Interjections that help make a song
Interjections that help make a song
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DickyC

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55,884 posts

218 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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At the end of the guitar solo in Dr Feelgood's Down at the Doctors you hear Lee Brilleaux shout, “Eight bars of piano.” This was an instruction to the engineer to dub in the keyboard at some point in the future. If I remember correctly the band thought the piano solo was rubbish and it wasn't included but Brilleaux's shouted request stayed.

Twenty five seconds into the Small Faces' Tin Soldier, Steve Marriott calls, "Come on!" You can't help but listen for it.

In ZZ Top's Sharp Dressed Man, while Billy Gibbons is singing, someone - Dusty Hill? - repeats, "Black Tie." That's it. Cracks me up every time.

The_Doc

5,828 posts

240 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Aprox 2.8 secs into Paranoid Android, in the last of the 4 computer generated "boop" sounds, Thom Yorke says boop, interjecting and speaking over the fourth tone.

Personally I think it makes the track.

Roofless Toothless

6,892 posts

152 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Ray Charles: “sing the song, children.”




jimmytheone

1,842 posts

238 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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I only noticed this having read the sleeve notes but in Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck quartet, you can just hear Joe Morello at the very end, expressing his pleasure at completing it:



I like the simple joy at something which sounds fiendishly hard to play, especially as a drummer

Chauffard

917 posts

17 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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On ELO's Rockaria, depending on the pressing, Mary Thomas's first attempt at the intro has a throat/frog malfunction she says "oooops" and has another go.

On George's For You Blue on Let It Be, George can be heard urging Lennon's slide guitar playing " Go Johnny Go ".


Super Sonic

11,350 posts

74 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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STAND STILL LADDIE!
From the same album, on 'nobody home', the film version Pink is flicking through the channels and the cartoon interjects perfectly.
"Ooh babe,
When I try to get through,
on the telephone to you"
(Surprise surprise surprise!)
"There's still no-one home."

ETA Correction, it's the album version

Edited by Super Sonic on Tuesday 10th September 18:09

DickyC

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55,884 posts

218 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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At the end of Helter Skelter Ringo shouting, "I've got blisters on my fingers."

He had, too, apparently.

R6tty

729 posts

35 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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About as subtle as Ringo, never understood but always loved 'Tin roof; rusted!'.

MCBrowncoat

1,493 posts

166 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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".........cough"
"That's gotta be the one hasn't it?"
"Come an' 'ave a listen then"
"Oh yes thank you"

Led Zeppelin, In My Time of Dying. Bonham pissed on his birthday hitting those drums harder than anyone

Also:

"Aye oop!!"

While my Guitar Gently Weeps

DickyC

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55,884 posts

218 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Joni Mitchell's laugh at the end of Big Yellow Taxi.

GliderRider

2,842 posts

101 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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"Alice? Who the fk is Alice?"

essayer

10,312 posts

214 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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“Anyone got a Ford Cortina parked outside?” - always listen out for it right at the end of Whatever by Oasis

Nickp82

3,743 posts

113 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Stop….. Hammertime

anonymous-user

74 months

Wednesday 11th September 2024
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"A flower?"

Suppers Ready—Genesis

It's probably the single most memorable moment in the whole 22-minute suite.

Lotusgone

1,578 posts

147 months

Wednesday 11th September 2024
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David Essex, Gonna Make You a Star -

"I don't fink so"


dundarach

5,875 posts

248 months

Wednesday 11th September 2024
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DickyC said:
Joni Mitchell's laugh at the end of Big Yellow Taxi.
Funnily or not, that completely destroys it for me, absolutely loath it!

However good call in this context.

Chauffard

917 posts

17 months

Wednesday 11th September 2024
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dundarach said:
DickyC said:
Joni Mitchell's laugh at the end of Big Yellow Taxi.
Funnily or not, that completely destroys it for me, absolutely loath it!

However good call in this context.
Oh no, it's a hoot, Joni's songwriting can be leaden and introspective, it's great to hear her laugh.

Yahonza

3,127 posts

50 months

Wednesday 11th September 2024
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The Central Scrutinizer's various interjections in Joe's Garage by Frank Zappa.

Halmyre

12,184 posts

159 months

Wednesday 11th September 2024
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MCBrowncoat said:
".........cough"
"That's gotta be the one hasn't it?"
"Come an' 'ave a listen then"
"Oh yes thank you"

Led Zeppelin, In My Time of Dying. Bonham pissed on his birthday hitting those drums harder than anyone

Also:

"Aye oop!!"

While my Guitar Gently Weeps
Also Led Zep, intro to Black Country Woman, an aeroplane can be heard at the start.

Someone (Page?): Can't have this aeroplane on...
Plant: Nah, leave it yeah?

Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" - Ronnie van Zandt's "Turn it up" at the start after the guitar intro.
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miniman

28,924 posts

282 months

Wednesday 11th September 2024
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This performance of Make Me Smile has a nice little interjection in it.

https://youtu.be/OQ2K4qRABCM?si=HEBnB9QiOk4cdckj