“going home” and “private investigations” are both comprised of very different parts as well. I think we are seeing a theme emerging with mr. Knopfler here.
One that I’m surprised not to hear mentioned yet is “the chain” by Fleetwood Mac. The second part famously used as the theme music for the UK F1 coverage for many years. (the shift happening about 3 minutes in)
I finally remembered the name of this song: Question by the Moody Blues (number 21 on the Billboard hot 100 in 1970, it says here). I can’t stand the Moody Blues, and I particularly can’t stand this record, AND I had to listen to it to make sure I had got the title and band right.
Here it is.
Change at ~1.32; reverts at ~4.16.
j
Starship Trooper as well.
This is a pretty good song. Never heard it before. Thanks for posting that!
Surely an ultimate example would be ‘something in the air’ by Thunderclap Newman? Of course, it’s one part of three… but it sure doesn’t seem to match.
Slo Burn - Pilot The Dune featuring the great John Garcia on vocals. NSFW language right as the change happens at 1:32.
Herbie Hancock’s “Chameleon.” It starts out with slow bass tones and some sax, gradually speeds up, and then goes off in a different direction altogether toward the end.
I think any prog rock song should be excluded from this thread, as changing section in the song a typical thing for the genre.
Here’s a smash hit from the 80s with a radical change around 2:50.
Heh - I was just gonna post Roxy Music’s “Mother of Pearl”, but yeah, you totally have a point.
Now here’s an unusual example - Something Else by The King (Elvis Presley reincarnated in the body of Belfast postman Jim Brown.)
In the period between his death and his reincarnation, Elvis hung around with other dead musicians, and when he returned to earth (as The King) he recorded covers of his new pals’ songs. Something Else was previously recorded by two of his new (dead) pals, hence the following. (Change happens at ~ 0.14)
His new pals being Eddie Cochrane and Sid Vicious.
j
Feel the benefit - 10CC It was originally three different passages intended for 3 different songs but it seems they never did that and eventually strung them together - hence the significant changes
