Crap Bits In Songs That Don't Deserve Them

randomhandclaps

So in short I was asked to work on a version of "Show Me Heaven" by Jimmy Nail for a friend's mum's birthday. She love a sing-a-long and this song is apparently special to her even though I had honestly never heard it before. I have mixed feelings about Jimmy - I grew up with him on TV as a kid and have a deep nostalgic love for him but have also spent plenty of time sniggering at the thought of him being a singer songwriter even though he does a fairly decent job of it. In truth I was expecting this song to be the usual hammed-up but catchy country and western wannabe affair. I was however pleasantly surprised at what I had to work with. 

Listening to it though got me thinking about my actual point about God awful bits that ruin, seriously date or cheese-up records that would have been far better without them. For instance, who on earth thought "I know... PANPIPES!!" here?

 

 I also whole-heartedly nominate the first 1:37 of He Man Woman Hater by Extreme. Not only is it cheesy, pointless and plain cockish but whoever looked around at a band containing Nuno and thought "Let's get Dweezil in to do that bit... Don't worry about timing we will overlay a dodgy wavering metronome after." Clearly was not in a healthy frame of mind and should have been removed from the studio... Perhaps given a holiday until the album was finished.  Or perhaps rewarded as I have since been reminded of the horrific reality that it was in fact Nuno's work.

rossyamaha

Never thought the middle 8 to Huey Lewis, Power of Love had any business being there.

 

bingefeller

WASP song Forever Free has a solo section that I hate from about 2.02 to 3.00.  Completely ruins what is a pretty good rock ballad.  

Fuzzdog

randomhandclaps said:

 I also whole-heartedly nominate the first 1:37 of He Man Woman Hater by Extreme. Not only is it cheesy, pointless and plain cockish but whoever looked around at a band containing Nuno and thought "Let's get Dweezil in to do that bit... Don't worry about timing we will overlay a dodgy wavering metronome after." Clearly was not in a healthy frame of mind and should have been removed from the studio... Perhaps given a holiday until the album was finished.



Um - that part is Nuno, Dweezil's is the first solo after the riff kicks in and the outro solo.

randomhandclaps

I had that feeling in my head as I wrote it. That as a teenager me and my mates were convinced it was Dweezil but later I learned it was Nuno. however the point still stands aboutnit be dire and Nuno is now dead to me.

Fuzzdog

randomhandclaps said:

I had that feeling in my head as I wrote it. That as a teenager me and my mates were convinced it was Dweezil but later I learned it was Nuno. however the point still stands aboutnit be dire and Nuno is now dead to me.

Oh, it's bloody hideous, I'm not about to defend it for a moment. )

Moss

The bit between 0:00 and 3:36 in Justin Bieber's Baby doesn't belong in what is otherwise a masterpiece

axisus

Disagree totally on the Extreme, although admittedly when the album came out I was unconcerned by trivial things such as timing.

Bucket

That bit in Layla, you know the bit I mean.

badlydrawnbanjo

Them twittering birds in the Beatles blackbird. Spoil a beautiful song for me.

Phil_aka_Pip

The "guitar solo" in Fireball is probably the only Ritchie Blackmore solo I don't like.

Samgb

The Truck Driver's Key Change at the end of Because The Night by Springsteen.

The bridge in The Stones Loving Cup.  

dogload

All of  Queen's 'We Are The Champions' after the 'I can give you fame...' bit. I really dislike the second part of that song, but the first part is lovely.

ICBM

Bucket said:

That bit in Layla, you know the bit I mean.

The bit where it ends?

Phil_aka_Pip said:

The "guitar solo" in Fireball is probably the only Ritchie Blackmore solo I don't like.

That's actually one of my favourite things he did - it's just so bizarre.

Samgb said:

The Truck Driver's Key Change at the end of Because The Night by Springsteen.

I don't mind that one at all, but the one in Kelly Clarkson's Because Of You is painful and nearly ruins a great song.

I'm not massively keen on the rap section in Blondie's Rapture. I know that's kind of the point of the song (name), that it was the first rap in a mainstream record, etc etc… but she's just not very good at it and it's really clunky.

Samgb

Bucket said:

That bit in Layla, you know the bit I mean.

No. Only weirds dont like that. You a weird

Samgb

Samgb said:

The Truck Driver's Key Change at the end of Because The Night by Springsteen.

I don't mind that one at all,

Its because the turnaround section is so lovely and transcendant, one of my favourite 'bits' of any song ever and then that bloody great clunk of a key change. Bruce, what were you thinking? Take a couple of hours, get your guitar and come up with something better.

not_the_dj

The Clanger nookie section in Whole Lotta Love.

ICBM

Samgb said:

Samgb said:

The Truck Driver's Key Change at the end of Because The Night by Springsteen.

Its because the turnaround section is so lovely and transcendant, one of my favourite 'bits' of any song ever and then that bloody great clunk of a key change.

Is there more than one version? Or does he do it with the key change and Patti Smith doesn't? I just listened to her version and it stays in Bm all the way to the fade. Maybe that's why I never noticed it sounding bad!

EricTheWeary

ICBM said:

Bucket said:

That bit in Layla, you know the bit I mean.

The bit where it ends?

Phil_aka_Pip said:

The "guitar solo" in Fireball is probably the only Ritchie Blackmore solo I don't like.

That's actually one of my favourite things he did - it's just so bizarre.

Samgb said:

The Truck Driver's Key Change at the end of Because The Night by Springsteen.

I don't mind that one at all, but the one in Kelly Clarkson's Because Of You is painful and nearly ruins a great song.

I'm not massively keen on the rap section in Blondie's Rapture. I know that's kind of the point of the song (name), that it was the first rap in a mainstream record, etc etc… but she's just not very good at it and it's really clunky.

Supposedly the first rap record played on MTV. One of those things that was a suprisingly big deal at the time.

Looking at one further back up - I'll have to re listen to Because the Night as we intend to murder it as a band at some point, see how clunky the key change is. 

Grumpyrocker

Glockenspiel in any Springsteen. 

Born to Run really could do without that cheesy shit.

randomhandclaps

not_the_dj said:

The Clanger nookie section in Whole Lotta Love.

Yeah, that's another one for me. Gets positively cringeworthy with age.