Bridges - I hate them

[Doc Holliday]

I can not think of any 'good' bridges that added to a song's awesomeness off the top of my head. But, I can think of plenty of otherwise good songs with strong melodies/riffs and shitty bridges that almost ruin them. I will post these here as I recall them.

Baby Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C53QAuOoSgc#t=1m54s
Southern Girls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSg81H7Bm0#t=1m07s


EDIT: I take that back, I guess this one is OK.

Self Esteem - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ShgqBDzLw#t=1m46s


But there's tons more that suck. I'll try to remember them.

[bbobb]

Trying to think of good bridges. My gut is saying that Foo Fighters songs have good bridges in general but maybe I'm wrong, too lazy to go through some right now to check.

[Josh]

The Ramones did it well.

[Josh]

And what the fuck is wrong with the bridge in Baby Blue?

[Doc Holliday]

Everything. It's not that bad, because the rest of the song is not that strong and kind of light, but it still takes you away from the song in a "Uhhhg" kind of way.

Did the Ramones have bridges?? I can't identify them.

[Josh]

The bridge in that one goes: "she's a punk, punk, a punk rocker. Punk, punk, a punk rocker. Punk, punk, a punk rocker. Punk, punk, a punk rocker."

[FirstBlood]

This thread sucks.

[FirstBlood]

My gut is saying that Foo Fighters songs have good bridges in general but maybe I'm wrong

I'll Stick Around.

[dave is ok]

Bridges are hard. People really shouldn't even bother with them unless they are really good songwriters. For good bridges, look no further than Pinkerton and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - almost every song on both of those albums has an amazing one.

Example:

Smashing Pumpkins - Galapagos

[Yoshi]