What are some mistakes that were left in songs? Do you have a favorite?

favrion@lemmy.studio to Music@beehaw.org – 6 points –
13

You are viewing a single comment

"Oh Comely" by Neutral Milk Hotel has a "holy shit" heard at the very end. It's an 8+ minute song that Jeff Magnum nailed on what was supposed to just be a sound test before recording.

My favorite is "Stephen's Last Night in Town" by Ben Folds Five. There's a rising clarinet part that climbs to a climax with a brief pause at the peak and a phone rings in time and in key in the background during that pause.

The ratio between how much I used to listed to Ben Folds Five and the post 20 years of "not even once" is mind-blowing.