“Future Legend” delivers the opening salvo to a post-Ziggy Stardust dystopian worldview. It’s that the ‘song,’ such that it is, rolls right into one of rock’s greatest pronouncements: “This ain’t rock and roll, this is genocide,” as the lift off of the main guitar riff of the second song/title track “Diamond Dogs.” Bowie’s eighth studio release as much takes from Orwell - the songs “1984” and “Big Brother” appear on this album-as well as the writings of William S. This brief, spoken word intro with scary background music behind it has David Bowie telling us all about “fleas the size of rats” and “rats the size of cats.” It’s not so much the intro, though, to this particular song (not that there actually is one per se) that gets it into this ten. For this list, though, Brian May’s descending crying guitar into a shimmery acoustic guitar strum sets up such a sweet Freddy Mercury’s vocal I feel this one must be included. It’s simply another great song from this band’s second album, an album chock-full of great songs, and arguably one of Queen’s best releases. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “Another One Bites The Dust” mine the poppy side of the street, while the “We Will Rock You” opening declares its anthemic pull no matter what sport you love. The opening will give any prog rocker a good tickle up their old address, that’s for sure, no matter how 80s poppy things do get as the song progresses. This spooky dirge, quite different than those hits, begins with a sailing organ giving way to a soaring slide lead guitar…all of which floats away to the tick-clicking muted guitar versus all but bitten by lead singer Daryl Braithwaite. The quintet raked up a slew of teen-pop hits in the 70s, making the quintet one the most successful Australian bands of the day. But how about those vintage rock song openings that are just as mind-blowing and super cool, just not as well known? Here is a rundown of our Top 10 Obscure Vintage Rock Song Openings.Īlthough they released this key-laden single, along with a video for the song on MTV under the name of The Sherbs, this band began life as Sherbert (also known as Highway). These wonderful, instantly recognizable openings lead listeners to some of rock’s best - there’s no denying this fact. There is the ‘accidental’ feedback at the start of the Beatles’ “I Feel Fine,” John Bonham’s crash-and-burn iconic cymbal get-up-and-go of Led Zeppelin’s “Rock & Roll,” the oh-so-distinctive Don Felder-penned (and played) guitar pick beginnings to the Eagles’ “Hotel California,” and the cash register roll kicking off the funky beat to Pink Floyd’s “Money.”
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