Is there a more misleading song intro than "Old Days"? When the song starts you think you're in for the most wicked, acid-stoner jam ever...and then a Chicago song starts. And yes, I know that Terry Kath brought the noise on other early Chicago numbers, but aside from a long free-form freakout on Chicago Transit Authority it was generally more organically integrated into the band's music. What other song intros, in your mind, promise a wholly different listening experience from what is ultimately delivered?
"Old Days" and misleading song intros
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"Old Days" and misleading song intros
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Not sure if Sweet Gene Vincent counts seeing as the intro takes up one third of the whole song.
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This was what jumped in my mind....
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Obviously very deliberate in this case:
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The Doors 'The End' comes to mind.
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The intro is also the chorus, but it does make you think it's going to be some anthemic rock song, and not some sub-Freddie & The Dreamers shit.
Like fast-moving clouds casting shadows against a hillside, the melody-loop shuddered with a sense of the sublime, the awful unknowable majesty of the world.
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And playing the intro to a much more famous song, for no known reason is a theme in some music I own:
Like fast-moving clouds casting shadows against a hillside, the melody-loop shuddered with a sense of the sublime, the awful unknowable majesty of the world.
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robertff wrote:The Doors 'The End' comes to mind.
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Good call. Interesting idea but I’ll need to think about this.
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At an old job we used to have the local rock radio station on all the time in the warehouse, and I'd always get angry if this song came on. The intro promises so much more than the song itself delivers...
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