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 Jul 30 2007, 08:47 PM
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Bully for you  Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498  |
What songs do you love the beginning of, could listen to for hours and hours on end perhaps, but which is ultimately let down by the fact that the rest of the song is boring and/or terrible?
Little Green Bag-George Baker Select Or, the song they all walk in slow-motion to in Reservoir Dogs. That intro, with its loping bass and sinister vocals, is superb. Then it all gets ruined by the switch into what sounds like a Joe Dolce B-side. Funkytown-Lipps Inc Maybe my view of this song has been shaped by this episode of Malcolm in the middle (sorry for it being in Spanish), but this is such a crushingly disappointing song. The intro features some great rising synth sounds and electronic vocals, then shifts into the least funky song ever. This post has been edited by maian: Jul 30 2007, 09:20 PM |
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Jul 30 2007, 09:10 PM
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Two Pinter Group: Senior Members Posts: 173 Joined: 2-November 06 Member No.: 5,871 |
babylon zoo - spaceman...remember getting quite hyped to hear it after the levi's (?) ad and thinking it would be some mental jungle/happy hardcore track, then the disappointment of buying it and hearing 10 secs of the advert track on the intro, then it slows down to a snail's pace and becomes a horrible futuristic goth-rock dirge.
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Jul 30 2007, 09:13 PM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,116 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Cardiff: "Capital City of The Future" Member No.: 3,662 |
QUOTE (baking @ Jul 30 2007, 10:10 PM) babylon zoo - spaceman...remember getting quite hyped to hear it after the levi's (?) ad and thinking it would be some mental jungle/happy hardcore track, then the disappointment of buying it and hearing 10 secs of the advert track on the intro, then it slows down to a snail's pace and becomes a horrible futuristic goth-rock dirge.  I think that you will like this then. |
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Jul 30 2007, 09:23 PM
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Hey-O Hey-O Group: Senior Members Posts: 2,785 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Portsmouth Member No.: 2,356 |
On a similar Levi related note (and because it was mentioned earlier), I'm not sure I'd be as harsh as to say the rest of the song is plop, but it really did rely quite heavily on that initial guitar work repeated during the song.
Stiltskin - Inside I've been trying to remember and actively searching for a Muse/Radiohead track that fit the topic perfectly for me, but I still haven't found the bloody thing. I thought it began with a C, but having looked at track lists for both bands back catalogues I've ruled most of those out now (it's not Creep). |
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Jul 30 2007, 09:23 PM
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Two Pinter Group: Senior Members Posts: 173 Joined: 2-November 06 Member No.: 5,871 |
QUOTE (Sir_Robin_the_brave @ Jul 30 2007, 09:13 PM) lol, nice find...even at the speeded up pace that's a lot slower that I remember it for some reason. that sounds like it could be a chemical bros remix or something. Jaz Mann is a bit of a nob as well, TBH, it has to be said. I like the Brass Eye interview clip. "Do you think you were born talented?" "I think so, yes".... 
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Jul 30 2007, 09:25 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
QUOTE (Dorf @ Jul 30 2007, 10:23 PM) I've been trying to remember and actively searching for a Muse/Radiohead track that fit the topic perfectly for me, but I still haven't found the bloody thing. I thought it began with a C, but having looked at track lists for both bands back catalogues I've ruled most of those out now (it's not Creep). Can you remember any lyrics for it? Even just a few words? |
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Jul 30 2007, 09:29 PM
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Hey-O Hey-O Group: Senior Members Posts: 2,785 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Portsmouth Member No.: 2,356 |
QUOTE (maian @ Jul 30 2007, 10:25 PM) Can you remember any lyrics for it? Even just a few words? No I'm rubbish, it was a rather fast paced single guitar (or maybe piano), and then completely slowed down for the remainder of the song. If I had even a word or two the wonderful world of the internet would allow me to find it, but alas I have nothing. I may resort to skipping through a friends music collection until I find it because it's driving me crazy. |
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Jul 30 2007, 09:37 PM
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Better to reign in hell... Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,984 Joined: 1-November 04 From: Leicestershire Member No.: 2,676 |
The first thing that springs to mind doesn't exactly fit the thing that's being asked. That was Enter Sandman by Metallica which was a great song but just has a bloody pathetic ending, like they just all kinda got bored and couldn't figure out how to end it, and just kinda played some shit until they all fell asleep and someone faded the volume off.
That only works if you consider "most of the song" as the intro though. |
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Jul 30 2007, 09:40 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
I can see what you mean, though. The rest of the song is really great, then the end fizzles out into nothingness.
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Jul 30 2007, 09:52 PM
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"Mus" à gauche, "TANG" Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 15,567 Joined: 11-November 04 From: London Member No.: 2,740 |
Can't think of any that really go down hill that much
Can think of three intros that are so good the rest of the, albeit great track, can't compare The Damned - New Rose Motorhead - Ace Of Spades Guns'n'Roses - Welcome To The Jungle |
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Jul 30 2007, 10:01 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
Another really big one for me would be Heartbreaker by Dionne Warwick. I love the mounrful synth at the start of the song and which punctuates the first verse, then it shifts into a fairly dull ballad.
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Jul 30 2007, 10:41 PM
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Invader. Group: Senior Members Posts: 8,260 Joined: 27-November 04 From: The Burgh of Edin. Member No.: 2,823 |
QUOTE (Sostie @ Jul 30 2007, 10:52 PM) Can't think of any that really go down hill that much Can think of three intros that are so good the rest of the, albeit great track, can't compare The Damned - New Rose Motorhead - Ace Of Spades Guns'n'Roses - Welcome To The Jungle I would also put Voodoo Child by Hendrix in that list. But that's only because it has what is quite possibly the single greatest intro of any song ever and while the rest of the song is great, it's just not quite as great. |
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Jul 31 2007, 08:45 AM
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Better to reign in hell... Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,984 Joined: 1-November 04 From: Leicestershire Member No.: 2,676 |
Picking on Metallica a bit here but they're the only ones I can think of.
One. Great clean guitar intro... Then along comes Lars with his awful drumming and ruins it a bit... then the chorus kicks in which is just absolutely dreadful. |
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Jul 31 2007, 11:33 AM
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I'm sorry; I meant, "Drop dead, *comrade*." Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,352 Joined: 21-January 05 From: CTU Member No.: 3,252 |
Abba - Gimme a man after midnight... you have this really dark guitar intro and then it goes all Barry Wong from there!
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Jul 31 2007, 11:57 AM
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.....9..... Group: Senior Members Posts: 2,836 Joined: 5-August 06 From: Wales Member No.: 5,387 |
One by Metallica
She Sells Sanctuary 12" version - The Cult Citizen Erased - Muse Cant Stop - RHCP American Idiot - Green Day Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden Unfinihsed Sympathy - Massive Attack The Four Horsemen - Metallica Hysteria - Muse Assassin (Grand Omega Mix) - Muse Space Dementia - Muse Watcher of the Skies - Genesis Sweet Child o'Mine - GnR Ah hell I could go on forever lol |
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