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24 Musical Moments to Die For

August 29, 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 second in a series. The first one had 25, this one has 24.

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: Arcade Fire, Bettie Serveert, Broken Social Scene, Bruce Springsteen, Buzzcocks, Close Lobsters, Kinks, Michael Schenker, Ray Davies, Steve Van Zant, Superchunk, Tom Verlaine, Waylon Jennings, Win Butler

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