Viaene Posted April 20, 2008 Report Posted April 20, 2008 Alot of bands try to start their performance with an original intro or with something special, something that fans appreciate. Pink Floyd started with Shine on You crazy Diamond on P.U.L.S.E. Red Hot Chili Peppers started it out with a rocking intro that got everybody in the right mood from the rist note. please contribute to the list!
edna Posted April 21, 2008 Report Posted April 21, 2008 The Rolling Stones used to start with "Under My Thumb"... "Ladies and Gentlemen... the greatest rock´n roll band in the world... The Rolling Stones!!!" and then the intro... Then they used "Start Me Up". I haven´t seen them in ten years so I don´t know how they open now... Lou Reed always played "Sweet Jane"... the famous intro.
TheLizard Posted April 21, 2008 Report Posted April 21, 2008 When I saw the Stones, they opened up with "You Got Me Rocking".
Elvish Posted April 23, 2008 Report Posted April 23, 2008 Willie usually starts things off with Whiskey River: http://forum.songfacts.com/showtopic.php?tid/144455/ Sometimes he closes with it too. Man, it's been way to long since I've seen him live...
RMcNally Posted June 13, 2008 Report Posted June 13, 2008 Billy Joel always plays the theme from "The natural" before he comes out onstage Anyone know why?
Ken Posted June 13, 2008 Report Posted June 13, 2008 Kiss always used to open with Deuce and it was always glorious....
Mike Posted June 14, 2008 Report Posted June 14, 2008 The Who usually opened with My Generation - the one chance I got to see them the did. They also opened with I can't explain
The Seeker Posted June 14, 2008 Report Posted June 14, 2008 Actually, they usually opened with I Can't Explain And Heaven and Hell for a year or so.
Mike Posted June 14, 2008 Report Posted June 14, 2008 It was actually I can't explain, usually, and Substitute was second most...overall, I just remember it being My generation for their Farewell tour '82, my memory ain't what it used to be.
cadillacranch Posted June 22, 2008 Report Posted June 22, 2008 Metallica uses 'Ecstasy of Gold' from Ennio Morricone as intro and the Ramones used 'The Good, the bad and the Ugly'.
Heard It On The XM Posted June 24, 2008 Report Posted June 24, 2008 U2 usually opens their shows with "Where The Streets Have No Name". Rush's opening number changed from tour to tour, but they've typically used "Three Blind Mice" followed by the Three Stooges theme as their intro music as they took the stage. Yes used an excerpt from Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite" for the same purpose.
cadillacranch Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 U2 usually opens their shows with "Where The Streets Have No Name". not exactly true. I think 'Streets' was only the opener during The Joshua Tree-tour and maybe the Lovetown Tour. for ZooTV/Zooropa/Zoomerang (1992-1993) the opener was Zoo Station for the Popmart-tour (1997-1998) Mofo was the opener for the Elevation-tour (2001) Elevation was the first song for The Vertigo Tour (2005-2006) U2 had different openers (City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Love and peace or else)
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