Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:I think that Dobie Gray's "Drift Away" and "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash both have gorgeous bridges....

Yes. Also ditto to whomever mentioned "Radio Radio", great bridge.

I'll add "Do Ya" by ELO/The Move, and especially "Carrie Anne" by The Hollies (that "You're so...so like a woman to meeeee" part, completely joyous).

A great bridge can make an OK song good, a good song great, and a great song the best song ever.

When Ringo saw the sheet music to a new Clapton/Harrison composition, he thought "bridge" was written "badge"...

So "Badge" became one of the few great Clapton songs due to the bridge.

Bridge, not crap.

Lennon and McCartney sometimes referred to it as "the middle bit" (or "middle eight").


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Morrissey:
"Ah, you have loads of songs
So many songs
More songs than they'd stand
Verse
Chorus
Middle eight
Break, fade
Just listen ..."

I've always thought that the bridge in Rape Me sounds really forced.

Embarrassingly so.

The Beatles bridges were indeed the tits.

Jose Luis Perales wrote:rem - electrolite (instrumental with violins, very anatomically correct, goes to tension back and forth and again to the verse)

what does that mean? it has genitals?

the shape of it just fits great. aaargh my english...
i took the phrase about the c/nc thread about eric clapton, somebody said that he made a certain 'very anatomically correct solo'. i understood that.

i'm sorry jose! there's an unfortunate cultural association, a real idiom, because while anatomically correct could mean a pleasing shape, unfortunately it has been commonly used to mean action figures, dolls, etc., that have a penis or vagina as opposed to dolls that don't have anything down there.

i now understand what you mean! sometimes i forget about the trickiness of language...

heh, the same happens in spanish (anatomically = anatómicamente) actually.

Jose Luis Perales wrote:the new pornographers - letter from an occupant (very weird and it works)

The second one, where they completely switch up the beat? Awesome.

Jose Luis Perales wrote:the shape of it just fits great. aaargh my english...
i took the phrase about the c/nc thread about eric clapton, somebody said that he made a certain 'very anatomically correct solo'. i understood that.

that's because Clapton is a dick.