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Raff 
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 Posted: September 19 2009 at 15:13 |
I wish I could kick myself  ... Just saw a post mentioning Peter Gabriel's "Intruder" (a song I love), and thought about one of my favourite songs of all time, which opens in a similar way - Blue Oyster Cult's "Veteran of the Psychic Wars". True, it's not 'drums only', because the drumming is backed by keyboards, but the drums are by far the most prominent sound of the two.
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alanight
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 15:20 |
Please, listen to "Pollo frito" by Crucis
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The Sleepwalker
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 15:25 |
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Though there is a bit sax in there too, the jazzy intro of VDGG's Arrow is epic.
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Stooge
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 16:27 |
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Alphonse Mouzon's "Funky Snakefoot". You may have also heard a part of it sampled in the Beastie Boys song "Shake Your Rump".
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mourningknight
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 16:38 |
Just a few songs I haven't seen mentioned but there are many more!
Vital Transformation by Mahavishnu Orchestra
Winds by Colosseum II (it's a solo but what a great opening)
Led Boots by Jeff Beck
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The Runaway
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 16:48 |
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Robo-Warriors by Gong off the new album 2032, it's one of the funniest drum openings, and song openings in general, that I have ever heard! It's weirder than the middle-eighths for Eat That Phone Book Coda and Pot Head Pixies because it isn't even similar to Gong's style. That robotic sound has to raise a smile on your face. DAMN! This could make a good part for a review, I CALL DIBS! And I only heard 45 seconds of it....
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The T
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 18:07 |
 Equality 7-2521 wrote:
Keppa4v wrote:
Another one I really enjoy, in fact more than the one I first mentioned, is Dream Theater's 6:00. It's possibly my least favourite track of that album, but the drum intro is just brilliant. |
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Same here. A very simple intro, actually just the rhythm without music, but that I like a lot but a very underrated drummer is Alice in Chain's No Excuses from Jar of Flies from Sean Kinney. A lot lies in the production. Megadeth's one for "trust" couldn't be simpler (non-drummers can play it) yet it sounds so powerful and menacing because the drums sound so BIG and LOW....
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akiko
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 19:49 |
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Presto Vivace - the Terry Bozzio version from UK's Night After Night
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Runaway
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 19:49 |
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Rush - Animate
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The Quiet One
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 20:07 |
Pictures of Home - Deep Purple Black Night - Deep Purple Soul Sacrifice - Santana Se Acabo - Santana When You're In - Pink Floyd (short, simple, but effective ) And will have to echo some already mentioned: - When The Levee Breaks - Fireball
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 20:48 |
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BY TOR AND THE SNOW DOG
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Yorkie X
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 00:45 |
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I like the rosanna intro drums by Jeff Porcaro but since Toto isn't considered a prog band I`ll keep it to myself ...
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Dellinger
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:11 |
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I like Dream Theaters intro to The Great Debate and Pull me Under.
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The Pessimist
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 15:45 |
Zero Tolerance - Death 
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg
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moebius
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 20:30 |
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GENERALE by PFM
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Pangaea
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Posted: September 21 2009 at 07:52 |
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I have to agree with those who said Rainbow's 'Stargazer.' A great opening.
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The Sleepwalker
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Posted: September 21 2009 at 12:38 |
SaltyJon wrote:
Ticks and Leeches by Tool has a great little drum intro.
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Indeed! So has Reflection, I think I like that one even more. It sounds very mysterious...
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: September 21 2009 at 14:01 |
Blowin Free wrote:
Robo-Warriors by Gong off the new album 2032, it's one of the funniest drum openings, and song openings in general, that I have ever heard! It's weirder than the middle-eighths for Eat That Phone Book Coda and Pot Head Pixies because it isn't even similar to Gong's style. That robotic sound has to raise a smile on your face. DAMN! This could make a good part for a review, I CALL DIBS! And I only heard 45 seconds of it.... |
You reminded me!!
Ooby Scooby Doomsday or The D-Day dj 's got the D.D.T Blues.
You've got the new album already?  
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Help me I'm falling!
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Nightfly
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Posted: September 21 2009 at 14:05 |
Abstrakt wrote:
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks!!!!!!
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Absolutely brilliant! Simple yet the perfect groove and the sound is fantastic.
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The Only Thing She Needs by UK (Terry Bozzio)
Agree with those who include Stargazer and Painkiller.
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Nuke
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Posted: September 21 2009 at 16:50 |
Well, I think tool wins this one hands down, with both ticks and leeches and reflection. However, if you can count Bboom as an intro to Thrak, then I'd have to give king crimson the award. Honestly though, I don't like most drum intros, even though I should as a drummer. They're really quite predictable.
Edit: I found it! Flattening of emotions by death is the greatest drum intro ever! My god I love that one so much 
Edited by Nuke - September 21 2009 at 17:22
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