Bananarama

Album: Deep Sea Skyving’.

Year: 1982.

Shoop shoop ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Shoop shoop ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Shoop shoop ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Shoop shoop ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

That, right there, is a monster, titanic hook. It was a titanic hook back in the 1960s (so much so that even Pete Townshend tossed some “shoop shoops” into “La La Lies” on the first Who album), and lord knows it’s about time for Taylor Swift to use it somewhere.

In any event, Bananarama’s girl group singing over a slinky but organic-sounding beat (and a lyric to which I could relate), has always just killed me.

Shoop shoop ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Shoop shoop ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Shoop shoop ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Shoop shoop ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

Official video for “Shy Boy”

My Certain Songs Playlist on Spotify

Every “Certain Song” Ever

You can talk about genres, artists, albums, or even songs, but sometimes what keeps us coming back to music is the discovery of the transcendent musical moment. For me, “the moment” is the part of the song that fully and utterly engages me; the reason that I keep coming back to it.

I’m not necessarily talking about hooks here, because the purpose of a hook is the draw you into a song. I’m really talking more about traps: the part of a song that that keeps you there.

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Every single moment I’ve listed below kills me single every time I hear it.

Oh, and this isn’t in any kind of order, despite the numbering.

Certain Songs: Bananarama – “Shy Boy”

22 Musical Moments To Die For