Comments on: Pop songs with (near-)identical bookends whose musical content isn't repeated anywhere else in the song

Question: Pop songs with (near-)identical bookends whose musical content isn't repeated anywhere else in the song

Cucurbit — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:51:47 -0800

What are some pop songs that are bookended by identical or near-identical passages whose musical content isn't repeated anywhere else in the song?

For example, Rilo Kiley's "Under the Blacklight," or Frente!'s "Most Beautiful."

By: greenland

greenland — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:07:24 -0800

Elvis Costello has a song called "Man Out Of Time" on Imperial Bedroom like that.

By: Jaltcoh

Jaltcoh — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:26:26 -0800

The Beatles - Eight Days a Week

By: breezeway

breezeway — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:29:30 -0800

Supergrass, "Eon," from their 1999 eponymous release.

By: wabbittwax

wabbittwax — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:53:02 -0800

Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made of Sand

By: The World Famous

The World Famous — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:22:00 -0800

Fu Manchu - Squash That Fly

By: Flunkie

Flunkie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:45:46 -0800

If "the first twenty seconds and the last three minutes of a seven minute song" counts as "bookending", then I've Seen All Good People, by Yes.

By: The Light Fantastic

The Light Fantastic — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:47:44 -0800

Led Zepplin: Achilles Last Stand

By: mosk

mosk — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:51:51 -0800

Yes - Roundabout

By: Flunkie

Flunkie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:55:43 -0800

Ugh. Ugh. I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought of this one, but:

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, by Billy Joel.

It took a phenomenal amount of self-control for me to suffer through that song to verify it matches your criteria, so I hope you appreciate it.

By: mbrubeck

mbrubeck — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:22:27 -0800

"God Shuffled His Feet" by the Crash Test Dummies.

By: Flunkie

Flunkie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:25:51 -0800

Yes - Roundabout

Nope. The repetition of the opening phrase is about midway through the song, not at the end.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:27:55 -0800

"Go All The Way" by The Rasberries.

By: mynameismandab

mynameismandab — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:41:38 -0800

I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but John Mayer's "My Stupid Mouth" has a line in it that states, I'm never speaking up again," which is repeated in Your Body Is a Wonderland," the next track on the CD Room for Squares.

By: roombythelake

roombythelake — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:41:59 -0800

Tom Waits' Ice Cream Man starts and ends with a spooky melody that contrasts sharply with the song itself. Personally, my theory is that the whole album occurs over the course of a night, and that particular song is the part where he falls asleep, and dreams of being a way more macho guy than he is in the rest of the album. The spooky bit is the sort of "twilight zone" transition part where he falls out of consciousness, then comes back again when he wakes up. YMMV.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:49:39 -0800

I'm not sure if this qualifies, but Sorrow by Pink Floyd is bookended with a pair of slow, identical guitar riffs. It's obviously different than the rest of the song, which is substantially faster in tempo, even though there are similarities in the guitar work. (YouTube performance.)

One of the most awesome songs ever, regardless.

By: eritain

eritain — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:53:47 -0800

"40,000 Headmen" orig. by Traffic, which I haven't heard, covered by Blood, Sweat, & Tears, which I have.

By: clarahamster

clarahamster — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:54:55 -0800

"In the Parkin' Lot" by the Beach Boys

By: littlerobothead

littlerobothead — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:03:21 -0800

Xtreme - Stop The World
(I want that 'Master Of Eighties Cheese" award you're all afraid of winning.)
Frank Black - Hang Onto Your Ego
Strange Loop - Liz Phair sorta fits the bill.
Disconnect The Dots - Of Montreal

That's all that spring to mind for me. I can think of so many more that start with a unique "B" section that's never used elsewhere in the song, like 9-9 by R.E.M.

By: Pater Aletheias

Pater Aletheias — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:08:29 -0800

Billy Joel's "The Stranger"

By: Flunkie

Flunkie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:28:14 -0800

Body of an American, by the Pogues.

By: ChrisManley

ChrisManley — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:41:48 -0800

I'm pretty sure Romeo and Juliet by The Killers matches this description. Assuming it is 'pop'.

By: ChrisManley

ChrisManley — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:44:08 -0800

Ack. The Killers version is obviously a cover of Dire Straits. I just jumped to the version I first heard.

By: primer_dimer

primer_dimer — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:40:53 -0800

"White room" by Cream.