# A song part that either brings down or ruins a song you'd otherwise like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 10, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722 "2020-12-10T04:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/81 "2020-12-16T19:24:35Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I don’t think I’ve seen it mentioned yet… the little “Hello CD listeners” crap that Tom Petty stuck onto the end of “Running Down A Dream”. It just completely ruins an otherwise enjoyable song and album. As I said upthread, Audacity is your friend. [You can also save in FLAC, which will even if you’ve loaded an MP3 won’t pork the sound quality any more] ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/82 "2020-12-16T19:28:22Z")
Oh, the instrumental at the end of Lucky Man is the most gawdawful bit of stochastic synth noodling. Not long ago, I put the song into Audacity, sliced off the end, fading the synth out just as it was starting to ramp up, and faded East St Louis Toodle-oo (the Steely Dan version) in on top of it. Much easier to listen to that way. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/83 "2020-12-16T19:35:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Oh, the instrumental at the end of Lucky Man is the most gawdawful bit of stochastic synth noodling. _Nooooooooo_ kidding, and it’s for that exact same reason why I have an issue with the otherwise fine number “From the Beginning”, an album later. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlax/32/2927_2.png) [@Scarlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlax)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/84 "2020-12-16T19:42:59Z")
Revolution 9 would have really been something if it weren’t for that incessant “Number 9”… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/85 "2020-12-16T19:54:45Z")
I might get some push back on this, but there’s a part of _Ain’t No Sunshine_ that goes liked a little something like this. The song starts off great, but I don’t think I ever heard how the song ends, because I turn it off. > And I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/86 "2020-12-16T23:03:09Z")
“Hey Jude” is the Song That Never Ends, and it drives me crazy because the rest of the song is so good. To make matters worse, Paul McCartney has decided lately that it’s his Signature Song, and he played about 20 minutes of it at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/87 "2020-12-16T23:13:40Z")
Bad enough hearing Man City fans squawking it every now and then. Yeah yeah I realise HJ came out the same year MC won the Prem and is the usual reason stated why they sing it, but…but…oh…just…COME ON! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/88 "2020-12-16T23:27:32Z")
Missed edit window: ETA - HJ trivia - George was pissed off that Paul wouldn’t let him put a soloing guitar track over the nananana’s, (which I think would have been an awesome idea - just little tasty Georgey licks, at the end of each measure, say), resulting in a Harrison song from the 70’s (can’t remember which one) where, to the tune of the nananana’s “hey-eh Jude” notes, he sang, “What a bloody shame”. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlax/32/2927_2.png) [@Scarlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlax)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/89 "2020-12-17T03:05:30Z")
Isn’t it a pity! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/90 "2020-12-17T03:27:21Z")
Ah, thank-you. And upon re-listening (been ages), I’m not sure if I heard _exactly_ as what I’d described in my previous post. The last quarter or so of the Velvet Unferground’s “Heroin” has the big guitar screechy/squeal thing goin on that I’d like to take the big over-sized mallet to. While I dig it (, man) that that part’s supposed to be the big heroin rush, or something, I just wanna throw my lawnchair at it. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/91 "2020-12-17T10:46:31Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > My contribution: The Pretenders’ “Middle Of The Road” is an almost perfect rock song, and it’s one of my favorites, except for the four measures after the great guitar break. Obviously, the song’s lyrics weren’t quite finished at the time of the recording, and Chrissie Hynde only counts in the four beats instead as a placeholder. But that’s really the only weak part of an otherwise great song. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6P\_N6fHuIQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6P_N6fHuIQ) That album came out in 1984. Next year, Chrissie Hynde turns 70. The middle of the road has been in her rear view mirror now for a long time. Yes that song is great, thanks for that. I hadn’t heard it in a long time. It’s a great tune with strong lyrics, including… _In the middle of the road you see the darndest things_ _Like fat guys driving 'round in jeeps through the city_ _Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits_ _Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids_ _Oh, man I don’t mean a Hampstead nursery_ _When you own a big chunk of the bloody Third World_ _The babies just come with the scenery_ Love it. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/92 "2020-12-17T10:56:02Z")
I’ll contribute from 1976, from Boston’s debut album — Hitch A Ride. I love that song, but the instrumental interludes are just a little too long. Especially the first one which really isn’t all that long, but it’s just a filler that disappoints a little bit. And the last one that takes you to the end of the song, it’s pretty but it drags on for just a little too long. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tV3pR87L-T8/maxresdefault.jpg "Boston - Hitch a Ride (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV3pR87L-T8) Hitch A Ride: _freedom on my mind, carry me away for the last time…_ Love it. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/93 "2020-12-17T11:19:31Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > [Burnin’ For You by Blue Oyster Cult](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4). Great song right? But then keyboard chords come in at around 0:55. It’s totally unneeded and takes away from the heaviness of the song. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/94 "2020-12-17T16:51:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Oh, the instrumental at the end of Lucky Man is the most gawdawful bit of stochastic synth noodling. Makes my skin crawl every time I hear that. It’s even worse when one of my friends ( admittedly a prog-rock fan compared to my own straight-ahead hard rock preference ) damn near swoons over that part. > [@Procrustus](#): > > And I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know, I know, I know, I know > I know, I know Yes! So insipid and I never could get why the singer ( or writer ) never caught on to how to differentiate between emphasis and obvious filler. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/95 "2020-12-19T13:49:19Z")
In “Sweet Home Alabama” > Well I heard Mister Young sing about her > Well I heard ol’ Neil put her down So I’m thinking the next part will be to the effect that if we ever catch him, we’re going to cut his balls off or something. > Well I hope Neil Young will remember > A southern man don’t need him around anyhow Whoa, that’s harsh! 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/96 "2020-12-20T17:50:33Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > There is a certain sound present in a few songs that is produced by some sort of percussion instrument. It sends shivers down my backbone… This was just posted in the Great Covers thread by @saucywench [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FU_arNEQ8lM/maxresdefault.jpg "Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids play "Gimme Shelter"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU_arNEQ8lM) Surely this makes you feel a little better disposed towards the guiro? j ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/97 "2020-12-20T18:32:52Z")
Even since the SNL skit, I hear cowbell in a lot more 70’s and 80’s songs, and not for the better. Seems more people than Bruce Dickinson had the fever and needed the cure. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/98 "2020-12-20T23:39:32Z")
_Don’t Fear The Reaper_ came on the car radio, and I was surprised that the cowbell wasn’t all that pronounced. So of course I had to add more by rhythmically smacking my metal bluetooth connector. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/99 "2020-12-21T02:04:40Z")
The Beach Boys “God Only Knows” - the start of the instrumental break is incongruous with the rest of the song. Sounds like a call to start a conga line in front of the bar. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CWPo5SC3zik/maxresdefault.jpg "God Only Knows (Mono / 1997 Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWPo5SC3zik) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722/100 "2020-12-21T05:10:37Z")
Never been much of a “la-la-la” man - two cases in point: Niel Young’s [Everyone Knows This is Nowhere](https://youtu.be/bsZjKQEN1tY?t=34) Yes’s [South Side of the Sun](https://youtu.be/9fr7aC1r8qw?t=224) Then there’s Bop-mooded Robert Plant’s [attempt at scat.](https://youtu.be/WyjRYWmoWXU?t=240) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-part-that-either-brings-down-or-ruins-a-song-youd-otherwise-like/927722.md?page=6)