One thing I've noticed increasingly is that there are certain moments on my CD's that give me a rush. I'll share some of mine with you, and I'm eager to hear about yours.
What gave me the impulse to start this thread is a moment in Ten's Rome (on The Twilight Chronicles) where there is a soft synth creating a real pleasant atmos, then SUDDENLY the guitar strikes down like a lightning bolt or an owl, and the whole stuff starts rockin like crazy.
Another of my faves is in Opera Fanatica, the "Set them free" moment following the quiet passage, where Ian goes bananas on his bass.
Vanden Plas also have a great moment in Postcard To God (on Christ 0). There's a long passage in the middle of the song where the guys go banging around on their instruments, and then suddenly everything stops and it's totally quiet for a moment, and you wonder what the f*s gonna happen now, then comes the thunder, and the great melody line starts again.
Isn't it great being a proggie, guys? :)
Nicky.
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
2. The Conflict (Section II: Party To The Lie)
At the end Neal sings "I won't be party to the lie, party to the lie...", then all instruments stop for a little moment and Neal's voice echoes on (lie... lie.. lie...) and then suddenly:
WHAM!!
This is where I start air drumming and head banging, serious!
Quote from: PH on Wed, 2007-11-07, 11:13:19
This is where I start air drumming and head banging, serious!
I'd sure like to see that, Paco. Maybe you can give us an extra after the Arena concert in April (but without the a* wiggling) ;D
Reminds me, in Upon The Door (on SS), Paul Gilbert's guitar also strikes down like a lightning bolt, and he goes off on one of the greatest solos on this planet.
Nicky.
John Petrucci's solo on the LAB version of Hollow Years moves me so much. I love to watch the passage on the DVD when James LaBrie says "Mister John Petrucci" and John raises his arm ... Unrational, I know, but so damn good .
Music is the more accessible pleasure on Earth (no, Nicky, don't expect me to mention anything about girls here ;D). How some people can live without it is beyond me ...
Quote from: Bupie on Wed, 2007-11-07, 11:37:09
Music is the more accessible pleasure on Earth (no, Nicky, don't expect me to mention anything about girls here ;D). How some people can live without it is beyond me ...
You're sooo very right about that, Bupie. Not all can get the lady they dream about - and Bluey not at all ;D - but music is there for all of us to enjoy - in unlimited measures :) :) :) *horns*
Nicky.
I call them "Goosebumps" moments.
An inexhaustive list, in no particular order:
Moments from "Serious" music:
"Rodeo," by Aaron Copland (I even sorta like the EL&P version)
The opening to Aaron Copland's "Billy the Kid"
(Nicky, having been a cowboy, will understand these two, I think)
"Dies Irae" by Mozart
"For Unto Us a Child is Born" from Handel's "Messiah"
"Prog" moments
The instrumental break in Arena's "Solomon"
Arena's "Riding the Tide"
Guitar solo in Arena's "The Hanging Tree" and "The Visitor"
Genesis' "The Cinema Show" and "Firth of Fifth"
The ending on the very last track on Jadis' "Across the Water" CD
Pallas' "The Cross and the Crucible" from the CD of the same name
Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" and "Hey You" from "The Wall"
Yes' "Roundabout"
Kansas' "Song for America" and "A Glimpse of Home"
Several passages on IQ's "Subterranea" (I don't have the CD handy to name them)
"Ghost of a Chance," by Rush (though I disagree with Neil Peart's world view, I like the melody)
Just about any guitar solo from Steve Hackett
Other moments:
"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen
"Ticket to Ride" by the Beatles
"The Punk Meets the Godfather" and "Bell Boy" from the Who's "Quadrophenia"
Van Halen's version of "You Really Got Me", plus "Dance the Night Away"
There are probably more, but this'd keep me happy for now.
Quote from: kmorse on Sat, 2007-11-10, 16:50:26Genesis' "The Cinema Show"
Oh yes! How could I forget!
The instrumental section in The Cinema Show is EXTREMELY goosebumpish.
-Paco
Quote from: kmorse on Sat, 2007-11-10, 16:50:26
(Nicky, having been a cowboy, will understand these two, I think)
;D Keith
> Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" from "The Wall"
Betcha, Keith :) :) :) I don't know how many times I'v grooved to that one.
> ... though I disagree with Neil Peart's world view ....
What's wrong with Neil, Keith? - Can see us getting into a religious discussion again.
Nicky.
Quote from: kmorse on Sat, 2007-11-10, 16:50:26
I call them "Goosebumps" moments.
Kansas' "Song for America" and "A Glimpse of Home"
:) Somebody else who likes Kansas here. Nice !
A Glimpse of Home is not often quoted as a fave. I know it very well because Monolith was my first encounter with Kansas. I still remember the first time I saw that bombastic and mysterious cover with these space Indians around the teepee. Souvenirs ...
Greatest moment in music - well, that has to be "Riding The Tide"!
Nicky, great topic you've started here and and ooh, there are so many!! :P A list with the goose bumps moments that first come to my mind:
- Marillion - The Great Escape, all of it
- Marillion - Neverland, all of it
- Marillion - Fantastic Place, all of it but especially the bridge ("say you'll understand me..") where the song goes from small to real big with pounding drums, followed by a wonderful Rothery solo
- Marillion, finale of 100 Nights ("You didn't notice me.." with the heavy drum beats and the howling Rothery solo)
- Marillion - Seasons End, the line "So say goodbye.." and then the guitar solo
- Arena - The Hanging Tree, all of it
- Arena - Tears In The Rain, all of it but especially the bit after the guitar solo "Don't give me..." with the harmony vocals
- Arena - Bitter Harvest, the "Time may fly.." etc part
- Arena - Madness Lies, the bass parts!
- Arena - Painted Man, the intro
- The guitar solo of the title track of The Visitor
- Pendragon - Breaking The Spell, the start of the guitar solo
- Genesis - the middle part of Firth of Fifth
- Genesis - Los Endos live, the double drums and that bit with those waves of mellotron choirs when the Dance On A Volcano theme recurs
- King Crimson - the finale of Starless when the theme of the first part of the song recurs majestically
[this list was abbreviated]
Edit: too abbreviated, Marillion - Out Of This World was missing, all of it but especially the guitar solo and the segue of the guitar solo to the next section, where this beautiful piano melody wells up subtly and takes you along, floating with the music.
Quote from: bluepony on Mon, 2007-11-12, 14:39:03
Greatest moment in music - well, that has to be "Riding The Tide"!
I would'v thought it had been "Torture Me And Kill Me" by The Blackest Satan Metal Skulls, Bluey ;D
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Mon, 2007-11-12, 16:37:23
I would'v thought it had been "Torture Me And Kill Me" by The Blackest Satan Metal Skulls, Bluey ;D
Nicky.
That's close up... ;)
Oh, and I also like the "set them free" part in "Opera Fanatica" - but "Riding..." is slightly better (just my opinion).
In Solomon (Arena, of course) there's this bit where I always turn the volume up, fall on my knees in despair with my hands in the air and tears in my eyes (sounds like a lyric in itself...) singing:
"Throw away my life in the fireplace, with the old love letters and the Nottingham laces. Trying to forget the warm embraces, video supper and the funny faces!"
Beautiful, beautiful!! Surely very high on the list of great moments in music!
(Going to play it right now)
-Paco
On Kamelot's Ghost Opera, when the haunting violin on Solitaire segues over into the massively heavy Rule The World.
Mmmmmmums, as we say here *horns*
Nicky.
Love the song "Spectre at the feast", very disturbing... ;D
I also love the moment in "Ascencion" where Rob Sowden sing a bit more shrill : "Rising up" *horns*
Waiting for the flood...
when the keyboard solo start and then "You walked with me before, you know..." I always have to raise the volume and sing with it : ;D
Give me any spice girl song anyday
i guess its the extreme complexity of their voice clicking that gets me
Quote from: Smegal on Tue, 2008-01-15, 19:33:55
Give me any spice girl song anyday
i guess its the extreme complexity of their voice clicking that gets me
Oh dear!! :o
One thing that always gets to me is the guitar solo on "First man on Earth" from the Ayreon album Universal Migrator - The Dream Sequencer. I think it's on of the most fitting solo's to a song I've heard.
The album is about this colonist dude on Mars, and he's the last man alive. He gets in a dream sequencer and pre-incarnates further and further back, until at last he's the "first man to stand". At the end of the song he's all happy and stuff, he feels like he belongs there. Then the solo begins and it feels like pride, destiny, hope, that sort of stuff. Then the solo ends and we hear some very sad sound as the colonist suddenly is aware he's back in the dream sequencer on Mars...
In fact the entire song is a beautiful piece of music where is all fits perfectly.
*shivers :)
Hey, that's quite a theme Arjen has raised here. Guess I'll have to get that album.
Thanks for the tip and overview, Appy :)
Nicky.
Ooo! Ooo!
ARENA - "Purgatory Road" The chorus; (I'm here to stay/ 'Till the martians land on London town. etc...)
- "Witch Hunt" The whole track.
- "Elea" The whole track.
DREAM THEATER - "Dance Of Eternity" The ragtime piano solo.
GARBAGE - "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing"
- "You Look So Fine"
PET SHOP BOYS - "It's A Sin" The first 30 seconds or so.
PINK FLOYD - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" On Pulse (Live).
QUEEN - "Bohemian Rapsody" The first few notes on the live at Wembley '86 shows.
RUSH - "YYZ" The bit where the synth brass sound comes in.
- "Tom Sawyer" The beginning.
*ola*
Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2008-01-16, 12:48:59
Hey, that's quite a theme Arjen has raised here. Guess I'll have to get that album.
Thanks for the tip and overview, Appy :)
While your at it, also get his other albums ;) The Universal Migrator - Flight of the Migrator is the second part of the story, where the colonists goes back to the begining of time and travels back to where earth began.
And since almost every album of Ayreon is part of one big saga, you should also get The Final Experiment, Into the Electric Castle (EPIC!!!) and The Human Equation. The upcoming album "01011001" will be due on Jan 28th.
I can promise you, you will like them :)
Appy, I actually have THE & ITEC. Guess I should give'm some more runs now and particularly focus on the lyrics.
Y'know, it's strange, many prog composers and groups make a big effort to bring up some intriguing themes and write good lyrics, but this seems to be wasted on the majority of listeners, particularly outside of UK & US. When you read reviews, it's seldom they relate to the lyrics, and when you ask people what an album is about, turns out they dont know :(
The good thing about Arjen is that he makes a big issue of the philosophic content of his albums, so people around him can't avoid being drawn in.
Nicky.
I would also make a note that if you want to buy The Dream Sequencer and Flight Of The Migrator, you'd better buy them as a double disc: The Universal Migrator.
- The Dream Sequencer (1 CD) [2000]
- Flight Of The Migrator (1 CD) [2000]
- Universal Migrator (2 CDs) [2005]
This is a reissue of the two discs. Which makes it a double disc now.
Happy buying, Nicky! :)
-Paco
Marillion - Anoraknophobia
2. Quartz
That part where H sings "It's so hard. So hard." and the music becomes a mood. Beautiful! :'(
-Paco
Frost* - Milliontown, from 14:00 until 16:54.
I was listening this on my iPod while jogging tonight. Sure I had acknowledged Milliontown as a stunning song but I had a MAJOR goosebumps-moment (although it's not very cold outside :D) from 14:00 onwards. This, guys and gals in, is what music is all about! It starts with a nice and gentle piano part, then at 15:40 the acoustic guitar enters and it starts to sound a bit more 'hopeful' and then at 16:00 there's this big, happy synth-led section. That, together with Jem singing 'I loooooooooooooooose' gives me such a great feeling.
Tom
Circus Maximus' Mouth Of Madness, about halfway through, the long instrumental part builds up, and then opens up into a section with very marked drums and the synth plays a very simple pattern, shortly after added some staccato voice harmonies or shouts, giving the effect of an ancient big Roman arena, the Circus Maximus.
And there are so many other great passages in this composition, aint there Tom ? This music is stellar *horns*
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm !
Nicky.
The complete Forever-saga of Ayreon. Too bad the story has ended though. But what a grand masterpiece :o
The whole song is amazing, but the last bit....
Can't you feel our souls ignite
Shedding ever changing colours, in the darkness of the fading night,
Like the river joins the ocean, as the germ in a seed grows
We have finally been freed to get back home.
There's an angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice,
"This is the supper of the mighty One",
The Lord of Lords,
King of Kings,
Has returned to lead His children home,
To take them to the new Jerusalem.
WOOOOOAAAAHHHHH
Suppers ready by genesis :o
Quote from: marcello on Mon, 2008-02-04, 12:49:08WOOOOOAAAAHHHHH
Suppers ready by genesis :o
Agreed! 8)
Whoa fantastic song!
-Paco
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Mon, 2008-02-04, 11:45:58
The complete Forever-saga of Ayreon. Too bad the story has ended though. But what a grand masterpiece :o
I obviously must agree with this. ;)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
2. Shallow
The part where it all explodes and the instruments go chaos.
That's really cool. But everybody here in the house hates it and thinks it is noise (and they're right! ;D)
-Paco
Marcello,
I once read that even Phil Collins got goosebumps from singing that passage from Supper's Ready.
Keith
The bit that goes 'Ting!' not far into Rush's Hemispheres.
The way the bass in 'This Way Madness Lies' nearly reaches escape velocity.
The 'you can tell me by the way I walk' bit in 'I Know What I Like' by Genesis. Many authorities now accept not joining in at this point as proof of death.
When the guitar really lets rip in Ozric Tentacles' 'White Rhino Tea'
The way the guitar builds in the Biarritz version of 'Serenity'
The melancholy (and infinite sadness?) of Porcupine Tree's 'Heart Attack in a Lay-by'
Barriemore Barlow's relentless progress around the drumkit as Tull's 'Bursting Out' version of 'No Lullaby' kicks off.
I could go on... ;)
The last bit of Awaken on Going for the One
After the rick Wakeman bit and the harp about 10:19 in. It builds up and up to the crescendo.
Opera Fanatica
Ascension
Suppers Ready
Comfortably Numb
The eye of Ra 5:40
Piano bit in Private Investigations
Pictures at Exhibition 11:30 sent to the gates bit Elp
A kings prayer Flower kings (ok no great moment fantastic song ;D)
Child in Time Live with Gillan screaming
Every Strangers eyes 2:48 for 20 secs Roger Waters Pros and cons of hitchiking
Kashmir Led Zeppelin
And on a less serious note
You'll never walk alone Gerry and the pacemakers at their best
(okay spot the Liverpool fan. I promise though if any of you ever go to Anfield on a Eurpoean night the hairs will be up on the back of your neck)
And the unforgettable guitar solo in Canyons of your mind by the Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band
I have had a fantastic afternoon working and listening. It is interesting to find out that some fantastic songs don't have great moments they are fantastic from strat to finish.
Several bits and pieces in Nightwish's "The Poet And The Pendulum" - too many to mention, but if you listen to the song, I think you'll notice them.
I can't believe that no one (me included) hasn't mentioned THAT guitar solo in Black Light Machine!
It's one of the best guitar solos! *horns*
In the same list as with Hackett's solo in Firth Of Fifth.
It's amazing...
-Paco
From the 7-minute mark onwards in IQ's Guiding Light. :o *horns*
Check it out to see (hear) what I mean...Brilliant! 8)
Tom
Yeah Tom! So right about that one! *horns*
But the beginning of the song is also a great piece of piano work. :'(
-Paco
Quote from: PH on Mon, 2009-01-12, 22:37:15
Yeah Tom! So right about that one! *horns*
But the beginning of the song is also a great piece of piano work. :'(
Indeed. The whole song is a masterpiece. Really one of IQ's finest tracks. But the last part of the song is pure bliss if you ask me!
Tom
I stood before the world and gave you my heart
And it may never beat again!
From Tears In The Rain. At the Arena gig in April, this had me in floods of tears and that was before i even met Mark. But then theres so much stuff that moves me that i couldnt even begin to list them.