This is a bit stupid. But its about a mistake in a studio recording of an old ba!
Question: I heard a rumor about an old band, where at the guitar solo the drummer stood up and you could hear his chair move. Does anyone know what band/song this was? Thanks!
Answers: I heard a rumor about an old band, where at the guitar solo the drummer stood up and you could hear his chair move. Does anyone know what band/song this was? Thanks!
It's not stupid. It's a little difficult to pin down on such scant information, however.
There are untold noise mistakes in songs throughout history. One legendary mistake that actually turned into a music revolution of sorts was on "Don't Worry," a top five pop and country hit in 1961 by Marty Robbins. During the recording, guitarist Grady Martin played his solo and everything sounded fine IN the studio; however, when they played it back, they discovered that a fuse had blown in Martin's amplifier, resulting in a fuzzy sound. They kept it.
In older days, especially in the era of recording on wax, artists had one take to get the music down. If there were little mistakes, they were left in, either because the equipment couldn't take the strain of another take, or because it would've been too expensive to record it again (with union regulations on overtime for session musicians, etc.). One of my favorite "mistakes" is on Bob Wills' recording of "Deep Water." Wills was famous (some would say "infamous") for talking and yelling "ah-ha!" during the sessions. All of this was left on the recordings. Well, during "Deep Water," Tommy Duncan sang the line, "It's restless in this deep water," and Wills said, "Kinda chilly too!" Duncan got tickled and laughed the next line. They left it as is.
There are at least two Beatles "songs" -- "Revolution #9" and "You Know My Name (Look Up My Number)" -- that sound more like the tape was accidentally left on in the recording studio and whatever they taped was later released!
On the BoDeans' "Outside Looking In," the last song, "I'm in Trouble Again," begins with a soft acoustic guitar -- then you can hear the cord running from the guitar's pick-up to the amplifier hit the floor!
There are lots of them out there. Personally, I love them. Like the hisses and pops on old vinyl, it's terrific to hear those "imperfections" instead of that sterile, lifeless stuff.
This would be tough to track down because there're so many of those kinds of oddities on recordings. Esp. older ones.