What's your favorite musical moment?

[bojendyk]

Fave live moment:

I've mentioned this one several times, but . . . my bro, a friend, and I went to see Mudhoney play at the Western Washington University gym in 1992. Sometime during one of the opening acts, we run into another buddy, and he tells us that Nirvana were going to play a surprise set before Mudhoney went on. Needless to say, we were skeptical. Then, after the second opening act, the roadies hit the stage, and one of them starts tuning a left-handed guitar.

I saw Nirvana four times; that time was my third. It was utterly amazing. But the greatest moment (besides meeting everyone after the show) was before their set actually started, when I realized that the rumor was true and that I was tremendously lucky to be in that room.

Also, the one time I saw the Replacements, they were transcendent.

[kopiteinkc]

The guitar solo in My Morning Jacket's "One Big Holiday"

The acoustic guitar in Van Morrison's "Ballerina"

The wah wah guitar bouncing back and forth on the speakers on Yes' "Yours is no disgrace"

[Claymore]

Classical:

Depends on the moment, but the one I keep coming back to is the third movement of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor. The melody was stolen for a bad 70's tune, but if you can get past that it's pure genius.

Live Moment:

The Jam, May 1982, Ritchie Coliseum, University of Maryland. I had a Jam cover band in HS, and Paul Weller was an absolute God to me. This was late in the life of the band, but the show they put on was absolutely the best I've ever seen. The set was close to two hours, and it was non-stop dancing the whole time. The only other show that came close for me was the English Beat six months later.

[Val1]

3) "One Day More" from Lés Miserables.


Fully agree with One Day More.

There’s nothing better than the Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah. I have to stand when I’m listening at home.

When I became aware of the “musical moment” was listening to Joe Jackson’s Is She Really Going Out With Him? when he notches it up beginning with the lyrics: There’s a man there who’s marked down as dead, cause I’ve had my fill…

The Kings released This Beat Goes On and Switch Into Glide as a single song and the transition from Beat to Glide remains my favorite 3-4 seconds of song.

[bigredfutbol]

Shoot, I can't pick just one. Plus, I could do a whole thread, just on my own, of musical moments I like from songs which are just so-so, and even from artists I don't generally have much use for.

Still, here's a few genuinely favorite moments:

The end of "Slim Slow Slider" by Van Morrison

The opening chords of "India" by John Coltrane

The opening riff of "Plans I Make" by Husker Du

The coda to "Plateau" by the Meat Puppets

The opening chords to "Teenage Riot" by Sonic Youth

The first two or three minutes of "Yesternow" by Miles Davis

The moment in "Street In the City" by Pete Townshend right after the strings take their solo and Pete does some sort of quick intake of breath.

The guitar solo on "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen. Yes, I'm serious.


I could go on and on.