Song redeemed by one good moment

many popmetal bands' songs' startings are great, even bit progressive, but usually if the beginning is great, the song is very boring otherly.

I often rate music (prog) by how many those good monets it has. best has maybe 20 (not including repeated, though repeating is good sometimes. and not including the good stuff (but not stunning))  usually they have at least 1-2. lots of them so i can't say. well, for example Kaipa - Se Var Morgon Gry. Few grand melodies..

Harold Demure wrote: Now only one track comes up in my mind and it's Moonchild by King Crimson. The first two minutes are awesome but the rest is a chaotic and pointless playing and I always skip the rest of the track. But I've heard that this song was made to fill the album because it would be too short...

The guitar solo in The Lamia from Genesis
The "Arrowwwww" sung by Peter Hamill in the song Arrow from VDGG
The part of Fatal Tragedy of Dream Theater where he sings "He tried to get erected". Great part.
The beginning of The Great Escape from Marillion with the emotional voice of Hogarth. It upgrades the song.

etc. etc.

Jonny Greenwood's guitar scratches on "Creep" by Radiohead

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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.

Yor losing your creative edge, Micky.

PFM´s Impressioni di Settembre, when des mellotrons kick in...oooooohhh...my God!

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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