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Certain Songs: Bananarama – “Shy Boy”

November 13, 2014 by Jim Connelly

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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!

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Bananarama, Deep Sea Skyvin, Shy Boy

22 Musical Moments To Die For

November 14, 2008 by Jim Connelly

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.

The is the fourth in a series. The first one had 25, the second one has 24, the third one had 23.

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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.

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Filed Under: Music, Musical Moments To Die For, That's What I Like Tagged With: Aerosmith, Bananarama, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Brian Eno, Dan Bern, Led Zeppelin, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, Otis Redding, Rolling Stones, Secret Machines, Smashing Pumpkins, The Clash, The La's, The Replacements, The Smiths, Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, X, XTC

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  • Certain Songs #2538: Sufjan Stevens – “Casimir Pulaski Day”
  • Certain Songs #2537: Sufjan Stevens – “Chicago”
  • Certain Songs #2536: Sufjan Stevens – “Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!”
  • Certain Songs #2535: Suede – “She Still Leads Me On”

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