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Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 2:23:09 PM
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humbleinspirit
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Here are a few that I have thought of:
- Sweet Child of Mine-Guns and Roses
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough-Diana Ross
- Fooling Yourself-Styx
- Where The Streets Have No Name-U2
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-U2
- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends-The Beatles
Just to name a few. What are some of your favorite intros and builds?
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 2:54:33 PM
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Foreplay/Long Time - Boston
No Quarter (from The Song Remains the Same) - Zeppelin
Freebird - Skynyrd
Creed - Rich Mullins
Sing Your Praise to the Lord - Rich Mullins
I Will Sing/Hope to Carry On (Live) - Caedmon's Call (From the Chronicles cd)
Singring and the Glass Guitar - Utopia
Baba O'Riley - The Who
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 3:45:33 PM
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Bliss by Muse.
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 4:57:32 PM
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Eric Clapton - Layla
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
Mountain - Mississippi Queen
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust and We Will Rock You
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
Allman Brothers - Whipping Post and Midnight Rider
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
U2 - New Years Day
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 4:58:58 PM
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Foreplay/Long Time - Boston
Eek! While it is great, it's also really, really, REALLY long! Not that that makes it bad, but wow, it just goes on! Which you especially notice when you're playing it on Rock Band. : )
I would say
Final Countdown - Europe -- Cheesy, I know, but it's just so much fun.
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 5:21:00 PM
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Many of the string of Barry Manilow hits in the 70s. He built a career on those type of songs.
And the Metallica ballads "Fade to Black" & "One". The new one "The Day That Never Comes" does come close to that.
Also while it may be in the "familiarity breeds contempt" bin Stairway to Heaven is an excellent example of that along with Dream On.
One more: "Forever Yours" by Michael Sweet.
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 8:06:05 PM
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Train, Train by Blackfoot
Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 8:09:08 PM
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humbleinspirit
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Some nice ones have already been mentioned here, but especially Barbara O'Reilly!
How about Plush-Stone Temple Pilots also?
A couple of others that I thought of that may not be on the A list, but still pretty signifigant are:
Walking on Sunshine-Katrina and the Waves
Head Over Heals-Go Go's
Creep-Radiohead
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 8:20:54 PM
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humbleinspirit
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Walk This Way-Aerosmith
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 8:33:53 PM
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Sweet Emotion (the album version)
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 9:55:53 PM
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Stay With Me--Faces. One of the coolest opening riffs ever!
Can't You Hear Me Knocking--Rolling Stones
Wild Horses by the Stones has a good build.
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/19/2008 10:55:20 PM
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Jump-Van Halen
Beat It-Michael Jackson
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/20/2008 8:05:19 AM
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ORIGINAL: humbleinspirit
Where The Streets Have No Name-U2
This is the correct answer. Probably the best intro ever.
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/20/2008 8:17:33 AM
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Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/20/2008 8:19:35 AM
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Jet Airliner-Steve Miller Band
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/20/2008 6:34:44 PM
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ORIGINAL: Giggles56
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith
Oh gee...how could I forget those????
I was listening to Aerosmith today...Joe Perry ROCKS the house! (and my earphones!) (and he's definitely in this old lady's top 10)
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/20/2008 7:11:52 PM
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Mr Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne (though the tribute album version w/ Tim Owens singing, Yngwie on guitar and Derek Sherinian on keys SMOKES the original and really punches you in the chest when the band comes in)
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Santa Monica - Everclear: not the intro, but the way the whole song builds w/ each verse getting angrier than the last, but not really getting louder or more heavily orchestrated. I didn't really like the song until somebody pointed that out to me. Now I love it.
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/21/2008 1:04:09 AM
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humbleinspirit
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A couple of others that I thought of:
With Or Without You-U2
Dance To The Music-Sly & The Family Stone
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/21/2008 3:26:23 PM
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Thunderstruck - AC/DC
-Dan.
"AN-GUS!"
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/22/2008 7:01:33 AM
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AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
AC/DC Hard as a Rock
AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long
The Who Won't Get Fooled Again
The Beatles Revolution
The Hollies Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
Just a few off the top of my head...
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/22/2008 9:54:36 AM
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The absolutely best intro: "Procession/Story in Your Eyes" by Moody Blues on the Every Good Boy Deserves Favor album. How can you beat the entire history of western music compacted into 4 1/2 minutes?
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/22/2008 10:18:35 AM
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"I Fought the La" by Newsboys
"Clocks" by Coldplay
"Like a Child" by Jars of Clay
"With the Wonder" by Rich Mullins
"Viva La Vida" by Coldplay
"Stars" by Switchfoot
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/23/2008 10:36:20 AM
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Head Over Heals-Go Go's
I really like that song! Although I almost like the remake of it that Kids In The Way did better than the original!
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/23/2008 11:17:59 AM
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Rebirthing - Skillet - I WANT that incredible orchestral rock opening for my cellphone ringtone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIQ_NkmYw3g
Absolute - Thousand Foot Krutch - the build on this one is just phenomenal. Goes from semi-ballad to screaming in a single verse.
Move - Thousand Foot Krutch - great intro
My Heartstrings Come Undone - Demon Hunter
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RE: Songs with Great Intros and Builds - 9/23/2008 12:18:56 PM
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Rebirthing - Skillet
Yes!!! That is an AWESOME song!! I also kind of like the intro on Steven Curtis Chapman's song "Be Still" it has a really pretty sound to it!
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