“be my little baby, baby my darling… ”
This one’s obvious, just like Ronnie sang.
Take me home tonight 2:14 – 2:38
From Can’t Hold Back, released through Columbia Records, 1986
Archive for the ‘Rock’ Category
0135 Eddie Money – Take me home tonight @ 2:21
Monday, April 30th, 20120134 – The Killers – When You Were Young @ 2:20
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
“They say the devil’s water, it’s ain’t so sweet, you don’t have to drink right now, but you can dip your feet, every once in a little while….”
The blog’s been getting a little new school recently, so I thought I would harken back a little. I’ve always loved this part of the song, but I never really paid 100% attention to what he was saying in the above quote until I just wrote it out. Nice work Brandon. These guys are from Vegas, and at this time of year, I start thinking back to the pool parties and the super fun casinos. Yes, I will be back!!
When You Were Young 1:55 – 2:33
From Sam’s Town, released through Island Records, 2006
0128 Caveman – Old Friend @ 2:07
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
“he was just an old friend..”
So listenable, so smooth. Discovered on the Fader podcast which I did a feature on 5 years ago (albeit in a different form).
The mp3 is floating around the web, check it out.
Old Friend 2:00 – 2:45
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From Coco Beware, released Summer 2011.
0117 Blur – Tender @ 4:09
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
“Love’s the greatest thing”
Soulful stuff, and a choir no doubt. These were the tunes that made Blur special, this part is great.
Tender 4:09 – 4:50
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From 13, released through Parlophone records, 1999.
0107 Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train @ 0:08
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
“Aiiieee, Aiieeee”
On The Office, Kevin uses this song to intro his small business seminar speech, I love this aiiee part.
Crazy Train 0:02 – 0:12
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From Blizzard of Oz, released through Jet records, 1980.
0103 Vampire Weekend – Giving up the Gun @ 2:59
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
“I see you shine in your way, go on, go on, go on”
I love that instrument in the background. This is a good one to start off year #3. I thought I’d be rich by now though…
I’m doing movies now too, check it out at www.thebestpartsofmovies.com, or on FB, Twitter, Yelp etc. etc.
Giving up the gun 2:59 – 3:31
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From Contra, released through XL records, 2009.
0096 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Round and Round @ 3:06
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
“sentimental, heartbreaking, everything’s my fault”
Shout to JT for peeping me to this. I bet these guys are trippers. This song is really cool. I hope you don’t think it cuts off at the end of the clip because the part at the end of the best part is pretty awesome. But hey, the beginning part is wicked too and I can’t post the whole song. Bloggin’ ain’t easy, ya dig!?
3:06 – 3:57
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From Before Today, released through 4AD records, 2010.
0088 Arcade Fire – Rococo @ 2:30
Monday, August 9th, 2010
“the modern kids”
I can’t stop listening to this album. I finally settled on this track to write a best parter on because it has great strings AND a big guitar solo.
Really, this album is a masterpiece.
I could take them or leave ‘em before this.
Look at the album cover and then listen to the album. They’re the same.
I think back to the Danforth Music Hall show earlier this summer and realize it was a privilege to have heard these songs then. I didn’t think they’d be this good. They played Modern Man for their encore; that’s confidence.
This record puts them up there with Radiohead. It dwarfs what came before it, I haven’t listened to MIA, LCD or Lotus in ages… even Madlib!
Rococo 2:30 – 3:32
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From The Suburbs, released through Merge/ Mercury records, 2010.
