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Great opening song riffs



Maybe a bit Britpop-y for some, but I've always had a soft spot for this one.
 
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Posted this in this depressing songs thread, but man that opening bass riff.

Give me goosebumps every time I hear it.

 
8893 said:
I was tempted to post the Run DMC version instead because the collaboration and video are so great.
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You should have.

I've never once chosen to listen to an Aerosmith song, which doesn't mean I haven't heard them. During a period when the Stones obviously faltered, Columbia records successfully marketed into a void what Mercury couldn't with the New York Dolls and thereby met its need to push product.

Nobody would be at a loss if Aerosmith had remained a Boston bar band...except Run-DMC . They knew how to recycle the recycling and make something original.
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
You should have.

I've never once chosen to listen to an Aerosmith song, which doesn't mean I haven't heard them. During a period when the Stones obviously faltered, Columbia records successfully marketed into a void what Mercury couldn't with the New York Dolls and thereby met its need to push product.

Nobody would be at a loss if Aerosmith had remained a Boston bar band...except Run-DMC . They knew how to recycle the recycling and make something original.
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Well, that certainly gives us another awesome song opening... thanks for the reminder!

 
AC/DC- Beatin Around the Bush
All man Brothers - Black Hearted Woman
Dave Matthews - What Would You Say
Foo Fighters - Rope

I know it’s a piano but:
Billy Joel - Angry Young Man
 
storrsroars said:
Well, that certainly gives us another awesome song opening... thanks for the reminder!
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... which reminds me of a 'package deal' comment elsewhere yesterday, and reference to best guitarist seen live, and a two-fer that rivaled Hunter & Wagner with Lou Reed...

In 1979, Johnny Thunders came to the Great American Saloon (or was it still the Oxford Ale House?) in New Haven with his band Gang War, featuring special guest Wayne Kramer (who will fronting a 50th anniversary MC5 concert next month at the College Street Music Hall): fireworks and self-destruction on equal & ample display, documented in a bootleg titled "Anybody from Yale Here?," after a drugged-out Thunders query repeated ad nauseum between songs, along with, "Anybody here from the 'fahmacy'?"

But then I got reminded elsewhere still...
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
... which reminds me of a 'package deal' comment elsewhere yesterday, and reference to best guitarist seen live, and a two-fer that rivaled Hunter & Wagner with Lou Reed...

In 1979, Johnny Thunders came to the Great American Saloon (or was it still the Oxford Ale House?) in New Haven with his band Gang War, featuring special guest Wayne Kramer (who will fronting a 50th anniversary MC5 concert next month at the College Street Music Hall): fireworks and self-destruction on equal & ample display, documented in a bootleg titled "Anybody from Yale Here?," after a drugged-out Thunders query repeated ad nauseum between songs, along with, "Anybody here from the 'fahmacy'?"

But then I got reminded elsewhere still...
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Best I can recall, WNEW-FM's Vin Scelsa was the only DJ who ever played Flaming Groovies in the NYC market.

Speaking of Lou, I saw my Lou Reed "Berlin" post as most depressing album of all time was deleted because I put a verboten joke in at the end as a spoiler. I can't currently post in that thread, just wanted to note how IMO that thread devolved into a bunch of songs with sad stories instead of gut-wrenching emotional depression (with a couple notable exceptions). I'll still go with Berlin for an album that will ruin your day.

But I digress... since you mentioned New Haven, I thought of these guys, who played this at Toad's on their first-ever US tour and how the piano/bass opening immediately conjured up a smoky blues bar. And it's depressing to boot when you consider that things never change...

 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
... which reminds me of a 'package deal' comment elsewhere yesterday, and reference to best guitarist seen live, and a two-fer that rivaled Hunter & Wagner with Lou Reed...

In 1979, Johnny Thunders came to the Great American Saloon (or was it still the Oxford Ale House?) in New Haven with his band Gang War, featuring special guest Wayne Kramer (who will fronting a 50th anniversary MC5 concert next month at the College Street Music Hall): fireworks and self-destruction on equal & ample display, documented in a bootleg titled "Anybody from Yale Here?," after a drugged-out Thunders query repeated ad nauseum between songs, along with, "Anybody here from the 'fahmacy'?"

But then I got reminded elsewhere still...
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I was at that show and it was Oxford Ale .Loved me some JT. He just wanted to be Keith and did the drugs to try to get there for sure.
My first cousin - also RIP - did sound for him for a time in the 80s so I met him at a show in Trenton at some dump venue. Cousin saw it all go down and assured me it was all true. Loved his cover of Chinese Rock.
 
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One of my very very first concerts...Cumberland County Civic Center ... Queen. Freddie Mercury singing the opening "Buddy, you're big boy..." everyone stomping the We Will Rock You...with a spotlight on him, then major flashlamps lighting up the arena, back to a spotlight on the guitar solo before We are the Champions. Pretty memorable...
 
Ewekon said:
I was at that show and it was Oxford Ale .Loved me some JT. He just wanted to be Keith and did the drugs to try to get there for sure.
My first cousin - also RIP - did sound for him for a time in the 80s so I met him at a show in Trenton at some dump venue. Cousin saw it all go down and assured me it was all true. Loved his cover of Chinese Rock.
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Wow, never expected a response like this!

And thanks for confirming what I've long claimed from memory - that for the first Gang War show, it was still Oxford Ale House.

The cassette was from the 1980 show which my friend combined on the CD with the earlier performance. The button is from a memorial somewhere in the West Village. I'm amazed Johnny lived that long. Then again, I thought he could die or at was at least going to collapse the night we both saw him.

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Additional kudos for your getting out to see Eggy on Friday
 
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Irish Loop said:
How did we get this far along without "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns n' Roses? It's iconic. It's brutal. Everyone knows it.



Unless I'm ignoring someone who posted it. Which is TOTALLY possible.
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Or...are we just trying to wipe it from our consciousness since we have to hear it 15-20 times on 3rd down and 4th down at home games.
 
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jibsey said:
Organ riff Boston, Foreplay/Long Time
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Actually the bass riff stands out more to me on "Foreplay". My favorite organ riff is John Paul Jones', "Your Time is Gonna Come," by Zepplin.
 
Irish Loop said:
How did we get this far along without "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns n' Roses? It's iconic. It's brutal. Everyone knows it.



Unless I'm ignoring someone who posted it. Which is TOTALLY possible.
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Me, I think, but I'm not going back to look!
 
Kathy said:
Didn't see this anywhere.

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I was driving on an Interstate heading into Nashville in a rented Fire Engine Red Pontiac Gran Prix . on a bright sunny day.
I was just cruising along staying ahead of the Semi’s when this song came on
The temptation to kick it up just a tad was irresistible.
I probably would have slide by but the speed limit back then suddenly changed to 55mph
and the Tennessee state police had set up a speed trap a couple of hundred yards after the sudden drop from 70mph.
You can guess the rest.
 
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