Take it to the bridge

Posted by Lewis on July 28, 2008 at 15:35

In Reply to: Take it to the bridge posted by RRC on July 27, 2008 at 16:00:

: : I heard in several songs (i.e. Robbie Williams and James Brown) the phrase "take it to the bridge". Is there a special meaning of this phrase?
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: Bridge has several specific musical meanings. In this case, they're talking about a contrasting section in a piece of music which joins two similiar sections (in the way that a bridge over water might join two pieces of land). For example, in "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", the part that starts "Someday I'll wish upon a star...".

often "the Bridge" is the "middle-eight" - a section that contrasts with other surrounding parts.