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Post by Hervard on Dec 3, 2020 15:37:10 GMT -5
To piggyback off of the "Top 40 Songs with an Earlier Ending" thread, how about songs whose melody changes so much that it sounds like a different song. One example of this is "Girl Can't Help It" by Journey. Around two and a half minutes into the song, it's almost as though it has morphed into a new song. I'm kind of surprised that they didn't subtitle it something like "Fire In His Eyes".
What are a few others that you can think of? (IIRC, I believe some of the songs suggested in the "Earlier Ending" topic would fit the bill).
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Post by seminolefan on Dec 3, 2020 16:10:39 GMT -5
"Band On The Run" by Paul McCartney and Wings comes to mind.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 3, 2020 17:36:45 GMT -5
"Say You, Say Me" has always struck me as being two completely different songs that don't particularly fit together well.
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Post by matt on Dec 3, 2020 17:44:17 GMT -5
"Bohemian Rhapsody" anyone?  Also "Stairway to Heaven" |
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Post by jlthorpe on Dec 3, 2020 18:21:56 GMT -5
Speaking of "Band on the Run", there's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey".
Also "Nights in White Satin" from the Earlier Ending thread.
The ending to "Abacab" (particularly the album version) is a bit different from the rest of the song.
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Post by pb on Dec 3, 2020 19:25:38 GMT -5
Also "Nights in White Satin" from the Earlier Ending thread. "Question" is another Moody Blues hit with two distinct sections, although they fit together smoothly. |
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Post by pb on Dec 3, 2020 19:26:29 GMT -5
There was also "Layla," although most 1972 shows only have the first section.
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Post by slf on Dec 3, 2020 19:33:17 GMT -5
Another great example is Guns & Roses' moody but stirring power ballad "November Rain". About a minute before the song ends, the song shifts gears and becomes a dramatic marching band style sing-a-long, before the melancholy close that ends with that drawn-out high-pitched note that gives me goosebumps.
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Post by jlthorpe on Dec 3, 2020 19:50:23 GMT -5
There was also "Layla," although most 1972 shows only have the first section. I believe the original version of the song was just the first section. The version that became the hit contained the 5 minute or so second section added on to it. |
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Post by retrodaddy on Dec 3, 2020 20:40:53 GMT -5
Great idea for a thread.
I used to not be a fan of Touch And Go by The Cars precisely because of the disparate parts in the song. I eventually got over it and really dig it now.
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Post by at40nut on Dec 4, 2020 3:11:53 GMT -5
How about Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" and Blackfoot's "Highway Song".
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Post by dth1971 on Dec 4, 2020 10:00:24 GMT -5
Does the album version of "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago count?
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Post by Hervard on Dec 4, 2020 10:29:17 GMT -5
Speaking of "Band on the Run", there's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey". I wouldn't count that song, since it has the title for the second part of the song. |
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Post by Hervard on Dec 4, 2020 10:32:00 GMT -5
Speaking of "Band on the Run", there's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey". Not sure that I'd count that song, since it has the title for the second part of the song. Does the album version of "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago count? Probably not, as the album version of the song was called "Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Getaway". Again, both parts of the song had their own title listed. |
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Post by mga707 on Dec 4, 2020 14:52:50 GMT -5
How about Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" and Blackfoot's "Highway Song". Two similar-sounding songs, along with both having tempo changes in the middle. Similar to Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" and Queensryche's "Silent Lucidity". In both cases the latter is sort of an 'homage' to the former. |
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