Name some songs with poppy melodies that then break into chaos and noise

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Example: Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket

That song starts off as catchy as Teenage Riot, drifts into all out noise jamming in the middle, and then comes back to the first part near the end.

Other examples? The noise doesn't have to be in the middle, although that makes it better in my opinion.

― Lee is Free (Lee is Free), Saturday, 21 January 2006 06:16 (twenty years ago)

"Karma Police"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 21 January 2006 06:18 (twenty years ago)

"don't phunk with my heart"

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 21 January 2006 06:21 (twenty years ago)

JaMC: Never Understand is an obvious one, if not the obvious one.

A lot of shoegaze gonna be posted in dis here thread.

― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 21 January 2006 06:22 (twenty years ago)

various songs by Bearsuit

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Saturday, 21 January 2006 06:29 (twenty years ago)

some origins of the species: Count Five, "Psychotic Reaction"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 21 January 2006 06:30 (twenty years ago)

Faust - A Little Bit of Pain

(I may have that name slightly wrong). I love this song. Really, it's amazing. At around just 2 minutes, it's so beautiful. Get it now.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 21 January 2006 06:41 (twenty years ago)

Beck's "Electric Music and the Summer People" (the first version, circa '96).

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 21 January 2006 06:56 (twenty years ago)

i think that describes 99% of all sonic youth songs. i love sonic youth.

― one time gaffled 'em up (one time gaffled 'em up), Saturday, 21 January 2006 07:05 (twenty years ago)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Art Star"

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Saturday, 21 January 2006 07:08 (twenty years ago)

Um, "Whole Lotta Love"? That's some serious Sonic Youth-y stuff during the orgasm part.

― bendy (bendy), Saturday, 21 January 2006 07:33 (twenty years ago)

Prince, "Pop Life"

― National Roffle Association (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 21 January 2006 07:38 (twenty years ago)

This thread was made for Stereolab's "Tone Burst".

― D.V. Caputo, Saturday, 21 January 2006 07:51 (twenty years ago)

blondie " rapture" own this thread.
beatles "hey jude"
thankyou , you've been a lovely audience.try the veal.

― retrogurl, Saturday, 21 January 2006 07:53 (twenty years ago)

The song about the sunshine:

This Heat "Health & Efficiency"

― larssen (larssen), Saturday, 21 January 2006 07:57 (twenty years ago)

B.A.D., "Rush" is a less extreme example -- chaotic, perhaps, but certainly not noisy

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 21 January 2006 08:46 (twenty years ago)

this song called DEERHOOF

― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Saturday, 21 January 2006 10:29 (twenty years ago)

frank sinatra - i get a kick out of you

― DYANSINDFOET, Saturday, 21 January 2006 11:23 (twenty years ago)

Jeff Buckley - "Vancouver"

frank sinatra - i get a kick out of you
I can't hear this song without thinking of Cleavon Little...

― PB, Saturday, 21 January 2006 11:31 (twenty years ago)

the end
european son

two obvious? choices

― deru, Saturday, 21 January 2006 11:48 (twenty years ago)

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, "Anna Apera" (Tatay version)
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, "Sweet Johnny"

I second the Faust recommendation too.

― Deluxe (Damian), Saturday, 21 January 2006 12:33 (twenty years ago)

Yo La Tengo to thread.

A more restrained option might be American Music Club's "In the Shadow of the Valley."

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Saturday, 21 January 2006 13:04 (twenty years ago)

Sands: Listen To The Sky

― harvey.w (harvey.w), Saturday, 21 January 2006 13:22 (twenty years ago)

Going back to the sixties now:
"Susan"-the Buckinghams
"Morning Girl"-Neon Philharmonic

And while we're there, I see nothing REMOTELY poppy about "Psychotic Reaction." The Count Five came out of the gate kicking ass on that one; that song is hard rock all the way.

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Saturday, 21 January 2006 13:46 (twenty years ago)

dEUS - Little Arithmetics

― Geofforoery BOothroydsz, Saturday, 21 January 2006 15:06 (twenty years ago)

Total obviousness: My Bloody Valentine's "You Made Me Realise," which ie basically the platonic ideal of this kind of thing, and not coincidentally the Official #1 Best Rock and Roll Song of All Time in this household. OK, I might be overstating it, but not by much.

― xero (xero), Saturday, 21 January 2006 15:12 (twenty years ago)

Cornelius - 'Thank You For The Music', 'Star Fruits Surf Rider', 'Chapter 8: Seashore and Horizon', 'Fly', 'Rock/96' + remixes of: High Llamas - 'Homespin Rerun', Beck - 'Mixed Bizness', Money Mark - 'Maybe I'm Dead'
The United States of America - 'Hard Coming Love', 'Coming Down'
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - 'starship.6', 'rival', 'Sabotage', 'A Day In The Radio'
The Aprils feat. YMCK - 'Twinkle of the Stars, Little Stars, Shining Stars'
The Beta Band - 'Dr Baker', 'It's Not Too Beautiful'
Takako Minekawa - 'Spin Spider Spin'
Mum And Dad - 'Marvin', 'The Electric Mistress' (which reverse the thread title)
Flipper's Guitar - 'The Quizmaster', 'The World Tower'

― Hal! Jordan! HAL! JORDAN! (Barima), Saturday, 21 January 2006 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Not exactly poppy to start off with - more twee - but very few twee songs end up with two minutes of pure white noise like Northern Picture Library's "Dear Faraway Friend".

― Rick Spence (spencerman), Saturday, 21 January 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

a second vote for This Heat - "Health and Efficiency"...that's bestest.

― bobby.lasers (bobby.lasers), Saturday, 21 January 2006 18:14 (twenty years ago)

Surprised nobody's mentioned this.

The Beatles - "A Day In The Life"

"Strawberry Fields Forever" too, for that matter.

― R. J. Greene, Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

Of course, "A Day In The Life" and SFF.

And then, jeez: Wilco, Wilco, Wilco. "Misunderstood" and "Sunken Treasure", first, then "Shot In The Arm", then pretty much all of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot except "Heavy Metal Drummer".

And The Roots - The Water (except they never get back to the poppy part).

Also:

At least one song at every concert The Grateful Dead ever played.
And a ton of other stuff from the psychedelic era, including:
Jimi Hendrix - 1983 (A Mermaid I Will Turn To Be)
Jimi Hendrix - Wild Thing (extra points for him, and for The Who, in creating actual, physical chaos to go with the sonic chaos)
Cream - N.S.U.
Jefferson Airplane - Lather
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride, Born To Be Wild, Monster

― Vornado, Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:39 (twenty years ago)

About 60% of Faith No More.
About 7% of John Zorn.

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

various songs by Bearsuit
-- jim p. irrelevant (electricsoun...), January 21st, 2006 6:29 AM. (electricsound) (later)

That's what I was going to say. I think I might have bought a Bearsuit 7" off you on Ebay, actually!

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Prince - "Let's Go Crazy"

― R. J. Greene, Saturday, 21 January 2006 20:44 (twenty years ago)

"Theme De Yoyo" - Art Ensemble of Chicago

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

Brown Shoes Don't Make It, duh.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Most Boo Radleys songs to thread.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 21 January 2006 21:20 (twenty years ago)

terry riley, you're no good

― Lukas (lukas), Saturday, 21 January 2006 22:27 (twenty years ago)

I think Sands "Listen to the Sky" was an excellent example!! Props to whoever suggested that one!

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Sunday, 22 January 2006 07:58 (twenty years ago)

how about that one version of "Tobacco Road"? definitely not as good as "listen to the sky" though.

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:02 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and how about Nirvana's "Love Buzz"!

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:03 (twenty years ago)

And most any song off of the Mothers "We're Only in it for the Money".

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:05 (twenty years ago)

Building Castles Out of Matchsticks - "This Could Be the One That Makes It".

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― Sundar (sundar), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:19 (twenty years ago)

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