Duffy’s “Mercy” is a great tribute to northern soul. While she has a wonderful voice she can not pull of the “Yes I DOOOOOOOO” line at the of the second verse
“But you got to understand that I need a man
who can take my hand. Yes I dooo!”
There’s just something so unnatural and unhip about the way she says it, I cringe with embarassment for her.
Same with Grace Potter and the Nocturnal’s “Paris” (the ooh la la song). It’s a failry rocking song and Ms. Potter has some pipes but her superfous “woos” and “uhns” sound almost selfconscious and are distracting to me.
Pancho and Lefty, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. A brilliant interpretation of a masterful Townes Van Zandt composition. So why start it with 22 seconds of cheesy Casio playing that sounds like nothing else in the song?
If there’s any song that’s ever been helped by a spoken part I can’t think of it, but Are You Lonesome Tonight is a great song that is almost ruined by one.
Never Been to Me is a flawed song but has such a pretty melody that it might have been an A- at least had it not been for the syrupy spoken part that lowers it to a C-.
Regina Spektor’s “Folding Chair”. I like Regina Spektor and I know she does a lot of unusual stuff in her songs but I can’t get past the “dolphin song”.
Part of me hates it because it sounds batshit stupid. Part of me hates it because it sounds like a sea lion, not a dolphin. It should be “Ek, eek, eek” not “Ook, ook, ook” :mad:
I think Sonic Youth’s “Mote” is a terrific song that has several worthless minutes of feedback tacked on the end. And the Foo Fighters’ “Monkey Wrench” is a pretty rockin’ tune, but it has this pause toward the beginning that just lasts a bit too long. Fortunately, thanks to the joys of modern editing software, I was able to get rid of the stuff I didn’t like.
The synthesizer solo at the end of Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s Lucky Man. Bombastic overkill for a mellow song I know- they had to put it in their so Emerson had something to do on the song, but still. Emerson’s not overly fond of it (or the song) either).
I don’t know why the Beatles tacked on the canned laughter at the end of “Within Without You.” It sounds like they’re intentionally pooping on all the mystical sitar stuff that came immediately beforehand.
Absolutely what I intended to post about. That was a good sexin’ song until I started noticing that skkkreeeeek. Annoying!! Otherwise, great song.
Incidentally, that horrible screech occurs in another song on that same album, can’t think of it now. Get your boys some damn lotion, Sade.
I’m not the biggest Tom Petty fan to begin with, but that tic tic tic tic TIC in “Learning to Fly” always sounded like some jerk tapping a beer can on the chair arm or end table to me.
I don’t like the song hence I can’t remember the title but there’s a Beatles song that goes totally serial killer right in the middle. Otherwise pleasant song except for that really odd bit. The music just goes crazy tense for about thirty seconds and then back to calm. I can see how that would ruin my enjoyment of the song, if I actually enjoyed it.
