What annoys you about songs you like?

The topic here is songs that you like a lot, but there's one really annoying aspect to them that keeps them from being "perfect".

Examples:
- In Voivod's cover of "Astronomy Domine", Snake gets the words wrong in a couple places: "Oberon, Miranda and Titania" becomes "Oberon, there on the run, Titanian", and "Stairways scare, Dan Dare, who's there" becomes "Stairways scared and death rules there".
- In Procol Harum's "Conquistador", Gary Brooker pronounces the title wrong (Con-KWIS-ta-dor as opposed to Con-KEES-ta-dor).
- Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing": just as it really starts to get into gear, it fades out!  It feels like half a song.

zappaholic wrote: - In Voivod's cover of "Astronomy Domine", Snake gets the words wrong in a couple places: "Oberon, Miranda and Titania" becomes "Oberon, there on the run, Titanian", and "Stairways scare, Dan Dare, who's there" becomes "Stairways scared and death rules there".

zappaholic wrote: - In Voivod's cover of "Astronomy Domine", Snake gets the words wrong in a couple places: "Oberon, Miranda and Titania" becomes "Oberon, there on the run, Titanian", and "Stairways scare, Dan Dare, who's there" becomes "Stairways scared and death rules there".

Finnforest wrote: I could really do without the half minute of clock noises at the beginning of "Time".

I don't mind the clocks unless I'm trying to drift off to sleep, then they are most unwanted...

zravkapt wrote: zappaholic wrote: - In Voivod's cover of "Astronomy Domine", Snake gets the words wrong in a couple places: "Oberon, Miranda and Titania" becomes "Oberon, there on the run, Titanian", and "Stairways scare, Dan Dare, who's there" becomes "Stairways scared and death rules there". Before the CD reissue of Piper in the '90s, nobody knew what the lyrics really were. Also, the members of Voivod speak French as their first language so they just wrote down what they thought they heard.

Yeah, I probably should have mentioned that I'm fully aware English isn't their first language - been a fan of theirs for ages, and Nothingface is as near to perfect as I could hope for an album to be.  Still, to my ears.... kinda jarring.




Edited by zappaholic - July 24 2016 at 12:53

The Dark Elf wrote: micky wrote: hard question.... if something really annoyed me... I wouldn't like it. It isn't like there isn't a great mass of music I do love that doesn't annoy me in the least. I was thinking the same thing. Other than songs I like ending too soon (particularly when a lead fades out just when it heats up), I wouldn't really like a song all that much if I thought it was flawed.

I adore The Revealing Science of God but the squeaky dog toy noises make me a bit crazy.

It annoys me that Floyd do not recognise Atom Heart Mother's splendour. Nothing wrong with the tune itself though.

emigre80 wrote: I adore The Revealing Science of God but the squeaky dog toy noises make me a bit crazy.   I'm seeing Yes Wednesday night in Ohio, when they will be playing sides 1 and 4 of TFTO. If they choose not to replicate the squeaky dog toy that will be just fine with me.

Just curious what you consider "squeaky dog toy noises" in that tune.

if something annoys me about a song it is extremely unlikely that I will like it. and it is very hard to annoy me at all. maybe I could name Nektar's "Remember the Future"; I consider the title chorus to be a bit weak. but it would be saying too much to call it "annoying"