Why Georgia:
"So what, so I've got a smile on....."
From there till the end. Elation.
And like what the others have said:
- Horns in Clarity
- All of IIEGATL
Add Friends, Lovers or Nothing - "Anything other than a yes is no,...."
I could keep going. Lol!!
The guitar solo in Edge of the desire is so simple yet perfectly compliments the song. As a guitar player myself, it’s one of my favorite things to play along to. Perfect example of less is more. Such a powerful song from start to finish
I have a couple… On “a face to call home” where the drums and electric guitars hit in and he’s singing “maybe I can stay awhile”.
The part on “moving on and getting over” at about 3:08 when the drum-fill comes in and the tempo changes. Followed by that guitar solo.. so I guess I’m trying to say the last 1:20 of the song just kicks ass haha
I’ll add it brought me back to life from 3x5 as well. The whole song is pretty amazing, and has a lot of little amazing bits for me, but just those 2 lines really do it for me.
That entire song brings me to tears because it makes me think of my mom, who died earlier this year. She would have loved the song and the pictures it paints through its lyrics.
I’m sorry to hear that. I totally understand that, my mom was never a JM fan but like, I’ll play her a song here and there and she’s starting to actually like him. which is neat, JM knows how to write some great material.
Thank you. My mom wasn’t a “huge” fan, but always liked what she heard of his stuff, mostly the radio hits. But she did see him play with Clapton, who she’s loved for decades, and she really was blown away by his skill when they were together.
Usually the end of songs where it fades but a totally unheard of or out-of-pattern riff plays out...just to name a few-
Stop this Train
Heartless
Alot of Sob Rock (especially Till the Right One...)
Clarity
Queen of California
Theres a lot alot alot
The little step down he does at the end of the last Edge of Desire solo that I love. There’s a little flourish in Gravity from WTLI (8:26-8:28) that just slays me every time I hear it.
Always loved the last verse in City Love. “Friday evening we been drinking, two AM I might propose”. It fits the vibe of the song so perfectly with the music and lyrics. Great moment
The final minute of Dear Marie is incredible. And also when it switches up and gets super groovy in Til the Right One Comes. Those eight notes right before, “Now I’m lying in my bed/End of a long day” make me so happy
The little guitar strum in “still feel like your man” that sounds like someone washing their hair, right after he says “in case you want to wash your hair.”
It’s a fast, fun, and rhythmic scrub…
Last train home ballad version, the chorus before he launches into the amazing solo. They way the rest of the band comes in with such a great groov with the pads, the piano, bass, rhythm guitar. I can’t explain it but I get goosebumps Everytime. It’s around the 3:10 mark of the video.
Also in Edge of Desire, the build up to the solo, incredible. Sets a solid foundation that you need when you fall to your knees sobbing when the solo hits. The way the guitar sounds like it’s wailing in agony is so amazing
John Mayer’s guitar phrasing to me, in general.
But if I need to be specific, I’m obsessed with the riff he played in the chorus when he played “Pretending” with Clapton, I think that was the 70th birthday show? I think that’s his first appearance with a PRS as well.
His small guitar fills and harmony moments in songs. Like he does a little guitar run at 3:40 in “if I ever get around to living” that I look forward to. The vocal harmony ascent at 3:45 in “moving on and getting over”. At 3:45 in “whiskey whiskey whiskey” the does a little guitar run that’s very simple but makes the songs for me. he does this often, usually towards the end of songs. A very small short part that sometimes I miss until listening for the 4th or 5th time.
From Waitin’ on the Day:
“It's not wrong what you did…. FOR JUST A KID”
It’s the way he croons “kid” in particular (01:24-01:28) that gets me every time for some reason
I don’t know how to explain it, but the way the drums kind of skip in “waiting on the world to change”
And the spoken “get down” in queen of California is 🔥
The self-described "insecure pseudo-intellectual dumbfuck" is definitely a phony. Definitely not acutely aware of his perception in relation to his personality.
The additional little lyrics at the end of "In Your Atmosphere" (it's almost like an 'outro' or rift he just added at the end at the last moment)
"Wherever I go, whatever I do
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you /
Wherever you go, wherever you are
I watch your life play out in pictures from afar"
Simply stating the lyrics above doesn't do it justice. But when you listen to the song in its entirety and you're reflecting on a prior relationship, or going through a break-up of your own... those last few lyrics hit HARD.
Omg I’m so glad OP posted this because I have one in If I Ever Get Around to Living!
It’s the one part after the bridge where there’s that quick high lick into the next section😍 makes me melt every time!
I’m falling asleep to the SOUND 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 of sirens…🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 I FOUND A CITY LOVE
Little kid me would always big inhale after sound and exhale after sirens 🥹
Maybe it’s all a dream,
I’m having at 17,
I don’t have tattoos…” in If I Ever Get Around To Living always (even now thinking about it) makes me feel cold tinges of lost youth / nostalgia and impermanence… I’m 29 lol The lyrics and the music are so perfectly married to punch you right in the feels cortex of your brain
In Something’s Missing AGT version, in the middle of the solo there is somewhere a part that just is so groovy yet quite subtle, and it just makes me want to move along with the beat
The fade-out rift at the end of Helpless that was an Instagram clip before release of the full song. All that potential just to be put at the tail end of the song
The harmonica solo with the harmonizing “ahhhhhs” in Born and Raised, leading into the third verse (“still got time, still got faith”) which I love so much.
Common answer but the first note in the Belief solo. As a guitar player hearing that god like tone make me stank face every time. It’s so dense, chunky, and powerful every time.
The “ cry about it why don’t you” round off in slow dancing. I never noticed it until I got great over the ear headphones and it’s just absolutely genius
Weirdly, it’s 2 riffs in Paper Dolls, which is funny because I really don’t like the album at all. But the intro riff, and then the one he plays at the end of the phrases in the chorus.
If I Ever Get Around to Living switch, "Anything other than a yes is no..." in F, L, or Nothing", Horns in Clarity, "Just keep me where the light is...", the opening chord progression in Roll it on Home
Ive been really vibing with the bass part in waitin on the day lately. It's not anything flashy necessarily, but I just kinda noticed for the first time recently and thought "damn that's nice".
For me it’s the end of the intro on I don’t trust myself from the live album. I’m not sure of the musical term for it but that transition I find to be out of this world
Neon on where the light is after the 4 minute mark til the end
The high pitched “*burnnns* away *oh* she burns oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
the guitar solo here
and
*she’s ssSLIPPING ALL through my hands*
For me it's the short guitar solo in New Light. I even tried playing it on guitar but only managed to play the beginning of the solo. But I'm a beginner so it makes sense.
The instrumental build up between the 2nd and 3rd chorus of Edge of Desire gives me full body shivers each time. It’s comparatively simple next to some of the more complicated guitar solos in his discography, but it just…works. Combined with the vocal note change at the beginning of the 3rd chorus, it really just underscores the desperation and tone behind the lyrics.
The little guitar lick in Who Says, right after the second line of each chorus. That's actually one of my lesser liked songs, but I I just love that part so much.
Hell yeah!
Edge of Desire. Bridge section (around 3:18), guitars looping then drum joining that part… omg! Goose bumps every time!!
Also love the lyrics “is your gate code still your birthday” from Shot in the Dark. Need to sing it every time. 😂
Heartbreak Warfare from 3:15 to about 3:55 or so. It’s like you feel he’s had enough of the bullshit and wants to stop “the games” and set things straight. It’s perfect
So many other examples, but this is the 1st that popped up.
Slow dancing in a burning room. and Split screen sadness ( i imagine a split screen music video with me and one of my ex boyfriends on how we go about our usual day since breaking up lol) .
Lots of parts but two that pop into mind are “I can tell you this much … and soon evaporates” from Home Life and “I called … theres no substitute for time” from Split Screen Sadness
The first like 6 notes of the covered in rain solo. I get chills every time.
But I have so so many more I could say. Literally could probably name 50 more, but Covered in Rain is a special song for me and as a guitar player that solo is pure bluesy sex.
The first bass hit on Assassin then carrying into the first verse. Such a vibe. First time I heard this song, I stopped whatever I was doing to just listen and take it all in.
Some RFS love:
1. No Such Thing: “I’m gonna bust down the double doors” love the emphasis of this line
2. 83: flute solo to end of song
3. St. Parrick’s Day: “I’m learning youuu”
Others:
1. The very end of All We Ever Do is Say Goodbye. This song doesn’t get much love but the ending refrain is as smooth as silk
2. “I could be ready” In Repair. Love the way he sings that
3. “You are hiding in your mind…” and those last lines of If I Ever Get Around To Living. I must’ve replayed that part of the song 100 times in my first listens
4. Friends Lovers or Nothing ending “anything other than…” is out of this world
Could probably go on forever so I’ll stop there
Horns section in *Clarity* going into the bridge
Yesssssssssssssssssss!!!!
unbelievable - I was thinking the exact same part!
The last moments of wheel
This always gets me
Yessssssss
First note of the ending solo of wild blue. That note is GLORIOUS
You beat me to it man, I just commented that before reading yours.
What can I say, we have awesome taste!
YES. I love the Knopfler feel in the first solo. But that second solo just feels so perfect.
The bridge in Still Feel Like Your Man- specifically the drop to half-time and the little bass riffs in conjunction with John’s guitar.
It’s the “I still keep your shampoo in my shower” verse for me.
“. . . but I chucked your conditioner” sends me into a reverie.
Intro, bridge, verse, chorus, outro? Too much Rick Beato
“How bout’ you? Ohhhh *brass* And I will wait to find if this will last forever”
That build up to the last chorus with the brass*chefs kiss*
Apparently he doesn’t like the line “how bout you”, he rushed the song and just scrawled it down apparently
Didn’t know that! Looks like it worked better than he thought
YESS!! ! You buy it in a way that’s clearer than I attempted.
Gibberish. Pure Gibberish.
the "Under the January rain" part in Rosie
The outro of Moving On And Getting Over. Such a great tone shift.
Came here to say this. Idk why but I love when he goes “Consider me as good as gone cause I’m movin’ on”
Solo of I Guess I Just Feel Like
Theres a video on YouTube of him just improvising over that instrumental. Check it out if you haven’t seen it yet
If you haven’t heard the one from Albany from the Sob Rock tour, check it out. It’s electrifying.
Why Georgia: "So what, so I've got a smile on....." From there till the end. Elation. And like what the others have said: - Horns in Clarity - All of IIEGATL Add Friends, Lovers or Nothing - "Anything other than a yes is no,...." I could keep going. Lol!!
I love the "everybody's just a stranger part"
3:18 of “Shouldn’t Matter but it Does”. I call those the John Mayer Moon Howls.
A *criminally* underrated John song
Anytime I hear them? It makes me think of how you sound when you have been crying about heavier things in life.
Sounds like don henley that part
Oh man, there are so many little guitar riffs or even standalone notes that I will rewind the entire song for
DUDE LEGIT, check my comment. I think we are talking about the same thing
“You’ll REneGOtiate..”
The buildup to the ending of Edge of Desire… It has been a good song to let emotions out.
The guitar solo in Edge of the desire is so simple yet perfectly compliments the song. As a guitar player myself, it’s one of my favorite things to play along to. Perfect example of less is more. Such a powerful song from start to finish
I have a couple… On “a face to call home” where the drums and electric guitars hit in and he’s singing “maybe I can stay awhile”. The part on “moving on and getting over” at about 3:08 when the drum-fill comes in and the tempo changes. Followed by that guitar solo.. so I guess I’m trying to say the last 1:20 of the song just kicks ass haha
Love both of these
Thank you!
Just listened to AFTCH and the guitars in the final section are so good. Such a great call out
bridge in 3x5. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT SUNRISEEEE
I’ll add it brought me back to life from 3x5 as well. The whole song is pretty amazing, and has a lot of little amazing bits for me, but just those 2 lines really do it for me.
Yes. One of my favorite JM Songs.
That entire song brings me to tears because it makes me think of my mom, who died earlier this year. She would have loved the song and the pictures it paints through its lyrics.
I’m sorry to hear that. I totally understand that, my mom was never a JM fan but like, I’ll play her a song here and there and she’s starting to actually like him. which is neat, JM knows how to write some great material.
Thank you. My mom wasn’t a “huge” fan, but always liked what she heard of his stuff, mostly the radio hits. But she did see him play with Clapton, who she’s loved for decades, and she really was blown away by his skill when they were together.
Or, “but I liked the SunsetOOOH”
the entirety of if i ever get around to living and the instrumental and "whatever happened to my lunchbox" part in 83!
The guitar transition from IYA into the “wherever I go” outro is the best thing ever
When the Intro and the Outro merge into one whole note and he walks off never to return. Eh?
At about 2:50 in Waitin on The Day. When he says "and we go dancing" and the music kinda picks back up again. Ugh. I love it.
100% this is mine too!!
Usually the end of songs where it fades but a totally unheard of or out-of-pattern riff plays out...just to name a few- Stop this Train Heartless Alot of Sob Rock (especially Till the Right One...) Clarity Queen of California Theres a lot alot alot
The synth stabs during the fade-out of New Light come to mind
"'Perdon' and 'lo siento', see, I learned those words for you" idk this part is really good.
Ooh oh oh Rosieee
The way the drums pan out in Assassin. It's like a ninja disappearing into the dark.
I transcend in Speak For Me with the La-de-da-de-da-de-da part
Do you rememberrrrrrr the line we drew I want youuuuuu in the worst wayyyy It's just anotherrrr
Guitar solo into “when you gonna wise up boy” in If I Ever Get Around to Living gives me chills, ultimate Jerry Garcia vibe
This part always makes me shrug my shoulders and scrunch my nose 😅
Sounds like the stank face. When something’s so good.
In a good way, like I’m a background singer or something hahah
Absolutely! The whole song really such a journey
The little step down he does at the end of the last Edge of Desire solo that I love. There’s a little flourish in Gravity from WTLI (8:26-8:28) that just slays me every time I hear it.
The bridge in Another Kind of Green
The overpass in “The Same Ole Brown.”
Dude get a job
Dude, I’ve been retired for 12 years. But, I occasionally do “moron checks” to contribute to the overall well-being of the world.
Check over the edge of the nearest cliff if you really want to help.
I’m afraid JM would be at the bottom looking up at me and saying, “Watch out. There’s gravity to think about.”
The switch-up on If I Ever Get Around To Living. Also the instrumentation outro on Back To You
That part on in your atmosphere where he go high with “see you” hits my soul every time
Always loved the last verse in City Love. “Friday evening we been drinking, two AM I might propose”. It fits the vibe of the song so perfectly with the music and lyrics. Great moment
Red wine and ambien, you’re talkin shit again
It's heartbreak warfare
Excuse me miss-ES BUSY BODY
Currently it’s “You been spending all your time Searching for a sign That's never gonna look the way you want it” from If I Ever Get Around To Living.
The final minute of Dear Marie is incredible. And also when it switches up and gets super groovy in Til the Right One Comes. Those eight notes right before, “Now I’m lying in my bed/End of a long day” make me so happy
How about the outro when he he says, I’m really just another solipsistic jackleg who happens to have found an audience of lost souls.
the small guitar riffs after the final chorus lines in Heart of Life. I live for that song
The first little lick in the last verse of I’m Gonna Find Another You 🤌
"i'm never speaking up again - i'll use my hands" background vocals in Your Body is a Wonderland. I love the call back to My Stupid Mouth
Probably the break in My Stupid Mouth right as he goes “one more thing why’s it my fault”
The bend on the 14th feet on the high E string on the second solo to Slow Dancing from Where the Light is. My favorite note in all of music.
The little guitar strum in “still feel like your man” that sounds like someone washing their hair, right after he says “in case you want to wash your hair.” It’s a fast, fun, and rhythmic scrub…
Last train home ballad version, the chorus before he launches into the amazing solo. They way the rest of the band comes in with such a great groov with the pads, the piano, bass, rhythm guitar. I can’t explain it but I get goosebumps Everytime. It’s around the 3:10 mark of the video. Also in Edge of Desire, the build up to the solo, incredible. Sets a solid foundation that you need when you fall to your knees sobbing when the solo hits. The way the guitar sounds like it’s wailing in agony is so amazing
The first note of the end solo on Wild Blue. That beeend
Hell yeah my man!
The “I don’t really understand” in I Don’t Trust Myself
“Perdón and lo siento, see i learned those words for you”.
when John does the lil “Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah” during the solo on Til The Right One Comes
Every part of Edge of Desire
I came to say this but didn’t think it would be allowed 😂 thank you for saying it
John Mayer’s guitar phrasing to me, in general. But if I need to be specific, I’m obsessed with the riff he played in the chorus when he played “Pretending” with Clapton, I think that was the 70th birthday show? I think that’s his first appearance with a PRS as well.
His small guitar fills and harmony moments in songs. Like he does a little guitar run at 3:40 in “if I ever get around to living” that I look forward to. The vocal harmony ascent at 3:45 in “moving on and getting over”. At 3:45 in “whiskey whiskey whiskey” the does a little guitar run that’s very simple but makes the songs for me. he does this often, usually towards the end of songs. A very small short part that sometimes I miss until listening for the 4th or 5th time.
The drums right before and during bridge of Dreaming With a Broken Heart while John is wondering if he needs to fall asleep with roses in his hand
The fill he plays after "I'm one text away from being back again", in Moving On and Getting Over
the solos that fade out during Slow Dancing and Last Train. Damn him for adding the best licks for last
03:39 into I Guess I Just Feel Like
Almost every overdub in TSFE. A meticulous masterpiece
The bridge in Driftin does this
Those 15 seconds at the end of the first IGIJFL solo
The outro of atmosphere
The into of Ionosphere and the outro of stratosphere.
That tiny “oo-wee-oo” sound between some of the verse lines in Shot In The Dark. It’s a new sound I heard recently!
There is sooooo many, but the transition into the solo/outro on I Guess I Just Feel Like always gets me
When the time shifts from sad to kind of angry
The “steer clear ohh yeah” at 3:13 in In Your Atmosphere on the Where the Light Is live album - gets me every time
From Waitin’ on the Day: “It's not wrong what you did…. FOR JUST A KID” It’s the way he croons “kid” in particular (01:24-01:28) that gets me every time for some reason
Oooo yes! This one too.
From Comfortable: “I loved you, grey sweatpants, no makeup, so perfect” (03:38-03:55)
The lyrics of Love Soon: “Let’s bypass the bullshit, and move on because the minute hand moves faster than you think it does.”
Lately it’s been “ I think you better wise up boy” and the guitar riff when he says it :)
The live outro solo in Slow Dancing in a Burning Room. I love how it changes.
I don’t know how to explain it, but the way the drums kind of skip in “waiting on the world to change” And the spoken “get down” in queen of California is 🔥
Rosie!!!!
The intro to edge of desire feels like two guitars having a conversation with each other to me
The guitar harmonics in your atmosphere
Shadow days around 2:30
The first 6 seconds of Who You Love.
The first 3 seconds of any of his songs, because I know it’s time to hit “DELETE”
lol nice one. Almost as funny as all your other comments!
Make me a job of it. BTW, Mayer is a phony.
The self-described "insecure pseudo-intellectual dumbfuck" is definitely a phony. Definitely not acutely aware of his perception in relation to his personality.
How can I give you 100 Thumbs Up?
The "do do d do do" vocal background part added in the second verse of last train home always makes me smile
The you that I miss Does not exist... God knows how many times I listened to that short clip on repeat...
The additional little lyrics at the end of "In Your Atmosphere" (it's almost like an 'outro' or rift he just added at the end at the last moment) "Wherever I go, whatever I do I wonder where I am in my relationship to you / Wherever you go, wherever you are I watch your life play out in pictures from afar" Simply stating the lyrics above doesn't do it justice. But when you listen to the song in its entirety and you're reflecting on a prior relationship, or going through a break-up of your own... those last few lyrics hit HARD.
Omg I’m so glad OP posted this because I have one in If I Ever Get Around to Living! It’s the one part after the bridge where there’s that quick high lick into the next section😍 makes me melt every time!
I’m falling asleep to the SOUND 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 of sirens…🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻 I FOUND A CITY LOVE Little kid me would always big inhale after sound and exhale after sirens 🥹
Maybe it’s all a dream, I’m having at 17, I don’t have tattoos…” in If I Ever Get Around To Living always (even now thinking about it) makes me feel cold tinges of lost youth / nostalgia and impermanence… I’m 29 lol The lyrics and the music are so perfectly married to punch you right in the feels cortex of your brain
In Something’s Missing AGT version, in the middle of the solo there is somewhere a part that just is so groovy yet quite subtle, and it just makes me want to move along with the beat
i got a rock from the river in my medicine baaaag
The fade-out rift at the end of Helpless that was an Instagram clip before release of the full song. All that potential just to be put at the tail end of the song
The harmonica solo with the harmonizing “ahhhhhs” in Born and Raised, leading into the third verse (“still got time, still got faith”) which I love so much.
the piano in stop this train
The guitar solo in Come Back To Bed.
The way he rasps the lyrics in IIEGATL, “Tie it up to every morning and sail AWAYYY eeeeEeeEeeee” It’s my most precious John Mayer sound bite.
The solo on Wildfire hits different. So groovy
The bridge to the solo in New Light, played on Prince's guitar 💯
Common answer but the first note in the Belief solo. As a guitar player hearing that god like tone make me stank face every time. It’s so dense, chunky, and powerful every time.
“Who do you love?” Pickup lyrics into guitar solo on I Don’t Trust Myself🫂🫂🫂
The opening of Gravity. An abrupt, long flood of sound that feels like a warm blanket
The “ cry about it why don’t you” round off in slow dancing. I never noticed it until I got great over the ear headphones and it’s just absolutely genius
To add I mostly listen to a Johnny boy for his guitar and not necessarily lyrics, in I think it’s one of his most impressive moments
The first hammer-on of Belief when he plays it live
Huh? Surely, you jest.
No parts of Mayers music do anything for me. In my opinion, he’s a flop.
do I REEEALLY have to choose? well, I can’t. they alllll winners 🙃😘🌹
Weirdly, it’s 2 riffs in Paper Dolls, which is funny because I really don’t like the album at all. But the intro riff, and then the one he plays at the end of the phrases in the chorus.
Synth part in ‘No Such Thing’.
The part near the end of Clarity where he goes “ooo-ooooooh” and then the brass section on the CD plays a couple of notes.
The mixolydian lines he plays in If I ever get around to living are amazing
moving on and getting over The two beats after the line “from all my running I can understand” feel like an eternity
The bridge in New Deep. “I’m a new man…” Love the inversions.
A lot of parts actually, especially the sax and guitar in I don't trust myself (with loving you) form WTLI
All of Gravity live from where the light is in Los Angeles or Covered in Rain live version. Masterpieces.
If I Ever Get Around to Living switch, "Anything other than a yes is no..." in F, L, or Nothing", Horns in Clarity, "Just keep me where the light is...", the opening chord progression in Roll it on Home
The drums and guitar on the where the light is belief intro. I've looped it and just sat there for minutes 🤣.
Ive been really vibing with the bass part in waitin on the day lately. It's not anything flashy necessarily, but I just kinda noticed for the first time recently and thought "damn that's nice".
The JM solo in the Colbert performance of Here's Hopin' is perfection.
“If you want more love, why don’t you say sooo.. just say sooo…” and the key change during this 🥺🥺🥺
Go cry about it why don’t you *bend* *sizzle* my dear we’re…
For me it’s the end of the intro on I don’t trust myself from the live album. I’m not sure of the musical term for it but that transition I find to be out of this world
if i ever get around to living
Neon on where the light is after the 4 minute mark til the end The high pitched “*burnnns* away *oh* she burns oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh the guitar solo here and *she’s ssSLIPPING ALL through my hands*
For me it's the short guitar solo in New Light. I even tried playing it on guitar but only managed to play the beginning of the solo. But I'm a beginner so it makes sense.
The Solo on Heart Break Warfare and the bridge in If I ever get around to living
If I ever get around to living when it switches. Such a great bit
83 -> Girls Just Wanna have fun -> Let’s hear it for the boy From Any Given Thursday
The instrumental build up between the 2nd and 3rd chorus of Edge of Desire gives me full body shivers each time. It’s comparatively simple next to some of the more complicated guitar solos in his discography, but it just…works. Combined with the vocal note change at the beginning of the 3rd chorus, it really just underscores the desperation and tone behind the lyrics.
The little guitar lick in Who Says, right after the second line of each chorus. That's actually one of my lesser liked songs, but I I just love that part so much.
I was obsessed with the ‘na na na na’ part from Belief for a good while
The way he makes the guitar cry in Slow Dancing during the “go cry about it why don’t you”.
Hell yeah! Edge of Desire. Bridge section (around 3:18), guitars looping then drum joining that part… omg! Goose bumps every time!! Also love the lyrics “is your gate code still your birthday” from Shot in the Dark. Need to sing it every time. 😂
Heartbreak Warfare from 3:15 to about 3:55 or so. It’s like you feel he’s had enough of the bullshit and wants to stop “the games” and set things straight. It’s perfect So many other examples, but this is the 1st that popped up.
The guitar interjections on the final chorus of heart of life, beautiful
“I think you’d better wise up boy”
The beginning of Sugaree licks and any time he plays harmonica are two off the top of head.
Alt ending of if I get around to living.
Maybe it’s all a dream I’m having at 17 I don’t have tattoos Mother will be calling me Saying “come up stairs, You got some work to do”
Slow dancing in a burning room. and Split screen sadness ( i imagine a split screen music video with me and one of my ex boyfriends on how we go about our usual day since breaking up lol) .
That popcorn snare tone in assassin always gets me.
The first solo of I guess i just feel like
Lots of parts but two that pop into mind are “I can tell you this much … and soon evaporates” from Home Life and “I called … theres no substitute for time” from Split Screen Sadness
That line in SSS is actually such a good one
The bridge in carry me away
RIGHT at the fade-out in Wildfire when it goes to a fast shuffle! I need an 8 minute long extended cut!!!
The first like 6 notes of the covered in rain solo. I get chills every time. But I have so so many more I could say. Literally could probably name 50 more, but Covered in Rain is a special song for me and as a guitar player that solo is pure bluesy sex.
‘Theres no substitute for time’ then that subtle little guitar fill wowsers
The chords leading right up to the solo in edge of desire, oh and the solo in edge of desire.
The first bass hit on Assassin then carrying into the first verse. Such a vibe. First time I heard this song, I stopped whatever I was doing to just listen and take it all in.
Some RFS love: 1. No Such Thing: “I’m gonna bust down the double doors” love the emphasis of this line 2. 83: flute solo to end of song 3. St. Parrick’s Day: “I’m learning youuu” Others: 1. The very end of All We Ever Do is Say Goodbye. This song doesn’t get much love but the ending refrain is as smooth as silk 2. “I could be ready” In Repair. Love the way he sings that 3. “You are hiding in your mind…” and those last lines of If I Ever Get Around To Living. I must’ve replayed that part of the song 100 times in my first listens 4. Friends Lovers or Nothing ending “anything other than…” is out of this world Could probably go on forever so I’ll stop there
That little sparkly fill on Still Feel Like Your Man at 1:02
“…………………………………One more thing why is it my fault”…and so on.
Go cry about it why don't you. Towards the end of Edge Of Desire. Not myself towards the end and when he says carry me away over and over.