Favourite Sounds In Songs In Music?

The dialing and ringing phone in Pretenders' The Phone Call.

 

Very cool song but the whistle always bugs me.

 

Not the crash cymbal, duh. The China! The China is awesome!

But other cool stuff incorporated into a song I like is the phone conversation with the telephone operator in Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar". This is United States calling, are we reaching? He keeps hanging up...

 

Točak's sublime guitar tone just after the strings intro always fascinated me on the same level as when I heard the song for the first time.

 

The percussion on the of Rush's The Weapon.

 

I love that weird clanging sound in The Who's "Disguises"

 

The extra loud clang from the tubular bell at 2' 18'' here:

ABBA - "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"

 

• The congas on 'Midnight Rambler' by the Rolling Stones, played by Brian Jones.

• The moog synthesizer at the outro on 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' by the Rolling Stones, again, played by Brian Jones.

• The percussive effect that sounds to me like stick-played bongos or conga on 'London Town' by the Pretty Things.

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One of the things I often love about true mono mixes is the way in which adept placement of more subtle touches can add essential amalgamous textures to the intrinsic spaces within the sonic palette.

 

"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is full of nifty sound effects and quirks, all of which just add to the vibe.

I also love the sound of the surf and seagulls throughout "Theme From Island Weirdos" by Joe Walsh. It closes the album it's on, and on the vinyl pressing the sounds continue into the run out groove.

 

The descending guitars connecting Polythene Pam to She Came In Through The Bathroom Window.

 

That was a beautiful sentence.

 

There is no moog on JJF.

 

The opening of [Steamboat-The Drifters]..I'm Not In Love[DeeDee Sharp]..When You Walked In[The Five Royales].

 

you are right, of course ~ it is a Hammond organ, and it is played by Wyman, not Jones. I've most likely conflated something I read decades ago, possibly in "The Rolling Stones : An Illustrated Record" by Roy Carr. It may have been incorrectly stated there, or I may possibly be recalling some lexis used by the author.

 

Yours is No Disgrace somehow getting sucked back into the speakers at the end.

 

Embryo - Radio Marrakesch / Orient Express
From 2' 15'' Sound of Orient Express train (Mellotron)

 

When Kate and Cindy are in perfect harmony on a B-52's song.

 

1. Piece of My Heart & I Need A Man To Love guitar intro
2. Spellbound tambourine
3. The Killing Moon intro
4. Long Cool Woman intro

 

Biosphere - Sphere Of NoForm (Substrata)

 

Ralph Mooney's steel guitar driving an otherwise nondescript honky tonk song. He barely takes a break in this one. Sheer bliss.

 

Every weird, evocative sound on this. Tom just takes you there.

 

That synthesizer-like opening to Baba O'Riley, the preamble to one of rock's greatest LPs. Took me a long time to learn that Pete Townshend actually recorded a Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe organ, using the marimba repeat as the backing track. And then those guitars come in ...

 

solved : it was a conflation on my part. correction: it's a mellotron, not moog, which Brian plays - on 'We Love You', not 'JJF'.

 

on ace frehley's solo album there is a song called speedin back to my baby .... the start of the lead break is a unique piece of guitar that i have never been able to figure out how he got the sound.
almost dead on the two minute mark