# Aberrations/outtakes kept in a song's final mix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513 "2018-05-20T17:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/61 "2018-05-22T17:50:12Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > One of the musicians laughs weakly in relief at the end of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five,” because the piece was so difficult that it was hard to play from beginning to end without goofing up. It’s great. That would be drummer Joe Morello. The piece in question is “Unsquare Dance,” not “Take Five.” Wicked hard to keep time to unless you are used to weird time signatures. “Unsquare Dance” is in 7/4 time. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/62 "2018-05-22T17:53:04Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > “Even the Losers” - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ([“It’s just the normal noises in here.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMpYIlbEv5A)) You’d be amazed how many times a day this line can get used (apparently, I drop or bump into quite a few items on a daily basis, and none of them go quietly). > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Dee Dee would count off 1-2-3-4 before the Ramones songs… Just the other night, I claimed to have written a rock and roll lyric that nets me millions a year because of its constant usage. When my tavern-mates asked, I did a Ramonesy “One, two! A-one, two, three, four!” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/63 "2018-05-22T20:44:24Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Dylan is well known for leaving in the boo-boo’s. In Ballad In Plain D, he pronounces “scapegoat” as “scrapegoat.” In Visions of Johanna there’s a place where the band momentarily fails to keep up with him on a chord change. Etc., etc… I wasn’t even considering the mistakes. There is one in “Like a Rolling Stone” and one in “Hard Rain.” I have a book on Dylan’s songs, _All the Songs_ which list these lapses in the discussion of each song. Then there is the unreleased except on bootleg “Cough Song” where he starts coughing during the final harmonica riff. As everyone laughs Dylan says “That’s the end. It fades out.” Tom Wilson, cracking up says “Thanks a lot. I’ll make a note here, fade at cough.” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/64 "2018-05-22T22:24:14Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/65 "2018-05-22T23:14:00Z")
There’s an outtake of Dylan’s “Every Grain of Sand” with a dog barking inn the background. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/66 "2018-05-23T10:29:13Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > There’s two studio versions of “Under Pressure”, the original version and a remastered one that came out in the 90’s that sounded better but removes Freddie Mercury’s shouting “that’s okay!” at about a minute in, which makes me think that him shouting that wasn’t originally planned to happen. > > [Original Studio](https://youtu.be/a01QQZyl-_I?t=55s) > > [Remaster](https://youtu.be/YoDh_gHDvkk?t=46s) Thanks for doing the legwork on those clips. This is fascinating. Freddie’s exclamation “That’s OK!” fits into the song perfectly. Maybe they removed it from the remaster because he was slightly intruding on Bowie’s vocal? ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/67 "2018-05-23T11:21:21Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > It might amuse you to know it’s simply called [The Typewriter Tapes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorma_Kaukonen):[_Hesitation Blues_, a track off the Typewriter Tapes.](http://www.rockremnants.com/tag/typewriter-tape/) This is amazing. Sometimes the typewriter comes in right on the beat, and it’s hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/68 "2018-05-26T02:26:59Z")
Does a movie soundtrack count? In the first line, someone sings “way” instead of “day.” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyUV3hIL-G0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyUV3hIL-G0) ---
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/69 "2018-05-28T04:46:06Z")
Pixies [studio chatter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v12sYgodhU) before “Oh My Golly” (album cover with female toplessness shown at the link) someone in the studio was surprised [“Oh Comely”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-fjyEIgWik) (Neutral Milk Hotel) was caught in one take (skip to the end, or don’t, because it’s an amazing song) feedback at 1:58, Nirvana, "[The Man Who Sold the World"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/70 "2018-05-28T05:55:46Z")
At the end of the song Ohio, by CSN, Crosby starts yelling things like Why? That wasn’t part of the song, but it fit in so well they left it in. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/71 "2018-05-28T11:30:47Z")
When I was young I thought that in “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town” as sung by Kenny Rogers, when he speaks the words “God sakes turn around”, he was talking to a member of the audience that had their back turned to him, since it seemed like a casual outtake rather than an in-song plea. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/72 "2018-05-28T14:28:51Z")
“Fingertips Pt 2” by Little Stevie Wonder: As the song resumes after its fake ending, a musician (presumably thinking that they’re starting a new song) yells “What key?” ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/73 "2018-06-26T04:56:22Z")
Eric Clapton has said numerous times that he’s not happy with the version of Crossroads included on Wheels of Fire, stating that there are better versions. “At the end of the song, Jack Bruce announces, “Eric Clapton, please,” over Eric’s saying, “Thank you” (both said simultaneously). Eric follows up by saying (probably turning toward Jack), “Kerfuffle.” This is British English for “foul-up,” referring to the time disjoint back in mid-song.” I can’t tell what the issue is because a it’s a brilliant classic! ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/74 "2018-06-26T14:29:11Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Eric Clapton has said numerous times that he’s not happy with the version of Crossroads included on Wheels of Fire, stating that there are better versions. > > “At the end of the song, Jack Bruce announces, “Eric Clapton, please,” over Eric’s saying, “Thank you” (both said simultaneously). Eric follows up by saying (probably turning toward Jack), “Kerfuffle.” This is British English for “foul-up,” referring to the time disjoint back in mid-song.” > > I can’t tell what the issue is because a it’s a brilliant classic! Wasn’t that version cobbled together from various performances? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/75 "2018-06-26T14:59:29Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Eric Clapton has said numerous times that he’s not happy with the version of Crossroads included on Wheels of Fire, stating that there are better versions. > > “At the end of the song, Jack Bruce announces, “Eric Clapton, please,” over Eric’s saying, “Thank you” (both said simultaneously). Eric follows up by saying (probably turning toward Jack), “Kerfuffle.” This is British English for “foul-up,” referring to the time disjoint back in mid-song.” > > I can’t tell what the issue is because a it’s a brilliant classic! > [@jaycat](#): > > Wasn’t that version cobbled together from various performances? I believe that producer Tom Dowd reduced the length of the second guitar solo, resulting in a rhythmic glitch. It’s all from one performance at the Winterland. I’m also nearly certain that rather than it being Clapton saying “kerfuffle”, it’s Bruce saying “on vocal”. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/76 "2018-06-26T16:10:15Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > “At the end of the song, Jack Bruce announces, “Eric Clapton, please,” over Eric’s saying, “Thank you” (both said simultaneously). Eric follows up by saying (probably turning toward Jack), “Kerfuffle.” This is British English for “foul-up,” referring to the time disjoint back in mid-song.” > [@Crotalus](#): > > I believe that producer Tom Dowd reduced the length of the second guitar solo, resulting in a rhythmic glitch. It’s all from one performance at the Winterland. I’m also nearly certain that rather than it being Clapton saying “kerfuffle”, it’s Bruce saying “on vocal”. Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s “Eric Clapton, lead [guitar]. And vocal.”, all said by the same guy. Clapton says “Thank you” underneath that. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/77 "2018-06-26T16:32:44Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I believe that producer Tom Dowd reduced the length of the second guitar solo, resulting in a rhythmic glitch. It’s all from one performance at the Winterland. I’m also nearly certain that rather than it being Clapton saying “kerfuffle”, it’s Bruce saying “on vocal”. I’ve always heard it as “on vocal.” And they cut the introduction to Toad on Wheels of Fire, which got restored on the version in the boxed set. I don’t think Crossroads got changed, but I’ll have to check. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/78 "2018-06-26T16:44:32Z")
There was an editing error in the outro of Let Me Roll It by Wings. When it was noticed, the engineer said he’d fix it but Paul liked it so much that not only did they leave it in, they did the little hiccup at the end when performing it live. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/79 "2018-06-26T17:52:27Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > One of the musicians laughs weakly in relief at the end of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five,” because the piece was so difficult that it was hard to play from beginning to end without goofing up. It’s great. Actually, it is “Unsquare Dance” [https://youtu.be/lbdEzRfbeH4](https://youtu.be/lbdEzRfbeH4) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513/80 "2018-06-27T01:54:06Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Actually, it is “Unsquare Dance” [https://youtu.be/lbdEzRfbeH4](https://youtu.be/lbdEzRfbeH4) see Post 61. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aberrations-outtakes-kept-in-a-songs-final-mix/814513.md?page=5)