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KingCrInuYasha 
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Posted: October 05 2015 at 20:49 |
What are some minor details in a song/piece that you think make it extra special? Here's some of mine:
"Megalomania" - Black Sabbath Tony Iommi's guitar having that extra bit of distortion in the latter part of the heavy section.
"Dirty Blue Gene" (instrumental) - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band At one point, there's a section where John French slowly builds momentum, then goes all energetic.
"The Court Of The Crimson King" - King Crimson The quiet song where the band dances about Ian McDonald's flute.
"The Trial" - Pink Floyd Roger Waters depicting Pink's mom running into the courtroom by having her voice pan from the right speaker to the left.
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Posted: October 05 2015 at 22:08 |
"Vitamin C" - Can - The cymbal crashes on the second chorus.
"Darkness In My Soul" - Solid Space - The instruments dropping off for the first part of the second stanza.
"Long Distance Call (Live)" - Muddy Waters - Live versions where Muddy adds a climactic spoken word sequence to the end.
"Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" - The Smiths - Fading in, fading out, and fading back in at the beginning of the track.
"Shaking Through" and "Camera" - R.E.M. - The best of the rare examples of a band hiding hidden tracks in the middle of an album are at the end of these two.
"Territorial P*ssings" - Nirvana - Krist Novoselic opening the track with an off-kilter take on the famous chorus of The Youngbloods's "Get Together".
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Posted: October 05 2015 at 22:18 |
"Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" (Selling England By The Pound) - Genesis The last section (or ending) of the song as it softly fades out with a lush blend of mellotron strings, flute, and soft synth sounds against a backdrop of acoustic guitar playing a sort of tick-tock pattern creating a beautiful sound-scape - "To Our Children's Children, Children" - The Moody Blues The way Mike Pinder plays his mellotron(s) throughout the whole album in such a subtle and intricate manner of layering; some in the background and some strings & winds upfront creating an effect as if floating around the song. He is imho the master of the mellotron - 
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Posted: October 05 2015 at 22:44 |
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Just 2 at the moment:
Thick as a Brick - The little bass part that Jeffrey plays (did he really play it?) right after the lyric "And you wonder who to call on". It's double tracked and simple and it's oh so special.
Shine On... Parts I-V - The bass "blork" that Roger plays at 11:20. The timing is so off and it sounds so wrong but I anticipate it every time and feel so relieved when it passes.
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stegor
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Posted: October 05 2015 at 22:53 |
 Rando wrote:
"To Our Children's Children, Children" - The Moody Blues
The way Mike Pinder plays his mellotron(s) throughout the whole album in such a subtle and intricate manner of layering; some in the background and some strings & winds upfront creating an effect as if floating around the song. He is imho the master of the mellotron -
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Ab-so-lutely. If we're picking out moments though, it's the descending tron notes right after he sings "right there before your eyes" on Out and In.
Edited by stegor - October 05 2015 at 22:55
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 07:07 |
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During the 2nd half of Floyd's Shine On, the part after the last sung verse, Wright plays these amazing chords on the Rhodes Piano, with funky rhythm guitar from Gilmour in the background. Mind-blowing.
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 07:11 |
^ I love that part too, it always annoys me when I listen on the radio to the edited version and it ends right before that 
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 07:12 |
Good thread.
1) the little "ting" on the splash cymbal in a gap in the instrumentatl introduction to Transatlantic's "Duel With The Devil".
2) the "boom boom boom boom - boom boom ting" at the start of "And You and I".
3) Lennon shouting "f*ckin' hell" in "Hey Jude"
4) the piano in the background of the intro to REM's "Electrolite"
Loads of others, I will have a think
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 07:20 |
Meltdowner wrote:
^ I love that part too, it always annoys me when I listen on the radio to the edited version and it ends right before that |
........then it goes all-out funky with the clavinet and Roger's playful bass-lines. Even the start (Part VI) with the wind, overdubbed basses (one nicely flanged) and the mini-Moog. Mind-blowing  Gotta add this - don't laugh folks........ the extended version of Too Shy (Kajagoogoo) features a few minutes before the vocals come in. As we know, a young, braided haired Nick Beggs plays the bass. It's a lesson of multiple techniques when analysed - hammer-ons, slapping/popping, trills, mutes, chords - they're all in there. And it's damn hard to play............
Edited by Tom Ozric - October 06 2015 at 07:27
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 07:33 |
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Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good" - "It's hard to leave when you can't find the door" *CLICK*
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 10:26 |
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Metallica 'Damage Inc.' with the whispers of 'Damage Incorporated'.
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 11:27 |
Magma: Stoah is a wild and wondrous song - but the knocking/punching sound in the middle/end of Klaus Blasquiz going "hundin" - like a hun- knock-din twice at about 5:35 and 5:40.
Got tons of these moments really but that was the first that came to mind.
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 12:57 |
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"Five To One" - The Doors
Jim Morrison singing out of sync with the backing vocals in the first "Get together one more time" part.
"Stairway To Heaven" - Led Zeppelin
In the beginning, Jimmy Page plucks a chord that makes this little chime sound.
"War And Peace" - The Nice
During Emerson's solo, David O'List makes his guitar sound like it was strung with rubber bands instead of metal wire.
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 14:41 |
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha! Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha!in Yes song Sound Chaser (from Relayer)
when I heard that first time, I almost fallen from my chair from laughing
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awaken77
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Posted: October 06 2015 at 14:48 |
Beardfish 'South Of The Border'
''CAUSE HE WAS GAAAAAAY!'
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Posted: October 08 2015 at 21:43 |
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The squeaky toy in The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging when Peter says "Dream Dolls" (the annoying squeaky toy in Yes' The Revealing Science of God made me think of it).
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 07:23 |
stegor wrote:
The squeaky toy in The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging when Peter says "Dream Dolls" (the annoying squeaky toy in Yes' The Revealing Science of God made me think of it).
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you mean there's a squeaky toy effect that sounds good? I'll have to give it a listen.
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 12:34 |
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The first few seconds of Easy Money by King Crimson. Du-dur dur-dur, duur, dur dur-duh
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 15:29 |
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The See Emily Play hint at the end of Shine On. It also suits perfectly as a tribute to Syd, always leaving me with a smile after the song.
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Posted: October 09 2015 at 16:31 |
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The way Roger Waters' scream morphs into a saxophone solo in The Gunner's Dream.
Chris Squire's fat bass notes in Starship Trooper intro and Wurm section.
Jon Lord and Ian Paice the end of Child In Time mimicking the bomb falling in an excellent example of program music.
Ian Gillan's introductory scream at the beginning of Highway Star.
The way David Byron's voice pans around when he sings "north, south, east, and west" in Shadows of Grief.
In Echoes, Rick Wright's sonar pings and also the solemn organ right after the avant-garge middle section. I also love Gilmour's triumphant guitar solo that follows.
The way the laid-back and mellow melody at the end of Hergest Ridge Part 2 end on an ominous note.
The glorious guitar solo 5:46-6:18 in Amarok.
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