Favorite Bridge

AstroDan · Post by **AstroDan** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:23 am

So, what's your favorite bridge in a song? One that doesn't seem like an afterthought, as in "we have to put a part 'C' bridge in here, to break up the 'A' verse and the 'B' chorus".

I can't think of one. I just thought of the topic.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:25 am

Cream: Badge (written by George Harrison).

lyman · Post by **lyman** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:31 am

this one is pretty cool

curtiswyant · Post by **curtiswyant** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:49 am

We Can Work it Out...

(life is very short...)

d-bolan · Post by **d-bolan** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:02 am

Hands down my favorite bridge of all time is in "Truth Hits Everybody" by the Police. I'm borderline obsesssed with it as a songwriter.

danny

Electricide · Post by **Electricide** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:20 am

I have to look through the iPod.

philbo · Post by **philbo** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:34 am

Where's that confounded bridge?
________
Interracial Chinese

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:36 am

"Jill Can Drive" by Trip Shakespeare (you're lucky if you've ever heard of them)

the bridge contains the lines "Jill's got LP records till they touch the sky" and "stare at aqua makeup 'till you lose your mind" - plus it condenses all the slowly built up fury of the rest of the slowly built song - pure total genius -

wedge · Post by **wedge** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:35 am

curtiswyant wrote:We Can Work it Out...

(life is very short...)

Beat me too it. Awesome example of bridge perfection. The key shifts, the mood shifts, the instrumentation shifts a bit, the lyrics *add* another layer of meaning to the song, it's short and to the point. Wow. What a great song, period.

How about 2001 Space Oddity? "Ground Control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead, is something wrong? Can you hear me, Major Tom?!?..."

MD · Post by MD » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:47 am

curtiswyant wrote:We Can Work it Out...

(life is very short...)

me three

LeedyGuy · Post by **LeedyGuy** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:30 pm

I always thought the bridge in the standard "The Song is You" was pure freakin genius. Check out some standards to hear some really great use of the "C Section" of tunes, but usually in the case of a standard, its only the B section. C Sections are sorta rare.

double ditto on We Can Work It Out.

Anyone familiar with Toad the Wet Sprocket and Glen Phillips songwriting? He is the KING of the bridge.

AstroDan · Post by **AstroDan** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:44 pm

McCartney is the bridge master, and the 1,2,3 waltz is totally his signature. It strikes me odd that more people don't use it, as influential as the Beatles are.

I just wanted to bring this up because it seems there are so many great ideas for songs, like a super cool verse or chorus, and they just get ruined by a bad bridge. It's like, "throw in a minor and all the jazz chords you learned in college two minutes into the song and let's call it a day."

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:31 pm

mjau wrote:Cream: Badge (written by George Harrison).

Ironically, this one came to mind for me, too.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

Brian Brock · Post by **Brian Brock** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:42 pm

AstroDan wrote:McCartney is the bridge master, and the 1,2,3 waltz is totally his signature. It strikes me odd that more people don't use it, as influential as the Beatles are.

I just wanted to bring this up because it seems there are so many great ideas for songs, like a super cool verse or chorus, and they just get ruined by a bad bridge. It's like, "throw in a minor and all the jazz chords you learned in college two minutes into the song and let's call it a day."

Interesting. Do you think you could name a song like this (preferably a Beatles song or something - not all of their bridges are fantastic) and analyze it in these terms? It sounds kind of like you might like the melodies in the verse and chorus, and then the bridge is all harmony with no melody? A lot of the great Beatles bridges do the minor and jazz chord type of thing, but work because of the melody.

I'm a big fan of the bridge. I think I've written a couple of songs that are all bridge...

b

treble king · Post by **treble king** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:23 pm

The Jayhawks - Blue

Just love that little back and forth thing, ending with the big harmony.

The Beatles - Yes It Is

OMG - it kills me. I heard the Anthology version first. Just blows me away.

There's a million others, but those popped up first.

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