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Reverse piano hit into classical guitar lines and then that rhythm/bass as the song comes in.

I feel like every Pink Floyd song could be listed, and this may be more of a transition from intro to the song, but every time I listen to TGGITS, the pedal steel sweep and drum fill into the full band with the sung death throws gives me chills

 

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On 7/11/2025 at 2:48 PM, sidis said:

lots of good ones in here already...some of my favorites that have not yet been mentioned.

Would have posted this one.  

The song has been overplayed since its release.  But when you see it live, like I did when the band opened with it in Boston in 2015, it's pretty fucking awesome.

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3 hours ago, South Austin said:

Would have posted this one.  

The song has been overplayed since its release.  But when you see it live, like I did when the band opened with it in Boston in 2015, it's pretty fucking awesome.

I think the Rattle and Hum tour was the best they ever did with it live but it was pretty solid at the sphere a couple of years ago. My seats were last minute so not great but still gives a good idea. I wonder how long Edge has to re-rehearse the riff to get back up to speed whenever they go out  

 

eta: actually, i just remembered the super bowl halftime show right after 9/11 where they did mlk right into it...that was pretty fucking amazing.

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47 minutes ago, sidis said:

 I wonder how long Edge has to re-rehearse the riff to get back up to speed whenever they go out  

Probably not much.  I think that song has been a mainstay on the setlists for all of their tours going back to 1987.

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19 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Probably not much.  I think that song has been a mainstay on the setlists for all of their tours going back to 1987.

for sure he's played it a billion times live but even for him, i suspect it takes a little practicing to get it nailed. if you watch closely in the video i posted, he looks extremely focused and is rocking back and forth to keep his tempo (he never really looked like that the rest of the show...he just walked around the stage completely loose and chill like it was a rock concert) because, as i figured out when i learned to play that riff, that 8th dot delay can really screw up your perceived tempo as you get deeper into it despite the left hand being extremely simple and the right hand not being too terrible.

but then again, i'm me and he's edge so yeah...you're likely right.

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On 7/11/2025 at 8:38 PM, boilerhorn said:

 

 

I dunno about intro, but live take of Cars with NiN is really, really good.  I think Gary Neuman is a pretty underrated musical genius.  I view him how most people view David Bowie.

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3 hours ago, South Austin said:

Probably not much.  I think that song has been a mainstay on the setlists for all of their tours going back to 1987.

 

2 hours ago, sidis said:

for sure he's played it a billion times live but even for him, i suspect it takes a little practicing to get it nailed. if you watch closely in the video i posted, he looks extremely focused and is rocking back and forth to keep his tempo (he never really looked like that the rest of the show...he just walked around the stage completely loose and chill like it was a rock concert) because, as i figured out when i learned to play that riff, that 8th dot delay can really screw up your perceived tempo as you get deeper into it despite the left hand being extremely simple and the right hand not being too terrible.

but then again, i'm me and he's edge so yeah...you're likely right.

It also could be "easier" than we think it is, a la Elevation.

 

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10 hours ago, sidis said:

I think the Rattle and Hum tour was the best they ever did with it live but it was pretty solid at the sphere a couple of years ago. My seats were last minute so not great but still gives a good idea. I wonder how long Edge has to re-rehearse the riff to get back up to speed whenever they go out  

 

 

eta: actually, i just remembered the super bowl halftime show right after 9/11 where they did mlk right into it...that was pretty fucking amazing.

Glad you brought up that Super Bowl appearance.  It was so great after 9/11 had everyone reeling and in a fog for a long time.  And the whole country being polite to each other for a long time. 
 

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle was on sports talk radio in Houston the week after that game.  The hosts asked him about the halftime performance. 

He said he didn’t know much U2 and didn’t care for their music, but when those two massive black cloths rolled down from the top of the Superdome and “Streets” started playing, and all those names started scrolling down those cloths, he said everyone in the press box had tears streaming down. 
 

It was a special moment for sure. 

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I don't get the pervasive disdain for U2.  Those guys could turn "Wheels On The Bus" into a fucking anthem.  They just have something, some "IT", and yeah, it's in Bono's ego and Edge's guitar.

I only saw them once, on the Joshua Tree tour in Houston.  I had floor seats, which might have been great but everyone stood on their chairs the whole show so I could barely see anything but the top of Edge's hat.  I should have brough some phone books.  Regardless, that show kicked ass.

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I don't know if there's all that much disdain, they have some good tunes, it's probably more Bono is kinda of a dork and the Edge is the single most overrated guitarist in history by like a factor of a bajiilion. But I think musically they are very well respected. and Clayton and Mullen are a top 5 all time rhythm section.

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9 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I don't get the pervasive disdain for U2. 

I'm one of the biggest U2 fanboys you'll meet, and I get it, at least the past 10 years or so.  They've lost their fastball, yet still seem to insist upon themselves, and whether you like it or not, and no matter how genuine he is, Bono is still fucking everywhere.  

But still, when they were in their prime -- and U2's prime lasted a hell of a lot longer than a lot others over the course of music history -- they were the greatest rock band on the planet.

2 hours ago, G650 said:

the Edge is the single most overrated guitarist in history by like a factor of a bajiilion. 

I kill you.

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There's definitely some great ones posted, a lot I have downloaded. Here's a few more.

I can't believe no one's posted this one

Or this one

Another good one

A lot of them build and then go wham, love that, but some just grab you from the start like China Grove and this one

And this one has to be on the list

 

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south austin pretty much nailed it. bono truly is insufferable in his need to make it seem like everything he says 100% of the time in every setting and every context is somehow profound and transcendent. it's performative and exhausting as he seemingly has no chill. i genuinely would have no interest in spending any time with him in any setting because my eyes would get exhausted rolling into the back of my head. it is a testament to the other three guys' patience and tolerance that they endured and held it together so long.

i disagree with g650 obviously...edge is undoubtedly an inferior "player" to knopfler, gilmour, etc... but his sonic experimentation with what he can do with the guitar and constantly reinventing it from unforgettable fire through all that you can't leave behind - which while it all seems inevitable now - was amazing. i honestly think of him more as a producer than a guitarist. unlike bono, i would happily spend weeks in a studio with edge messing around with sounds.

moving on from u2...

 

some other classic intros that i haven't seen or overlooked in here - "voodoo child," "little wing," and "purple haze," "let's go crazy" and the drums on "take me with u," "angel" (massive attack), "carmina burana" (orff), "california love" (very few songs can make you immediately move like that one), "under pressure," "rhythm of the heat" (peter gabriel), "don giovanni" (mozart), "whiter shade of pale," "levee" and "going to california," "upper hand" (pearl jam), "mayonaise" (pumpkins), "block rockin beats" (chemical bros), "play that funky music," "come together," "welcome to the jungle," the underutilized bass only start to "lovely day" (withers), probably doesn't count as an intro since the motif is the whole song but the beginning of "every breath you take" can't be denied, "throw it up" (lil jon), "also sprach zarathustra" (strauss) "let's stay together" (al green), outshined (soundgarden), half the shit by metallica, "crazy train," also s

winner of best intro under three seconds long: "let's get it on" by marvin.

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1 hour ago, sidis said:

i disagree with g650 obviously...edge is undoubtedly an inferior "player" to knopfler, gilmour, etc... but his sonic experimentation with what he can do with the guitar and constantly reinventing it from unforgettable fire through all that you can't leave behind - which while it all seems inevitable now - was amazing. i honestly think of him more as a producer than a guitarist. unlike bono, i would happily spend weeks in a studio with edge messing around with sounds.

Au contraire mon frere, we actually completely agree.

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