I'm thinking of when Rod Stewart calls out "guitar" right before the guitar solo in Stay WIth Me.

Or the word "chorus" right before the chorus in Wire's "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W"

Is this endearing, or annoying?

Please post other examples.

Endearing, depending on usage. I heard a Prince song on the radio, and he dropped this enthusiastic "1! 2! 3! 4!" Instead of rocking the fuck out, his dinky Linndrum and wack synth came in.

Endearing.

VH's "could this be magic", right before the solo:

DLR: "Edward..."
*Eddie plays a lick*
DLR: "thank you"

And then of course there is Funky Drummer.

"Rub it on me! Rub it on me, Duane!"

At least that's what I think Yow says right before the slide solo in Nub.

Leonard Cohen has that great moment when he sings the chord changes as he plays them.

Not crap!

Pretty much always love it.

Examples from Pavement/Silver Jews:

"It has a nice ring when you laugh at the low-life opinions, and they're comin' to the chorus now."
"They don't match, and they don't hatch in South Dakota. In South Dakota. Here comes the coda."

The R.E.M. B-side impromptu cover of "King of the Road" when Mike Mills is literally yelling the chord changes to Peter Buck as they are playing the song. Hilarious to listen to that!

^ and yeah the slide guitar solo in "Nub".

that's alright I still got my guitar, look out now

in order for me to get down I got to get in D

rock me, Joe

NC

I even like it when bands refer to themselves in song

Are we not men? WE ARE DEVO

we'll never stop we'll never quit cuz we're Metallica

my first name ain't baby, it's Janet, miss Jackson if you nasty

Great (ironic-ish) "GUITAR" exclamation on this one:



And the ultimate one:

Ha. Fun.

James Brown's "Take me to the bridge"

Public Enemy's "Here come the drums" and "Bring the beat back"

Not remotely crap.

rsmurphy wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2024 10:53 am that's alright I still got my guitar, look out now

That's a great one.

“Come on, Dave. Give me a break.”
“Hey, hey, hey, hey! One break, cooooooming up!”

Followed by . . . no break. Nice misdirection, David Lee Roth!

(NC, with some waffles.)