Are you talking about the sound during the instrumental break? Those are castanets.
heh - to go over this some more - I thought earlier, too…done in a quick flourish, to create more of a sort of knuckle-cracking sound, as opposed to the guiro’s rasping scrape sound.
Train’s “Drops of Jupiter” - a catchy song that seems to be about a girl’s mental trips around the universe, with playful references to astronomical sites that she visited. Beautiful song and lyrics.
And then this:
Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken Your best friend always sticking up for you Even when I know you’re wrong? Can you imagine no first dance, freeze-dried romance Five-hour phone conversation The best soy latte that you ever had, and me?
Just awful. Smh
Saturn Return could likewise do without all of the weird whistles.
Moody Blues, Question [a cut I otherwise adore]
I’m looking for someone to change my life
I’m looking for a miracle in my life
There are recorded bird sounds in the middle of Echoes, but those are natural sounding rooks, not gulls. There is a long bit of atonal electronic sound around there, but I’ve never thought it was meant to sound like birds or anything else.
ELO’s Wild West Hero would be an awesomely grandiose piece, if not for the jarring ‘saloon piano’ interlude. I get that it’s most Wild Westian, but it still pisses me off. I think Lynne didn’t know how to fill out the song, and opted for the off-the-wall section underlining the theme, as if it was needed.
There are plenty of others, but that one came up first.
I’ve always thought whales.
In my opinion the worst thing that ever happened I. the history of music is “Oh my GOD do I try!”
Symptom of the Universe by Black Sabbath. It’s a heavy and rock’n song. And then at 4:17 they go into some hippy shit that has nothing to do with the good parts of the song.
Funk #49 by James Gang. Awesome tune. But then at 1:30 they go into some bongo percussion crap that sounds like it was recorded in a jungle. What’s up with that?
Burnin’ For You by Blue Oyster Cult. 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.
yeah, ikr?
Yes indeedy.
It (almost) ruins ian dury’s sex & drugs & rock ‘n’ roll.
The rap part of Roll the Bones by Rush kind of sucks.
The beginning part is kind of weird too.
Never thought they were real birds, just terrible synthesized squawking
noises that takes me out the song,
Got a link? Or at least tell us which song…
I guess lissener meant this:
Gack! Why would you do that???
Arg, that’s what happens when I don’t read the OP. 
But it’s interesting that we thought of the same song. 
I get the impression though that you wouldn’t be too keen on the overall song even without that line (or that inflection).