for me:


This song & Phil Collins hit "In the air tonight" are my 2 favorites.

top 3 for me….

Didn't think anyone knew this song. Love it even today. Bought the 45 back in the day. What a great dance tune at The ROXZ.

Surprised to see no mention of "Bohemian Rhapsody" yet. Anyways, personal favorite is "Dance Yrself Clean" by LCD Soundsystem. 3:05 mark.

Voodoo Chile (long version)

The Porkchop Express said:

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It's always struck me as three distinct songs glued together and somehow it works. they are related thematically

1:20 intro "Stuck inside these four walls" more melodic part about the band being trapped
:46 interlude "If I ever get out of here" harder rocking about dreaming about escaping the corporate prison
3:00 main part "Band on the Run" more pop single-esque where they break free

The transitions are fantastic.


Combining parts of songs was kind of a Beatles thing Paul carried on, like they did on A Day In The Life', and 'I've Got A Feeling', and of course the Abbey Road medley.

Lennon sometimes combined completely unrelated themes in one song like on 'I Am The Walrus', 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun' and '(Just Like) Starting Over'

Good Vibrations - Beach Boys.

I don't know if I quite understand the premise of the thread, but Paradise by the Dashboard Light immediately came to mind with 2 jarring transitions. Absolute classic.

"I don't know if I quite understand the premise of the thread"

I'm not sure any of us do……

A more decent choice would probably be

Triumph - Ordinary Man

Foreplay/Long Time

Most of Dark Side of the Moon

Love the ShooBe Doo reference

Am I doing this right?

Bohemian Rhapsody

I almost went with Natural Sciences.

And of course a number of their longer songs from earlier albums.

You could make a case for Red Barchetta and maybe Camera Eye.

Xanadu.

A Quick One While He's Away by the Who

Not exactly a favorite song but this one certainly comes to mind when discussing jarring transitions.

Free Bird transitions quite a bit with the guitar solo.

Jesus of Suburbia and Homecoming from Green Day:

Charles Hickson Knows said:

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Silbermond is my favorite German band. Bist Du Dabei has a great fast-to-slow-to-fast transition. You don't need to speak German to recognize when the parachute opens at 2:04.

The transition from Shoo-be-do to Candy-o is fantastic.

Intruder to Pretty Woman

Highway Song by Blackfoot. The first half is all vocals and slower. The second half is pure southern rock with Medlock cranking the guitar at light speed. Very much in the style of Freebird with the slow first half and straight guitar, drums and keyboard the second

Agasaurus Tex said:

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Triumph - Ordinary Man

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Lay It On The Line also