Europe — The Final Countdown
The monstrous intro and chorus keyboard riff:
Maaah, ma-na-la-naaaah, ma-na-la-na-naaah, ma-na-la-naaah, ma-na-la-na-na-na-naaah, ma-na-la-naaaah, ma-na-la-na-naaah, ma-na-la-naaah, ma-na-la-na-na-na-naaah, ma-na-la-naaaah, ma-na-la-naaah, ma-na-la-naaah, ma-na-la-na-na-na-naaah, ma-na-la-naaaah, ma-na-la-na-naaah, ma-na-la-naaah, ma-na-la-na-na-na-naaah, na-na-naaah, ba-da-ma-na-na-naah, baah-daaah, ba-na-nana-nah!
And then that massive tom-tom fill:
doo-doo, do-doo-doo, do-doo-doo, do-CHA!
You have no idea how many pages worth of maps of Europe I had to go through on Google Images before I realised it would probably be smarter just to search for “Europe band.”
Pixies — Debaser
Multi-instrumentation of the intro:
(bass) Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-do, (guitar) wah-nah-nah-nah-wah-nah-nah-nah-wah-nah-nah-nah, (drums) da-da-da-doom, da-da-doom.
Mr. Grieves was the name of the sportsmaster at my high school.
Rush — YYZ
Main guitar/bass riff at 0:43:
Woo-doo-da-loo-da-doo-doooo, woo-doo-da-loo-da-doo-doo-doo-da.
In the ’80s, Geddy Lee looked like a cast member on a dorkier version of Miami Vice.
Side-note: as a drummer, there are so many parts of this song that I find myself singing.
Paul Simon — You Can Call Me Al
2-bar bass solo at 3:44:
Bow-boodily-boop-a-doop-bow-booda-booda-boop-booda-booda-booda-booda-booda-boodoop.
This one’s an oldie. If you haven’t seen the video for this song, you’re seriously missing out. It’s just the greatest.
