# Awesome short moments in songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816 "2016-09-13T00:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/41 "2016-09-14T02:21:50Z")
The hand claps just before the do do do doo doo ending of “Suite: Judy Blues Eyes.” They kick the song from lament over losing a love into a celebration of life and its wonders. Perhaps the happiest second in modern music. The way Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel blend their voices angelically on the final “thyme” in “Scarborough Fair / Canticle.” In Chad & Jeremy’s “[A Summer Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D2XD341xHo)” the violins pass the riff off to the violas who pass it off to the cellos. The season changes right before our ears. Catch it twice in the video, at 1:22 and 2:12. ---
**Author:** ![Graymalkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@Graymalkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graymalkin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/42 "2016-09-14T02:44:44Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > The guitar fill that George plays right after “… you know you should be glad” in She Loves You is what made me want to play guitar. Yes! I remember when I first heard it–it sounded so cool. Along with the rest of the song! Those three little chords I finally did learn years later–by looking it up on the internet of course. Beatlemania was one of the high points of my youth and my life. Those guys were fun and so cool for a 16 year-old in 1964. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/43 "2016-09-14T07:02:08Z")
The explosion after the comet reference in the Waterboys “The whole of the moon” ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/44 "2016-09-14T11:58:42Z")
Does nobody here listen to classical music? 🙂 How about the famous part in Allegri’s Misere Mei? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IX1zicNRLmY/hqdefault.jpg "Allegri | Miserere mei | King's College, Cambridge") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX1zicNRLmY) Listen for about 50 secs. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/45 "2016-09-14T12:11:43Z")
Probably not exactly what you’re asking for, but this came to mind. I play bluegrass upright, and have recently been working on Ashokan Farewell. If you don’t know the title you may recall it as the main theme for Ken Burns’ Civil War series. It is in D, so there are 2 sharps - C# and F#. Last time I played it with some folk, someone commented “Nothing really matters so long as you hit that C natural in the second part of the B part.” Lots of notes in the piece, and you can pretty much hack most of it up, but if you hit that one note really solidly, that is what folk will remember. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/46 "2016-09-14T12:30:06Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Does nobody here listen to classical music? 🙂 Good point, I’ll nominate the “Big Organ” (fnarr, fnarr) section in Saint Saens [Symphony no. 3.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eW-7S9fjyfU#t=111) Goose-Bumps every time, would love to hear it live in a venue with a suitable large instruments (oooerrr missus!) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/47 "2016-09-14T13:02:37Z")
Re: Saint-Saens Symphony 3, after the Big Organ moment, I always laugh for the return of the piano from the first part of the second movement, flittering and dancing as the organ hums in approval. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/48 "2016-09-14T13:11:50Z")
Look out baby I’m coming to get you one more time, Going Home! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5M5xljdCI) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/49 "2016-09-14T14:02:38Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Does nobody here listen to classical music? 🙂 > > How about the famous part in Allegri’s Misere Mei? > [https://youtu.be/IX1zicNRLmY?t=1m4s](https://youtu.be/IX1zicNRLmY?t=1m4s) > > Listen for about 50 secs. OK, another classical one. Beethoven’s 7th, first movement. When it switches from the poco sostenuto (sp?) to the Vivace, the Vivace starts with a very quiet iteration of the main theme, but towards the end of that first iteration, the orchestra starts kicking in, building up to a peak and a momentary pause… …and then the entire orchestra throws the kitchen sink into the second iteration of the theme. It’s as if Beethoven was rearing back, and then throwing his best heater over the plate. I love that moment. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/50 "2016-09-14T16:38:24Z")
There’s a guitar riff in The Gaslight Anthem’s “High Lonesome” that gives me happy chills. It sounds even more awesome live. It’s right around the lyric “…Maria came to Nashville with a suitcase in her hand”. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/51 "2016-09-14T17:54:51Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Does nobody here listen to classical music? Sure. I’ll suggest the climactic moment, immediately before the coda, of Holst’s “Uranus, the Mystic.” The music has gradually been increasing in volume and emotional intensity, leading to a grand cresendo including an organ full keyboard glissando; one expects an explosive final chord, but instead it goes instantly from **REALLY LOUD** to – barely audible. The effect is stunning and wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/52 "2016-09-14T17:58:51Z")
The acoustic guitar “doo-doot” in John Cougar/Mellencamp’s “Jack and Diane.” So simple, but every rock guitarist in the world has “learned” it. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/53 "2016-09-14T18:45:36Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > The acoustic guitar “doo-doot” in John Cougar/Mellencamp’s “Jack and Diane.” > > So simple, but every rock guitarist in the world has “learned” it. It sounds like piano to me and I have never ever wanted to learn it. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/54 "2016-09-14T19:03:05Z")
Evanescence, “Call Me When You’re Sober” - there’s a part where they sing the words “How Could I” with a waver in the voice - I could listen to the whole song just to hear that one little bit. Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City, “Good Time” - Right before the first chorus, Carly Rae has this “Whooo!” yell, which really sells the fun nature of the song. Adele, “Set Fire to the Rain” - The penultimate stanza, where she rhymes “door” with “For you” ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/55 "2016-09-14T19:43:38Z")
L7 playing “Drama” live, 2:09 “One two fuck you!” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dRh-szE2FEw/hqdefault.jpg "L7 - Drama (Live NPA)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRh-szE2FEw) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/56 "2016-09-14T20:53:30Z")
The Machine (wah-heavy stoner rock trio from Amsterdam) have two of these moments in their song [5 & 4](https://youtu.be/lYI0fLQ83UI), from their 2012 album _Calmer Than You Are_. [Here’s the first](https://youtu.be/lYI0fLQ83UI?t=1m31s) [Here’s the second](https://youtu.be/lYI0fLQ83UI?t=4m28s) I just love how everything stops for a split second so the drummer can hit the bell of that cymbal; it’s wonderful! Suicidal Tendencies have given me so much awesome stuff over the past 35 years but a standout moment has to be the way they lead into the song [url=]Accept My Sacrifice with “Standby stomach; here come banana!” because it has nothing to do with the song. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/57 "2016-09-14T21:09:46Z")
Billy Joel’s harmonica at the beginning of Piano Man. The first time I heard that, I knew he would be huge. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/58 "2016-09-14T23:42:05Z")
Not music but words; 16 of them in a few seconds: [YARN | 'Cause I've told you once--you son of a bitch--I'm the best there's ever been." | The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia (live) | Video clips by quotes | fc8d0f20 | 紗](https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/fc8d0f20-8aeb-40d8-a25f-155313ef75ca) ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/59 "2016-09-15T03:04:46Z")
In Led Zeppelin’s _Kashmir_, the lyric “trying to find where I’ve been” blends perfectly with the rising guitar riff. Beautiful. You can hear it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDwotNLyz10) around 4:10. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816/60 "2016-09-16T13:28:56Z")
In Fiddler on the Roof’s “Do You Love Me,” I love this exchange: Do you love me? You’re a fool I KNOW! But Do you love me? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-short-moments-in-songs/765816.md?page=2)