# Some drum, and three bass notes - What song stops you in your tracks?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-drum-and-three-bass-notes-what-song-stops-you-in-your-tracks/510531>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 18, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-drum-and-three-bass-notes-what-song-stops-you-in-your-tracks/510531 "2009-09-18T02:00:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-drum-and-three-bass-notes-what-song-stops-you-in-your-tracks/510531/1 "2009-09-18T02:00:23Z")

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Nice girls, not one with a defect…

Watching the Detectives, by Elvis Costello.

After over thirty years, this song still makes me listen to it.

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**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-drum-and-three-bass-notes-what-song-stops-you-in-your-tracks/510531/2 "2009-09-18T03:55:04Z")

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At the moment, it’s “All Nightmare Long” from Metallica.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-drum-and-three-bass-notes-what-song-stops-you-in-your-tracks/510531/3 "2009-09-18T21:43:08Z")

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From your thread title, I though you would be talking about “Also Sprach Zaruthstra”.

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**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-drum-and-three-bass-notes-what-song-stops-you-in-your-tracks/510531/4 "2009-09-18T23:14:31Z")

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Just about any song I recognize, ever. But particularly _The Boxer_ by Simon and Garfunkel.

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**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-drum-and-three-bass-notes-what-song-stops-you-in-your-tracks/510531/5 "2009-09-19T00:21:07Z")

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Roy Orbison’s Pretty Woman always hooks me like that.

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-drum-and-three-bass-notes-what-song-stops-you-in-your-tracks/510531/6 "2009-09-19T00:53:21Z")

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_Buena_ by Morphine hooks me in the first bar.