Best "Just Drums" Start To A Track
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Topic: Best "Just Drums" Start To A Track
Posted By: Snow Dog
Subject: Best "Just Drums" Start To A Track
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 05:12
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As the topic suggests?
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 05:21
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Where Eagles Dare by Iron Maiden is the first to come to mind. A fine way of introducing their new drummer at the time, as it was also the start to the whole album. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 05:24
I'll have to relisten to that. But in a similar vein I have to mention Painkiller by Judas Priest...also an excellent way to introduce a new drummer. Or was it a new drummer....I forgot.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Keppa4v wrote:Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 05:28
It was. Ram it Down had Dave Holland and Painkiller was Travis's first with Priest. I will go with Rainbow's Stargazer. |
Posted By: fighting sleep
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 05:41
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I've always been kinda fond of the opening in "Atlas"by Battles. It's very simple, but perfect for the build-up the whole track. Same goes for "Leyendecker", from the same album. |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 06:21
| I would prefer Gangland by Iron Maiden. |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 06:22
| Hancock's Crossings has a nice drums/percussion intro as well. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 06:33
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Vanden Plas's Iodic Rain has a very good drum intro, and I rather like the drumming thatstarts Isis' Wrists of Kings. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 07:20
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Easily the reprise of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It's the mother of all modern drum intros. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 07:42
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Porcupine Tree's "Halo" does the trick ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 07:57
The same I would choose  . Unfortunately, now I can't remember any other similar tracks, but I'm sure I will later in the day. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 08:02
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C30 C60 C90 Go! Bow Wow Wow
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Mad Eyed Screamer The Creatures
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 08:07
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Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks!!!!!! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 08:09
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Other good ones: Led Zeppelin - Rock n Roll Rainbow - Stargazer And a fantastic drum-outro: Black Sabbath - Behind the Wall of Sleep |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 08:47
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Carousel from Solution's Fully Interlocking. The recording quality is unbelievable and the music is brilliant. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 09:20
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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. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA!
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 09:30
Good call! But I love the track too. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 09:31
Me too...and yeah, had forgotten about this one, kickass intro indeed! It's actually my favourite track from the album...it might sound silly in places but it's so damn infectious! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 09:39
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How about some more Prog Bands? Another knockout one is Everything She Needs by UK. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 09:44
Actually, "6.00" is my favourite track on an album which I find very hard going at best. If all the album had been like that, perhaps I'd have enjoyed more. |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 09:48
I should have added that despite being possibly the least favourite track from the album I still enjoy it very much, Awake is a great album in its entirety if you ask me  ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA!
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 09:51
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How's about One Little Victory from a Canadian trio? That one opens up Vapor Trails and kind of rams that album right down your throat. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 10:04
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How about "When a Blind Man Cries" ? ... simple but it works. 'kay too simple perhaps.  "Fireball" then. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 10:06
Yay! for Pete Clarke  - his openning "solo" for Siouxsie's Dreamshow DVD is pretty good too.------------- What? |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 10:08
Nice one!  |
Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 10:12
| Flight by Rare Bird. |
Posted By: paulwalker71
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 10:19
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 10:57
This is the first thing that came to my mind. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 11:54
------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Asphalt
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 12:01
| What? No love for Mastodon's The Wolf Is Loose? Short but sweet. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 12:03
Oh yes! I haven't played that album in ages - I'm putting that on my playlist for tomorrow. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 12:06
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Once by Blackfield Honor Thy Father by Dream Theater
The Rover by Zeppelin
John the Fisherman by Primus
The Wolf is Loose by Mastodon
------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 12:36
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More slow ones:
Intruder and Biko by Peter Gabriel (Jerry Marota).
Fallen Angel by Robbie Robertson (Manu Katche).
Show Don't Tell by Rush (you know).
Nothing rips, though, like Alphonse Mouzon's intro to Birdfingers on The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell.
Lots of good ones mentioned in this forum.
------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 12:40
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I feel a Compilation Cd developing. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Floyd919
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 13:16
| I like Opeth's "Beneath the Mire" small intro) charming) |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 13:22
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Ticks and Leeches by Tool has a great little drum intro.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 13:36
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The one that immediately sprung to my mind is Santana's "Soul Sacrifice". ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 13:40
| Harper Lewis - Russian Circles |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 14:46
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Also throw in Sculptured's Bodies Without Organs. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 14:48
How the hell did I miss that? My favourite metal song in the world. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA!
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Posted By: Raff
Date 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. |
Posted By: alanight
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 15:20
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Please, listen to "Pollo frito" by Crucis
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Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date 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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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 16:27
| Alphonse Mouzon's "Funky Snakefoot". You may have also heard a part of it sampled in the Beastie Boys song "Shake Your Rump". |
Posted By: mourningknight
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 16:38
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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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Posted By: The Runaway
Date 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.... ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 18:07
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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Posted By: akiko
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 19:49
| Presto Vivace - the Terry Bozzio version from UK's Night After Night |
Posted By: Runaway
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 19:49
| Rush - Animate |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 20:07
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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 |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: September 19 2009 at 20:48
| BY TOR AND THE SNOW DOG |
Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: September 20 2009 at 00:45
| I like the rosanna intro drums by Jeff Porcaro but since Toto isn't considered a prog band I`ll keep it to myself ... |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:11
| I like Dream Theaters intro to The Great Debate and Pull me Under. |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: September 20 2009 at 15:45
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Zero Tolerance - Death
------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: moebius
Date Posted: September 20 2009 at 20:30
| GENERALE by PFM |
Posted By: Pangaea
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 07:52
| I have to agree with those who said Rainbow's 'Stargazer.' A great opening. |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 12:38
Indeed! So has Reflection, I think I like that one even more. It sounds very mysterious... -------------
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 14:01
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?   ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 14:05
Absolutely brilliant! Simple yet the perfect groove and the sound is fantastic.
Also....
The Only Thing She Needs by UK (Terry Bozzio)
Agree with those who include Stargazer and Painkiller.
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Posted By: Nuke
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 16:50
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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 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Seabury">  
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Posted By: chuckyspell
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 17:30
| Colaiuta's 5 second intro on "Tsunami" David Garfield. Also the two seconder on Allan Holdsworth "City Nights" |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 17:38
| Although keyboards are also included, Phil Collins gets things rolling on Brand X's "Running On Three" very effectively. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 17:48
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Not prog but... Short, simple but effective. ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: TamanduaRick
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 20:00
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The mighty Phil Collins on the intro to Hate Zone from Brand X. Bye, Rick |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: September 21 2009 at 20:17
That one definitely boggles the brain cells.
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 12:57
Billy Cobham - "Stratus" (Spectrum)
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 13:05
That's the one - no contest. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 13:12
I can have my FLY BY Night Avataer back now then. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 14:46
It's an owl, not the Snow Dog. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 24 2009 at 09:25
I mean... Those drums...  Such a huge, steady, groovy & sludgy sound! I LOVE the entire song! Sludgy, groovy, heavy blues rock with backwards effects and distorted harmonica...  |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: September 24 2009 at 09:34
Good call - Cozy Powell's finest hour  ------------- 
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Posted By: Mahakam
Date Posted: September 25 2009 at 07:29
and let's not forget the other great italian prog band of the times : AREA Their live version of 'La Mela di Odessa" on "Are(A)zione" has the most incredible drum intro this side of Mahavishnu Orchestra ! |
Posted By: 3vilP3nguin
Date Posted: September 25 2009 at 18:08
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'Hurricane' by Kyuss. New drummer for them as well, with Alfredo Hernández replacing Brant Bjork. Prog-wisesome that don't seem to have been mentioned: 'Ticks & Leeches' by Tool 'Spreading The Disease' by Queensr˙che 'Crystal Skull' by Mastodon |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: September 25 2009 at 18:12
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The Wolf Is Loose - Mastodon If it hasn't been mentioned already. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: rotasalteradas
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 16:10
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Rainbow - Stargazer U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday David Bowie - Five Years Led Zep- Dyer Maker |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 19:10
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not prog but Gypsy Train and Rossana by Toto but as mentioned Mastodon -the wolf is loose |