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Old 08-08-2006, 05:57 PM
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i don't remember if we've done this yet, and it didn't turn up in a search, so...

What's your favorite opening thirty-forty seconds of a song? A song where as soon as it comes on it's instantly identifiable?

My picks:

Ticket To Ride - The Beatles

Perhaps the first use of feedback as an intentional piece of the song in popular music.

Just Like Heaven - The Cure

The most deleriously infectious opening in pop music history, IMO. It just builds and builds and builds until Robert Smith's vocals finally, breathlessly, joins in.

Just What I Needed - The Cars

duh duh duh duh DAAA duh duh duh duh DAAA duh duh duh duh DAAA DAAA...! Greatest bass line opening ever.



yours?
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:01 PM
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N.I.B. - Black Sabbath

The Les Claypool version has a better intro bass riff than the original.
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:01 PM
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baba o'riley
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:02 PM
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any other answer is wrong.
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:33 PM
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any other answer is wrong.

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Well, except maybe Thunderstruck. How the F has that not been mentioned yet?
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Old 08-09-2006, 03:13 AM
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Well, except maybe Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution. How the F has that not been mentioned yet?

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FYP

Hotel California is indeed a good one, but it might only be good because you're looking forward to the rest of the song.

Also, "Fly Like an Eagle" might be the best acoustic intro...

-ChipsAhoya
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:10 PM
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Yeah, that's a real good choice.

I like Sex Machine.
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:11 PM
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Television's Marquee Moon is awesome...nice avatar.
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:17 PM
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Television's Marquee Moon is awesome...nice avatar.

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[img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I could have picked songs from that album,. but every single second of the album is so [censored] awesome that its just not right to differentiate.

There was a thread a while back about best guitar solos, and I was the only one who mentioned Tom Verlaine's final solo on Marquee Moon. Very sad.
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Old 08-08-2006, 06:20 PM
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Dom,

No love for Sweet Child?
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