Saturday, June 12, 2004

Better Than The Rest Ever replay just one part of a song because it's the part that sounds coolest?  That one classic part that everyone knows and waits for?  Well someone at retroCRUSH has taken the time and effort to cull through tons of songs looking for those parts.  Pieces of songs that are "cooler than the song itself."  Going through their list is how I spent some of my day of mourning.  Better than watching the funeral, lemme tell ya. Now while the list retroCRUSH has come up with is great, I have to quibble with a few omissions.  For instance, where's the first nine seconds of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?  Or the first "WOO HOO!" from Blur's "Song 2"?  Or the part of R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It" where you just have to shout out "Leonard Bernstein!"?  Or the cash register rhythm opening of "Money" by Pink Floyd? Take out The B-52's, The Cure, and Earth, Wind, & Fire from retroCRUSH's list and substitute any of the ones I came up with, then you'd have yourself a much improved Top 50. That said, the fact that they included clips of most of the cool parts is very cool indeed.  Related links: Coolest Songs Thread at Classic Rock Forums Top Ten Songs of the 90's thread at inthe90's.com 3:10:12 PM     |

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