Songs with no intro

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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 Moment
The Cramps: Tear It Up
Johnny Thunders: Little Bit of Whore

Leftee, Tuesday, 7 January 2020 02:55 (four years ago) link

seven months pass...

Toni Braxton - Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgA6hdK0gq4

“Pizza House!” (morrisp), Monday, 31 August 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link

nine months pass...

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


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