Melodies
 

Did we ever have a thread about melodies?

What are you favourite melodies?

A real obvious one, but the insanely simple melody of Kraftwerk's "The Model" is always a keeper.

Also: Siouxsie's playful singing on die Banshees' "Happy House"; John Coltrane's supreme singing soprano on "My Favourite Things".

At the moment I am a big fan of Nick Cave's ''Are You The One I've Been Waiting For'', and Dinosaur Jr's ''Not The Same''. Excellent call on Coltrane, Melly. I love that man's music to bits.

I was playing guitar a minute ago and realised I was playing a melody from a keyboard keyring that I had when I was about 6 that I've possibly not thought about for over 20 years. I've had fucking Echo Beach stuck in my head the last day or so because someone's sampled it. The cads.

Oh, and Gloomy Sunday, I can't stop singing that to myself this last month or so.

Sarram - Right back at you for the Cave citation - it can often be overlooked that this big man's work contains some stirring melodies.

Well The Model has been said already.
I'm gonna go with Love will tear us apart.

I remember hearing a milkman whistling love will tear us apart. That's the real measure of a melody's strength, its whistlability for milkmen.

Haha, that's incredible.

This melody has been stuck in my head for the last year or so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdftF6mVXFA

I don't mind one bit.

I think the Residents have consistently cool melodies...

My favourite melody is the one in Winter's Way by the Laughing Clowns. I'm pretty sure it's based on Scarborough Fair. That melody is the reason why I got a saxophone.

A few of the obvious, possibly cliche, but still fucking amazing melodies (so fuck off) to start with...

Because-beatles-especially johns when his voice stays low and monotone while every other vocal part falcettos into harmonies and changes thru a few notes while he stays on that one note.

God Only Knows-beach boys

Anna-Pixies (joeys guitar melody, jesus fucking christ.)

(don't laugh) "Somewhere over the rainbow"

Anglefuck- Misfits

Would the basic melody of Moonlight Sonata count?

also

Avry Island/April First- neutral milk hotel

Touched - MBV

When you sleep

"I May Hate You Sometimes"-The Posies
"Motor Away"-Guided By Voices
"Gold Soundz"-Pavement
"The Art of Dying"-Superdrag
"Little Furry Things"-Dinosaur Jr

Tons of Pixies stuff.

~Jeremy~

Another favourite is Baroque by Malice Mizer. I think I've found where Mana got it from - Bach's BWV 1001.

everything from the kinks are the village green preservation society

the bass line from 24 hour party people

Nice list, but there's only one r in Fury.

I'm aware, I'm just one of those who likes to pretend that's the real title of the song. :) Rolls off the tongue better I think. I actually spelled it with one r originally, and went back and changed it. Shenannigans.

~Jeremy~

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away.

I sometimes just burst into singing the opening melody of Husker Du's "Chartered Trips"

pet semetary - the ramones

I ONLY SAID

I love melodies, but I don't think I have any specific favorites.

^^That's why it was hard for me to single them out, so I just listed the best crafted ones I could think of.

brief candles - the zombies

definitely more if i think about it. but when i think of nice melodies, i think of that song, for whatever reason.

Supremes - My World Is Empty Without You
Del Shannon, Toni Fisher, every other reverby version out there - The Big Hurt
Long Black Veil (Diamanda Galas's version), Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things
Uncloudy Day, When The Gates Swing Open
Roxy Music - Ladytron, Tom Waits - Goin' Out West, Peggy Lee - Black Coffee

ever fallen in love? - the buzzcocks

roxy music- if there is something

"Orchard" - Indian Summer

i'm only sleeping and shit load of syd barrett songs(let's just single out wined and dined)

one that comes to mind is the chorus of van morrisons "the way youth lovers do"

xtc - major of simpleton

sonic youth: the piano bit in 'secret girl'. the chords after the chorus of 'walking blue'.[ r.e.m.ish]- the middle part of 'because'

the guitar part in 'jets' by blur (not intro, but the oriental sounding part)
the little solo thing at the middle of 'transmission' (joy division)
the intro to 'futureproof' by massive attack
the chorus 'on the edge of' by low

gotta think some more

Into The Valley by The Skins.

New Rose by The Damned.
Roadrunner by The Modern Lovers.
Hanging On The Telephone by Blondie.
You Never Should by MBV.

Well... guitar parts of :
Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Polvo - Stinger (five wigs)
Dinosaur Jr - The Lung
My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
Unwound - What went wrong
Silkworms - Raised by tigers
Fugazi - Life and Limb
....

holiday in cambodia - dead kennedys

all the melodies in that song.

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i wish i never saw the sunshine - the ronettes
needles in the camel's eye - eno
sunday morning, stephanie says, i'll be your mirror, pale blue eyes, after hours, i'm set free - the velvet underground (fuck. all of their sweet, mellower songs, basically.)