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Posted by Mozo (U10059077) on Wednesday, 21st January 2009
Those songs you need to turn up the volume for before they start. Maybe the ones that start really well and then maybe don't carry on as well. You know the sort of thing like a nice fresh piece of chewing gum where that big burst of flavour at the start soon leaves you chewing rubber. Or even those that are good all the way through but are still slightly eclipsed by the opening bars.
The song that made me think of this is 'Back street luv' by Curved Air. Brilliant beginning and generally a good song but not as good all the way through as the start.
Others would be
Saturday Nights all right for fighting – Elton John
Kate Bush – Joanni
KLF - 3am Eternal
I'll say it before anyone else - Another Girl, Another Planet.
Handshake Drugs, by Wilco has the same effect, as does I Hung My Head (Johnny Cash's cover of the Sting song)
KLF - 3am Eternal
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I prefer the MC5 sample then straight in to the synth hook at the start of Live at Transcentral version of What Time Is Love. Lovely.
Plus:
The "Who took the bomp" opening of of Le Tigre's Deceptacon
The phasing crescendo at the start of Chic's Good Times
Prince's yelp at the start of Alphabet Street
The ominous wailing and building delay and synth lines of Chris and Cosey's Walking Through Heaven.
Hanin Elias' "come on" at the start of ATR's Too Dead For Me.
The drums and ascending synth line at the start of Daft Punk's Crescendolls, just when you know the sample's about to kick in.
All fantastic beginnings that I'll often restart half way through listening to hear again.
I know I lose out here by admitting to liking a rather pitiful artist but I've always thought that the opening to "Bat Out of Hell" by the 'Loaf is absolutely superb.
It's totally over-blown, grandiose, theatrical and ridiculous but it still manages to give me goose-bumps, especially when the quiet piano intro starts.
I'll now go and sit on the naughty step and think about what I've just said.
The start of the Sex Pistols' Pretty Vacant makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
And, the short chord at the start of the Sweet's Little Willy still does it for me after all these years.
In fact for intros can you beat the Sweet? - sirens on Blockbuster, explosions on Hellraiser and great talking bit on Ballroom Blitz.
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Posted by MickShrimpton (U10147690) on Thursday, 22nd January 2009
'Lost in the Plot' by The Dears.
Not even a band I particularly like and the song as a whole is only OK but it has a fantastic beginning.
More conventionally - 'New Rose' takes some beating.
Destroy everyting you touch by Ladytron is also a contender for me
Wish upon a dogstar - Satellite Party. The whole song is pretty great, but the start is kicking!
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Posted by Chicago Jeff (U13649238) on Thursday, 22nd January 2009
I know I always bring them up...but the Pixies' Debaser warms the cockles of my heart...
Kim Deal scale-like bass at the start gives me a big boost...
On an unrelated note, I wonder how many takes it took for Gidz to put together for today's show...I know when I say Butthole Surfers, I always get a chuckle...always thought it sounded like Californian porn, but perhaps I shouldn't type every thought that comes into my head...
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd. One of my all time favourite songs that I would dearly love to be able to play on the Gee-tar, great beginning though, the de-tuned radio etc.
Born Slippy by Underworld does it for me and also Town called Malice by The Jam has my heart racing and blood pumping full of teenage angst again when I hear the first few bars.
Windy - a butthole surfer is indeed a euphamism for one who engages in a certain [ahem] act of love. Google it! Though maybe not when your wife is about to look over your shoulder.
As to the session by the band- Castle Fist has been in a frenzy of anticipation all week.
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Posted by Al McGregor (U2976807) on Thursday, 22nd January 2009
"Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true..."
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Posted by MyklMichael (U13794067) on Thursday, 22nd January 2009
My favourite beginning at the moment is on They Might Be Giant's song "XTC vs. Adam Ant", the live version on Severe Tire Damage. Brilliant guitar solo. ("Minimum Wage" is good, but the beginning is pretty much the same thing as the whole song)
Also Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues
And Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (scores for extreme suddenness, liable to make you jump if you didn't realise how far the speakers were turned up, as it's the first track on the album)
While I'm on a Buttholes theme - "Human Cannonball" has a very fine intro.
Baba O'Reilly by The Who. The way Hugh Laurie plays air piano to this in House is just wonderful.
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Posted by majorBobbyM (U13794092) on Thursday, 22nd January 2009
The Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog". Fantastic guitar line from the late Ron Asheton
RIP Ron
Siouxie and the Banshees - Happy house
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Posted by BlimeyCharlie (U13774076) on Friday, 23rd January 2009
A truely Guilty pleasure.
But Showwaddypaddy' Under the Moon of love.
What an Intro. Well the drums part anyway
Re intro to baba o'riley - yes, fantastic. I always presumed the O'riley bit of the title was because the keyboards intro is a direct homage to Terry Riley's experimental electronic works eg A Rainbow In Curved Air.
Can any resident chin-strokers confirm/deny?
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Posted by Chicago Jeff (U13649238) on Friday, 23rd January 2009
Jesus Built My Hotrod by Ministry...
Monologue by Gibby Haynes (from you guessed it, Butthole Surfers...<chuckle> sets the table very nicely...the rest melts your face clean off...
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