Listening to the i pod today on shuffle for about 4 hours and a couple of tracks came on and they got me thinking, how many songs I would recognise just by the first bar/note and I think there would be a few.
Here's the one that got me thinking it
What are yours ?
Most Recognisable Intros
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rich_leeds64
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Re: Most Recognisable Intros
Madness - Night boat to Cairo
The Smiths - William it was really nothing
To name a couple but there's a good few more I could mention
The Smiths - William it was really nothing
To name a couple but there's a good few more I could mention
Re: Most Recognisable Intros
The first one that comes to mind
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Re: Most Recognisable Intros
The first one that comes to mind
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
followed quickly by
Purple Haze - Hendrix
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
followed quickly by
Purple Haze - Hendrix
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When doves Cry = Prince
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
Bohemian rhapsody - Queen
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
Bohemian rhapsody - Queen
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gessa
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Re: Most Recognisable Intros
Go on then.rich_leeds64 wrote:Madness - Night boat to Cairo
The Smiths - William it was really nothing
To name a couple but there's a good few more I could mention
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Re: Most Recognisable Intros
smoke on the water = deep purple
the birdie song =the tweets
Vienna = ultravox
nice prompt from Leon , I now have thin Lizzy blasting out of the ipod with the Mrs screaming "TURN IT DOWN "
the birdie song =the tweets
Vienna = ultravox
nice prompt from Leon , I now have thin Lizzy blasting out of the ipod with the Mrs screaming "TURN IT DOWN "
I could stop drinking but im not a quitter
Re: Most Recognisable Intros
Piano sonata N02 ( chopin )
If she finds me
If she finds me
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Re: Most Recognisable Intros
Blue Monday - New Order
Re: Most Recognisable Intros
Glad to oblige Bertbeer belly bert wrote:smoke on the water = deep purple
the birdie song =the tweets
Vienna = ultravox
nice prompt from Leon , I now have thin Lizzy blasting out of the ipod with the Mrs screaming "TURN IT DOWN "
Re: Most Recognisable Intros
Start me up - Rolling Stones
You're my World - Jane McDonald Oh....and Cilla Black
You're my World - Jane McDonald
Oh....and Cilla BlackRe: Most Recognisable Intros
Jump - Van Halen
Let it be - The Beatles
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Also, whilst not a pop record as such, "The Thing" theme music - shivers down the spine.
Let it be - The Beatles
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Also, whilst not a pop record as such, "The Thing" theme music - shivers down the spine.
Re: Most Recognisable Intros
Centerfield - John Foggerty
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Re: Most Recognisable Intros
The Smiths - How soon is now
Curtis Mayfield - Move on up
Motorhead - Ace of spades
G'n'R - Sweet child o' mine
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
The Kinks - All Day and All of the night
Four Tops - (Reach Out) I'll be there
Curtis Mayfield - Move on up
Motorhead - Ace of spades
G'n'R - Sweet child o' mine
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
The Kinks - All Day and All of the night
Four Tops - (Reach Out) I'll be there
"When the going gets weird, the weird get professional!" Hunter S Thompson
Re: Most Recognisable Intros
Anything by the Jam know all their songs off by heart
A bumble bee under the laws of physics shouldnt be able to fly, but it does because no one has told it that it can't
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Marvin Gaye - Heard it through the grapevine
Bowie - Heroes
Stevie Wonder - For once in my Life
Bowie - Heroes
Stevie Wonder - For once in my Life