# Otherwise good songs that are ruined by the bridge (or other elements) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688 "2007-12-30T08:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688/21 "2008-01-07T20:49:10Z")
Not a bridge, and I’ve mentioned this song in another thread, but **Public Enemy** ’s _Fear of a Black Planet_ is a wonderful song right up until the point where Chuck D utters the grammatical anomoly “Ain’t how that God planned it?” Takes me right out of the song. I’ve been listening to that album for damn near 18 years, and I still find myself yelling at him because he knows better than that. _sigh_ ---
**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:** [January 7, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688/22 "2008-01-07T21:32:06Z")
All of these songs mentioned would be improved by inserting the holy-mother-king of bridges into them…the “yay jambo jambo” bridge from Lionel Ritchie’s **All Night Long**. 🙂 This is why I’m never asked to DJ… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688/23 "2008-01-07T21:34:57Z")
I think _Rapture_ by Blondie is a great song…until she starts rapping about Men from Mars who eat guitars and some other nonsense. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688/24 "2008-01-07T22:47:32Z")
[QUOTE=yelimS] Also, I hate it when good songs, especially by studio purists such as Steely Dan, who should definitely know better, end in a fade-out. End your songs properly, like Squarepusher’s Problem Child, or something! [/QUOTE] I don’t agree with this at all, but I don’t want to hijack this thread. I started [Fade-out or End: how do you like your songs?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=450553) so that people can discuss it. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688/25 "2008-01-07T23:58:00Z")
I prefer a clear end. If you’re gonna fade out, don’t make it last 2 minutes…three or four bars, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688/26 "2008-01-08T00:07:02Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] I think _Rapture_ by Blondie is a great song…until she starts rapping about Men from Mars who eat guitars and some other nonsense. [/QUOTE] Oh yeah, that’s the one where she collaborated with Jim Morrison, right? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688/27 "2008-01-08T06:33:19Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] The first song that comes to mind for me is “I’d Like That” by XTC. I first heard it in _Me, Myself and Irene,_ downloaded it, and fell in love with the song. Great guitar strumming and bass line - perfect music for a country drive in the summer. But when the bridge comes along, I just cringe: _“I’d smile so much my face would craaaack in twooooo… and you could fix it with your kisssssssiiiiing gluuuuue… I’d like thaaat…oh yes I’d liiiiiiiike thaaaaaat…”_ It’s like Paul McCartney at his absolute worst. [/QUOTE] I remember first hearing that in the car (the demo, long before Apple Venus came out) and nearly spraying my Pepsi on the dashboard when Partridge sang that line. I like it though – once the clapping starts at the end, you have to just give in to the silliness. ---
**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688/28 "2008-01-08T12:12:10Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] Similar thing with _Englishman in New York_ by Sting with the drum solo in the bridge [/QUOTE] yeah, what’s up with that huh??? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otherwise-good-songs-that-are-ruined-by-the-bridge-or-other-elements/431688.md?page=1)