I'm writing an article on tunes with weird intros that make it hard to tell where "one" is, like Rock and Roll (Zep) and Start Me Up (Stones).
I have a couple dozen tunes I'm considering, but wondered if anyone here knows any others. In particular, I want newer Rock, Metal or Punk stuff, or tunes that begin with drums. I already have lots of classic Rock (Van Halen, Hendrix, Zep, etc) already.
Thanks.
Hmm...interesting topic. I was thinking of that first song off of Graceland when the tom hits come in. Maybe I am just dumb, but that one always messed with me. Also the beginning of "Take It Easy" by the Eagles can be strange if you hear the first note as the one . "Murder By Numbers" by the Police has a tricky little hi hat intro too. I'll try to think of more!
DUDE!!!
A couple weeks ago I saw this CD at my friends, and I snagged it because I lost mine a long time ago. No kidding, every day in the car I listen to most of it at least once. Yes 90125.
The song I was thinking of is CHANGES. The intro is so awsome!
4/8 3/8 then 4/8 3/8 3/8. Or of course
2/4 3/8 then 2/4 6/8, Whatever.
Hands down one of the all time best recordings in my book. The Trevor Rabin era is my favorite Yes era I think. Big Generator and Union are cool, but 90125 rules them all.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Man, Charlie plays the snare drums on the one for starting "Start Me Up", bass drums on the 2 & 3, and back on the snare on the 4, I think that it's very brillant !!!Originally posted by Vdrummer:
I'm writing an article on tunes with weird intros that make it hard to tell where "one" is, like Start Me Up (Stones).
It's one of the reason that I think that he's one the greatest !!!
Nice idea Vdrummer.
And yeah Steve, the Yes's stuf are AWESOME !!!
Produced by the great Trevor Horn, some nice work here.
Peace.
1.) Mad about You (Sting) -- For some reason, when I first heard this it was easy for my ear to get off on this.
2.) The West Side (Phil Collins) -- He comes in emphasising the upbeat.
3.) Spirits in the Material World -- Same thing here.
Badman's Song, Tears for Fears. Manu Katch?.
Actually, technically not that hard to hear "one" at the start if you pay attention to his left foot - but it's confusing at first hear, until the count-in... and you can lose it halfway through the intro if you're not careful too.
Manu. Word.
The electric piano intro on the Doobie Brothers' "Minute by Minute" is always a hard one for me to locate the downbeat.
And there's a goofy song called "Woman Tonight" on America's Greatest Hits, where I can never find one until they go to the bridge:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B000002KHS/
Cool topic!
Mr. A.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 31, 2005 07:27 AM: Message edited by: Mr. Acrolite ]</font>
There's this 80's hit single from Billy Ocean called "When the going gets tough...". I remember it having a strange intro. OK its all programmed drums, but I'm sure that drummers playing in Top 40 bands back then had some problems figuring that one out. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Steve Holmes,
Thanks for the link to "Interracialmatch.com".
When is this board changing?
Chris
The beg. of Celestial Terrestrial COmmuters has a really cool fill.
Over the Mountain by Ozzy has that triplet fill.
There's a song on Siamese Dream that has a tasy little fill, Quiet.
But maybe all of those are a little too obvious as to where the downbeat comes in...Mudvayne has some interesting beats, but I can't make it through a whole disc of theirs.
Soundgarden, Rusty Cage? That whole beat sometimes has me scatching my head.
Of course, the grandaddy IMO, I Don't Care Anymore, by Phil, that is one beat that definitely "flips"...ABACAB has a few on there too, IIRC.
I'll try to think of some more.
Jesus Lizard, check those guys out. They had a great drummer in the Dave Grohl vein, I think Grohl lifted from him is more like it.
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