Great song openings

[HighburyLass]

I've just had my Spotify wrap of 2024 and my most listened to song is Too Shy by Kajagoogoo. Don't judge me!

The reason I listen to it a lot is the opening. I think it's a fab opening. Better than the rest of the song.

Which songs do you think have openings that are awesome and maybe overshadow the rest of the song?

Two Tribes - FGTH
When Doves Cry - Prince

Guns n roses - November rain

Hell's Bells - AC/DC

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Bowie. Absolute Beginners
And I love the start of Club Tropicana.

I've just looked that up - it's a Bach fugue - that's why it sounds good. Number 2 in C minor. I'll try to find a recording of it so you can hear the whole thing . (Amy Grant veers away from it.)

Another vote for Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division.

And The Smiths This Charming Man.

Moody Blues, I'm just a Singer in a rock and roll band

Here you go, prelude and fugue. The fugue starts at 1:50

California girls, Beach Boys

Richard III Supergrass amen

Another guns n roses. Coma.

Sidney Youngblood if I only I could 12 inch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2kGHKS1YjsY

Just shown this to dh. Lots of oh yes that's a good one, nice choice...
And he suggests Love is the Drug by Roxy Music

Ghost Town - The Specials. Awesome

Bon jovi- Blaze of glory

Thank You by The Pale Fountains.

So many, but Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland Illinois is beautiful.

Friend or Foe by Adam Ant

I Want Candy- Bow Wow Wow

This Must Be the Place by the Talking Heads

Every Interpol song, ever!

A Forest by The Cure

Shanty by Slowdive

Right Down the Line by Gerry Rafferty

Give Me the Night- George Benson

The Cure, Inbetween Days.

Fluffy little clouds st etienne

Prince, Let’s Go Crazy

Thank you . I never knew that (and have had to look up what a fugue was). I love how in Any Grants version, it builds to a crescendo.

Band of Gold - Freda Payne
Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap
One Day Like This - Elbow
Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

Zadok The Priest, Hallelujah Chorus, dancing Queen, Somebody To Love, Just Kiss Me by Harry Connick Jr

Top of my Spotify list:
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits, from the Alchemy tour/album

They are very different, but have one thing in common - they are gorgeous songs and I can't imagine ever growing sick of them.

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Party Fears 2 - The Associates
Don't stop believing - Journey
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel