{"id":2875,"date":"2026-06-17T13:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:23:30","slug":"3-classic-rock-songs-that-take-a-very-strange-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/3-classic-rock-songs-that-take-a-very-strange-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Classic Rock Songs That Take a Very Strange Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Classic rock songs often feature recognizable melodies, grooves, and chord progressions. This grounds the listener with a tune they can immediately absorb. However, there are occasions when an artist throws a curveball. And depending on one\u2019s view, dramatic changes in a song\u2019s arrangement can be either endearing, puzzling, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So in the spirit of musical curveballs, quirks, twists, zigzags, and the like, let\u2019s revisit the strange turns in these classic rock songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cBlack Betty\u201d by Ram Jam<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ram Jam - Black Betty (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I_2D8Eo15wE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not sure when I first heard the left-hand turn in Ram Jam\u2019s defining track. Adapted from an African American work song, Ram Jam\u2019s jam goes haywire roughly a minute and a half in. The musical interjection contains a drum solo before it launches into a Southern rock boogie, which finds the bass player ripping a few runs beneath the guitar solo. Then more drum solos before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fii6PX0-VXs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lead Belly\u2019s iconic refrain<\/a> returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cTom Sawyer\u201d by Rush<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rush - Tom Sawyer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/auLBLk4ibAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For many, Rush remains a divisive band. For this same skeptical lot, songs like \u201cWorking Man\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/rush\/tom-sawyer\">\u201cTom Sawyer\u201d<\/a> are a way in to the Canadian trio. Both grooves, perhaps, too good to ignore. Here, \u201cTom Sawyer\u201d features one of drummer Neil Peart\u2019s most accessible rhythms. But far from being a typical rock song, the track breaks for a sci-fi synth riff that bassist Geddy Lee repeats to support the shredding guitar solo. Peart eventually corrals the skittering arrangement with epic drum fills amid Alex Lifeson\u2019s most iconic riff this side of \u201cThe Spirit Of Radio\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cEyes Without A Face\u201d by Billy Idol<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9OFpfTd0EIs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On \u201cRebel Yell\u201d, Billy Idol blended new wave and hard rock with punk imagery. The blockbuster title track helped launch the ex-Gen X singer into superstardom. His ballad, \u201cEyes Without A Face\u201d, which borrows from the French horror film, <em>Les Yeux Sans Visage<\/em>, also became a hit, reaching No. 4 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100. Dark synths, a drum machine, and Idol\u2019s croon set up a jarring bridge that enters with Steve Stevens\u2019s heavy metal guitar riff. Then Idol adds to the dramatic change with a rap about tour life in a screeching detour from the rest of the track\u2019s melancholy synth-pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by Hulton Archive\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic rock songs often feature recognizable melodies, grooves, and chord progressions. This grounds the listener with a tune they can immediately absorb. However, there are occasions when an artist throws a curveball. 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