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Thread started 12/06/04 5:24pm

Thespian

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Best opening to a song

Which songs have the best opening moments?

These may not be my favourite songs but my top five (in no order) are

Baby knows
The latest fashion
Raspberry beret
Shh!
Computer Blue

i heard Raspberry Beret on the radio in the car and almost crashed. All it took was the drums and (1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4) and I was in heaven.

It was followed by Stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin. I had a grin ear to ear when I got to work.
All the world's a funky stage.
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Reply #1 posted 12/06/04 5:45pm

1sexymf

I like the beginning of "Adore", "Gett Off", "Billy Jack Bitch", "Musicology" and definitely "Kiss".
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Reply #2 posted 12/06/04 5:49pm

GottaLetitgo

Gett Off
7
Mountains
Theives in the Temple
In This Bed I Scream
When Doves Cry (of course)
Cream
Kiss
Purple Rain
1999
Love 2 the 9's
And God Created Woman (sends chills up my spine)
Alphabet St.
Race
Letitgo
If I Was Your Girlfriend
U Got the Look

Come to think of it the man begins a lot of songs in a really cool
way. Sometimes he just doesn't finish them as well (even the most of the above were good all the way through).
All good things they say never last...
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Reply #3 posted 12/06/04 5:52pm

LovesexyIsThe1

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Let’s Go Crazy

Anna Stesia
Lovesexy Funkateer
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Reply #4 posted 12/06/04 7:41pm

Xagain

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Yeah, Let's Go Crazy. Hearing that for the first time on my mom's a.m. radio while she was cleaning the house made me an instant fan.
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Reply #5 posted 12/06/04 8:16pm

BlueEyedAngel

Housequake!!!
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Reply #6 posted 12/06/04 8:49pm

wallysafford

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Mountains-extended version
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Reply #7 posted 12/06/04 8:51pm

Biah

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Dark - Drums...brass kick.
Oh, and Cindy C biggrin
eye "Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies -
tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I"
eye
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Reply #8 posted 12/06/04 9:05pm

RhondaJoyDiva

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Let's Go Crazy did it 4 me. I was 12 when I fist heard it, made me a fan 4 life !!! biggrin
Be Joyful
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Reply #9 posted 12/06/04 9:17pm

glamslamkid

LGC
and that opening guitar lick on Glam Slam still gives me chills everytime i hear it. It's like hearing the gates of heaven open up...ok, that does sound a little dramatic..but that's what i hear...
GlamSlamKid...The resident clown on Prince.orgy

Paw Power Pussy paw
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Reply #10 posted 12/06/04 9:30pm

abierman

Erotic City
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Reply #11 posted 12/06/04 9:31pm

cracknbush

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Shy
Erotic City
Another Lonely Christmas..
cracknbush
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Reply #12 posted 12/06/04 9:39pm

cinnamonjo

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Gett Off (OOOOOhh,that scream is like the loudest sex SOME OF US HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE )...
Computer Blue
Do it all Nite
Take me with U
Kiss (!)
When 2 R in Love
Housequake
Shh!

Sexy MF is the funkiest start ever...
1+1+1 is 3
Family Name
If eye was the man in yo life.



And the beat goes on...
[Edited 12/13/04 9:03am]
Dynamic Savior Said:


Also, do you think that ugly people are God's cruel joke on humanity (like the platypus and the heterosexual) or another form of population control?


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Reply #13 posted 12/06/04 9:40pm

cinnamonjo

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HEAD-- the synths, dont forget the synths!
Dynamic Savior Said:


Also, do you think that ugly people are God's cruel joke on humanity (like the platypus and the heterosexual) or another form of population control?


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Reply #14 posted 12/06/04 10:26pm

MrGeorge

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The Everlasting Now (second only to The Time's "The Walk")
Illusion, Comma, Pimp & Circumstance
Lady Cab Driver
2 the 9's
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Reply #15 posted 12/06/04 10:30pm

BorisFishpaw

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Favorite opening moments...

Let's Go Crazy - "Dearly beloved..."
Gett Off - (that scream, followed by those deep beats)
1999 - "Don't worry, I won't hurt U..."
Kiss - (that guitar, and the following "uhh")
Computer Blue - "Wendy?", "Yes Lisa..."
D.M.S.R. - (sparse opening synth, then the classic "oww-ahh", then the funk!)
Raspberry Beret - "1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4"
Anna Stesia - (just those opening lonely chords)
Erotic City - (guitar twang, and reversed reverb... funky!)
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Reply #16 posted 12/06/04 10:46pm

andykeen

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Shhh
When doves cry
Purple rain
Sexy M.F.
God created women
Baby
Anna Stesia
The Everlasting Now
Around the world in a day

Keenmeister
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Reply #17 posted 12/06/04 10:58pm

DarkKnight1

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Gett Off and My Name is Prince
(Insert something clever here)
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Reply #18 posted 12/06/04 11:12pm

andykeen

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Cinnamon girl - great start!

Keenmeister
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Reply #19 posted 12/06/04 11:18pm

abierman

cinnamonjo said:

(OOOOOhh,that scream is like the loudest sex none of us have ever xperienced...)




Speak for yourself, will ya?

hmm hmm
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Reply #20 posted 12/06/04 11:52pm

Rico

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17 Days
Crystal Ball
Shockadelica
Housequake
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Reply #21 posted 12/07/04 1:21am

Adore7

Adore
Shh
Let's Go Crazy
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Reply #22 posted 12/07/04 1:30am

rudeboynpg

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Joy In Repetition on One Nite Alone Live, Killer Guitar Solo opener.
Goodnight, sweet Prince.
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Reply #23 posted 12/07/04 2:42am

npgmplsTN

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Hosequake

Let's Go Crazy

Little Red Corvette

When Doves Cry
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Reply #24 posted 12/07/04 4:40am

automatic

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Loose!
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Reply #25 posted 12/07/04 4:55am

renfield

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My favorite opening to a bad song is "Poom Poom." That song kinda sucks, but I love the screeched "What am I gonna do?" at the beginning. I'd listen to that 2 or 3 times then quickly skip to the next song.
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Reply #26 posted 12/07/04 5:56am

jonty1975

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i like the whistly flute thing on around the world in a day followed by the scream, mad
"was i the first, was i your every fantasy"
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Reply #27 posted 12/07/04 7:44am

ehuffnsd

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Thunder all through the night
You CANNOT use the name of God, or religion, to justify acts of violence, to hurt, to hate, to discriminate- Madonna
authentic power is service- Pope Francis
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Reply #28 posted 12/07/04 7:48am

TweetyV6

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T E M P T A T I O N
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification - Thomas Henry Huxley
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Reply #29 posted 12/07/04 8:21am

Stripe

I'm Yours
Bambi
Sexuality
Ronnie, Talk 2 Russia
1999
Irresistible Bitch
Let's Go Crazy
When Doves Cry
17 Days
Another Lonely Christmas
Paisley Park
America lol
Temptation
Girl
Christopher Tracy's Parade
Venus De Milo
Anotherloverholenyohead
Housequake
U Got The Look
Dance On
Escape
The Future
Batdance
The Question Of U
Thunder
Diamonds And Pearls
Cream
Gett Off
My Name Is Prince
7
Letitgo
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
P. Control
Endorphinmachine
Shhh
Girl 6
Zannalee
Interactive
Good Love
Poom Poom lol
Wasted Kisses
When The Lights Go Down
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
Prettyman
Everywhere
Family Name
Everlasting Now
Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstence
The Marrying Kind
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