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Those great intro's
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And this
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Those first drum beats give it away for me. I remember this song was played to death by the radio stations. Those were the days. My my my my
JP
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Jung, Soft Cell and the 80s. I can think of a lot of interesting intros. This one for example:
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Jurgen, never heard this song before. You’re right it has an interesting and long intro, and I especially like the chess theme, and those chess boards. Last time I had a good chess game was on an Alaska cruise in it’s elegant library overlooking the ocean with a good high school friend in 2019. I miss being able to travel freely. I don’t know if you are into chess, but have you seen “Queens Gambit”? It’s a great mini-series for any chess buffs out there.
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Hi Jung, I’m glad if you like the piece of music. „Chess“ is a musical written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA. The story involves a politically driven, Cold War-era chess tournament between two grandmasters, one American and the other Soviet, and their fight over a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other.
Chess was never my great passion, as I never had a real chess partner. I once played it for a short time with a friend. We were both teenagers and we didn’t have the right calmness and composure to enjoy the game at that time. One quick move followed the other and the games were always over pretty quickly. We played a kind of „speed chess“. 🙂
I have already heard about “Queens Gambit”. It sounds interesting.
I can well imagine that playing chess went well with the relaxed ambiance of your Alaskan cruise and I also miss traveling a lot.
An ” A Capella” introduction is also a delightful way to start a song.
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… or this one…
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Juergen,
when do you sleep?
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Thanks for asking Tom, could be a little more sleep at the moment.
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Jung,
i FINALLY got the web site to stream the BB show.
It was worth waiting for.
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Hi Tom, you will have to jog my memory. Which show are you referring to?
Edited to add. Never mind, yeah the Billy Butler show is awesome. I will have to go back and listen to the whole Saturday series of interviews MLT did with Billy, some real gem performances they did on the radio.
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Jung,
the show you directed me to where the Twins covered Help in the studio.
Thanks
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What about ‘Come Together’
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And here is a very nice „Canadian“ intro:
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Diana, the Beatles certainly had some of the best intro’s, like Come Together, and Paul McCartney certainly continued that tradition with Wings.
Jurgen, that Ride To Agadir is an epic song, and what a variety from vocals to Led Zeppelin like guitars. The vocal “Capella” lead in works good for sure. “Heart of Gold” guitar lead in is awesome, love those.
Thank you both for sharing those videos.
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Say what you will about disco-era Bee Gees, but the intro to this song just invites you to hop in and go for a ride:
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Of all the rock and roll songs that begin with circus music, this has to be considered one of the best:
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A well-known “circus song”, with an interesting intro and an even more interesting origin story. Typical Beatles. Thanks for the idea, David.
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Hi Jurgen, that’s an interesting video about what inspired For the Benefit of Mr Kite, with Paul’s help. You know MLTs “No More Worries Company”, also has a great carnival feel to it too, and the intro starts off with carnival sounds.
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You’re welcome, Juergen. When I posted I was snarkily noting that no other songs opened with circus music, but clearly I was wrong. Now we’ve got a whole new direction to go with this thing!
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I have found a few other pieces of music that deal with the theme of the circus. Unfortunately, these pieces of music are from bands that drift more in the direction of heavy or trash. The implementation of the actually very nice theme by these bands reminds me somehow of the clown Pennywise from Stephen King or the Joker from Batman.
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