June 04, 2004
A Good Music List, For Once
I love lists; I hate lists. But for some reason, music lists stick in my craw more than any other. I bit my tongue and held off from commenting on some stupid magazine's list of the worst songs ever that tabbed "We Built This City" -- one of my many many guilty 80s pleasures -- as the worst ever.
But this list nails it. It's the 50 Coolest Song Parts of all time, with links to mp3 clips of the cool song parts in question (admittedly, most of the clips sound like they're being played underwater, but you get the idea). The top 5 are undeniable:
1. The drums kicking in on "In the Air Tonight";
2. Roger Daltrey's primal scream in "Won't Get Fooled Again";
3. The opening riff to "Barracuda";
4. "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me....";
5. "My name is Sue! How do you do! Now you gonna die!".
I don't totally agree with the rest of the list, of course (like, hello? Where's the opening riff to "Welcome to the Jungle"?), but it's a valiant and pretty comprehensive effort. Plus it links to VikingKitten. Well done.
Posted by michaelf at June 4, 2004 11:18 PM | TrackBackComments
Being the lover of irony that I am, I wanted to point out that after reading the bit about spam-posters, the next link I tried to click was the '50 Worst Songs.' As you might have guessed, it popped up with a 'This Page Not Found' screen.
I also wanted to point out the beginning of Springsteen's 'Candy's Room' and the guitar bit near the end of Queen's 'We Will Rock You' as truly excellent.
Posted by: Andy at June 6, 2004 11:49 AM
I immediately thought of "Welcome to the Jungle" too. But Swamp Rat says, " 'Welcome to the Jungle,' what's that?!"
Posted by: Secret Agent Cathy at June 6, 2004 12:59 PM
