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Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 23 2021 11:35 AM

Connie's death and "we're an american band" video (the cool studio footage version posted below) reminded me that we've never had a thread devoted entirely to "Best Klassik Rawk Song Ever If We Only Consider The First ~40 Seconds" Post your favorites, but here's a couple to get started. Argue for them! Argue against them. [YOUTUBE]SJrgTwdMFd4[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]ZiRuj2_czzw[/YOUTUBE] (some would argue Spirit of Radio is an even better opening but I like the relative compactness of this one and then the odd-time signatures a little better)

batmagadanleadoff Aug 23 2021 11:40 AM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: [YOUTUBE]ZiRuj2_czzw[/YOUTUBE] This song, on this list, makes even less sense to me than the idea that the Mets should retire Gary Carter's number. I can't even understand why #8 isn't even in circulation. How come there's no outcry to retire R.A. Dickey's #43? What? Because Carter had better teammates and played on better teams? Limelight? Really? With millions of other songs to choose from?

Chad ochoseis Aug 23 2021 12:12 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

There's a band out there called "Those Darn Accordions" that did a parody of "We're an American Band". So now, every time I hear even the intro, I start thinking: We're an accordion band We're an accordion band We're comin' to your town We'll help you polka down We're an accordion band It's a brilliant parody, but it doesn't do much for my opinion of the intro's awesomeness. Without thinking about it too much, "Locomotive Breath" comes to mind as a song with an ass-kicking intro.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 23 2021 12:17 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Limelight? Really? With millions of other songs to choose from? You're supposed to choose a few of those millions. But... cmon, man. The fanfare. Then the same fanfare but the 6th note is held an extra second that second time thru. Then the same fanfare a third time but the drums come on the 6th note, then the fanfare but whole band kicks in (yes on that 6th note), and gallops into alternating 3/4 / 4/4 time signatures, then the vocals echo the fanfare, rhyming on that same spot -- "ap-PROACH-ES" ... "THOSE WHO"... it's a complex ass-kicking factory

kcmets Aug 23 2021 12:35 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

We'll help you polka down = lol Limelight is one of my lesser favorite Rush 'hits.' This one has a solid opening imo... [YOUTUBE]g_QtO0Rhp0w[/YOUTUBE] (and this is a very cool video too)

RealityChuck Aug 23 2021 12:40 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

The obvious choice. [YOUTUBE]uwiTs60VoTM[/YOUTUBE]

RealityChuck Aug 23 2021 12:44 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

This is slow to start, but it kicks off within the 40-second limit. [YOUTUBE]7OvW8Z7kiws[/YOUTUBE]

Edgy MD Aug 23 2021 01:04 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

How about that cowbell on "WaAB"?

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 23 2021 01:05 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

The obvious choice. [YOUTUBE]uwiTs60VoTM[/YOUTUBE] So good it was used again to start "Rhymin and Stealin" by the Beastie Boy

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 23 2021 01:09 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Edgy MD wrote: How about that cowbell on "WaAB"? I like how the cowbell is used both in that falling down the stairs intro and then again in the regular beat.after the big-ass guitar fanfare. The that opening vocal-- on the road for 40 days!..-- what a start

Edgy MD Aug 23 2021 01:11 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Not exactly a classick rock staple: [YOUTUBE]ZCOSPtyZAPA[/YOUTUBE] This'n is though: [YOUTUBE]SIhb-kNvL6M[/YOUTUBE] And this: [YOUTUBE]83f_oVMPv4E[/YOUTUBE] But the best answer is probably any of a number of AC/DC songs.

Edgy MD Aug 23 2021 01:14 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Like this biscuit. [YOUTUBE]nULs4JW3tPI[/YOUTUBE]

Edgy MD Aug 23 2021 01:27 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

And speaking of KISS: [YOUTUBE]1sAm5UCJ9vA[/YOUTUBE] I prefer the studio version with the keyboards to the Budokan version, but they both kick the doors down. It's funny, because the studio version of "I Want You to Want Me" with the keyboards is far worse and preferred by nobody.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 23 2021 01:28 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

=RealityChuck post_id=75260 time=1629744006 user_id=82] The obvious choice. [YOUTUBE]uwiTs60VoTM[/YOUTUBE]

Now we're talkin'!

batmagadanleadoff Aug 23 2021 01:28 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

=RealityChuck post_id=75261 time=1629744290 user_id=82] This is slow to start, but it kicks off within the 40-second limit. [YOUTUBE]7OvW8Z7kiws[/YOUTUBE]

Now we're talkin' some more!

batmagadanleadoff Aug 23 2021 01:29 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Limelight? Really? With millions of other songs to choose from? You're supposed to choose a few of those millions. But... cmon, man. The fanfare. Then the same fanfare but the 6th note is held an extra second that second time thru. Then the same fanfare a third time but the drums come on the 6th note, then the fanfare but whole band kicks in (yes on that 6th note), and gallops into alternating 3/4 / 4/4 time signatures, then the vocals echo the fanfare, rhyming on that same spot -- "ap-PROACH-ES" ... "THOSE WHO"... it's a complex ass-kicking factory The 6th note? You don't say. How about that? The 6th note. Not the 5th note or the 7th note. I'll be darned.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 23 2021 01:35 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Limelight? Really? With millions of other songs to choose from? You're supposed to choose a few of those millions. But... cmon, man. The fanfare. Then the same fanfare but the 6th note is held an extra second that second time thru. Then the same fanfare a third time but the drums come on the 6th note, then the fanfare but whole band kicks in (yes on that 6th note), and gallops into alternating 3/4 / 4/4 time signatures, then the vocals echo the fanfare, rhyming on that same spot -- "ap-PROACH-ES" ... "THOSE WHO"... it's a complex ass-kicking factory That chord opening sounds too stiff ---herky, jerky. Not to mention that mainly, it's not so musically pleasing on a purely visceral or auditory basis.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 23 2021 01:38 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Limelight? Really? With millions of other songs to choose from? You're supposed to choose a few of those millions. But... cmon, man. The fanfare. Then the same fanfare but the 6th note is held an extra second that second time thru. Then the same fanfare a third time but the drums come on the 6th note, then the fanfare but whole band kicks in (yes on that 6th note), and gallops into alternating 3/4 / 4/4 time signatures, then the vocals echo the fanfare, rhyming on that same spot -- "ap-PROACH-ES" ... "THOSE WHO"... it's a complex ass-kicking factory That chord opening sounds too stiff ---herky, jerky. Not to mention that mainly, it's not so musically pleasing on a purely visceral or auditory basis. it's a good thing that you cut these songs off at the 40 second mark because when that Geddy Lee kicks in with his castrati-like vocals, I wanna cringe. I don't care what he's singing about or what his band's playing --- when he opens his trap, I'm out the door. "Like a munchkin delivering a sermon".

Bob Alpacadaca Aug 23 2021 01:52 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

[YOUTUBE]/LHcP4MWABGY[/YOUTUBE] If I did this right. This intro rocks. [YOUTUBE]RbmS3tQJ7Os[/YOUTUBE] A slower build up that still kicks butt.

Edgy MD Aug 23 2021 02:30 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Welcome aboard, Apodax. I think the we have an interesting pair of categories between the songz that open with a chord riff and those that open with a single-note riff. Team "Satisfaction" vs. Team "Start Me Up," as it were.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 23 2021 03:08 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Yeah I think the cool thing about good openings is that they don't all follow the same rules. Like a hard day's night is an awesome opening, and that lasts only a few seconds, like my lovemaking style

Marshmallowmilkshake Aug 23 2021 05:43 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

[YOUTUBE]ZaMX0Cs5Bc4[/YOUTUBE] Not sure what you consider classic rock. I like Motown and always loved the intro to "Tears of a Clown." You know what that song is after the first three notes, and it only gets better. Both "Limelight" and "Spirit of Radio" are amazing.

kcmets Aug 23 2021 06:52 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

=RealityChuck post_id=75260 time=1629744006 user_id=82] The obvious choice. [YOUTUBE]uwiTs60VoTM[/YOUTUBE]

This is a cool candidate. That song must be like a hundred years old.

Edgy MD Aug 23 2021 07:33 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Zeppelin has many candidates. My first thought was "Rock 'n' Roll."

Edgy MD Aug 23 2021 07:43 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

More AM than FM, and more classick soul than classick rock, but horny intros deserve a place in the sun too. [YOUTUBE]4URogrXiKsI[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]cjYrski71II[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]fiLaNEFyCiM[/YOUTUBE] And while we're on Sly and the Family Stone, The Eagles ripped off and lamed out this intro to use on "Witchy Woman." [YOUTUBE]BqWQzOzK3kw[/YOUTUBE] Really, Sly Stone and Stevie Wonder should be first class/first ballot inductees into the Intro Hall of Fame.

kcmets Aug 23 2021 08:01 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

One of my favorite Aerosmith songs, and it takes exactly 40 secs to get going.... [YOUTUBE]4-OGjJCJrhE[/YOUTUBE]

Fman99 Aug 24 2021 05:08 AM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

I had a couple specific songs immediately jump to mind and they have not been mentioned yet. Maybe two of my all time favorite classic rock intros. [youtube]4Zbnvh6I4k4[/youtube] Can you even really top a mouth harp intro? I say no. [youtube]f7JAioASm8c[/youtube]

kcmets Aug 24 2021 08:21 AM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Who needs coffee? Play loud... [YOUTUBE]WKYc_NYcp_0[/YOUTUBE]

seawolf17 Aug 24 2021 08:32 AM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

[YOUTUBE]Ymv3qX3kRgs[/YOUTUBE] This is my favorite rock intro.

Lefty Specialist Aug 28 2021 09:21 AM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

The first ten seconds of this song would serve as an effective alarm clock sound. [YOUTUBE]BGLGzRXY5Bw[/YOUTUBE]

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 17 2021 12:09 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

The moonlight ain't so great but the first 44 seconds are pretty durn good. [YOUTUBE]1JnQfKIFERU[/YOUTUBE]

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 17 2021 12:20 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

By the way gratefully acknowledging your previous and future contributions! Good stuff everyone

Fman99 Sep 17 2021 01:24 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The moonlight ain't so great but the first 44 seconds are pretty durn good. [YOUTUBE]1JnQfKIFERU[/YOUTUBE] Yep, new one to me, I like it.

The Hot Corner Sep 19 2021 05:09 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Okay, I can no longer remember how to post a youtube video, but I would add "Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet" if I only knew how. it's an oldy but goody with a guitar hook that kicks ass from the very beginning to the end.

Frayed Knot Sep 19 2021 05:28 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Good one! [YOUTUBE]n12OBlcHx9E[/YOUTUBE] '90s music would have been a lot better if Matthew Sweet and Dan Bern had received more airplay.

The Hot Corner Sep 19 2021 05:34 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

I appreciate the assist.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2021 09:25 PM Re: Please Introduce Yourself By Kicking My Ass

Lefty Specialist wrote: The first ten seconds of this song would serve as an effective alarm clock sound. [YOUTUBE]BGLGzRXY5Bw[/YOUTUBE] It is absolutely true that this opening has never failed to stop kicking ass, but the stunning truth is that they nicked the whole bit, and it's actually been kicking ass since Pee Wee Crayton laid it down in 1954. [YOUTUBE]_Dfh9QIjR3Q[/YOUTUBE] It's almost stunning that that much distortion was even legal in 1954.