Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

[Spearmint Rhino]

"Mother Protect" by Niki & The Dove takes 2 mins and 13 seconds to get to The Good Bit. That's a long time (for an essentially good song), isn't it?

(I mean, let's take facetious jokes about songs that NEVER get to The Good Bit as read, or, you know, The Good Bit being when it ends.)

[Tramp The Dirt Down]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Layla - the piano outro.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

The Quo were always one for the long intros.

There are times you think the song's going to kick in proper and it simply doesn't.

[Patrick Thistle]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

The guitar riff in Bohemian Rhapsody.

When I was a teenager my friends and I would wait and wait and wait for that bit and then headbang like crazy.

[Squarewheelbike]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Jongudmund wrote:

The guitar riff in Bohemian Rhapsody.

When I was a teenager my friends and I would wait and wait and wait for that bit and then headbang like crazy.

Party on Wayne!

[steveeeeeeeee]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Higher State of Consciousness by Josh Wink, the crazy 303 bit.

[evilC]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Cocteau Twins - 'The Spangle Maker'

...although, to be fair, the journey is half the fun in this case.

[evilC]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

The first one that sprang to mind for me, though, was the 17'55'' version of the Irdial remix of 'In Unity' by Voyager.

That link is to the 7'35'' edit and the little breakdown that releases the tension at 4'15'' in that one takes a mesmerising 9'00'' to arrive in the full version ...and then it's back to the claustrophobic little keyboard loop for the remainder of the track. It's ridiculous, yet compelling.

[Crusoe]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

City Sickness by the Tindersticks takes an introduction and two verses to get to the chorus. Two minutes out of a four-and-a-half minute song. It's worth it, but always makes me impatient.

[Incandenza]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

LCD Soundsystem, "Dance Yrself Clean." (3:08 in)

But the good part wouldn't be as good if the beginning wasn't so quiet.

[Reed John]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Stairway to Heaven, of course.

[Edie St Pierre]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

The version of 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome' on the FGTH album takes about ten minutes of intro before the song even starts. I quite like it if i'm in the mood. You can kind of hear what they're trying to do. Create a Powell and Pressburger epic golden staircase feel, elysian fields, Aneas in the underworld, like that gaff they're all sitting in on the inside cover with the vine leaves and shit. It doesn't really work, but at least it shows massive ambition.

Getting the good bit over too quickly though is another problem. Duran Duran tunes always ran into that. Do the killer chorus too quickly and what else are you gonna do? where are you gonna go? all you can do is um do the chorus again, bit of slap bass, do the chorus again, bit more slap bass, chorus again and so on. 'The Chauffeur' is their only tune, off the top of my head that doesn't fit that pattern.

Everything Chinn and Chapman ever did too.

[Jah Womble]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

'I'll Stick Around' by The Foo Fighters - when they were still good, obviously.

[KGR]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

steveeeeeeeee wrote:

Higher State of Consciousness by Josh Wink, the crazy 303 bit.

In a similar vein, Insomnia by Faithless.

[Sits]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

I Am the Resurrection by The Stone Roses. It's all good but the buildup to when Ian finally sings the title/chorus is well done.

[Edie St Pierre]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

I actually like the big wig-out at the end of that too.

[Twisted Sister]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Metallica - One

[Felicity, I guess so]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

The one that I've just been thinking of is more a case of not exploiting the 'good bit' sufficiently: the sample from Tom Petty is only used briefly, and once, in Fun Lovin' Criminals' Super Models on My D, despite the fact it works really well.

edit: OK, twice. On the youtube version anyway. Maybe my album is a different one.

Oh and it's really called Big Night Out

[Squarewheelbike]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Independence Day by the Comsat Angels, there's no precise moment, it just builds and builds, and gets better and better. The original version of course.

[Auntie Beryl]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Another nineties dance one: Cafe Del Mar by Energy 52.

[Giggler]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Brushed With Oil, Dusted With Powder by Scritti Politti is a nice song but the outro is truly gorgeous. Kicks in at about 4.08.

[adams house cat]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

'MacArthur Park' by Donna Summer. Moroder was always the one for the endless foreplay.

BTW am I the only one who thinks LaDonna occasionally sounds like Cruella DeVille in that song?

[dalliance]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Elbow's Station Approach.

[Slightly Brown]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

Good thread, I'm sorry I took so long to post..(groan)

Anyway,

Adem - These Are Your Friends

David Karsten Daniels - We Go Right On

And the best of all:

Cortney Tidwell - Eyes At the Billions

[MsD]

Songs that take forever to get to The Good Bit

grippersi wrote:

steveeeeeeeee wrote:

Higher State of Consciousness by Josh Wink, the crazy 303 bit.

In a similar vein, Insomnia by Faithless.

But that's the point, isn't it, especially with Higher States? It's a classic E tune, danceable from the off, but builds and builds to a climax. Even more so live.