Songs that are ruined by annoying or stupid parts or solos

#64
Bass Man Dan said:
I hesitate to type this, but Whole Lotta Love...man that break...with just the high hat and noises from Mr. Plant...

Don't be mistaken, I like Zeppelin alot. But that song is ruined for me with that break.
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I think that was some of the psychedelia from that cultural period that didn't hold up as well as the rest of the music.
 
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#65
Fredrik E. Nilsen said:
So, you're listening to a good song. Then suddenly, there's a part or solo or something that ruins it. You just can't stand it and have to turn it off. To me, "What's going on" is a good example. Everything is fine until Marvin Gaye starts with the "ai-ai-ai"-thing on the Amin part. It makes me want to throw my headset in the river.
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Sorry, can’t agree. Every part of "What’s Going On" is excellent. Your opinion about it is just that—your opinion.
 
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#66
That incessant open high-hat that's way too up-front in the mix in "Dazz" by Brick:


It's such a funk classic that the song isn't quite ruined, but sometimes when I listen to it, all I can hear is "tss-tss-tss-tss-tss-tss-tss-tss..."
 
#67
Doobie Brothers listen to the music. There is a middle section that sounds like none of them know what the tempo is, like they were just too high to play it correctly. If it’s intentional, then the writer made some odd choices.

Oh yeah and Time by the Chambers Brothers. They mess up the groove completely with that tic-toc gimmick.
 
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#77
Now I like some ELP. I love In The Beginning, and Cest LaVie is truly beautiful, but I can’t help it - I have to pile on here. That whole song blows and each time you think it can’t get worse - it does. The weee-ooos are for sure the “high” point but the whole solo is wretched. It could well be the worst solo in music history, to the the point that it almost becomes great as a comedy number. Can we borrow the Stonehenge Druids from Spinal Tap? I can remember a buddy of mine, everytime in a music store where we would fool around with a synth, we would keep maxing the pitch bend and then say “Who am I?” Of course, the answer was ELP, referencing the weee-ooos of Lucky Man. Good times.

Honorable mention to Dennis DeYoung who saturated many an otherwise good Styx song with endless and vapid keyboards.

bassfran said:
"Lucky Man" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The synthesizer solo breaks, (WEE-OOO, WEE-OOO, SQWEEEEE), have always irked the snot outta' me.
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