Posted on 05/14/2011 10:37:12 PM PDT by This Just In
Do you recall that epic drum intro to the song, ‘50 Ways to Leave Your Lover’, by Paul Simon? Does anyone remember the name of that famous drummer who created that intro? I’m guessing that right about now that groove is playing in your mind’s eye (or ear). The great Steve Gadd came up with one of the most unforgettable licks and intros in the history of rock n roll.
Just a few days ago my better half and I were busy logging some miles between point A and point B on our scenic drive when we started talking about music. What are the most recognizable drum intros you remember, we asked one another? Rock intros, to be more precise. Steve Gadd’s monumental drum lick was the catalyst for our topical conversation.
I was reminded of our conversation the other day as I read a thread here on FR titled, “Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Best Ballads of All Time.” Frankly, the Freepers lists of …Best Ballads were far better than the list the Rolling Stone came up with. The old motor in the noggin starting turning, and I wondered what your picks would be if there was a poll in choosing the most identifiable drum and guitar intros to a rock song.
The reason I say “identifiable” is because “favs” are generally subjective. Identifiable can be just as subjective, but whether you like the band, the songs, or the riffs, licks, and/or fills, some songs are instantly identified by a broad audience.
So, your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to list 5 of the most easily identified drum intros, and 5 of the most easily identified guitar intros. These choices do not have to be solo instrumentation, but either the drum or guitar must be pronounced. It's time to rock....
Great minds....;]
Good choice, and it got years of airplay.
A less successful band (but with similarly few albums) debuted around the same time that Boston hit it big - though few remember them:
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A bit later in the timeline, this tune offered a great drum/guitar intro:
One of the funniest things about that song...The New Year’s Day Mummer’s Parade in Philadelphia is composed of huge groups who make elaborate costumes and put on song and dance numbers. That song was used as a group of at least 50 men paraded and danced in formation wearing Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble costumes. It was brilliant.
LOL— was lookin for disco stuff and ran across this- 70’s jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpBhrjfetkk
bookmark
The intro on Those Shoes by Joe Walsh and Don Felder are smokin’.
I should have said, “...played by...”
On my iPod. Who can forget “still lookin” for that blue jean baby queen”! Actually I found mine 26 years ago.
Damm that LSD!
Action or Hooked On A Feeling?
[not that one would be any weirder than the other, mind you]..:)
Drum and guitar combo intro- Rebel Rebel, David Bowie.
Thanks...my dogs are howling...LOL
We have finally reached the end of the internet ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qswm7lHp7oY
One Tin Soldier - The Legend of Billy Jack
Funny you mention that. An author named John Birmingham wrote a great three book series called "The Axis of Time" in which a US Navy carrier battle group in 2021 goes through a time warp and is stuck, in the past, no chance of coming home. It's 1942, and they make themselves known and join the fight against Japan. Anyway, the Marines capture some Japanese intel types and torture them, as "Boogie Oogie Oogie" plays in the background.
I hope you'll find this to be a good flashback.
Good one. Bowie’s something.
That reminds me of Golden Years.
I had a really surrealistic scene with that song, once.
We hit the local biker bar one night and nobody was there..we thought.
As we started to pull out, I hit play on the iPod and that came on and from seemingly nowhere, some very drunk chick came running across the parking lot and literally jumped on me, hugging me.
She said it had been decades since she’d heard and could I PLEASE let it play all the way through before I left.
WTH...I did.
She was totally blissed out as I drove away.
*Weird*.
Another time at Gettysburg Bike Week, I had Danzig’s “Mother” cranking at a stop sign and clicked the forward button to another song and a gang of bikers behind me all yelled in unison “HEY!!! PUT THAT BACK ON!!!”.
Yipes.
I did.
Heck, it’s torture just listening to the song.
Chuck is the grand daddy of rock and started the whole Guitar Intro "industry".
Johnny B. Goode is as good as it gets.
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