Peter Norway
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First, any song where the vocalist doesn't know when to shut up.
U2 - "Love is Blindness": This is a beautiful song that fades out with a deeply felt instrumental coda, with Edge providing tasteful minimalist notes. Then Bono feels the need to insert himself again with some distracting vocal carping; as if he thought the rest of the band were up to something without him.
Zeppelin - "The Song Remains the Same": This would’ve made for a rollicking instrumental. Plant’s vocals are kewl in a crazed chipmunk sort of way, but distract from the pure musicality of the piece.
Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody": Would have been better if Freddie and the mournful melodies that bookend the flamboyant mid-section were given more breathing room.
Def Leppard - "Pyromania": A near perfect album marred by fake drums and plastic harmonies. Reminds me of one of those tragic supermodels whose face gets slashed-up by some obsessed creep. In this case, a sanitized-sound obsessed creep named Mutt.
Journey - "Don't Stop Believing": Then you have songs that just don’t know when to quit. I'm sure this kind of repetitive ending is fun at concerts and camp fire sing-a-longs, but in less raucous environs it’s just annoying.
The Eagles - "Take It to the Limit": You can only become this boring by living in a constant haze of dope smoke. My memory could be wrong, but I swear as a kid I counted them repeating "take it to the limit" some 40 times. Hypnotically boring. At least Journey's excess doesn't put you to sleep.
Pink Floyd – "Echoes": The “wale” interlude was trippy in high school, but now sounds like something from a cheap sci-fi flick. Maybe that’s flippant. The passage is not without intrigue, but it could have been realized with a bit more subtlety.
U2 - "Pride (In the Name of Love)": Good song but the chorus crashes the party like a big drunk lunk. Everything is going swell, then Bono barges in with typical wide-mouth bluster. In the NAAAAYYYYMMM uvvvvv LUUUHHVVVVV!!! Most times rock singers can yell and sound like—well, cool rock stars yelling. But sometimes they just sound like you and me, in the shower, drunk.
Dio – "Holy Diver": That doomy synthesizer intro drones on for more than a minute, (seems like 10), serving as a buzz-kill to any aggression you’ve built up. A serious error in metal judgment. It may scare kids at a Chucky Cheese Halloween party, but it just makes me drowsy.
Stereolab – "Cybele’s Reverie": A wonderfully fluid pop song interrupted by blatant artistic pretention in the form of a fractious fiddle and repetitive vocals. Arty bands often feel the need to abrade an otherwise seamless melody so as to protect their art-house cred. As if creating a pure pop song would reduce them to common mallrat status.
Prince - "Raspberry Beret": Any Prince or Michael Jackson song where they throw in those pervy squeels. eeeeeeeYOOOOHHH!!! Really? it's sexy to sound like a little boy getting his balls smashed? If I made that noise in front of a woman she’d call the cops.
U2 - "Love is Blindness": This is a beautiful song that fades out with a deeply felt instrumental coda, with Edge providing tasteful minimalist notes. Then Bono feels the need to insert himself again with some distracting vocal carping; as if he thought the rest of the band were up to something without him.
Zeppelin - "The Song Remains the Same": This would’ve made for a rollicking instrumental. Plant’s vocals are kewl in a crazed chipmunk sort of way, but distract from the pure musicality of the piece.
Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody": Would have been better if Freddie and the mournful melodies that bookend the flamboyant mid-section were given more breathing room.
Def Leppard - "Pyromania": A near perfect album marred by fake drums and plastic harmonies. Reminds me of one of those tragic supermodels whose face gets slashed-up by some obsessed creep. In this case, a sanitized-sound obsessed creep named Mutt.
Journey - "Don't Stop Believing": Then you have songs that just don’t know when to quit. I'm sure this kind of repetitive ending is fun at concerts and camp fire sing-a-longs, but in less raucous environs it’s just annoying.
The Eagles - "Take It to the Limit": You can only become this boring by living in a constant haze of dope smoke. My memory could be wrong, but I swear as a kid I counted them repeating "take it to the limit" some 40 times. Hypnotically boring. At least Journey's excess doesn't put you to sleep.
Pink Floyd – "Echoes": The “wale” interlude was trippy in high school, but now sounds like something from a cheap sci-fi flick. Maybe that’s flippant. The passage is not without intrigue, but it could have been realized with a bit more subtlety.
U2 - "Pride (In the Name of Love)": Good song but the chorus crashes the party like a big drunk lunk. Everything is going swell, then Bono barges in with typical wide-mouth bluster. In the NAAAAYYYYMMM uvvvvv LUUUHHVVVVV!!! Most times rock singers can yell and sound like—well, cool rock stars yelling. But sometimes they just sound like you and me, in the shower, drunk.
Dio – "Holy Diver": That doomy synthesizer intro drones on for more than a minute, (seems like 10), serving as a buzz-kill to any aggression you’ve built up. A serious error in metal judgment. It may scare kids at a Chucky Cheese Halloween party, but it just makes me drowsy.
Stereolab – "Cybele’s Reverie": A wonderfully fluid pop song interrupted by blatant artistic pretention in the form of a fractious fiddle and repetitive vocals. Arty bands often feel the need to abrade an otherwise seamless melody so as to protect their art-house cred. As if creating a pure pop song would reduce them to common mallrat status.
Prince - "Raspberry Beret": Any Prince or Michael Jackson song where they throw in those pervy squeels. eeeeeeeYOOOOHHH!!! Really? it's sexy to sound like a little boy getting his balls smashed? If I made that noise in front of a woman she’d call the cops.
