Bridges that kind of ruin the song?

Dylstew · 11-28-2014, 10:16 AM

I can't really remember a specific example at this moment, but have you ever had a song you really like but then whenever the bridge comes you're pretty much just waiting for it to be over? Like, a bridge that sucks, a bridge that kind of ruins the song, so you just ignore it.

Trollheart · 11-28-2014, 06:28 PM

I think Buzz Killington would tell you that any bridge only enhances a song, particularly if it's a suspension or cantilever type...

Key · 11-29-2014, 07:05 PM

I wasn't aware that they had the ability to ruin music. I thought they were just there to let cars drive on. I think without them, we couldn't get from point A to point B as easily as we can.

Zhanteimi · 11-29-2014, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylstew

I can't really remember a specific example at this moment, but have you ever had a song you really like but then whenever the bridge comes you're pretty much just waiting for it to be over? Like, a bridge that sucks, a bridge that kind of ruins the song, so you just ignore it.

Do You Want to Know a Secret? by the Beatles. Great song, terrible bridge. I mean, really awful. I'm getting all emotional just thinking about it.

OccultHawk · 11-29-2014, 07:39 PM

I think Black Sabbath's Sweet Leaf probably has the greatest guitar riff ever written. The part of the song after the verse that would normally be chorus is instrumental so it goes A-B-A-B then instead of just ripping into a short but sweet guitar solo or just hanging the song on the hook like they did with Paranoid they throw in this little kind of prog rock sounding bridge to introduce the guitar solo and it's actually really cool it's just that primary hook is so brilliant it actually makes the song a little less intense until they bring the riff back. It doesn't become an issue unless you listen to the song over and over but that riff just never gets old so I tend to put it on repeat when it comes around.

Chula Vista · 11-29-2014, 07:41 PM

Led Zeppelin - The Crunge.

"Where's that confounded bridge?"

Zhanteimi · 11-30-2014, 03:07 AM

^that's not that bad

Chula Vista · 11-30-2014, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

^that's not that bad

But it doesn't even have one. That's why it's funny.

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This song is a play on James Brown's style of funk in the same way that "D'yer Mak'er" (which it backed on a single release) experiments with reggae. Since most of James Brown's earlier studio recordings were done live with almost no rehearsal time, he often gave directions to the band in-song e.g. "take it to the bridge" - the bridge of the song. Robert Plant pays tribute to this at the end by asking "Where's that confounded bridge?" (spoken, just as the song finishes abruptly since the song doesn't contain a bridge).

**Frownland** · 12-02-2014, 08:45 PM

Not really a bridge, but the hook on Armand Hammer's Renaissance Garments is pretty cringe worthy. Song has a fantastic beat and great lyrics but that hook makes me skip the track sometimes.

grindy · 12-04-2014, 03:51 AM

Don't know whether it's really a bridge, but the constant repetition of "Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary..." (especially towards the end) of King Crimson's The Great Deceiver almost ruin an otherwise awesome song. I've heard those are the only lyrics ever written by Robert Fripp. I wonder if that's a reason.

11-28-2014, 10:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dylstew Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,366	Bridges that kind of ruin the song? I can't really remember a specific example at this moment, but have you ever had a song you really like but then whenever the bridge comes you're pretty much just waiting for it to be over? Like, a bridge that sucks, a bridge that kind of ruins the song, so you just ignore it.

11-28-2014, 06:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	I think Buzz Killington would tell you that any bridge only enhances a song, particularly if it's a suspension or cantilever type... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-29-2014, 07:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Led Zeppelin - The Crunge. "Where's that confounded bridge?" __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

12-02-2014, 08:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Not really a bridge, but the hook on Armand Hammer's Renaissance Garments is pretty cringe worthy. Song has a fantastic beat and great lyrics but that hook makes me skip the track sometimes. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-04-2014, 03:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Don't know whether it's really a bridge, but the constant repetition of "Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary..." (especially towards the end) of King Crimson's The Great Deceiver almost ruin an otherwise awesome song. I've heard those are the only lyrics ever written by Robert Fripp. I wonder if that's a reason. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

11-29-2014, 07:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I wasn't aware that they had the ability to ruin music. I thought they were just there to let cars drive on. I think without them, we couldn't get from point A to point B as easily as we can.

11-29-2014, 07:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I think Black Sabbath's Sweet Leaf probably has the greatest guitar riff ever written. The part of the song after the verse that would normally be chorus is instrumental so it goes A-B-A-B then instead of just ripping into a short but sweet guitar solo or just hanging the song on the hook like they did with Paranoid they throw in this little kind of prog rock sounding bridge to introduce the guitar solo and it's actually really cool it's just that primary hook is so brilliant it actually makes the song a little less intense until they bring the riff back. It doesn't become an issue unless you listen to the song over and over but that riff just never gets old so I tend to put it on repeat when it comes around.

11-30-2014, 03:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	^that's not that bad