Greatest moments in rock

[ChipSuey]

When Mick Ronson turns on his distortion pedal at the beginning of "Queen Bitch".

[Crusherkc]

The TV Eye opening is totally on my list too - and also when it repeats toward the end of the song.

Yes!  Epic riff.

Also, I'm thinking about GBV "Tractor Rape Chain" when the sort of casual strumming (with what sounds like a squeak of a door closing in the background) transitions into the main distortion-heavy riff then Robert Pollard's "Why is everytime I think about yooooou" all echo-ey.  Some others: ***Sweet's weird sound effects beginning "Fox on the Run" ***Ringo's opening drums in "Rain" ***Sebadoh's brief up-tempo opening of "Soul and Fire" abruptly slowing down to a sad and dirge-y feel.  Dirge is a word right?

[dave from knoxville]

Virtually every guitar note on Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend record.

[cavorting with nudists]

Drumbo, Zoot Horn Rollo, and Antennae Jimmy Semens wrangling like Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan all the way through "Moonlight on Vermont." A 3:56 moment of surpassing greatness.

[cavorting with nudists]

Virtually every guitar note on Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend record.

Hey, yeah, Richard Lloyd! The guitars on Television's "Venus."

[Sashamak]

The beginning of Awaiting On You All by George Harrison.


Edit: ugh.

[dave from knoxville]

The beautiful second half of Long Long Long

[Matt]

The Modern Lovers, "Roadrunner." The entire song is great, but the call-and-response "RADIO ON!" outro is as transcendent as rock gets.

A personal favorite rock moment is in Alex Chilton's amazingly fucked-up cover of "Boogie Shoes," when he yells to (I assume) the drummer: "All right! GET IN THE GROOVE!"

[JonFromMaplewood]

The opening of "Welcome to the Terrordome".

Seconded.

Baddap bah bah, baddap bah bah, bap, bap BAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

[buffcoat]

No place for hiding, baby
No place to run
You pulled the trigger of myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...

Love gun


Plus:

When you're down in the dumps and you need something to bring you up, there's only one thing that's going to do it the way you want it!
What's that?
I can't heeear you!

COLD GIN!

[Chris L]

Is this the first entry from the 50s? The Phantom - "Love Me."

[JonFromMaplewood]

In "Gimme Shelter" when Merry Clayton's voice goes all out to the point of cracking and someone in the background goes "WOO" in response.

[AllSussedOut]

the last minute or so of summer babe, no?

[masterofsparks]

The version of "Trying To Get To You" from the Elvis Presley '68 Comeback special:

Trying To Get To You

[JonFromMaplewood]

The end of Fugazi's "KYEO" when Ian starts yelling "We will not be beaten down."