So, here’s a thought—you ever notice how some artists just... show up? They aren't listed on the official credits, so you won't see "Xy & WZ" or even that "Xy feat. WZ" tag on the liner notes, but they’re right there in the mix. They might just be handling a quick opening line or adding that crucial layer to the chorus, but their presence is unmistakable. It's one of those weird little gaps in music history where someone does some pretty significant heavy lifting vocally, yet officially, they're basically a ghost. Does anyone else catch these moments where the credits say one thing, but your ears are telling you something completely different?
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing (Sting) Dire Straits - Money for Nothing (Sting) I Want My MTV Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me Michael Jackson - Beat It
03. Michael Jackson - Beat It Is there anything quite like an Eddie Van Halen solo? Honestly, sometimes I think he was playing instruments from another dimension entirely—it’s almost unfair to the rest of us mere mortals stuck here on Earth. You hear those taps and that lightning-fast precision, and you just have to wonder: how does a human being even move their hands that quickly without catching fire? It’s pure magic, really. Just sitting there, letting it wash over you while you contemplate life's many absurdities. Pure genius. Arcade Fire - Reflektor (featuring David Bowie)
01. Oasis - Champagne Supernova 02. komedija - Whiskey, vodka, gin ... Best musical ever - Yalta, Yalta 03. The Andrews Sisters - Rum and Coca-Cola 04. John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 05. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Summer Wine
01. Carole King - Sugar me 02. The Archies - Sugar, sugar 03. Tori Amos - Sugar 04. Calvin Harris - Sugar 05. The Searchers - Sugar and Spice 06. Maroon 5 - Sugar 07. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar 08. Some people like it hot - Honey and sugar 09. The Rubettes - "Sugar Baby Love" 10. Slowdive - Sugar for the Pill
New thread - Salt (NaCl, salt, whatever you want to call it)
1. boygenius - Salt in The Wound 2. Ellie Goulding - Salt skin 3. The Lumineers - Salt and The Sea 4. The Rolling Stones - Salt of The Earth 5. boa - stup od sol 6. Arsen Dedić - okus sol 7. Blue Oyster Cult - Mistress of The Salmon Salt 8. Ava Max - Salt 9. Elvis Presley & Madonna - Water and salt
01. Garbage - Cherry Lips 02. 02. Maroon 5 - Lips on you 03. 03. Luis Suárez - Sur tes lèvres 04. Rock classics - Hot Cherry Lips 05. Fun Boy Three - Our Lips ara Sealed 06. 06. echo and The Bunnymen - Lips like Sugar 07. 07. Cliff Richard - Lucky Lips 08. 08. Vlado Kalember - Wine on Your Lips 09. Branimir Štulić - "A Woman's Warm Lips" 10. The XX - Lips prepustati
Topic: Drummers who stepped up to the mic as lead vocalists for specific tracks
01 The Bangles - Be With You 02 The Beatles - don't pass me by ( Remastered 2009) 03 queen - I'm in Love with my Car 04 The beach boys - do you Wanna Dance 05 sweet - Play All Night 06 Black Sabbath - It's Alright (drummer Bill Ward on vocals) 07 Foo Fighters - have a Cigar 08 Journey - Mother Father (drummer Deen Castronov on vocals) 09 The band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie down (drummer Levon Helm 🙏 on vocals)
ok, technically everyone in The band shared vocal duties, but they mentioned in that self-titled documentary that they always pretty much viewed Manuel as their main guy—so I figure it still counts for this list.
Topic: When the drummer—who usually stays tucked away behind the kit—takes over the mic as the lead vocalist for a track
01 The Bangles - Be With You 02 The Beatles - don't pass me by ( Remastered 2009) 03 queen - I'm in Love with my Car 04 The beach boys - do you Wanna Dance 05 sweet - Play All Night 06 Black Sabbath - It's Alright (drummer Bill Ward on vocals) 07 Foo Fighters - have a Cigar 08 Journey - Mother Father (drummer Deen Castronov on vocals, instead of 🙏)
Topic: That moment when the drummer—who usually stays behind the kit—steps up to the mic for the lead vocals on a specific track
01 The Bangles - Be With You 02 The Beatles - don't pass me by ( Remastered 2009) 03 queen - I'm in Love with my Car 04 The beach boys - do you Wanna Dance 05 sweet - Play All Night 06 Black Sabbath - It's Alright (drummer Bill Ward on vocals) 🙏
Daryl Hall - Dreamtime (The Cult - Dreamtime - LP - 1984) 02 Hol Ghost - chupacabra (Gustafi - chupacabra LP 2009) 03 Big country - Wonderland ) 03 Big country - Wonderland (Erasure - Wonderland - LP - 1985) Madonna - revolver (The Beatles - revolver - LP - 1966) 05 som Girls LP 1987 ) SCAR - Grasshopper Racey - som Girls som Girls LP 1987 ) SCAR - Grasshopper Racey - som Girls
som Girls LP 1987 ) 07 mus - Uprising ( Bob Marley and The Wailers - Uprising 08 The style Council - Waiting ( Fun Boy Three - Waiting - LP - 1983 ) 09 09 Monarchy feat Dita von Teese - Disintegration The Cure - Disintegration - LP - 1989