those bits during the break or the coda where nothing's really going on in the music and the burden's on the singer to do something interesting except the singer's bereft of ideas too

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Destroy: Whitney's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," the part right before the final chorus where she laughs nervously and goes "wooo ... yeah" over the beat and waits for the music to come back in.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 11:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Going off at a slight tangent, there's something vaguely killjoy about songs (eg Tears of a Clown) where the vocals begin during the intro, so the singer's grand entrance doesn't have half as much impact.

― Jez (Jez), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 11:51 (twenty-three years ago)

"three things...whether they're fucking, or playing golf..."

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 11:53 (twenty-three years ago)

S: Misfits, "Who Killed Marilyn" ("make it seem a suicide, make it seem a suicide, MAKE IT SEEM A SUICIDE, MAKE IT SEEM A SUICIDE...but it ain't no mystery, babe")

― dave q, Tuesday, 11 March 2003 11:58 (twenty-three years ago)

(By the way, you're intended to SEARCH Ian MacKaye's hilarious rap on "Out of Step" by Minor Threat.)

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 12:01 (twenty-three years ago)

"so, dees ees de break...am I supposed to say someteeng...I should talk about someteeng I know"

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 13:01 (twenty-three years ago)

search: MF Doom 'Rhymes Like Dimes' - "what are you supposed to say on the end of records? i dunno! mashed potatoes! apple sauce! buttery biscuits!" + false ending "ha! we tricked you! we tricked you!"

― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 13:18 (twenty-three years ago)

search: nas 'nyc state of mind - "um, i don't know how to start this...um"

not what you're looking for but incidentally the bit on bad penny where steve albini goes "i think i fucked yr girlfriend...and all yr friends girlfriends...and now they all hate you" r001z

― schne;; schne;;, Tuesday, 11 March 2003 13:23 (twenty-three years ago)

This applies to a great many Kim Gordon-sung Sonic Youth tracks (and I'm a Youf fan). The most egregious example that springs to mind is the middle section of "Kool Thing," which also implicates Chuck D.

― Lee G (Lee G), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 17:00 (twenty-three years ago)

MF Doom 'Rhymes Like Dimes' - "what are you supposed to say on the end of records? i dunno! mashed potatoes! apple sauce! buttery biscuits!"

this is my favorite part of that record

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 17:30 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll second damn-near all songs sung by Kim Gordon (recently listened to egregious example "The Ineffable Me"). I'll also say the coda of "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" by Wilco totally qualifies. I'd like that album even more if they'd take out those half-assed song-falling-apart codas.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 18:25 (twenty-three years ago)

"Where's that confounded bridge?"

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 00:26 (twenty-three years ago)

EVERY KARAOKE MOMENT EVER TO THREAD

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 00:27 (twenty-three years ago)

"TURN... MY.... GUITAR DOWN!"

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 03:07 (twenty-three years ago)

I always wish they'd rip loose with some solos in CCR's
"Ramble Tamble" but it never happens.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 04:30 (twenty-three years ago)

songs (eg Tears of a Clown) where the vocals begin during the intro, so the singer's grand entrance doesn't have half as much impact.

But "Tears of a Clown" doesn't start like that. First there's that great intro with the horns and vibes together. Then big drums mixed with baritone sax. And THEN Smokey.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 05:04 (twenty-three years ago)

The KRS-One bits during REM's "Radio Song" always seemed that way (if that counts)

― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 12:25 (twenty-three years ago)

More proof the Germs are the greatest band ever - "The drums are too slow, the bass is too fast, the chords are wrong, this song is too long, I quit!" Then they finish the verse and do just that!

― dave q, Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:08 (twenty-three years ago)

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