJulian Cope - Poet Is Priest...Fatboy Slim - Praise YouThe Beautiful South - Hooligans Don't Fall in LoveManic Street Preachers - La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:24 (seven months ago) link
Can - I'm So Green
― Josefa, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 21:07 (seven months ago) link
songs about getting around l.a. without a car
missing persons - "walking in l.a."juan wauters - "millionaire"
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 4 October 2023 16:37 (six months ago) link
Hit singles that begin really dissonant and/or atonal
OMD - Maid of OrleansAdam & the Ants - Prince CharmingThe Cure - The CaterpillarFamily - In My Own Time
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 05:27 (eleven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
I suppose Purple Haze
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 05:28 (eleven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
(which I guess is just following the example of The Beatles - I Feel Fine)
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 12:37 (eleven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
The Wedding Present - No Christmas. Which was a hit...
The Cure - Strange Attraction. Which wasn't, unless apparently getting to no. 145 in Oz counts.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 28 December 2023 19:04 (three months ago) link
Songs that have a conspicuous exhale Janet Jackson - All For You
― calstars, Sunday, 7 April 2024 20:29 (two weeks ago) link
Albums whose best songs are the first and final tracks (yes, I know this is subjective):Pinback - Summer in AbaddonThe Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Sunday, 7 April 2024 20:35 (two weeks ago) link
The best songs on Summer in A are in the middle, “red book,” “3x0,” etc
― calstars, Sunday, 7 April 2024 20:46 (two weeks ago) link
My favorite track in the middle is “Bloods on Fire”… I love the It's not in the spark that's not in your eye /Like we used to talk… part.(But “Non-Photo Blue” and “AFK” are just all-time jams)
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Sunday, 7 April 2024 21:00 (two weeks ago) link
songs which list a geographical region that doesn't exist or at least isn't a place that's remarkable like they made it out to be
"Don't Stop Believin'" - South Detroit"The Night Chicago Died" - the East Side of Chicago
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 April 2024 01:50 (two weeks ago) link