Song redeemed by one good moment

In an effort to counterpoint the recent thread "Song ruined by one bad moment", I thought I would open a discussion about the opposite phenomenon: a song you might've originally interpreted as weak or mediocre being redeemed by a strong moment(s) or section(s).

I know you all know what I mean; needless to say everybody's had this experience. Unfortunately, I can't think of any examples off the top of my head, but I'm sure you've all got some good stuff to share

Enjoy!


Edited by xtopher - August 24 2006 at 00:53

I wouldn't say the song is mediocre at all. In fact, it is quite good but I always thought that the accoustic guitar intro to Blood on the Rooftops made the whole song better. 

Sacred 22 wrote: Yup, for me it's usually when LeBrie stops singing..................... That's when I can kinda endure them. Any song, pick one.

Oh yeah, have you ever checked out Liquid Tension Experiment ()? 3 of the guys from DT and no LaBrie. Maybe you can.... endure that

Ha, just got another one;

I've always found, "The Battle of Epping Forest" kind of tedious and bordering on ruining the completeness of 'Selling England by the Pound' but there is a crazy little moment where Peter Gabriel voices through an incredible action(?) sequence that I just can't get enough of, ultimately allowing me to endure this song without skipping the track.

"Hocus Pocus", by Focus would have been utterly boring for me if not for the amazing yodels.  Sure the riff itself was fun, but that insane cartoonishness of Thijs van Leer just blew me away and cemented that song as utterly awesome. Holland 

The closing sequence of 'Alien Afternoon' from Genesis' Calling All Stations not only saves the song but the entire album for me.

I will listen out for the bit of Battle of Epping forest because it is one of my pet hates. A 'turkey' sat in the middle of an otherwise epic album....what were they thinking?

Without the bad, you cannot truly appreciate the good. I think.

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Thank you sir..

hmm..

song redeemed by one good moment easy...


let's look at ELO's 2nd album... last track the epic Kuiama.   A potential 11+ minutes of shear boredom except that the insipid lyrical sections are sandwiching a marvelous instrumental sectoin with fabulous cello and violin solos with Richard Tandy's pounding grand piano spitting out heavy chords under them... marvelous stuff.  It totally saved the song.

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