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OK, since I'm a "Guitar Bitch" as someone put it I feel I should add a few I like that start with Drums:

 

Any live intro by Bun E. Carlos - if that's not allowed than I'll settle on "Ain't that a shame" from Budakon.

 

When the Levee Breaks - Zep

 

Nightflight to Venus - Boney M :dance

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up around the bend - ccr

 

long as i can see the light - ccr

 

piano man - billy joel

 

end of the innocence - don henley

 

joyride & fading like a flower - roxette

 

sweet home alabama - lynyrd skynrd (yes, i know i spelt that wrong)

 

hard days night - beatles

 

handy dandy - bob dylan (pretty much an ode to Like a rolling stone)

 

kashmir & hot dog - led zep

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The Who- Baba O'Riley.

 

End of Story.

 

Some others:

 

Stevie Wonder- Superstition

U2- Where The Streets Have No Name

Rolling Stones- Gimmie Shelter

Brian Eno- Here Come the Warm Jets

Yo La Tengo- Blue Line Swinger

LCD Soundsystem- All My Friends

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That whole song is one big 10:47 opener. Though it kicks. Haha I saw it live once and Ira just threw his guitar everywhere. I think it led into Nuclear war. So much sound!

 

Ha! I guess your right. An intro kind of implies the song changes after the beginning. I guess I just like how each instrument comes in one at a time.

 

We did Cortez the Killer once for 10:47 and I think I threw my guitar everywhere.

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Ha! I guess your right. An intro kind of implies the song changes after the beginning. I guess I just like how each instrument comes in one at a time.

 

We did Cortez the Killer once for 10:47 and I think I threw my guitar everywhere.

 

Now if I hear that song and nobody is throwing a guitar, I will be severely disappointed.

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Since the Doors are in another thread I'll add:

 

Light my Fire & LA Woman

 

Based on my limited experience I think this is the point where somebody will now post "The Doors Suck" and/or "LA Woman sucks".

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I've got to second that one. First song that came to my mind.

 

I also like the nod to Candy's Room. An underappreciate tune there.

 

Streets of Fire too!

 

Others worth mentioning:

 

REM Radio Free Europe

REM I Believe

U2 Mofo

U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday

Beck Devil's Haircut

Andrew WK It's Time to Party

Ben Folds Five Jackson Cannery

Ben Folds Five Last Polka

Ben Folds Five One Angry Dwarf

Foo Fighters Everlong

Foo Fighters This is a Call

Morphine Honey White

Walkmen We've Been Had

White Strips Let's Build a Home

White Stripes St. James Infirmary Blues

Cracker Happy Birthday to Me

Stereophonics Vegas Two Times

Sigur Ros Vidrad

Sigur Ros Glossglogi

Sigur Ros Sfven G

Sigur Ros Olsen Olsen

The Smiths The Queen is Dead

The Smith Big Mouth Strikes Again

The Smiths William it Was Really Nothing

The Smiths How Soon is now?

The Cure 10:15 Saturday Night

The Cure In Between Days

The Cure Open

The Cure Want

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