Favourite song moments...

[Jan]

...where I get goosebumps every time:


Banstyle/Sappys Curry @ 5:08: when the pads of Sappys Curry set in

Juanita of EE @ 8:20: when the bass line starts again... just perfect timing on that version!

Jumbo: when the pads and the twittering hihats set in, unfortunately they didn't do the twittering hihat when I saw them live...

8 Ball: acoustic guitar and pads @ 4:43, percussion @ 5:41 --> magic!

NUXX (1992-2002) @ 5:13 where the kick drum stops for a few seconds...

Kittens: The melody and the pads get me every time...

TT: everything until Rick says: "you can't have all of that..." :(

Peach Tree @ the radio broadcast: when the acid bass line fades in...

Dark and Long @ 7:08 after "shout your love..." and the kick drum stops

Faxed Invitation @ 3:32 after "liberty..."

Food a Ready: When the guitar sets in. Also the "dubs" of Karl's voice.

Spikee: The mellotron (?) and Karl's "feel yourself". Really great on the Osaka live version.

[TheBang]

Rez/Cowgirl live gets me every time. I know it's a "crowd pleaser" (perhaps second only to NUXX), but I've seen it 4 times live now, and every time it's one of the highlights of the night.

My favorite part is the climax of the song when the crowd goes mental. Current favorite: The Oblivion Ball at 12:52. It brings me back to the 2-aircraft-hangers-full crowd of rabid Japanese fans and how at that moment the entire place practically exploded for the rest of the song.

Though I have yet to see it live, I also like when it has just the organ chords finishing the song as a huge comedown, e.g. 2006-11-11 Creamfields and 2005-08-04 Beniscassim.

[holden]

Almost too many to mention, but a few goosebump-inducers off the top of my head:

"Cowgirl", when the beat drops back in as Karl sings "and my tears in league with wires and energy".

"KOS" live - the whole "fire in hand between us" section.

"Cups" - last section with the synthy stabs and heavy beats and distorted female voice.

"To Heal" - the whole dang thing.

"MoMove" ~ 2/3 through when everything is silent for a bar and then, Wham! Dropped beats are so effective!

"TMO" - the cowbell outtro!

"Moaner": "Down on the waterfront!" all stop, then the triangle ringing and the moody fade out.

"8 Ball" - makes me feeel happyyyyy!

[nosajmunson]

So many to list..........
Here is what sticks out for me right now:

Loads of Birds - @3:25 where that low in&out noise comes in. So beautifully erie.

Push Upstairs - Love the whole thing especially when that piano loop kicks off at the very beginning, oh so good.

Luetin from the John Peel Broadcast in Dec 2003 - That morose sample loop at the beginning & roughly @7:39 where the beats drops out and Karl sings gets me everytime.

Mo Move - The first 1:43 are so so good then the snare beat drops and makes it so better.

Cherry Pie - @1:03 when the "noises" start, gives me shivers everytime.

But the champion of moments for me is hands down:
Dirty Epic - @4:47 when the guitar comes in for the first time. Pure sonic bliss.

[crazysugarboy]

Too many to mention - however, the one moment that practically dislocates my shoulder cos I punch the air so hard has to be 1.25 into Rez on EE where the melody is reduced to a single "nimby pimby" beep beep beep and then WHAM into full-on "woofter doofter"!

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

"RIDING HOME.....RIDING HOME.....RIDING HOME"

or is it

"WRITING HOME....WRITING HOME......WRITING HOME"

or is it

"RIGHTING HOME.....RIGHTING HOME.....RIGHTING HOME"


sTILL works wonders here.

[TheBang]

Too many to mention - however, the one moment that practically dislocates my shoulder cos I punch the air so hard has to be 1.25 into Rez on EE where the melody is reduced to a single "nimby pimby" beep beep beep and then WHAM into full-on "woofter doofter"!
That exact moment is the beginning of my ringtone. Love it