Favourite moments in recorded music?
 

What are some of yr favourite parts in any music?

A favourite of mine is the second bit (call and return horns+gtrs) in The Flying Luttenbachers Demonic Velocities-20,000,000 Volts. (the version from Destroy All Music)

"Kick out the jams mothafuckas!" at the beginning of kick out the jams

dawg

word.

maybe that "HUH!" and all the little vocal things in YYY's Machine (or any Fever To Tell Song)

yes. most Karen O vocal sounds.

-I really like it when Karen counts off at the begining of "Man"
-"One two one two one two titty!"
-The part where the noise starts in "Silver Rocket"
-"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" on folsom prison

im the royal tuff titty and you're gonna taste my love

and also, on pacific coast highway, the whole middle part of the song is beautiful.

i cant recall what song it is... but it's Nirvana..... anyways, he stops the gtr strings, but theres feedback. and its very fast, and then a different pitch fdbk, and back to the first pitch. its quackers.

I love the "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah"s in The Beach Boy's 'you still believe in me'.

Sonic Youth's 'Beauty Lies in the Eye', when the drumming picks up for a few seconds.

The whole of The Fall's Peel Session version of 'Athlete Cured' because (and I realise I've mentioned this before) it is perfect. I could probably choose a dozen magical moments from that song alone.

the opening narrative on godspeed you black emperor's f# a# infinity

One off the top of my head is the opening to Bob Dylan's 115th Dream. Bob starts playing an acoustic and singing expecting the band to kick in shortly but never does. Bob starts laughing and the producer/engineer laughing too tells them to start again. Then the song kicks in with the band.

I was riding on the Mayflower
When I thought I spied some land
Yeah!

I like the amphetaminic snigger that Lou Reed lashes out on Heroin but in all honesty that is not the only one.

ah! nice pick! another awesome gy!be moment(s) is the guy they talk to in BBF3 on the Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada EP. the first part, the parking ticket part, his poem, when it stops, and the music kicks in louder, and then when the speech starts again...

i could mention so many Xiu Xiu moments. so ill say "tons of Xiu XIu moments".

That moment in European Son when the glass breaks and the noise begins
the beginning of Teenage Riot
the solo in Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Treefingers from Kid A

Andre's verse in OutKast's B.O.B
In Heaven from Eraserhead...

Some of mine.

"WOW!!!!" From Modest Mouse's Beach Side Property
"Je Taime The Valley! OH!" From Xiu Xiu's I Love The Valley OH
"Everything is Broken" from Radiohead's Planet Telax
That "I love her I love her I love her" part of AOR's God is Dad
When the guitars pick up on Animal Collective's Winter's Love
"From a higher education" from Joanna Newsom's En Gallop
"We made no sense. We had no sex ooohhh" from Cat Power's No Sense
The opening to Wolf Eye's Rotten Tropics
No Cars Go by the Arcade Fire
The "Let Us Die! Let Us Die!!" from mewithoutYou's Bullet to Binary
When Luis yells "Skate or Die!" on HAGT's Skate or Die
The "My Memory Is So So So Fucking Unclear" from that Unicorns song
"Smoking On The Trees At 100 Degrees" on Quasimoto's Greenery

Oh, so many.

the last part of "St. Jaques" by Lightning Bolt. it sounds like a distorted xylophone. i love it.

yeah, i love you.

Thanks! I love you too.

That part in Cat Power's song is probably my all time favorite. It literally brings me to tears or at least close everytime I hear it.

"some people think little girls should be seen and not heard but i say OH BONDAGE UP YOURS, ONE TWO THREE FOUR!"
"new sun!-"
the way afrirampo's kore ga mayaku da starts.
the opening chord from the first minor threat ep.
the drum beat from rise above.
the bassline of d.r.i.'s violent pacification
all of 21st century schizoid man

those i can think of right now.

The way Black Flag's 'Six Pack' starts and speeds up.Fucking Awesome!

The way Acid Mothers Temple's hour long version of 'Pink Lady Lemonade' starts.
Lou Reed slowing down his singing of 'I'm searching for my mainline' in Sister Ray.

"rock out!"+ guitar solo in "louie louie" (the kingsmen)
Lee's solo in making the nature scene
the epiphany in every song out of EVOL(hope you get what i mean)
sara lov's "scream" "in hearts and hands" (devics) : "not for loooooooooooooooooooooooooueiooooooooooouooooaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaahaaaaaaaaaaa"
,it's heartbreaking.
the changes in p.j.harvey's voice in "to bring you my love" (the song,not the album)
drums kicking in in mono's the kidnapper bell
the build up in you don't know jesus (mogwai)
sister ray (as a whole)
there are too many

in Pavments Major Leagues, where Malky says "darling we're up against it"

Oddness.I had this song in my mind when i got up this morning.

The bit in Rock Island Line where Lonnie starts doing that sliding D bit after the intro.

"Go!!!!!!!!!" from start the riot.

The first numbers bit from Einstein on the Beach.

The third motif from Tchiakovsky's Romeo and Juliet.

Those Cellos from the Rites of Sprin (only on Russian recordings, the Naxos and other European recordings don't seem to get it).

Obviously, the pause before the coda of Expressway.

The chorus of Exidor by Urusei Yatsura.

Any part of recorded music which features Flava Flav going, "yeaa-aah bwoooy!"

Others, probably.

yeah

wunchewfreefour... Ramones

"Let's get real, real gone for a change..."

Nick Tosches puts this down as the moment rock 'n' roll died. Possibly the first example of pseudo-rebellion in music put on record.

I still love it though.

the moment the drums kick in on bardo pond's tommy gun angel.
the moment the drums kick in on boris' absolutego.

The demented beat on Martin Rev's 'In my arms'.

a man singing the lines:

"When the routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
But emotions wont grow"

while a powerful synth riff plays in the background.

one of the strongest moments I've ever encountered

"...and don't forget the joker"

actually the intro bassline is also one of my fave moments.

A few more:

That opening riff to Company Calls by Death Cab. In fact, that entire song is absolutely fantastic. I want to dance right now listening to it.
That "You'll provide the birdbath if I provide the skin" line from CoCo Rosie's Terrible Angels.
"First of all, fuck Bush" From P.O.S.'s cd.
The Lies, Deception, and Tall Tales 8 minute EP. It's perfect.
The percussion at the beginning of Don Diasco.
The back and forth vocals of Parenthetical Girls' The Weight She Fell Under
Techno Slaves Are Fucking Go
Fitter Happier from Radiohead

How about when John sings in A Day in the Life, "I'd looove tooo turrrrrrrrn youuuuuuuu onnnnnnnnnn" (with all that great shit in the backround).

The whole of Public Enemy's 'Party for your right to fight'.

Intro section to "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath.

^Oh yes.