beatles -- maxwell's silver hammer
anthology version has a nice lil piano intro that i think actually would've improved the song, emphasizes the silly/vaudeville tone of the number
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 6 January 2020 07:45 (four years ago) link
Another Beatles obvious one : « Hey Jude » (but indeed they have plenty)
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 6 January 2020 10:49 (four years ago) link
Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You & Demons, probably more
I remember seeing them in early days, Gruff introduced IYDWMTDY with "This one's called" and then immediately starting the song.
― Valentijn, Monday, 6 January 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpAI8YOh0K4
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 January 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
Love that song....
― BeerAdvocate in the streets, Wookiepedia in the sheets (morrisp), Monday, 6 January 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTWpAsMJMX0
― 525,600 gecs (voodoo chili), Monday, 6 January 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
Rolling Stones: "Mother's Little Helper"
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 6 January 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
Minor Threat “out of step”
― calstars, Monday, 6 January 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
Elvis Costello, Accidents Will Happen - starts with vocal and it is already the verse. Does that count?
EC's first three albums all start with just his voice, already in the verse: Welcome to the Working Week, No Action, Accidents Will Happen.
― SlimAndSlam, Tuesday, 7 January 2020 01:46 (four years ago) link
Steve Hillage: Wait One MomentThe Cramps: Tear It UpJohnny Thunders: Little Bit of Whore
― Leftee, Tuesday, 7 January 2020 02:55 (four years ago) link
Toni Braxton - Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgA6hdK0gq4
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Monday, 31 August 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
Courtney Barnett - Elevator Operator
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Friday, 25 June 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
Haddaway - What Is Love
― kinder, Friday, 25 June 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
― kinder, Friday, 25 June 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
i would argue that the kind of acapella chorus shouting of that song and "you give love a bad name" is an intro, even though it starts with vocals.
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 June 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
anyway, dababy's "off the rip" is a hip-hop example, along with a bunch of his other songs
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 June 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I probably should have titled the thread "songs where the vocal comes in immediately" (and then there is also a distinction btw. songs with an "vocal intro" and songs that jump right into the verse).
― we don't have to be around all these coffee shops (morrisp), Friday, 25 June 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
"Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads is an interesting example: an a cappella intro which is unrelated to the rest of the song.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 25 June 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
another obvious example of that is "bohemian rhapsody," though themes from that intro recur throughout the song
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 June 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
felt Abba must have these, because they have a way of going right into their choruses...(see also this thread: the CVC formula: songs with choruses as intros)...so I scrolled thru the 59-track Abba Gold Anniversary Edition and found these:“Take A Chance On Me”, “Super Trouper” (both start with the chorus sung acapella tho); “Our Last Summer”, Kisses Of Fire”. “I Am Just A Girl” has just one guitar strum, “Rock Me” has two drum beats.probably more to be found on their albums
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 25 June 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link