# Crowning moments of awesome in rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638 "2011-08-05T20:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/81 "2011-08-08T20:36:21Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > “Remember…What the DORMOUSE SAID…FEED YOUR HEAAAD! FEED YOUR HEAAAAD!” Post snipped A band called Sanctuary did a cover of that song that absolutely kills. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/82 "2011-08-08T23:34:41Z")
Stevie Ray Vaughan, [Little Wing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDRPazZySzE) (live). There are multiple moments of awesome but the Crowning Moment comes at 5:27. The next several notes are transcendent. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/83 "2011-08-09T07:17:24Z")
Lindsey Buckingham performing, “I’m So Afraid” on the DVD, “The Dance”. The whole thing, really, but if you have to cut it down, I suppose starting around 4:38 to the end. Decades of work and experience distilled into ~8 minutes of pure awesome. Jump to 3:48 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6OrtLxsqSic/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGFMgVihlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCzBnPDotGodIO5d7dpemfU0ciBDQ "Fleetwood Mac - I'm So Afraid - The Dance - 1997") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrtLxsqSic) You REALLY should watch the whole thing [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6OrtLxsqSic/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGFMgVihlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCzBnPDotGodIO5d7dpemfU0ciBDQ "Fleetwood Mac - I'm So Afraid - The Dance - 1997") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrtLxsqSic) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/84 "2011-08-09T07:52:26Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’ve always thought of the guitar solo in The Knack’s “My Sharona” as pretty awesome. > > So here’s this band, which might as well be a garage band, plodding through a hard-driving rock number. Yeah, we’ve heard it all before. And then, the song just takes off! It’s the guitar solo, and suddenly, this band is a contender. > > We heard little else from them, but damn! What they did in this rock song, at a time when new wave was rising and disco was dying, was nothing short of brilliant, IMHO. It was a “screw you,” in a way, and I think it was pretty awesome. > > Check out the YouTube rendition, with the guitar solo starting at 2:47 [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=021WZBh1R4I). You know, that solo IS awesome. It’s a journey, a story, a roller-coaster ride. Just wonderful. Here’s a live performance: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g1T71PGd-J0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGIBYAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgTihQMA8=&rs=AOn4CLA88vFwmTJIryyt4vhlnhQju70CPQ "The Knack - My Sharona live") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1T71PGd-J0) ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/85 "2011-08-09T09:56:16Z")
I love Pink floyd- ‘Money’ the moment when the sax solo ends and the guitar takes over. Yeah! In a similar vein, a song from my longtime favourite band, The Hives: [Main Offender](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF6-MX4FO3k). I love guitar sound of the first bars and that wild tremolo picking! (Sorry about the no-vocals version, youtube doesn’t have the studio version with non-crap audio.) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/86 "2011-08-09T12:48:15Z")
> [@Jaguars](#): > > I love Pink floyd- ‘Money’ the moment when the sax solo ends and the guitar takes over. Yeah! > > In a similar vein, a song from my longtime favourite band, The Hives: [Main Offender](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF6-MX4FO3k). I love guitar sound of the first bars and that wild tremolo picking! > (Sorry about the no-vocals version, youtube doesn’t have the studio version with non-crap audio.) The Hives first CD in the States, Veni Vidi Vicious, is great. I used to play Hate to Say I Told You So in an earlier incarnation of my band. Rockin’ stuff. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/87 "2011-08-09T14:31:56Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > “Ziggy played…guitaaaaaarrrrr…snow white tan and screwed down hairdo…like some cat from Japan…” Close,but this is the lyric- now Ziggy really sang, screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo Like some cat from Japan,aww he could lick 'em by smiling He could leave 'em to hang 'came on so loaded man, well hung and snow white tan ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/88 "2011-08-09T14:43:52Z")
The 2 seconds of silence in Fugazi’s “Waiting Room” intro. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/89 "2011-08-09T14:51:05Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Close,but this is the lyric- > > now Ziggy really sang, screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo > Like some cat from Japan,aww he could lick 'em by smiling > He could leave 'em to hang > 'came on so loaded man, well hung and snow white tan Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/90 "2011-08-09T15:35:12Z")
I’m surprised we haven’t hit on [Great Gig In The Sky](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUVt6MqrWgk&NR=1) yet. And to move the thread a bit into the future, how about…ahhh screw it, I was gonna chop these up and give you the best bits, but I can’t do it… [Sweet Child O Mine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4&ob=av3e) [Welcome To The Jungle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg&ob=av3e) The opening to [Thunderstruck](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RukUetw0hAM&ob=av2e) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/91 "2011-08-09T15:42:09Z")
System of a Down [Prison Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndfqN1VKhY) Cue it up at 1:55\* and play loud. - how do you do that in a link? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/92 "2011-08-09T15:55:10Z")
> [@Small\_Clanger](#): > > - how do you do that in a link? [Do What?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndfqN1VKhY#t=1m55s) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/93 "2011-08-09T15:55:29Z")
[QUOTE=Small Clanger] how do you do that in a link? [/QUOTE] Like this… [Prison Song 01:55](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndfqN1VKhY#t=1m55s) Wow! Great timing… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/94 "2011-08-09T16:16:50Z")
A couple more non-musical, but still awesome moments from live albums… [QUOTE=Mick J.] I think I bust a button on my trousers…you don’t want my trousers to fall down, do you? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Jim M.] Ah, ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know if you realize it, But tonight you’re in for a special treat. No, no, no, not that, not that! You only get that treat on full moons. besides, I know there’s a lot of young people here… Last time it happened, grown men where weeping. policemen where turning in their badges. [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [August 9, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/95 "2011-08-09T16:41:09Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Ah, ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know if you realize it, > But tonight you’re in for a special treat. No, no, no, not that, not that! > You only get that treat on full moons. besides, I know there’s a lot of young people here… > Last time it happened, grown men where weeping. policemen where turning in their badges… “… Just remember, their motto is _Protect And Serve_.” followed by some guy in the crowd shouting “the suggestion.” .😃 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/96 "2011-08-09T18:37:04Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGxgQQmvw_Y) live version of Van Morrison’s Warm Love. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/97 "2011-08-09T19:18:40Z")
I’m glad, but not surprised, that Van Morrison gets so much credit in this thread. There are many special moments in his work that always amaze me, but my favorites are both the intro to [Saint Dominic’s Preview](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FQgTJE2CM) and the very ending of the song, when the background singers close it with a beautifully stretched out “preeee - view”. Another one is the way Van sings “I long just to hold you tight” in the first bridge of the studio version of [“Caravan”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reOZzgxipCE). The exact part [is here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reOZzgxipCE#t=1m45s). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/98 "2011-08-10T14:53:39Z")
[Metallica - Enter Sandman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2jfV1DzcuQ) [Tool - Forty Six and 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXNSLXPBxo) (you younger kids might remember it as the song from the [Captain America trailer.](http://captainamerica.marvel.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=captain%2Bamerica&utm_content=Captain%2BAmerica%2B-%2BHV&utm_campaign=Trailer%2B-%2BTitle)) [Here’s some dude playing it on the piano. I just thought this was sort of cool.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6deLV8_2r8) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/99 "2011-08-10T15:08:35Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Uno! > > Dos! > > One, Two, Tres, Quatro! > > followed of course by some of the most righteously silly lyrics of all time. I was thinking along the same lines, how about the often imitated: "HELL-lo baaaaaAAAA-BAH! "…followed by some more silly lyrics. Ooh Baby thatsa what I like! ---
**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:** [August 10, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638/100 "2011-08-10T15:35:45Z")
> [@Jim Steinman](#): > > I started swearing to my god and on my mother’s grave > That I would love you to the end of time > **I swore that I would love you to the end of time! > So now I’m praying for the end of time** > To hurry up and arrive > Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you > I don’t think that I can really survive I think those that is the greatest lyrical hookup in rock ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crowning-moments-of-awesome-in-rock/591638.md?page=6)