POLL: what is the best thing about the song "Promises Promises" by Naked Eyes?

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For reference: https://youtu.be/xWBFWw3XubQ

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Impossible to choose because the song is uniformly flawless	5
The spiky synth-marimba ostinato (first appears at 0:23 but repeats throughout)	5
Some other bit not listed here	3
The warbly phased guitar solo (1:52-2:06)	1
The campy impassioned vocal treatment of "why do I believe" at 1:49	1
The tasty Nile Rodgers-esque rhythm guitar throughout	1
The rising melody of the prechorus (cf. "Arm in arm we laughed like kids" at 0:34)	1
The way the drum part goes to a tambouriney 16th feel at 1:00 but doesn't overuse it	0
The snaky and sly vocal treatment of "knowing I'd believe" at 0:50	0
Upward French-hornish synth motif (first appears at 0:52 but repeats throughout)	0
Funky descending chordal guitar bit (2:06-2:23)	0
Descending thumb-pop bass riff during the breakdown (2:13-2:15)	0
Tasty hollow snare/handclap drum sound (esp. when it everything else drops out for a moment, like at 1:10)	0

― Ra's al Gore (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 December 2018 15:44 (six years ago)

We need a series of these pop song breakdowns.

― enochroot, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:11 (six years ago)

I don't know I like how the melody dips unexpectedly at the chorus.

― campreverb, Friday, 14 December 2018 19:41 (six years ago)

Enochroot, I may do a similar thread for, say, "Karma Chameleon" but anyone can and should post similar things.

I was reminiscing about this thread from, gah, 12 years ago

You know that part of Led Zeppelin's "Fool in the Rain" where they come out of the silly Latin section back into the main piano riff and there's like a steadily rising drum roll and

And remembered the fine concise formula of MarkR's "the only thing bad about this song is that it ends."

― Ra's al Gore (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 December 2018 22:40 (six years ago)

Great thread. Going with the prechorus melody but also because I like the chords there.

― timellison, Saturday, 15 December 2018 00:30 (six years ago)

Forgot to make an entry for the use of spin delay on the vocal in the outro. "Promises (ses)(ses)(ses)" 3:23 - 3:39. That can be in the "other" bin I guess, along with campreverb's suggestion of the chorus melody.

― Anne Frankenstein (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 15 December 2018 00:38 (six years ago)

Synth marimba fuiud

― Vinnie, Saturday, 15 December 2018 01:20 (six years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 27 December 2018 00:01 (six years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 28 December 2018 00:01 (six years ago)

A tie, hmmm.

― Anne Frankenstein (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 28 December 2018 00:22 (six years ago)

two years pass...

New album! Was in the mood to Spotify their first, and found 2021's _Disguise the Limit_. And it's great!

― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 17 June 2021 15:58 (four years ago)

Given that Rob Fisher died over twenty years ago, is it in reality a solo album by the other guy?

― I Advance Masked (Vast Halo), Thursday, 17 June 2021 16:08 (four years ago)

Yep, just Pete's material, released under the band name. Sounds very much a continuation to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDs44zzWvUw

There's a 2007 "Fumbling with the Covers" covers release I missed, too.

― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 17 June 2021 16:28 (four years ago)

three years pass...

Holy shit why did nobody tell me there was a remix featuring Madonna?

Someone was like "you know the version featuring Madonna, right?"

Put that shit straight in my veins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypXQrjGwtTA

― zydecodependent (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 8 June 2025 11:30 (one month ago)

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