Music Sounds You Have Loved

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The other day I was reflecting on special moments in music I have loved over the years as far as unique music sounds and effects in certain songs-- here are a few that have really intrigued me or turned me on...

The spacey, shimmering and sibilant, rising wind sound coming toward the end of Mihalis by David Gilmour from his eponymous solo album. I always wondered how they got that effect-- I suppose it could be a special treatment of a cymbal wash. I also like Rick Wills' bass work.

Gilmour's fiery strat leads in above mentioned song. Spacey Fender Rhodes keyboard sounds in above song.

The booming but well-rounded toms in Once is Enough by Naked Eyes. It's the juxtaposition of the bigger room reverb with drier synth and vocal tracks that knocks me out. By the way I often like the acoustic percussion and synth sounds of 80's new wave music.

Mark Heyward-Chaplin's cool, bass melody in the coda of Airwaves off Thomas Dolby's Golden Age of Wireless.

Davey Johnstone's freaky Univibe guitar effect coupled with Arp synth sounds accompanying the slow down song chorus of All the Young Girls's Love Alice off Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

The crunch of Johnstone's Les Paul and tube amp in Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding off Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

To sum up I tend to like the guitar and synth sounds of the 70's, and the bass, percussion, and synth sounds of the 80's--- well certain ones anyway.

What say you, my fellow Warwick bros?
 
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Unusual post James. This came to mind. The classic sound at the chorus (emotional, dramatic) but also the xylophone-like synth sound that works as a bassline. Half their music is sound discovery and usage. The video displays human behavior from before the internet and smart phones were invented.

 
In short: I need variations. That’s why I don’t prefer a special sound. Ofc I have stronger ties to the music of the 80s because that was the time of my childhood. Also to pop music of that decade. But I also like any other era. As long as it‘s Rock’n’Roll, hehe.
 
I like that Depeche Mode song- probably my favorite of theirs- particularly the guitar-like feedback toward the end. It may indeed be the only keyboard feedback ever recorded- possibly induced via monitor speakers.
 
I try to answer, but my mind stops working, there are so many!
But since this is a bass forum, I think this bass sound is doing it for me:

There some parts in the middle when Glenn Hughes is doing some slides, it sounds monstruous!
 
Actually they did use guitar for feedback in “The Policy of Truth” at the end of the song in this studio mix you can hear a quick bite of it and the cool synth glissando solo.

 
I forgot one- Dee Murray’s P-bass counterpoint playing on Elton John’s Rocket Man-

 
Since brought it up- here’s Dee rockin’ the P with a young Elton John and Nigel Olson on the Beeb in ‘71.

It’s a hard intuitive bassline-

 
Ok- two more of Elton John because they're quintessential Lenore, a character from my novel--

Harmony- though in this case, she would be the first person speaking to Caleb the protagonist (switching the gender to woman, mind you,)- And let me just say that those first authoritative bass notes "Dah-Dumm..' followed by "Hello, baby hello" really knock me out-- I don't know why but they do.



And....

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds which is her personified- and those melodic upper register bass notes, a calling card of a number of early-70's songs mostly from the UK which I find really cool-- like those in It's Alright Now by Free.




Dear me! I believe I just hijacked me own thread (in a stream of 'conscienceless' kind of way !!)
 
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I just listened to something that reminded me of this thread.

I am referring to violin or cello like sounds made with the electric guitar.

This is from Running Wild's first really good album, at about 7:10



Also, there's this young guitarist that used to produce amazing covers of video game tunes. He also plays the bass in them, usually with a pick.

From 5:30 onwards and especially after 6:00, very tasty violin like guitar tone. Do listen to the whole thing, it's amazing.

 
The shimmery, flange of Robin Trower's stratocaster from Somebody Calling-- I don't know how he got those strange trailing notes at the end of that chord.

Trower's solo at the coda of Day of the Eagle for me is one of the finest moments in rock guitar.

Then the doppler bells at the beginning of Bridge of Sighs
 
I love the tribal, mass suggestional sound of Killing Joke. A bit general, but after seeing them live in 2016, my heart craves for more.

 
I love the syncopation between the synth bass, toms, and sampled industrial sound so notable at the beginning, and the synth and sampled horn sounds. One other thing, I do like the vocal melody and understated harmonising.



In this I like the slightly dissonant undertone of the synth riff/melody-

 
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