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Favourite Song Intro

  • 08-07-2020 2:24pm
    #1
    pavb2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭


    That instrumental first notes of a song, the first notes play it takes mili-seconds for you to recognise the tune. The more I think about it the more I find, there are so many but I'll keep it to three:

    Alternative Ulster - SLF

    You Know You're Right - Nirvana

    Streams of Whiskey - Pogues


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The Sopranos theme Woke Up This Morning by Alabama 3, great intro and best tv theme I can think of.


  • #3
    Ger Roe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,145 ✭✭✭Ger Roe


    Teenage Kicks - The Undertones.

    Layla - Derek and The Dominos

    Lola - The Kinks

    I'm a believer - The Monkees


  • #4
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,039 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    ‘Sultans of Swing’ - Dire Straits

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #5
    tritriagain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭tritriagain


    Alternative Ulster - slf
    Gimme shelter - rolling stones
    Where the streets have no name - u2


  • #6
    SnowyMay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 544 ✭✭✭SnowyMay


    Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf
    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    ‘Sultans of Swing’ - Dire Straits

    That is such a great song!


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  • #7
    ThunderCat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭ThunderCat


    The Riverboat Song by Ocean Colour Scene


  • #8
    rednik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,161 ✭✭✭rednik


    You could be mine - Guns N Roses


  • #9
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    Mayonnaise - Smashing Pumpkins


  • #10
    Ironman76
    Registered Users Posts: 518 ✭✭✭Ironman76


    Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls


  • #11
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Real Gone Kid by Deacon Blue

    Toto Africa


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  • #12
    gailforecast
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 140 ✭✭gailforecast


    Welcome to the Jungle - GnR
    Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
    Ain’t talkin about love - Van Halen


  • #13
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    This Must be the Place by Talking Heads.


  • #14
    dennyire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭dennyire


    Sunny Afternoon....The Kinks
    Wild Thing.....The Troggs


  • #15
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Glastonbury Song, The Waterboys


  • #16
    Ger Roe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,145 ✭✭✭Ger Roe


    Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Not only do you know what song it is from the first millisecond, you also know you are in for nine minutes of pure head banging and air guitar playing joy.


  • #17
    Sorry about that
    Closed Accounts Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Sorry about that


    Take the Long Road and Walk it, The Music.


  • #18
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    ‘Sultans of Swing’ - Dire Straits

    And Tunnel of Love has one of the greatest outros.


  • #19
    PowerToWait
    Registered Users Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭PowerToWait


    10:15 Saturday Night, The Cure
    Alternative Ulster, SLF
    Should I Stay or Should I Go, The Clash
    Canary in a Coal Mine, The Police
    Where is my Mind, Pixies


  • #20
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Ger Roe wrote: »
    Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Not only do you know what song it is from the first millisecond, you also know you are in for nine minutes of pure head banging and air guitar playing joy.

    What I was going to say.
    Also:
    Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles
    Waterfall - The Stone Roses
    Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
    Roadhouse Blues - The Doors


  • #21
    RayCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,876 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Love this opening riff ....



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX7iHsAIw9o


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  • #22
    Rabbit Redux
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭Rabbit Redux


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJRdDhnTRoo


  • #23
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Shine on you crazy diamond..


    Actually, just listened to it there.. The guitar riff I was thinking of isn't until like 4 minutes in.. ah, Floyd were epic all the same...


  • #24
    pavb2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭pavb2


    PowerToWait wrote: »
    10:15 Saturday Night, The Cure

    Should I Stay or Should I Go, The
    Tommy Gun by the Clash is distinctive.

    I also like the intro to Straight to Hell by the Clash For a time The Pogues used to come out to it at the beginning of their concerts can’t remember if Joe Strummer was playing with them or Shane Macgowan at the time.


  • #25
    Eduard Khil
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Eduard Khil


    Purple Haze rift is pretty sweet

    No Surprises Radiohead great intro

    Yazoo Only You a memorable one from when I was a kid

    Love the intro to Coma White by Marilyn Manson


  • #26
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Ah, it can be vary easy to put up a list of a wide range of Rock and Blues songs. And it's something that's often been on my mind. But if I ever think of a starting point for a song, that pulls you through the rest of it, it's very hard for me to think of anything other than "Safari Duo - Played a Live."


  • #27
    Anesthetize
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,465 ✭✭✭Anesthetize


    The intro to Teen Age Riot by Sonic Youth is iconic at this stage

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10rLJjBLQZ8


    Those of you who remember MTV's Jackass will know the intro to this song

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOWu4-cTV1I


  • #28
    UrbanSprawl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭UrbanSprawl




  • #29
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Scentless Apprentice by Nirvana. Right from the start it means business.

    Turn it up.


  • #30
    UrbanSprawl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭UrbanSprawl


    KungPao wrote: »
    Scentless Apprentice by Nirvana. Right from the start it means business.

    Turn it up.

    Its a great song but its soo old to me nirvana dont rate them much butchers who struck lucky


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  • #31
    pavb2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭pavb2


    Whiskey in the jar - Thin Lizzy

    Don’t fear the reaper - Blue Oyster Cult


  • #32
    The Princess Bride
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,608 ✭✭✭✭The Princess Bride


    Rainbow, Since You've Been Gone.

    U2, Bad.

    The Pretenders, Brass In Pocket

    So many, I could be here all day.


  • #33
    Anesthetize
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,465 ✭✭✭Anesthetize


    UrbanSprawl wrote: »
    Speaking of Anathema and spoken-word intros, the intro to this song is magnificent

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmLp_u8_luc


  • #34
    wonderboysam
    Registered Users Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭wonderboysam




  • #35
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,026 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPg8gJq_Kw


  • #36
    Rothko
    Registered Users Posts: 12,908 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    California Girls - The Beach Boys


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  • #37
    laguacamaya
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭laguacamaya


    The Smiths- Girl Afraid

    Blondie- Hanging On The Telephone


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Money for nothing - Dire Straits


  • #39
    Cuttlefish
    Registered Users Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Cuttlefish


    Squalor Victoria by The National

    The Queen is dead by The Smiths

    And

    Cold little heart by Michael Kinawanka (spelling may be wrong apologies)


  • #40
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Pretenders - Middle of the road


  • #41
    PurplePrincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 600 ✭✭✭PurplePrincess


    Woman in chains - Tears for Fears

    Purple Rain - Prince


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  • #42
    Icaras
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Icaras


    Cop shoot cop - spiritualised
    Looser -beck


  • #43
    Emptur.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Emptur.


    Ger Roe wrote: »

    I'm a believer - The Monkees

    Until supervalu started using it lately


  • #44
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads

    Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kipjrg5O0A4


  • #45
    Cuttlefish
    Registered Users Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Cuttlefish


    Gonna have to make a playlist of these songs!!!


  • #46
    Icaras
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Icaras


    Cuttlefish wrote: »
    Gonna have to make a playlist of these songs!!!

    On Spotify and make it public??????


  • #47
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Deep Purple - Lazy
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNZPNv0Df9c


  • #48
    Cuttlefish
    Registered Users Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Cuttlefish


    Icaras wrote: »
    On Spotify and make it public??????

    Though I have a spotify account (free one) I rarely use it I have most of these songs on my iTune library!

    So would compile privately HOWEVER if I were to make it public what you suggesting??

    Compiling it in this thread or otherwise?


  • #49
    Cuttlefish
    Registered Users Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Cuttlefish


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Deep Purple - Lazy
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNZPNv0Df9c

    Am loving this song!!! Thanks


  • #50
    Cuttlefish
    Registered Users Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Cuttlefish


    Who is?


  • #51
    HBC08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,537 ✭✭✭HBC08


    My top 3 have already been mentioned on here
    Gimme Shelter - The Stones
    Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
    This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads

    About 20 years ago Dave Fanning asked the same question and asked people to ring in to chat on air,I rang in and gave the above 3 songs to the researcher. She said Dave's favourite intro is Gimme Shelter and would I go on and chat about it,I did go on had a great chat and was buzzing afterwards!


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