# "Moments" in music that completely slay you... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499 "2010-03-15T01:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/21 "2010-03-15T13:22:38Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The moment that does it for me is the pre-climactic note from Alfred Reed’s _Russian Christmas Music_. There’s just so much emotion poured into that one note that it gives me the chills more than any single moment out of Back or Beethoven. > > (If you haven’t heard of Reed or this piece it’s understandable. I’ve searched for years for a professional recording of it, but it eluded me before the Internet. This is apparently one of the top pieces of Band music out there, but it doesn’t make any “charts”) > > [Russian Christmas Music - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Christmas_Music) > > By the way, **Persiful** , “Phantom” is Pepper Mill’s all-time favorite, which she’s seen live several times. And we did see it live at the Wang center. The Wang is such a beautiful place. Every child should go to the Opera at least once. It gave me a love of it for life. Reed is great and found him on YouTube along with some other great Russian Orthodox music. I had never heard him before but it reminded me of ‘The Carole Of The Bells’ a little. We have that around Christmas time in one of our local churches. One thing I find interesting is the quiet understatement of feelings that Russian and East European music seems to have. It evokes a feeling of reliving something to me. I think the huge loss of life they suffered during the war, perhaps? That reminds me of a duet ‘Miss Sarajevo’ with Bono and Pavarotti. Pavarotti holds this one note about 5 minutes into the song for 10 seconds and it just slays me. Gets me everytime… [Miss Sarajevo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX6c5als1lk) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/22 "2010-03-15T13:31:01Z")
A lot of the transitional parts in songs by **the Who**. Their songs are good, but what really makes them is the instrumental transistions between verse/chorus and especially their bridges/middle eights. Just so explosive it makes your heart jump. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/23 "2010-03-15T13:39:40Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > From Phantom of the Opera: Phatom of the Opera leading into Music of the Night. > > Phatom is an intense song, ever building into a crescendo of music and then BAM hits with a soft love song as it transitions to Music of the Night, so passionate, so intense, so tender yet desperately consuming. > > It takes my breath away everytime. You should have been at Broadway on Broadway 1994. Davis Gaines started the song off-key. It was horrible. I was thinking “If this was an audition, it would already be ‘Next!’” The guy with me said “This is horrible/” Peoplewere turning away. When Gaines got to the verse, he found the melody. Peples heads snapped back, their mouths dropped, and their eyes opened wide. Everone in the audience looked like this :eek:. He sang the rest of the song magnificently and got huge applause. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/24 "2010-03-15T13:49:35Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > Strange, copy-pasting your link takes me to wikipedia’s page on Hypertext Transfer Protocol. No colon after the http, although just adding it doesn’t get to a video either: [Fixed link](http://www.youtube.com?v=yqgjCKm9nQ&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/25 "2010-03-15T14:10:35Z")
[Here’s the right link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqgjCKm9nQ). ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/26 "2010-03-15T15:12:17Z")
Sviatoslav Richter recorded Moussorgsky’s _Pictures at an Exhibition_ in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1958–the original composition, for solo piano. The recording setup was hardly ideal. Several audience members were coughing their heads off. He even hits a few wrong notes. The thundering chords of the last movement sound as though he’s breaking the piano into bits. Do we no longer hear coughing because of the volume of the music? Or because everybody else in that concert hall was holding their breath? It’s an absolutely stunning performance. I first heard this on the car radio. I reached my destination, parked & sat listening to the end. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/27 "2010-03-15T15:18:12Z")
Handel’s Samson. The _Death March_ followed by _Let the Bright Seraphim_. Sheer genius. Handel’s _Messiah_. From start to finish. ---
**Author:** ![Vernon\_Vernons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ce73a5/32.png) [@Vernon\_Vernons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vernon_Vernons)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/28 "2010-03-15T17:11:28Z")
[Weezer, “Why Bother,”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUm5-1x1LfA) right at 1:40 when the whole band does that hardcore “DUH-DUH-DUH” punctuation. It’s the only time it happens in the whole song and it’s just so rad. [Xiu Xiu, “I love the valley, OH!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rbe0LaSp3w)- the titular “OH!!!” scream at 1:48 gives me chills every time. ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/29 "2010-03-15T17:45:44Z")
Even though Eddie can be preachy, Pearl Jam always put on a good live show with great performances and amazing energy. Pearl Jam playing The Who’s “The Real Me” live: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jnQ3XVXMyk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jnQ3XVXMyk) Or “Porch” from their MTV Unplugged show: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LB4e0A7C4M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LB4e0A7C4M) And just to throw this in - The Blues Brothers Band doing “B Movie” in '78: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiklZnVoZ5Y](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiklZnVoZ5Y) Plus, the first AC/DC record and concert I ever experienced were both quite life changing for me… ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/30 "2010-03-15T18:15:03Z")
Another **Pink Floyd** one… On _Sheep_ off of the Animals album, Roger Waters has a few long drawn out screams that fade away, perfectly overlaid with the same note fading in on Gilmour’s feedback guitar. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/31 "2010-03-15T18:43:47Z")
I had to pull the car over the first time I heard this: [nine-inch-nails-slipping-away](http://www.lyricstime.com/nine-inch-nails-slipping-away-lyrics.html) I can’t get to youtube from work but there are the lyrics. The lyrics are not the point though, and you may not “get” it if you listen on computer. To really hear this song requires good speakers and equipment. Still nails me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/32 "2010-03-15T18:50:05Z")
Pet Shop Boys’ cover of “Where the Streets Have No Name,” when Neil Tennant comes in with the chorus to “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.” –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/33 "2010-03-15T19:14:58Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Another **Pink Floyd** one… > > On _Sheep_ off of the Animals album, Roger Waters has a few long drawn out screams that fade away, perfectly overlaid with the same note fading in on Gilmour’s feedback guitar. I haven’t actually heard this in years- probably a good reason to download the album- but on PF’s The Final Cut, there’s a moment where Waters ends the line in a scream that blends perfectly into a saxophone carrying out the note. Used to give me goosebumps. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/34 "2010-03-15T19:53:05Z")
Dark Star by the Grateful Dead, [Fillmore East, Feb 13, 1970](http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-02-13.early-late.sbd.cotsman.18114.sbeok.shnf). While the whole piece is ensemble improvisational rock at it’s best, from roughly 25:30 on (roughly 4-5 mins from the end) the band builds and builds and just when you think they can’t build anymore Jerry uncorks this passage and the band just wails to even greater heights. Another little turn by Jerry and band drops bang into the Dark Star riff. Amazing stuff. It even has more cowbell. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/35 "2010-03-15T20:22:12Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > …or, “Within Temptation just made my head asplode.” > > I recently picked up Within Temptation’s latest live album, “An Acoustic Night at the Theatre.” On Track 6, they start performing “Somewhere,” which was a pretty acoustic ballad to begin with. Anyway, the first verse and chorus goes by, and it’s exactly what I had expected out of Sharon and crew – but then a different singer starts in on the second verse to wild applause. It’s a voice I recognize, and I haven’t read the liner notes yet, so I wasn’t expecting it – but it’s Anneke van Giersbergen from The Gathering! Halfway through the verse, they start harmonizing as tpercussion and orchestra really kick in. The sudden shock of the guest singer combined with the phenomenal duet just … it just … _flops on the floor gasping like a fish_ Yah, that. Two of my favorite Dutch metal singers on stage together; i can haz goosepimples Ah, I remember the first time I saw video of this! I’m a longtime The Gathering fan, and continue to follow Anneke with her new band Agua de Annique. Great stuff! The Gathering picked up the lead singer from Octavia Sperati and she’s excellent but it’s hard to replace Anneke. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/36 "2010-03-15T22:05:18Z")
The _Dulcissime_ from _Carmina Burana_. I’ll let the scholars debate as to whether this twenty second long cadenza is a musical representation of rapturous love, sexual orgasm, or both at once. Let’s just say for the moment that the recording with Lucia Popp sends wonderful shivers down my spine every. single. time. ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/37 "2010-03-15T22:50:10Z")
[We Come 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwTFIesP2e4) by Faithless at Glastonbury 2002. I was there right at the front and Maxi Jazz had the crowd at his fingertips. I’ve never before or since been in such a large group of people that felt so… unified - a perfect match with the theme of the song. There’s literally a moment that does it for me, at 4:30 in, but you need to listen from at least 4:00 to get the full impact. The first time I heard again after the gig I was standing up and it literally made weak at the knees. Still gives me goosebumps. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/38 "2010-03-15T23:33:27Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I had to pull the car over the first time I heard this: [nine-inch-nails-slipping-away](http://www.lyricstime.com/nine-inch-nails-slipping-away-lyrics.html) I can’t get to youtube from work but there are the lyrics. > > The lyrics are not the point though, and you may not “get” it if you listen on computer. To really hear this song requires good speakers and equipment. > > Still nails me every time. Out of curiosity, are you referring to [Slipping Away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Z4Guu5MkE) or the song of which it is a remix - [Into the Void](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXUUm2Ub5wk)? ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/39 "2010-03-16T04:37:27Z")
Got another couple: The violin solo at the beginning of ELO’s “Living Thing.” My dad became the biggest ELO fan thanks to that riff, and even now it gives me chills. Robert Plant & Jimmy Page’s “No Quarter” performance has some really wonderful moments, but I love the Middle Eastern flavor they give to “Kashmir.” Whoaaah! ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499/40 "2010-03-16T04:51:00Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > Pet Shop Boys’ cover of “Where the Streets Have No Name,” when Neil Tennant comes in with the chorus to “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.” > > –Cliffy Just watched it and liked it, but never heard the “Can’t Take…” Is there another version I’m missing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-in-music-that-completely-slay-you/532499.md?page=3)