Non-musical sounds used in AT40 songs

[johnnywest]

Sept 1, 2020 20:59:05 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Do animal sounds count? Like maybe the muskrat purring noises in the 1976 Captain and Tennille song "Muskrat Love"?

You can hear animal sounds, possibly an owl and some bugs, at the beginning of "Lonely Night" by The Captain & Tennille.

[johnnywest]

"Texas Hold 'Em" by Beyonce should be debuting on AT40 soon. Sounds like crickets in the background.

[johnnywest]

There's a car horn and police siren in "Parents Just Don't Understand."

[dukelightning]

On AT40 only, there is a sound of a drinking glass breaking on "Why Don't You Get a Job" by the Offspring. (Not in the original song...the sound takes the place of the word that rhymes with witch and another word that rhymes with stick).

[OnWithTheCountdown]

I had made my own edit to that song many years ago. 😂 I just took that word, played it backwards, then pasted it back in.

I'll be hearing that song in the coming months when I do my late 1990s marathon.

[djjoe1960]

In Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh, there is the sound of a door slamming shut, after the line it's hard to find the door.

Tragedy by the Bee Gees has the sound of thunder, although it was produced by a synthesizer and not the actual recording of a storm.

[OnWithTheCountdown]

I remember the story being told about that sound effect on "Tragedy", but I can't quite remember what show it's from.

[trekkielo]

Apr 1, 2024 17:53:42 GMT -5 OnWithTheCountdown said:

I remember the story being told about that sound effect on "Tragedy", but I can't quite remember what show it's from.

I knew there was a story about the bridge sound in "Jive Talkin'" before "Boogie Child" at #14 from March 5, 1977, but didn't know there's also one for "Tragedy".

[OnWithTheCountdown]

Apr 1, 2024 19:13:55 GMT -5 trekkielo said:

Apr 1, 2024 17:53:42 GMT -5 OnWithTheCountdown said:

I remember the story being told about that sound effect on "Tragedy", but I can't quite remember what show it's from.

I knew there was a story about the bridge sound in "Jive Talkin'" before "Boogie Child" at #14 from March 5, 1977, but didn't know there's also one for "Tragedy".

While I'm not 100% sure this is where I got it, the LDD in Hour 4 of the 12/20/1980 show is where it's mentioned Barry Gibb created that sound effect. (BTW, it wasn't mentioned during the chart run of "Tragedy", so this had to come from a future show.)

[chrislc]

I heard or saw somewhere that Barry Gibb made that sound into a mic. Of course, if so, then they modified the sound to make it more lightning strike-y. Maybe they added synthesizer?

I guess every 13 years a lightning song makes #1. Was there one in 1992? I don't know. I could look up the songs but probably couldn't tell you what half of them sounded like. Okay I gave in. 13 weeks. Good lord. Thank God for Grunge.

I'll try 1953.

God I love the internet. We really do take it for granted.

Okay, nothing in 1953 unless that doggie peed on a tree at the worst possible moment.

So was Rubber Duckie the first occurrence of this on AT 40?

[johnnywest]

Although it's pre-AT40, I believe it was played at least once as an extra. "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles has lots of noise in it, including waves splashing around.

[chrislc]

Am I the last person here to notice the toilet sound in SURE AS I'M SITTIN' HERE?

2:56 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEIbMOsQk84

Was this on the single? Was it on AT40? It's pretty edgy, even with All in the Family preceding it, no?

[johnnywest]

There's a car horn honking in "Joyride" by Kesha.

[OnWithTheCountdown]

I hear a car horn honking in the 1st verse of the edited version of "Can I Get A" by Jay-Z.

[johnnywest]

There's a bird in "Wiggle" by Jason Derulo.