[CRESCENDOPOWER]

The question I had in mind was what is the best opening of any song you have ever heard? I just came home from a buddy’s house, and we were jamming to Orgy's Blue Monday, which has a killer opening. What other songs do you believe have an opening to die for?

 

[fyrfytrhoges]

pink floyd "in the flesh"
pink floyd "shine on you crazy diamond"
ac/dc "highway to hell"
pearl jam "yellow ledbetter"

just a few off the top of my head.....

 

[DLP]

Metallica S&M, For Whom The Bell Tolls and Outlaw Torn.
Some of the openings in the Linkin Park Meteora songs are good, but then again, this is a matter of opinion, not an opening to a flame war.

 

[stereth]

Quote:

Originally posted by DLP Metallica S&M, For Whom The Bell Tolls

Good one. Mine:

Rage Against the Machine - Calm Like a Bomb. 13 second bass solo. The song Wake Up also has a good intro, really sets a tone for the song.

Falconer - Stand in Veneration. Not many metal songs start a capella. Even fewer can pull it off.

Spin Doctors - Refrigerator Car. Can anyone tell me what time signature this song starts in? It sounds like 17/16 played as 4/4. Regular measures with an extra note thrown in between. Rhythm test.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

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Originally posted by fyrfytrhoges pink floyd "shine on you crazy diamond"

Hard to argue with that one. I've heard an "homage" to this opening at least three times (Tangerine Dream, Shy People soundtrack; Klaus Schulze, Body Love Vol. 2, "Nowhere, Now Here"; Transatlantic or OSI, forget the track). When I become a big famous rock star, I'm going to do my own homage to it, except it'll be different.

Others:

Rush, "Limelight" (I love the way the guitar starts in a completely different rhythm than the rest of the song...or is that "Tom Sawyer"?)

Ozzy, "Mr. Crowley"

 

[AdamP88]

U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name. Even better live.

 

[NewSc2]

Rage Against the Machine - Maria

White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

and BY FAR:

Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Diamond pt. 1 (the crazy 7-minute intro)

 

[tom hankins]

AC/DC Thunderstruck

 

[john_jcb]

Holly Cole --Temptation

Sara K -- No Cover

My apologies I thought I was in the What are you listening to now thread.

To keep on track one of the songs on the Holly Cole CD is
Invitation to the Blues by Tom Waits. It is very easy to visuallize:

Well she's up against the register with an apron and a spatula,
Yesterday's deliveries, tickets for the bachelors
She's a moving violation from her conk down to her shoes,
Well, it's just an invitation to the blues

 

[john_jcb]

The morning coffee is kicking in and my mind is once again clear or as clear as it gets. I thought of a couple more from the past that are worth a listen.

From 1972 Foghat -- "I Just Want To Make Love To You"

Ted Nugent -- "Cat Scratch Fever"

 

[elrod-tom]

New Radicals' Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too album, "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough". Opening line...

Anyone who has heard it knows what I mean.

 

[MusicLover]

Quote:

Originally posted by AdamP88 U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name. Even better live.

That is the best song ever, especially the opening.

 

[bjjp2]

Got to be the chord at the beginning of "Won't Get Fooled Again."

 

[rickcr42]

james gang funk 49

led zep trampled underfoot

j giels house party

deep purple smoke on the water and hush

zz topp tush

and my all time fav-zz top waitin' for the bus

 

[sapphiremodena]

Quote:

Originally posted by elrod-tom New Radicals' Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too album, "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough". Opening line... Anyone who has heard it knows what I mean.

Too bad New Radicals had to end.

PS. I second the vote for U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name