List Tuesday: Thursday Edition

All-time Best Song Parts (Not Neccessarily the Whole Song, Just Part of It That Is Really Good. The Rest of the Song Might Suck)

1. That one part in Whole Lotta Love off Led Zeppelin II right after the sorta spacey part with all the moaning and cymbals when the guitar comes in and it's all "Dunh Dunh. Bwowh-dee-deedley-deedley-dee. Dunh Dunh. Bwoh-dee-deedley-deedley-diggadum. Dunh Dunh. Doo-dee-doo-doo-dee-doo..." Man, I love that part.



2. That one part in What is and What Should Never Be from Led Zeppelin II when the guitar part is alternating between the left channel and the right channel and it's all "dunh-uh(R) dunh-uh(L) Dunh-uh(R) dunh-uh(L) dunh-uhn-dun(R). You know the part. It rules.



3. That one part from Bring it on Home off Led Zeppelin II (at this point I am thinking about making the list Best Song Parts From Led Zeppelin II) when the harmonica and bass intro transitions to the main riff part and it's all "dun-neener-eenah, bwow-digga-digga-dum, doodle-doodle-doo bwow-digga-duh.."



4. That part from Baba O'Riley about 41 seconds in where the big bashing piano chords start. Gives me goosebumps every time.



5. The whole intro part to Paradise City by G 'n' F'n R. It lasts for more than one minute is totally badical. Especially when the guitar comes in and it's all Baaaaaaa-bigga-baaaaaah chika-baaaaaaah chika-baaaaaaah chika baaaaaaah. And then Slash comes in on the lead guitar and I won't spell out that part, but is bodacious.



6. Basically all of You Shook Me All Night Long off Back in Black but we'll call the intro the best part. And the guitar solo. Any self-respecting guitarist had darn well better know at least the intro riff and preferably the whole thing. The greatest high school dance rock song of all time.



7. The Clarence saxophone solo right about two minutes into Born to Run by Springsteen and E St. Band. Best. Sax. Solo. Ever. Not that that says a whole lot, but still.



8. THe last minute or so of First Wave Intact by the Secret Machines. It's so loud and cacaphonous that it blows you away. Plus, the final snare beat that ends the song sounds like a gunshot, which is cool.



9. The very end of Wake Up by Arcade Fire when whatever-the-hell-his-name-is screams "You better look out below!" I also like the string action going on there.



10. The part from Sabotage by the Beastie Boys when they're all "listen all y'all it's a sabotage, listen all y'all it's a sabotage...." getting louder and louder and shit. Also, how many of you saw this one coming? Everyone? Well, what did I expect. As a white boy who likes rock, I think I'm required to say something along the lines of "nah, I don't really like rap. Except for the Beastie Boys and Tribe Called Quest. And Jurassic 5." I'm pretty sure it's a Federal law.



11. The guitar solo at the end of Sultans of Swing by the Dire Straits. I won't even try to sound it out, it's too fast.



12. I would say the opening chords to Smells Like Teen Spirit, but that's way to obvious. How about the part from Nirvana's Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle when the lyrics are "She'll come back as fire, and burn all the liars, leave a blanket of ash on the ground." That is some good stuff. In Utero is another totally sweet record.



13. The second part of Paranoid Android off of OK Computer. It starts at about 2:20 and is so radical that it makes my eyes hurt and my hair catch on fire. Actually this just happened once.


I think that this is about enough for right now. Wait, I just thought of one more!



14. The very end of every single U2 song. You know, the part where it stops playing and you don't have to listen to it anymore. I love that part.