is it love, hate, what's it gunna be?

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

When my dad was driving me back to Aberystwyth this Saturday, Mark LaMarr played 'Time Of The Season' by The Zombies on Radio 2 or whatever my dad had on.

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This is a song I very much like, although I don't hear it particularly often. I love the verse, the breathy noise, the sudden swing of the bridge... and I absolutely despise the actual it's the ti-i-ime of the se-e-eason fo-or lo-o-oving bit. Which got me thinking about a question I've been meaning to put to poptimists for some time and hopefully hasn't been done before.

Does anyone else experience this love/hate with songs? Do the hated bits make the rest of the song better or do they override your ability to enjoy it? Equally, can one incredibly good bit of a song make up for the rest of it being rubbish? [eg: the awesome bit in 'Striptease' by Danity Kane where Anonymous Danity sings and I just can't keep my clothes from falling down and we've only got tonight so make it count, thus propelling the song into 'amazing' when it was previously 'a bit crap.'] Do songs with these polarised bits make you frustrated or delight you with their obtuse nature?

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[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

I like that bit! But then I am a sucker for people shouting bits in pauses that you can punch the air to, cf. the "HEY!" in 'Pump It Up'.

My Bowie example is the "They sayed we were too young ma friend" bit from Let's Spend The Night Together, urrgh.