Greatest moments in rock

[buffcoat]

I'd also add the crashing entry of the drums on "No Aloha."

[hardweek]

The superlative of "-est" has held me at bay with this thread, but here's three things I never tire of:

• Bonham's initial weird timing coming in on Black Dog. I don't know if I've ever played air drums or tapped this one with a pencil correctly in my life.
• The false start/real start on Bad Brain's I Against I
• The bit on Heart's Magic Man that Girl Talk so deftly mashed with P.E.

[sean e]

queen at wembly stadium!

[yowfan81]

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

That's 2 bars of Bowie playing, and then Mick coming in. But yeah, the point stands.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I almost forgot to post my all-time favorite!  And it never weakens for me despite classic rock radio's apparent mission to run it into the ground.

From ~2:00 to ~2:20

Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl

The famous one note solo.

With the "whooo!"

The extended single note makes the subsequent five ascending notes so much better.  It builds suspense like the 3+ minute crane shot in "Touch of Evil"!

[masterofsparks]

Going old-school: The unbelievable high note that Roy Orbison hits on the line "But that's the chance....yoooooooooooooooou've gotta take" at the end of "Only the Lonely."

[Crusherkc]

at the :50 mark of Orange Goblin's "Solarisphere" off of Time TravellING Blues when the pace goes from trot to gallop.  Going back to my Stoner Doom rock!

ORANGE GOBLIN - solarisphere

[Crusherkc]

BTW, I disagree with Vance's critique of "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast": not one of my 'greatest moments in rock ' but one I can't help muttering to myself "marmalade...I like marmalade, marmalade...I like marmalade" when I'm spreading jelly on my toast.

[nec13]

I've enjoyed seeing all the comments and agree with most of them (especially the recent Sloan XX post).

Here are a few more:
At risk of sounding completely uncool, the 1:17 mark of "Fly on the Windshield" by Genesis (from "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway") when band all comes crashing in together

Also, the complete "A Quick One (While He's Away)" by The Who from the Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus. Easily my favorite single live performance of all-time.

Not uncool at all.  I love that "Fly on the Windshield" moment too.  I also love later on when the heartbeat-like drums and bass transition into the tune of "Back in NYC."

I've always thought that the "On Broadway" refrain at the end of the title song was kind of cool. That was a neat homage to The Drifters.

[Crusherkc]

"At risk of sounding completely uncool"

Don't worry about it. There's been so many moments recorded that I'm just making my way through them.  I don't think there are any real "uncool" moments here and that it reminds me I got to listen to music outside my own circle.

And i also really like this bit of rock music: 1:07 into
B52's Dance This Mess Around

[buffcoat]

The beginning of "Holland, 1945."  Not a whole lot better than that, for my money.

[Smelodies]

[JonFromMaplewood]

Not to shill for my blog but here is a link to my blog:

http://thehalfwitsymposium.tumblr.com/post/13769709208/regarding-the-song-within-captain-beefhearts-song

I go into a little depth about another great moment in rock: The weird song that arises out of another song (Captain Beefheart's "Bat Chain Puller")

[Kormod]

If photos can count as great rock moments, then this one definitely qualifies:

[cavorting with nudists]

That guy on the right is livin' the dream.