Hardest Drop In Music History?

Submitted by therealfunky63 t3_zog22w in Music

For me personally it’s Hendrix, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) that whole song sounds like Jimi is just an actual fucking giant roaming the earth. But again this is just my opinion, I’d love to hear yours.

Edit - a good modern day example would probably be Boss Top - Hell Nah I’d prob have that on my list as well but it’s not as satisfying as voodoo child in my opinion

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dotskee t1_j0niv5u wrote

Queens of the Stone Age - You Think I Aint Worth a Dollar But I Feel Like a Millionaire. Comes in like an explosion, ends and comes back for more.

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UmbrellaBreath t1_j0oirfx wrote

I think if it weren’t for the whole satirical intro, the song would’ve been radio friendly and quite possibly more popular than No One Knows.

See: I Think I Lost My Headache

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Tecnoguy1 t1_j0pb5f1 wrote

Tbh longer drum intro alone would’ve done it and a fake out with the riff like the reading one on rated R. Amazing groove.

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silversurfs t1_j0q3gh5 wrote

That is so on point. It's a song I love to play to people to surprise them. "Be ready!"

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Tecnoguy1 t1_j0pb31m wrote

As far as drops I think god is in the radio is the superior one on that album.

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limeycars t1_j0nxxlv wrote

Dance Yrself Clean subtly prods you to keep increasing the volume so that when the beat drops you are all cranked up and just itching for it. You know it's coming, you do it anyway.

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Cominginbladey t1_j0n07pz wrote

Not sure about all history, but on the Tool album Lateralus there is two-track piece Parabol and Parabola. Parabol is quiet, atmospheric, and establishes a certain guitar line, then transitions to Parabola with this huge drop that turns the quiet little guitar line into an enormous crushing riff. You can't not crank it.

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oliverkloezoff t1_j0nl300 wrote

"You can't not crank it."

I know exactly what you're talking about, I stand there with my fingers on the knob, giving it little turns up and up and up and boom! up to 11.

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Jamiroquai-Gon-Jinn t1_j0nq8so wrote

That album is a religious experience

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Elmodipus t1_j0nrsks wrote

Reflection was my catharsis song for a long time.

Would turn the lights off, play it on my 360 with the full screen visualizer, and just relax.

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aliceinpearlgarden t1_j0oafe0 wrote

If we're doing those then I would like to suggest Suicide Note parts 1 and 2 by Pantera.

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ChefPneuma t1_j0nxlij wrote

Tool has lots of great drops for sure…Parabol/a is a good one tho

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PistachioOrphan t1_j0o56it wrote

As a tool fan I think it’s slightly overrated, at least when put beside most of their other songs, just my feel

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gabapenteado t1_j0nrekd wrote

Sabotage by the Beastie Boys, imho.

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d0rkside0fthem00n t1_j0ochfs wrote

Saw them live at Lollapalooza 1994, they opened the second with Sabotage and the entire fucking stadium erupted in like one giant mosh pit. One of the craziest things I’ve ever seen.

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Notinyourbushes t1_j0oy6o9 wrote

I always hope there's no cop around when that song hits the radio, because I'm sure as hell not driving the speed limit until it finishes.

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jsheri01 t1_j0nm506 wrote

Maybe not of all time, but not mentioned yet. No One Loves Me and Neither Do I - Them Crooked Vultures. About half way through the track, you will not be disappointed. The bass is out of bounds.

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hamsterwheel t1_j0ns5iw wrote

That moment makes me feel like I could jump through a wall like the coolaid man

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jsheri01 t1_j0nwzg4 wrote

Whatever John Paul Jones is doing there… I want all of it all the time!

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mofo683 t1_j0nnt6w wrote

Came here to post the same thing. Heard that song a million times and it still gives me chills at that moment. Impossible for me to resist headbanging to it

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jsheri01 t1_j0no2c9 wrote

It’s a song from 2009 and to this day one of my most listened to songs of all time and I get unreasonably giddy every single time. I love it so much!

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elvizzed t1_j0oi1ka wrote

Riff of the century so far, absolutely hits like a wall. I was at one of TCV’s surprise/prerelease shows, those were some good times.

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MoochoMaas t1_j0n5rtv wrote

Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
1st album 1st song and Bonham's triplets !!!

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gonzo_redditor t1_j0o0alf wrote

Imagine being alive when that came out and putting it on for the first time. Mind blowing.

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therealfunky63 OP t1_j0nig3p wrote

I was thinking this same thing but I feel like that whole song just aggressively builds up, personally to me that song feels like 4 gods fighting with one another to be in the spotlight especially page and Bonham

I feel like a better contender for the hardest drop would be dazed and confused off that same album

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mysoulcrushingskull t1_j0nkgeb wrote

Raining Blood by Slayer, storm sets the mood drums thunder and the song pummels ya. I enjoy a lot of different genre’s of music. But this has always hammered. Then the storm at the end. Classic & heavy af.

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AusToddles t1_j0o86en wrote

The build up and then the first "bom bom bom" of the drums.... you can feel the tension in the crowd just waiting to explode

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mysoulcrushingskull t1_j0oabpu wrote

Saw them at the Aragon ballroom on the tour that followed in 87’ . Complete mayhem when they played. Pits everywhere fkn chairs flyin’. One of the best shows of my life.

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piranhabait89 t1_j0o95le wrote

When I lived in Tucson Az was parked on the top of the hospital parking structure as it started lightning/thundering, cranked up raining blood put my seat back and just took a few minutes at peace.

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SelectionNo3078 t1_j0n6fp6 wrote

Everything about Jimi was a game changer. Including the chances they took in the studio.

Imagine that guy living even 5 more years.

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ribeye256 t1_j0ntr8m wrote

Listen to the opening to the Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor/Flood). Mr. Self Destruct. Frickin legendary.

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SLPERAS t1_j0o4n6o wrote

The correct answer is

Domination - Pantera

You are welcome

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HaydenScramble t1_j0qftsi wrote

I remember hearing Domination for the first time and nearly going blind.

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daveashaw t1_j0nh9iw wrote

Sgt Pepper--the Beatles.

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scottydont78 t1_j0o4nhv wrote

Tenacious D - Tribute

“He asked us (snort), Be you angels? And we said nay, WE ARE BUT MEN. ROCK! Ahhhh!”

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flaccidObama t1_j0msmdo wrote

After the guitar solo in creeping death by metallica. There are harder ones, but this is the first that comes to mind.

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MoochoMaas t1_j0n80xr wrote

BTW ... Voodoo Chile - recorded the night before, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) was put to wax, is a great(er) version ! At 15 mins with Steve Winwood on Keys, Mitch on drums, and Jack *Casady on bass, it kicks ass !!!!
Turn this one WAY UP !
Voodoo Chile

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Wikiwack t1_j0ngmuy wrote

Genesis - fly on a windshield

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PharaohAce t1_j0ndppm wrote

Insomnia by Faithless is so moody and entrancing and then goes ecstatic

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SLPERAS t1_j0o4yjz wrote

There is no drop in that song tho

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ActualHope t1_j0nungs wrote

Every live version of Where the Streets Have No Name

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sentimental_egg t1_j0p4arf wrote

Voodoo Child might be my #1 pick too but here’s some other contenders:

Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Aphex Twin - Windowlicker

Beethoven - Ode to Joy

Nina Simone - Feelin’ Good

GZA - 4th Chamber

Fatboy Slim - Praise You

Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight

The Avalanches - Since I Left You

James Brown - The Payback

David Bowie - Fame

Prince - Purple Rain

Underworld - Born Slippy

Otis Redding - Hard to Handle

The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

Dre & Snoop - The Next Episode

Pallbearer - Foreigner

YOB - In Our Blood

Sleep - Dopesmoker

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now

Britney Spears - Oops!…I Did it Again

Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number

Funkadelic - Can You Get to That

The Band - The Weight

Daft Punk - Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger (Alive 2017)

Boards of Canada - Roygbiv

Massive Attack - Teardrop

Kendrick Lamar & Co. - King’s Dead

Earth, Wind & Fire - September

Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man

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OnceIWasYou t1_j0nc40s wrote

If you mean a sort of musical climax then Climbing Up the Walls- Radiohead is a great one. Actually, Exit music as well.

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Anxious_Ad_3570 t1_j0nndyd wrote

Wow. Climbing up walls has always been one of those sneaky awesome songs. I'm so grateful to you for giving it that credit. Don't think I've ever heard it being mentioned in these kind of conversations before. It was the song that stood out(or hit me in the feels) the most to me when I first heard ok computer.

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OnceIWasYou t1_j0nz6lk wrote

It's stunning.

Another Radiohead one for just an almighty peak moment is 2+2=5 from Hail to the Thief. When everything comes in it's like a tornado just hit.

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Anxious_Ad_3570 t1_j0nzlab wrote

Dude, we're on the same level. 2+2 is also one of my favorites and yes... Mostly for when they all come in and just wreck it

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OnceIWasYou t1_j0o0kc3 wrote

I've always thought it would be an incredible ring walk song for a combat sport.

Including "That's a nice way to start, Johnny...."

Radiohead are incredible at building that climax in a piece of music

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Crayfish707 t1_j0o1p5l wrote

Radiohead builds it up & pays it off better than anyone imo

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King_Dead t1_j0npygy wrote

Entombment of a Machine by Job For a Cowboy

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SnooCats2404 t1_j0nzpdt wrote

Noooooo…. When the band comes in on Last In Line.

Or the scream at the end of won’t get fooled again.

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Droopy402 t1_j0ocfgu wrote

Did My Time by Korn

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Objective-Ad4009 t1_j0ogr34 wrote

Hendrix wrote that song in like 3 hours one morning, after being up all night partying. For me that’s the baddest rock song ever written.

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latinoresiste t1_j0p6mhp wrote

Easy.. O Fortuna from Carmina Burana. Even if you don't know what I am talking about.. once you hear it.. you know that YOU KNEW THIS DROP

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Diligent-Persimmon-3 t1_j0o7dok wrote

When Jim I Hendrix first came out. Nobody ever heard of the sounds he was playing. They said he sounded like he came here from another planet . And he did. He was mind blowing

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Objective-Ad4009 t1_j0ohn31 wrote

A more obscure one is ‘Stars’, by Hum. A really good example of a wall of sound.

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MostlyGreenPosts t1_j0p7ctv wrote

The 9 self censored "I won't do what you tell me"s before all pretence is given up and we got a full live "Fuck you" broadcast of Killing In the Name Of before the BBC cut the feed. 2009 Christmas number 1.

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aidenrosenb t1_j0nc1b8 wrote

Acid Bath -Graveyard Flower the part right after Dax says “ on the cold side of her face, the reptiles awake.” Actually this band has a lot of moments like that

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invalidcharacter19 t1_j0nu1ck wrote

Not in history, but one of my favs is Ruins by Circles. Love the mood change at the middle of the song

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ozzyduzrule t1_j0o7kk8 wrote

Black Sabbath-Into the Void

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gumbputt t1_j0ocfgl wrote

Jesus Lizard-Gladiator

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gartacus t1_j0ocg19 wrote

Different Names for the Same Thing

Will always be a favorite of mine. Just TRY to not get hyped up

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GloverAB t1_j0ocghl wrote

Welcome to Bangkok - Brand New

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horrorknot t1_j0od8vu wrote

I really like World Unknown by ERRA. It’s not the best song ever but it’s stuck in my head right now and it’s super catchy especially the chorus and second verse lol

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hs3fan t1_j0ol7e4 wrote

I've always loved "My name is Kid Rock".

That whole intro kicks, especially live back in the day.

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darko_drazic t1_j0ooecy wrote

David Gilmour, Fat Old Sun solo, live. I like the Pompeii version the most, it's like - let me show you how 70 year old man opens this solo.

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finalmantisy83 t1_j0optqg wrote

Given Up by Linkin Park, Freak on a Leash is up there for me too by Korn. These are just stuff off the top of my head though

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Turboleka t1_j0p1zxk wrote

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

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Squidgebert t1_j0p6ls2 wrote

Toss up for Nirvana - Aneurysm and Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. One for hitting like a train out of nowhere and the other for somehow getting even heavier.

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DenseCall6626 t1_j0p7yzq wrote

Martin grech - open heart zoo. Light, ethereal-creepy start, then that bass drop.... Musical orgasm.

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StretchLimo66 t1_j0pisx7 wrote

Pantera - domination..live in Moscow. No argument

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SensiFifa t1_j0piwv9 wrote

Chopin - winter wind etude.

Shit pops off

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Doesnthavetobeweird t1_j0pp451 wrote

The NGHTMRE remix of "Goosebumps" by Travis Scott has a fully bonkers series of drops in the chorus.

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Shakemyears t1_j0qc792 wrote

Manchester Orchestra - “Pride” especially after the bridge and back into the main riff. Oh man

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DisasterEquivalent t1_j0qch0c wrote

NIN - The Day The World Went Away

It has this grumbly pad intro for about 30 seconds and then just breaks into this huge fuzzy, driving guitar completely out of the blue, until the lyrics start, then there is another big huge outro.

I think what makes it more impactful is that it is in 4/4 and right before the second break the tempo slows and the guitar comes in on the 3 count which adds an unexpected element to it.

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sidewalkelegy t1_j0qehxb wrote

My Last Creation by Gojira, off of their L’Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) album. It really explodes after the middle breakdown, absolutely incredible.

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HaydenScramble t1_j0qgj9f wrote

Walk With Me In Hell right at the 2:30 mark.

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Insightful_Traveler t1_j0qk9vr wrote

Perhaps the most favorite hard yet unexpected drops is “Little Black Submarine” by the Black Keys. It definitely took me by surprise.

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[deleted] t1_j0qp1ib wrote

I feel like there's too many but majority of the genres fall within classic rock alt rock pop and hip-hop,/rap because regardless of what genre you like we're Gunna act like there just aren't Hits that EVERYONE likes and will sing along to even if they don't like it lol.

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Scary_Cricket_4309 t1_j0ob5qi wrote

Take a Step Back by Ski Mask the Slump God and XXXTentacion is THE definitive drop, cause it's not just a good song with a good drop, the drop is the song. It goes insane, if this comes on at a house party your plates are being broken

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psych_ike t1_j0ojc2x wrote

There are wayy too many to count, but the first one that came to my head was Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi 🤘🏼

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