Songs you'd consider perfect if they didn't [insert gripe here]

How can you hate the sex-au-phone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzB9XCrwvMk

At 6:02 - can't help but hear "Timmaaaay!" from South Park. Takes me right out of it every time.

Haha, I can not hear that for the life of me.

saxophone was basically awful when randomly featured in every song ever from the 90's. Also every tv show theme

any electronic music track that takes a 4/8/16 bar phrase and repeats it endlessly for longer than 3 minutes in an attempt at making a longer song ala all of aphex twin's older work

  On 2/14/2013 at 12:23 AM, Ragnar said:

saxophone was basically awful when randomly featured in every song ever from the 90's. Also every tv show theme

?????

I recall a crazy saxophone solo in the song Drawing Flies off of Soundgarden's badmotorfinger album, but that's about it for 90's random sax in my memory. It was pretty sweet actually. Cephalic Carnage had a song with a similar crazy sax part on one of their more recent albums, also awesome. I can only conclude that heavy music needs more saxophone.

I actually wish some conductor of a major metropolitan orchestra would ball up and include a minute or two of yakety sax in the middle of some sombre Gorecki piece. Why is that not a thing that has happened?

  On 2/14/2013 at 4:18 AM, baph said:

I actually wish some conductor of a major metropolitan orchestra would ball up and include a minute or two of yakety sax in the middle of some sombre Gorecki piece. Why is that not a thing that has happened?

here's the best I can do for now

http://youtubedoubler.com/6Wxc

Every Brian Setzer song with a guitar solo, which I have compared to the sound of cats being thrown against a wall, which I have heard compared to Japanese lesbian porn.

  On 2/4/2013 at 6:37 AM, joshuatx said:

 

I swear someone pointed out that the cymbals were "emulating the waves" - yeah I still like that track but for me it's strings that sound too un-BoC-y

I know I've said that about Dayvan Cowboy before.

I had totally forgot about this one until it just came on, the "piss off" lyric in Your Silent Face by New Order.

  On 2/14/2013 at 12:50 AM, dr lopez said:

 

  On 2/14/2013 at 12:23 AM, Ragnar said:

saxophone was basically awful when randomly featured in every song ever from the 90's. Also every tv show theme

?????

no but seriously

while i agree with the poor taste of 90s saxophone, I would not agree that's a poor intro song particularly. the saxophone isn't that prominent so.

The Velvet Underground - Lady Godiva's Operation - The absolutely horrendous vocal overdubs that counter the vocal melody halfway through the song. Lou Reed comes in way out of tune sticks out like a sore thumb for two lines before disappearing. Apparently ZERO effort went into mixing them to gel with the rest of the track, either. The mix is awful, even by VU standards - so you know it's bad. What were they thinking?

Beyoncé - Single Ladies - That unnecessary bridge section where she quotes Buzz Lightyear

  On 2/23/2013 at 9:11 AM, solarion said:

while i agree with the poor taste of 90s saxophone, I would not agree that's a poor intro song particularly. the saxophone isn't that prominent so.

no i was saying that the sopranos theme is fucking awesome and features saxophone and is from the 90s and is a tv show theme.

From AB4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ6BD8Dab-k

Don't know if i'd call the song 'perfect' without the noise every 1 and a half seconds but id be able to enjoy it a lot more

Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" and "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" have perfect verses and ham-handed choruses.

"The subway, she is a porno..."

  On 3/2/2013 at 9:22 AM, Candiru said:

"The subway, she is a porno..."

I don't mind that line at all.

Well there's this band I like you might have heard of, called Audio Technology Redefined, and their songs are just jaw-droppingly awesome, but unfortunately they end.

Squarepusher- Ufafulum- Dark Steering

... that fucking crotch rocket sound. It ruined that otherwise pretty badass track for me.

  On 2/4/2013 at 10:24 PM, facades said:

M83, Midnight city. The sax solo at the end definitely ruins the track for me.

lol it makes it sound like a song for Miami Vice with the sax part.

speaking of m83, that fucking spoken word part in graveyard girl. textbook song ruining. also every interpol song would be great without paul banks' horrible lyrics.

Interpol's lyrics appealed to me as a angsty college freshman and because of the personal memories I have tied to that album I enjoy them.

But seriously, Paul Banks lyrics are essentially "nautical reference + sexual reference + couches"