Moments of greatness

[Ugly Nora]

Have you ever heard a part of a song, that you just thought was pure genius for whatever reason? Something simple and usually understated that just makes the whole song for you? Here are 2 examples that I always love hearing when them come on...

1. Prove It - Television.

There is a line that goes "First you creep, then you leap, up about a hundred feet". And just has he says "feet" there is a drum roll/cymbal crash as if it was music that was accompanying a live acrobatic performance. Genius. ( 1:33 http://youtu.be/OULLiXkwVck)

1. Heroin - Velvet Undergound - There is a line that goes "I have made big decision". And between "made" and "big" you hear 2 drum stick taps as if to replicate the sound of a junkie tapping their vein before they shoot up. Genius. (1:52 http://youtu.be/ffr0opfm6I4)


Any similar stories of greatness?

[ryan summit]

damn
those are pretty good
you got my brain rackin now

[The4455]

Yah, the outro riff on Yes's "Starship Trooper" I never want it to end!
Black Talk by Charles Earland
Tons of Zappa Riffs - Cleetus Alreetus Alrightus, Willy the Pimp, Trouble Everyday...

[ryan summit]

if you listen to one acid bath song
cassie eats cockroaches
theres this breakdown
and at the end of it its like
"she screams bloody murder as they chop of her fingers,
so this is how it feels to die"
and between the drums rattlin off and the guitar screachin
its just a perfect moment
like terror and excitement and just right

and then ziggy startdust
when they had to break up the band
i still get sad

[Greenfuz]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yxiu1o63CA[/youtube]

neil's solo at 3:00, but more specifically the part at 3:40

[AxAxSxS]

the riff at 04:36
the everything leading up to it makes it IMO. One of my all time favorite riffs.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh4DDm-43pE[/youtube]

[DarkAxel]

man, the list could be so long...

Porcupine Tree - A Smart Kid
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6aF7u-oe40[/youtube]
those two or three synth notes in verse give me chills every time

[Iommic Pope]

Down's "Doob Interlude"
All of Down II is incredible, but this track happens at just the right time on the album and the whole thing is genius. Then it busts straight into "New Orleans is a Dying Whore".
Genius.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQJBBQpUphw[/youtube]

[D.o.S.]

There's one bit of Dopesmoker where Haikus goes doubletime for, like, a measure.

I forget where it is, somewhere around the half-hour mark, maybe, but it only happens once and it's such a baller blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.

[Achtane]

In part 3 of Flood by Boris, I think after the first verse, the snare drum sounds like it's being run through an echo but only for one hit. It only happens that one time.
That part's cool.

[muttlegs]

I love the intro to Timetrap by Built to Spill.
I could listen to it a thousand times over. The rest of the song is just OK but I just love how the beginning builds and the guitar hooks sounds are so sweet.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9amPUZokg[/youtube]