# Songs where the second part doesn't match the first part **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 9, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655 "2020-12-09T17:32:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/21 "2020-12-10T00:48:50Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eqzTiCiM2e0/maxresdefault.jpg "Oh Well (Pt. 1) (2013 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqzTiCiM2e0) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uRFvsLlC_ZM/maxresdefault.jpg "Oh Well (Pt. 2) (2013 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRFvsLlC_ZM) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/22 "2020-12-10T01:08:44Z")
Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/23 "2020-12-10T01:46:01Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hxx8IWIvKg0/maxresdefault.jpg "Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx8IWIvKg0) > [@mcgato](#): > > Meatloaf’s [Paradise by the Dashboard Lights](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11MzbEcHlw) has a number of different parts. [Jim Steinman created an entire subgenre.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagnerian_rock) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/24 "2020-12-10T02:59:33Z")
Soft Cel, Tainted Love. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/25 "2020-12-10T03:02:55Z")
Supper’s Ready by Genesis - 7 sections, all quite different [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx6S32thDNw) (but Band on the Run was the first one to come to mind) ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/26 "2020-12-10T03:12:20Z")
Styx, _Come Sail Away_ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/27 "2020-12-10T03:35:44Z")
[American City Suite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq0Cbtj_utY) by Cashman and West is - literally - a suite of four songs. There were various radio edits, but even the shortest ones feature three of the pieces. (Some stations played the fourth segment, _A Friend Is Dying_, as a separate song. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/28 "2020-12-10T03:38:24Z")
Okay, I’m at a laptop now. Sledgehammer and Tainted Love: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OJWJE0x7T4Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (HD version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q84psZX6MbA/maxresdefault.jpg "Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go (Extended Version / Medley)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q84psZX6MbA) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/29 "2020-12-10T04:09:19Z")
Yeah the rock part in that number is my favourite Who passage - especially Daltrey’s singing and lyrics in that bit. > [@P-man](#): > > Also, the guitar solo in “Iron Man” doesn’t really match the rest of the song. Speaking of Sab (the reason I came here and the reason I’m starting another thread about it) “Symptom of the Universe” has a distinct three-part heavy beginning / galloping-Iron Maiden / Doobie Brothers song structure. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/30 "2020-12-10T06:27:26Z")
There’s a verse added to Billie Holiday’s Gloomy Sunday which is intended to make it a bad dream song rather than a suicide song. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KUCyjDOlnPU/maxresdefault.jpg "Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUCyjDOlnPU) ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/31 "2020-12-10T07:28:23Z")
[5th Dimension - Age of Aquarius](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxSCAalsBE) In this radio edit version, change is at 2:16 ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/32 "2020-12-10T17:43:33Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zprRZ2wFQD4/hqdefault.jpg "Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty. Heartworn Highways") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zprRZ2wFQD4) The first verse always seemed like it belonged in a different song. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/33 "2020-12-10T17:47:04Z")
There’s a distinct change of pace/style halfway through _“I’ve Seen All Good People”_ by Yes ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/34 "2020-12-10T18:33:16Z")
Another from The Beatles, “The End”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/12R4FzIhdoQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The End (Remastered 2009)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12R4FzIhdoQ) And another from Green Day “Brain Stew/Jaded”. They seem like 2 different songs, but always seem to be played together. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UNq9gmY_Oz4/maxresdefault.jpg "Green Day - Brain Stew/Jaded [Official Music Video]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNq9gmY_Oz4) Metallica - Master of Puppets (change happens about 3:20): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xnKhsTXoKCI/hqdefault.jpg "Metallica-Master Of Puppets (Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKhsTXoKCI) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/35 "2020-12-10T19:11:11Z")
Harry Chapin’s Taxi has that weird falsetto bit in the middle ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/36 "2020-12-10T19:53:46Z")
There’s a couple of reasons why this first suggestion might be disqualified from this thread. 1- there is a repeated theme 2 - the title’s a bit of a giveaway (though it is a single track on the album Roxy Music) **The Bob (Medley)** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4sER-57tZ1E/maxresdefault.jpg "The Bob (Medley)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sER-57tZ1E) Depending how you count them, eight sections in less than six minutes. Also by Roxy Music, **In Every Dreamhome A Heartache** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l4uzAADWe00/maxresdefault.jpg "In Every Dream Home A Heartache") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4uzAADWe00) Not a great song, but if you listen for 20 seconds from 2.55 you get to hear the switch. j ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/37 "2020-12-10T21:17:50Z")
“Rush” by Big Audio Dynamite. About two minutes in, it stops rocking and talks about “Rhythm and melody,” then goes off on a musical tangent unrelated to the rest of the song before returning to the original theme. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-h8zs898lr4/maxresdefault.jpg "Big Audio Dynamite - Rush") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h8zs898lr4) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/38 "2020-12-11T02:18:32Z")
From the golden oldies department, I offer the long-forgotten _[Susan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-Rvbj3U4g)_, by the long-forgotten Buckinghams. The Buckinghhams were a clean-cut group of fellows who specialized in simple love songs, sweetened up with a little brass and strings. And so it was with Susan. For the first 90 seconds, anyway. At that point, the record producer hijacked a simple little tune and turned it into something resembling the soundtrack of the Starship Enterprise hurtling through the edge of the galaxy. After 30 seconds of a psychedelic extravaganza, the Buckinghams wrest control back from the producer and finish the song. Radio stations everywhere responded by performing a musicectomy, reducing the song into something the length of an extended jingle. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KX-Rvbj3U4g/maxresdefault.jpg "The Buckinghams ~ Susan (Stereo)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-Rvbj3U4g) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/39 "2020-12-11T15:37:27Z")
On Every Street - Dire Straits (the change-up is at about 2:50) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-5KpLRWY8sA/maxresdefault.jpg "Dire Straits - On Every Street") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5KpLRWY8sA) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/40 "2020-12-16T14:52:19Z")
Telegraph Road by Dire Straits has two quite different parts (or three?) [Dire Straits-Telegraph Road Live- aLCHEMY Tour 1983 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Wp2ASqyxI) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655.md?page=3)