March 10, 2009


Dear Clusterflock

Is there an intro to a song that damn near stops your heart?

If you have a link to the song, so much the better.

posted by Christopher Walken in audio, dear clusterflock, music, radio 

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31 Responses to “Dear Clusterflock”

  1. Deron Bauman on March 10th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    Led Zeppelin Kashmir

  2. Phil Bebbington on March 10th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    Brill, Deron – oddly I knew the tune and yet, embarrassingly had no idea it was Led Zep!

    There are many but one that sprung to mind was:

    The Smashing Pumpkins Tonight, Tonight

    http://is.gd/l7ii

    Sorry can’t do fancy links!

  3. Andrew Simone on March 10th, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    The Pixies – Caribou

  4. HvI on March 10th, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    Mulatu Astatqé – Kasalèfkut Hulu (forget the clip)

  5. Chris on March 10th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    Pixies – Debaser

  6. Chris on March 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    Forgot one of my favourites – Gorecki by Lamb.

  7. Andrew Simone on March 10th, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    Debaser was my other choice, Chris.

  8. phil on March 10th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybHvUXvXoms

  9. phil on March 10th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    Oopsie – that’s The WiLDHEARTS my friend.

  10. Kathy Hilen-Smith on March 10th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    This stops my heart. every. single. time. It starts off sweet then gets all excited.

    http://www.last.fm/music/Camille+Saint-Sa%C3%ABns/_/Danse+Macabre?autostart

    I’m quite fond of Kashmir too, though. I like to think of Saint-Saëns as the Zep of his time. I guess I just like music that beats the fuck out a leitmotif.

  11. Sheila Ryan on March 10th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Bowie’s Modern Love is one, though come to think, it’s not the intro per se so much as it is my sense of where the song is going and the intro’s function as a trigger.

  12. Phil Bebbington on March 10th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    From my youth, I do have something of a soft spot for the intro to:

    Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years http://is.gd/mN4U

    and then, Sheila got me thinking about:

    David Bowie – Lady Grinning Soul http://is.gd/mN6x

  13. Rick Neece on March 10th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    I have two (for now):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0dMBqtGtOU

    http://video.yahoo.com/watch/218955/866889

    Don’t know, looks like you might have to copy and paste the links, sorry.

  14. Rick Neece on March 10th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    OK, mebbe not.

  15. Phil Bebbington on March 10th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    Well, sorry Rick. Us Brits have become 2nd class citizens as we are unable to watch your links in the UK – I think there is some royalty shit going on with youtube right now in the UK and youtube are taking down a lot of tunes – bless their hearts!

    Oh, by the way Rick, what were the tunes?

  16. Rick Neece on March 10th, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    “Fragile” Sting. “Running Up That Hill” Kate Bush.

  17. Phil Bebbington on March 10th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    Nice ones, Rick!

  18. Rick Neece on March 10th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    Thanks Phil, perhaps I’ll tell stories why one day. Do you know “alabama3″ (A3) I’d have to include the intro the theme song from “The Sopranos,” as one to count, too. (Their whole album, “Exile on Coldharbour Lane” I’d count as a “must buy” to any who might be interested.)

  19. Phil Bebbington on March 10th, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    Rick, I do know them. I have La Peste but nothing else. I shall check out your recommendation.

  20. Rick Neece on March 10th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    “La Peste” is like “Rumours” by Fleetwood Mac. (My opinion only my friend) Rumours got more notice in the press, but it wasn’t as good as the album that came before it. (Remember “Rhiannon?”)

    Shall we have “one more cocktail” before we call it a night?

  21. Rick Neece on March 10th, 2009 at 6:27 pm

    Mebbe I should just call it a night now. More later. OK?

  22. Phil Bebbington on March 10th, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    Rick, there is always time for one more cocktail! I can always squeeze a Martini or a Manhattan in – As for A3 – I’m sure I have another album somewhere but for some reason I don’t have it loaded into itunes! I do remember Rhiannon but not with any clarity.

  23. Mike Dresser on March 10th, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    Van Halen – Jump.

    Something about that saw synth line just gets my pulse pounding when someone puts it on the juke.

  24. Cooper on March 10th, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    The Stills – Gender Bombs. I love, love this song, and I love this band.

    http://www.imeem.com/yapple/music/O4GfrRrR/the-stills-gender-bombs/

  25. Cooper Renner on March 10th, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    Inspired by Sheila, I’ll both recommend a Bowie and suggest that it’s not so much the intro per se but where I know the song is going from there:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHywdqH3F6Y

    “Scary Monsters”

    I’d also like to recommend Love’s “A House Is Not a Motel” which seems to be available on youtube only in late live versions which can only approximate the studio perfection of the Forever Changes version.

  26. Dave Vogt on March 10th, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    Paul Simon – Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover

    I dunno, the drums just… mmf.

  27. Melanie on March 11th, 2009 at 9:24 am

    The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane

  28. Blaine on March 11th, 2009 at 9:36 am

    http://www.searchme.com/#/&vs=music/&q=achozen%20deuces/

  29. GC on March 11th, 2009 at 9:42 am

    A couple of older selections..

    Hendrix Purple Haze
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSW67ySCio

    Deep Purple Smoke on the Water
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1sAkZF7SCQ

  30. Brian Beatty on March 11th, 2009 at 11:19 am

    Little Feat’s “Apolitical Blues”

    Televisions’ “Marquee Moon”

    Sonic Youth’s “Teenage Riot”

    In each of these three songs, I hear the intro and immediately anticipate the joy the rest of the tune brings to me, whether it’s the stoner humor of Lowell George, the dual guitars of Verlaine and Lloyd or the hipster caterwaul that Sonic Youth was when I saw them perform (the Goo tour?) back when I was in college.

  31. Sheila Ryan on March 11th, 2009 at 11:51 am

    The intro to “The Intro and the Outro” (Bonzo Dog Band).

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