Wait... What?

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Wait... What?

Postby Overlord Moo » Mon May 20, 2013 10:32 pm

Have you ever listened to a song and realized about half way through that it went in a really weird direction? Well, here's where you can shock and amuse the rest of us with your discovery.

For example: Jonathan Coulton's "The First of May"

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Re: Wait... What?

Postby Marcuse » Mon May 20, 2013 10:58 pm

Yes! I always found I had a Wait, What? moment when listening to this song. It's pretty standard Black Metal until about 3:23 when it just throws such a wierd addition. Song is Myr by Taake.

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Re: Wait... What?

Postby Dr. Ambiguous » Mon May 20, 2013 11:37 pm

Maybe this doesn't count since the band is known for writing weird music, but Mr. Bungle (or pretty much anything that Mike Patton does).

Mr. Bungle - Squeeze Me Macaroni

Mr. Bungle - My Ass Is On Fire
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby jbobsully11 » Tue May 21, 2013 12:34 am

I'm not quite sure if it fits, but here's a catchy, upbeat 1960s pop song about... how the narrator's boyfriend is going to beat the hell out of someone for spreading rumors about her. Why Hess decided it would be fun to set their Christmas commercial jingle to the tune of this song is beyond me:
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby LaoWai » Tue May 21, 2013 1:38 am

Dr. Ambiguous wrote:Maybe this doesn't count since the band is known for writing weird music, but Mr. Bungle (or pretty much anything that Mike Patton does).


I can't even watch the videos, but I gave an enthusiastic thumbs-up anyway. (If Patton has allowed it to be taped, I've probably seen it.) I'd still amend the comment to read "since the band is known for writing gorgeous, brain-melting music," but that's maybe an insane fan thing. Egg!
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby Dr. Ambiguous » Tue May 21, 2013 3:21 am

LaoWai wrote:I'd still amend the comment to read "since the band is known for writing gorgeous, brain-melting music," but that's maybe an insane fan thing. Egg!

That works too. Mike Patton is awesome.
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby SryimHi » Wed May 22, 2013 12:07 am

Well this isn't really a twist half way through the song. But I was listing to Cups from Pitch Perfect on the radio the other day and I had a wait..what moment. Someone back me up on this, but "Cups" is pretty much the same song as "she'll be coming around the mountain" Check it out.



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Re: Wait... What?

Postby Typical Michael » Wed May 22, 2013 12:35 am



It goes to some strange places. Father-rapers!
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby jollybootsofdoom » Wed May 22, 2013 10:05 am



Not sure if this is exactly the "Wait...what?" kind of moment you guys were talking about, But this song. Just classic Sabbath-style metal all the way until about 4 and a half minutes in, and then suddenl, it becomes very Zepplin-ish.
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby reallifegirl » Wed May 22, 2013 8:53 pm

I tend to go "Wait, What?" a lot during Train songs. Not because the song's intentions were different than I expected, but because of the bizarre metaphors they use.

"I'm just a shy guy
Looking for a two-ply
Hefty bag to hold my-y-y-y-y-y-y love~"
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby Dottoe » Wed May 22, 2013 11:14 pm

I'm not sure this counts because it's used intentionally to make a point.



Maaaybe along the same vein is Nena's "99 Red Balloons", but I just found out they re-released the song in '09 and I'm too mad to link it.
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby D-LOGAN » Sat May 25, 2013 7:47 pm



Suspicious Minds by Elvis. Must of heard it a million times, and then one day when it was playing on a loop in work I heard the line-"Shove it up your nose." WHAM! I just never noticed it before, I thought the song was about a jealous lover, it's about drugs man.

Oh and Jailhouse Rock-

Number forty-seven said to number three:
"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me."

It's about well ....jailhouse rocking .....



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Re: Wait... What?

Postby Edgar Cabrera » Sun May 26, 2013 11:39 pm

Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say
If they knew you believed in God above?
They should realize before they criticize
That God is the only way to love




Seriously, Black Sabbath?
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby Matthew Notch » Tue May 28, 2013 12:42 am

It's probably cheating to mention iwrestledabearonce, huh?



I always get the impression that no one likes them, but then I wonder if everyone is just in on the joke...
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Re: Wait... What?

Postby D-LOGAN » Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:29 pm



Holy crap, I only recently paused to listen to the lyrics of this, and it's like totally about the futility of the mindset of killing and secterianism in armed groups, in particular the Troubles up the North-

"It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen.
In your head, in your head they're still fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are dying...
"

They couldn't be more blatent about it, and I just thought it was about Zombies...... WELL THEY SHOULDN'T OF CALLED IT ZOMBIE IF THEY DIDN'T WANT EEJITS LIKE ME MISINTERPRETING IT!
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