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Best thing a bandleader/singer says to his band to encourage them to rock the fuck out in the middle of a song

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"...and then my mind split open"

Velvet Underground, I Heard Her Call My Name

― autovac (autovac), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Let's ROOOOOCCCCCKK!"
- Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction in "Had a Dad"

There's a really brief "Yayuh!" courtesy of the late Layne Staley in the middle of "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains that just kicks a giant tub of ass.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

"I'm gonna add a little guit-tar--to make it EASY to move your feet!" (and just about every other lyric of "Dance to the Music," esp. "Listen to the voices!")

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:39 (7 years ago) Permalink

ditto the exhortations of Archie Bell & the Drells' "Tighten Up"

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

and of course "You're my gee-tar heee-ro!" (Clash, "Complete Control")

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

Haha jl, that's great!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

some mc5 song("high school"?) : "Okay kids, let's ROCK this town/joint!"

also, the Aquabats had a track where they'd yell out "1-2-3-4" in japanese in themiddle of the song. classic.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 1 August 2003 19:49 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Play that harmonica, son!" Frank Zappa in "Trouble Every Day" I think.

"Kick it!" Beasty Boys - "Fight for Your Right..."

And on the opposite tip: "That's plenty, studio." MES on the last track of the first LP ("Music Scene"?).

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 1 August 2003 19:52 (7 years ago) Permalink

Turn that bloody blimey Space Invader off!

― Sam J. (samjeff), Friday, 1 August 2003 20:22 (7 years ago) Permalink

Frank Black (Black Francis) saying "Rock Me Joe" (to Joey Santiago) as the Pixies usher in the early Irony Age with "Monkey Gone To Heaven"!

― Leighton M., Friday, 1 August 2003 20:25 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Alright Doll Face, come on out and bore me" - Iggy Pop. This one surely takes the cake.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 1 August 2003 22:00 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Play it for me, guitarist" -- Alex Chilton in "Dream Lover"

― Marcus Barr (Marcus Barr), Saturday, 2 August 2003 02:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

"YEAH, DON'T CROSS MY PATH!!!!"
- Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats in "Stray Cat Strut"

"JUST WATCH YER STEP!"
- Bon Scott of AC/DC in "Problem Child"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 August 2003 03:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

"YEAH, TAKE IT, HUGH!"
-- J.J.Burnell of the Stranglers, prompting a guitar solo from Hugh Cornwell in "Something Better Change."

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 August 2003 03:04 (7 years ago) Permalink

oooh, another good Bon one is the song where he goes "We're rock stars!!!!!"

I can't remember what it is, though.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 2 August 2003 03:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

Three or four times on Fire by the Electric Six does Dick Valentine illicit a solo by saying "SOLO!" with great zeal and authority. It's most gratifying.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 August 2003 03:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

yeah to whoever mentioned "c'mon steve hit it!" def leppard - armageddon it. carl perkins is ace for encouraging the old rocking out "go cat go!" and i never go a day without talking about "talk dirty to me " by poison - "cc pick up that guitar and-ah, tawwwk to me!"

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Saturday, 2 August 2003 03:07 (7 years ago) Permalink

yeah, I always loved that "c'mon Steve hit it" thing too. "Armageddon It" is probably my favorite song from the record.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 2 August 2003 03:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

Right before the guitar solo in "Kings & Queens" by Killing Joke (one of only a small handful of songs with actual guitar solos in them by the band), there's an incredibly brief break wherein then-drummer Big Paul Ferguson grunts manfully, prompting Geordie to rip back into the proceedings with a carpet bombing of jagged, angular notes. Brilliantastic!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 August 2003 03:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

"FARRRROUT!"
- Miles Hunt of the Wonder Stuff in "Unbearable".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 August 2003 03:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

"oh no oh no we brought it to the end of the song and we FORGOT TO JAM"

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 2 August 2003 04:11 (7 years ago) Permalink


'C'mon Steve,'

'Play it for me, guitarist...'

― LA75 (LA75), Saturday, 2 August 2003 04:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

'make me cry' in yellow ledbetter.

― billstevejim, Saturday, 2 August 2003 17:13 (7 years ago) Permalink

"OK edge ... play the blues!"

ok, maybe not.

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 2 August 2003 17:40 (7 years ago) Permalink

'mr. len get busy!' by El-P on 'patriotism'

― tylero, Sunday, 3 August 2003 00:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

"steve jones, eat your breakfast" before frank sidebottom launches into the solo in his the definitive version of "anarchy in the uk"

― kieron, Sunday, 3 August 2003 20:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

I suddenly remember the various invocations to "Take it, Jake!" in the history of the Raunchy Young Lepers. This makes sense, he was for the longest time the only one who knew how to play anything.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 3 August 2003 20:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

okay it's not really rock,and it's not the middle of the song,it's to sorta introduce the rocky outro of the song but it's still great...

"hand's up lads, i think theres some people who (Mu Mu) are a bit shy, muu muu as the KLF would say"

and then onto repeating the chorus for a last few goes

"And all the pop stars star at the length of hair,oh oh oh Kylie's got a crush on us!"...

BMX Bandits, Duglas Stewart,one of the greatest men in pop music, ever.

― Myles Bartoli, Sunday, 3 August 2003 21:21 (7 years ago) Permalink

ALL of "Dance To The Music" by Sly, innit?

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Sunday, 3 August 2003 21:26 (7 years ago) Permalink

"ROCK!"

eels -- souljacker pt 1

― person#0 (person#0), Monday, 4 August 2003 07:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

he's saying it to himself rather than the rest of the band, but jimi's "let me, ah, prove it to you" before the backwards guitar bit in 'are you experienced?' is pretty great

― adam b (adam b), Monday, 4 August 2003 11:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

and it's at the beginning of the song, but bob dylan's "play fucking loud!" at the beginning of 'like a rolling stone' rules the school too

― adam b (adam b), Monday, 4 August 2003 11:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

3 years pass...
Johnny Cash, Luther Played the Boogie

Luther played the boogie Luther's played the boogie in the strangest kind of way...

Play it strange!

― Flopsy (Flopsy), Saturday, 2 September 2006 16:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

When Freddy Mercury says "GET ON YOUR BIKES AND RIDE!"

― Rowlando for the kidz (Sam Rowlands), Saturday, 2 September 2006 17:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

"Lady be good" Velvet Underground--What Goes On

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 2 September 2006 19:47 (4 years ago) Permalink

Prince- "Baby I'm a Star" : "Doctor!"
Prince & the NPG - "Return Of The Bump Squad" : "I got something for your headache."
Prince - "Kiss"" "Think I wanna dance now!" and "Littl girl Wendy's parade."
Prince - "Rock Hard in a Funky Place': "Maybe if u cop a nut in the car/Maybe u could think about playing guitar"

― Randy Reiss (undeadsinatra), Saturday, 2 September 2006 21:07 (4 years ago) Permalink

Prince - Cream - "Look up in the air, it's your guitar"

Pretenders - Middle of the Road - "Brrrrrrr, nyowwww!"

In some other Pretenders song (live cut maybe?), Chrissie eggs on the band with a sly "Girls?..." Laurie Anderson pulls the same trick, only it's a Harmonizer-processed trio of her own voice that responds.

"And the colored girls go..."

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Sunday, 3 September 2006 05:03 (4 years ago) Permalink

BBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― Adam S S (Zephery), Sunday, 3 September 2006 16:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

"Aw, make it pretty now..." - Ernest Tubbs

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 3 September 2006 16:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

Come on honkey, do your thing - Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About A Mover

― jim wentworth (wench), Monday, 4 September 2006 03:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

What was the one the Sun City Girls did before a particularly nasty sax solo? It was something like "play it sloppy for 'em" or something. It was hilarious anyway.

― Period period period (Period period period), Monday, 4 September 2006 03:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

the rolling stones - 'little t & a"

"you got to shock them, show them!"

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 4 September 2006 11:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

Tennesse Flat-Top Box by Johnny Cash:

"And he would play . . . "

Also Elvis calling out "Show 'em, son" on Guitar Man.

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Monday, 4 September 2006 11:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

That Buddy Rich tape to thread again.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 4 September 2006 12:00 (4 years ago) Permalink

In "The Last Gas" by Embrace Danny goes "BEEP BEEP!" like a car, and then Rik plays this retarded solo. It's great.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 4 September 2006 16:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

Mark E. Smith: "Don't start improvising, for christ's sake!"
Also,
"Will you fucking get it together instead of showing off!"

― Maltodextrin (Maltodextrin), Monday, 4 September 2006 16:58 (4 years ago) Permalink

This is at the beginning of a song, but in my book should still count: The Boredoms, 'Telehorse Uma'.

"One...uhtwo...uhthree...four"
"Onetwo...threefour"
"One two"
"A one-two"
"One two thr..."
"One two three f..."
"ONETWOTHREEFOUR!!!"

― Obvious Ninja (Haberdager), Monday, 4 September 2006 17:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

Hit that long rollin' note Mr. Zoot Horn Rollo and let it float.....

― sonofstan (sonofstan), Monday, 4 September 2006 17:31 (4 years ago) Permalink

"GO NIGEL GO!"

Spinal Tap, "Gimme Some Money"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 02:27 (4 years ago) Permalink

Michael Nesmith to Glen Campbell: "Play magic fingers!" In the middle of that same guitar solo: "Yeee-ha! OH, pick it mister!" From the Monkees'"Papa Jean's Blues." When I was a kid, before I knew any better, I thought Nesmith was damned clever to intro HIS OWN SOLO that way...didn't know he had a studio stand-in...

Also: just got through listening to the upcoming Waylon Jennings box set. After he entered his outlaw phase (and ESPECIALLY after he started recording with his road band rather than Nashville studio guys), you could always hear him egging on the musicians everytime the band was about to throw down...usually something simple like "...alright." (I think he's definitely doing this on "Honky Tonk Heroes," when the song changes tempo after the beginning.)

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 03:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

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* Elvis Costello in "Leave My Kitten Alone": "This here's a solo!"
* Wilbert Harrison in "Kansas City": "Aw, but ya know it -- yeah, mercy!"

― The Deacon, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 03:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

Xiu Xiu on stage, "fire it up Jamie!" (undocumented)

― Saxby D. Elder, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 03:38 (3 years ago) Permalink

I always liked when Weird Al tells himself to "make it talk" on the accordion solo of "I Love Rocky Road." Still cracks me up.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 03:41 (3 years ago) Permalink

Terry Day towards the end of "Ruthless" by the London Improvisers Orchestra: "Everybody...a GREAT BIG FUCKING RACKET!" And that's exactly what you get.

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 08:43 (3 years ago) Permalink

No Half Man Half Biscuit?

"Okay boys, fill the skip"
"Let's go to chapel"
"Let's pedestrianise the high street!"

I can't remember which songs these are all from, apart from the chapel one which is Bad Review.

― Bocken Social Scene, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 10:23 (3 years ago) Permalink

When Hector Lavoe says "¡Ataca Yomo!" meaning Yomo Toro during "La Murga."

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 05:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

And, by the same token, whenever either Hector Lavoe or Benny Moré screams "Diablo!" although no doubt plenty of others said it as well.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 20 July 2007 01:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

I like when bands shout 1 2 3 4 in the MIDDLE of a song (Local H does it a few times), giving us some advance notice that cool shit is gonna happen.

best 1234 in the history of recorded sound? right here. green's "better way."

― Lawrence the Looter, Friday, 20 July 2007 01:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

"Er'n slutt nå, Eldar?" "NEI!"

Vazelina Bilopphøggers: "Gi meg fri ikveld" (1980) - translation: "Is it finished now, Eldar?" "NO!"

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 21 July 2007 00:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

"She's About a Mover" has gotta be "Augie" rather than "honky."

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 21 July 2007 07:09 (3 years ago) Permalink

"Okay Rob play GUITAR now brother"--Eggs, "The Government Administrator"

-- Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, August 2, 2003 2:17 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link

oh i love this

― electricsound, Saturday, 21 July 2007 07:18 (3 years ago) Permalink

In some other Pretenders song (live cut maybe?), Chrissie eggs on the band with a sly "Girls?..."

yep, live version of "precious," she says, "are you ready girls?" and then the shit just explodes.

― Lawrence the Looter, Saturday, 21 July 2007 13:11 (3 years ago) Permalink

"Jesus Christ was born today. We're gonna get born now- [*guitar*]" -Alex Chilton, "Jesus Christ"

― shanecavanaugh, Saturday, 21 July 2007 17:28 (3 years ago) Permalink

Oh wait, that's not really rocking the fuck out.

― shanecavanaugh, Saturday, 21 July 2007 17:33 (3 years ago) Permalink


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