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Greatest moments in rock
« on: October 01, 2011, 10:46:56 PM »
Was there a thread based on this topic already? I'm recalling when Tom talked about David Bowie and the moment between "Ziggy plays gui-taaaaarrr..." and the opening riff of "Suffragette City" as being his favorite moment in rock. Because I have a nominee: when Jimmy Page winds up and delivers one of the greatest guitar solos in rock at about 3:35 into Black Dog.
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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2011, 11:10:11 PM »
Also Led Zeppelin:

The last 90 seconds of "When the Levee Breaks" when all of the instruments start to move across the stereo spectrum, giving the illusion of circling Plant's vocal (you'll need a good pair of headphones to get the full effect, but it's really worth it).
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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2011, 07:28:39 AM »
- The fish imitations in "Rock Lobster"
- Fripp's solo in "Baby's on Fire."
- the entire home stretch of "Complete Control."
- the opening of "TV Eye."
- "You are forgiven" in "A Quick One While He's Away"

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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2011, 03:19:27 PM »
The TV Eye opening is totally on my list too - and also when it repeats toward the end of the song.

I'll also add:

Opening of "Gimme Shelter"
1st Guitar solo in "Guess I'm Falling in Love"
When Iommi first comes in after all the air-raid sirens and bombast at the beginning of "War Pigs"
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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2011, 03:25:24 PM »
The opening of "Welcome to the Terrordome".

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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2011, 04:06:23 PM »
I was going to say the "Gimme Shelter" intro too--thought it was maybe too classic rock, but if there are any songs with more excellent intros than that and "All Tomorrow's Parties," I can't think of them offhand.

More idiosyncratic choice: the "pwoo!" sound Bob Mould makes (is it a pick slide?) just before heading into the solo on "Green Eyes"--it's like the guitar is taking a deep breath before wooshing hell-for-leather down the looping water slide at Action Park.
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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2011, 04:16:34 PM »
Sub-Category: Greatest Pick Slides in Rock.
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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2011, 05:29:32 PM »
Seconding everything here so far. Also:

The falsetto "ah-ah-ah" in Bad Brains' "Sailin' On"
The way the meter actually seems to change in Yo La Tengo's "Here To Fall" (I don't know enough about music to describe this, but it feels like something Philip Glass or Steve Reich would do)
The bongo drums in "Sympathy for the Devil"
The chorus of The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction"
The guitar riff during the chorus of Buffalo Springfield's "Mr. Soul" (I know it's the same as "Jumpin' Jack Flash," but for some reason I like this one better)
The main riff in Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl"
The singer from Half Man Half Biscuit singing "I Hate Nerys Hughes"
The bass line in Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly"
The main two samples in Ghostface Killah's "Daytona 500"
The chorus in Ted Leo's version of "Rappaport's Testament"
The opening riff in The Black Keys' "I Got Mine"
That wall of sound thing in The Temptations' "Ball of Confusion"
The chorus of Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot"
The way the lo-fi opening guitar comes in with the full band in GbV's "Cut Out Witch" (there's probably a name for this I don't know)
The trial in The Specials "Too Much Too Young," especially when the guy with the Jamaican accent says "take him away" at the end
The opening riff in Black Sabbath's "Sweet Leaf"
Ozzy going "ay-ay-ay" in "Crazy Train"
The main riff in Prince's "When Doves Cry"
Thom Yorke singing "try the best you can/the best you can is good enough" in Radiohead's "Optimistic"
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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2011, 05:39:10 PM »
Oh yeah, and the drumbeats when "To All The Girls" transitions into "Shake Your Rump" on Paul's Boutique.
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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2011, 07:28:17 PM »
Man, I have way too much stuff to consider nominating, but that bit in Funkadelic's "March to the Witch's Castle" where Bernie Worrell starts riffing off "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is astounding.
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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2011, 10:05:22 AM »
The drum fill into the brief guitar solo on Bad Brains' "The Big Takeover"

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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2011, 10:22:44 AM »
The intro to "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere."

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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2011, 12:49:41 PM »
How about George's backwards solos in "I'm Only Sleeping"?

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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2011, 12:59:43 PM »
How about George's backwards solos in "I'm Only Sleeping"?

Oh, I love that (those?) too! i can't remember now but I thought there was just that one.
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Re: Greatest moments in rock
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2011, 02:34:51 PM »
True, but there are a few fills as well.