Songs with that "POW!!!!" moment

tclem

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So I have a two year old. My in-laws bought him Frozen on blu-ray about two weeks ago.

We have now watched it about 83 times.

I actually like the movie. It's much better than Dora or Blue's Clues or whatever.

But in the song "Let it go" there is a part right before the climax of the song where everything stops and the bass does a awesome slide right before the rest of the band comes in full. It's a fine moment of musical POW!!!!

So I'm wondering what song's do you like that have that POW!!!! moment?

Another one of mine is Jeff Buckley, "Everybody Here Wants You" There is this moment towards the end of the song where the guitar hits this high note on an upbeat and it makes me want to shake my groove thing.
 
I'm sorry but I have to say this. I just cannot resist.

For those old enough and in the US, remember the Batman tv show with Adam West? All the tunes they used in that TV show had that "POW" in them. It even said so as they displayed the word "POW" on the screen very often.

This is just in good humor so no flaming please. :)
 
Won't Get Fooled again has a classic pow moment.

Speaking of Jeff Buckley, Grace had a few wildly intense passages.

Live, Aussie band Midnight Oil were always good for pow moments - you'd think they were powering and they'd jump into another gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA3d6lX4bWI

A friend and I made a noise comedy piece that not only has pow! moments, but also bam!, slam!, boing, crash and tinkle :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hnTUg-t9_M
 
Won't Get Fooled again has a classic pow moment.

Speaking of Jeff Buckley, Grace had a few wildly intense passages.

Live, Aussie band Midnight Oil were always good for pow moments - you'd think they were powering and they'd jump into another gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA3d6lX4bWI

A friend and I made a noise comedy piece that not only has pow! moments, but also bam!, slam!, boing, crash and tinkle :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hnTUg-t9_M


Grace is definitely in my top 10 albums of all time. Definitely some of my favorite musical moments on that one.

Never hear of Midnight Oil before but I love the triplets at 4:07 and the guitar riff at 10:06. Good Stuff!!!

And I think you have captured my feelings toward sales pitches lol
 
I'm sorry but I have to say this. I just cannot resist.

For those old enough and in the US, remember the Batman tv show with Adam West? All the tunes they used in that TV show had that "POW" in them. It even said so as they displayed the word "POW" on the screen very often.

This is just in good humor so no flaming please. :)

haha I have a vinyl of the Marketts doing the Batman theme and it just isn't the same without the graphics popping up
 
The first time I heard "Stand" by Devin Townsend.
"Astral Storm" by Modern Day Babylon.
An emotional one for "Wille Zum Untergang" by The Ocean.

While we're on Frozen, I really like the soundtrack for that movie. The oboe solo in the middle of "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman" is a killer, and the first four bars of the bridge of Let it Go are really awesome too (with the string phrase that gets played double time in the piano immediately following).
 
While we're on Frozen, I really like the soundtrack for that movie. The oboe solo in the middle of "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman" is a killer, and the first four bars of the bridge of Let it Go are really awesome too (with the string phrase that gets played double time in the piano immediately following).

Holy cow I have been so worried that my two year old had broken me and I was the only one who liked it. thanks for the affirmation
 
It's my favorite Disney movie on account of it basically being a lesbian "coming out" story (with a little bit of pretense, sure). Of course, it's certainly not badly scored, animated, or written, either.
 
It's my favorite Disney movie on account of it basically being a lesbian "coming out" story (with a little bit of pretense, sure). Of course, it's certainly not badly scored, animated, or written, either.

I have actually heard several people say that and I got to be honest, I don't see it lol. I guess the "Let it Go" scene is supposed to be her coming out scene but if you listen to the song's lyrics and put it in the context of the whole movie it seems to be a story more about using your gifts and talents more for the benefit of others. In "Let it Go" she talks about having no rules and doing what she wants but what she doesn't realize is that her kingdom is suffering from the winter that she is bringing on. But at the end she ends up using her powers responsibly to bring joy to her people. I don't know lol cartoons seem much deeper now than when we were young haha.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ_6O_TElwM

Not necessarily a single POW moment, but this is something I've been getting into recently that has a series of pow moments. The peak of the chorus is a great build and in general this whole tune has a really beautiful soaring quality. 3:08 is probably the absolute peak of the pow.

Band is Balkanopolis and this guy is apparently a multi instrumentalist genius specialising in modern interpretations of traditional Balkan Music.

In fact these guys have some beautiful orchestration. I encourage everyone to also check other stuff out too.
 
As a teenager, hearing "Sanitarium" for the first time. When James says, "Mirror stares back hard..." and then the guitar solo comes in.

I swear that song threw me around the room.
 
Fine, I guess I'll have to say it.

Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight", the classic tom fill that ushers in the middle chorus. At clubs, parties, in the car, and even in some restaurants, everyone pounds out (or at least air drums) that fill!

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Fine, I guess I'll have to say it.

Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight", the classic tom fill that ushers in the middle chorus. At clubs, parties, in the car, and even in some restaurants, everyone pounds out (or at least air drums) that fill!

Yup, it's brilliant. Also love the original fill Phil picked up from Chester Thompson and Ralph Humphrey on More Trouble Every Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naFQ7KG_nHg
 
Learning some Bad Company tunes now - their "trademark" song "Bad Company" has a good POW moment after the intro... "That's why they call me!" POW POW Bad Company! ...
 
Angel of Death by Slayer. There's a POW moment in the beginning when Tom Araya hits the high pitch at the start of the song and there's another when the guitars stop and Dave Lombardo does his double bass + tom drum fill before the final chorus.
 
I shall add a little class to the discussion and say the final movement of the William Tell overture by Rosini. That trumpet blast will knock you off of your seat. When you look up you will see the Lone Ranger.
 
Angel of Death by Slayer. There's a POW moment in the beginning when Tom Araya hits the high pitch at the start of the song and there's another when the guitars stop and Dave Lombardo does his double bass + tom drum fill before the final chorus.
Yes, that would do it (pity Tom can't pull off the scream live these days but still awesome)!
 
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