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17 Dec 2018, 5:38pm
Maybe not what you're going for, but for setting a mood, the eerie and minimal percussion at the start of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" works for me.
Along those lines, the drums that start “Five Years” are a beautiful easing in to the Ziggy Stardust album.
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What about STH for setting up the song.

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daredevil wrote:
20 Dec 2018, 11:20pm
Not sure if the topic is drum solo intros or drums that are part of the intro. I've always liked the drumming at the start of XTC's Funk Pop a Roll.
Can't it be both.
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Wolter wrote:
21 Dec 2018, 12:24am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 5:38pm
Maybe not what you're going for, but for setting a mood, the eerie and minimal percussion at the start of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" works for me.
Along those lines, the drums that start “Five Years” are a beautiful easing in to the Ziggy Stardust album.
Yes definitely with this. It would've been so easy to start the album with one of the heavier tracks. But the build up on "5 Years" really works with the songs narrative.
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Mark Brzezicki is one fine drummer.
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Always loved this track and the intro.
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ZFG, the Hot for Teacher drum intro is hard as shit, but also sounds really cool:


Overplayed to hell, but Zep's "Rock and Roll" intro is another fav. It's such a strong driving and creative intro. "Lust for Life" is another obvious choice. "Tommy Gun" as well.
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Also, Sunday Bloody Sunday because it's trickier than it appears.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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SBS is a good call, early U2 was decent for good drum intros. Also I Threw a Brick and Refugee from October and War respectively.

Train in Vain, though probably technically unremarkable, and Version City from the Clash. And Mag 7 too though that’s more a combo of drums, bass and percussion to be fair.

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101Walterton wrote:
21 Dec 2018, 12:56am
What about STH for setting up the song.
It has no solo drum intro unless you mean live?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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You guys are forgetting a stone classic:

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Kory wrote:
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You guys are forgetting a stone classic:

Ha, that intro had nothing to do with the rest of the song.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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Heston wrote:
21 Dec 2018, 2:01pm
101Walterton wrote:
21 Dec 2018, 12:56am
What about STH for setting up the song.
It has no solo drum intro unless you mean live?
Hhmmm hang on will come back to you not sure what is stuck in my head now.

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matedog wrote:
21 Dec 2018, 4:08pm
Kory wrote:
21 Dec 2018, 3:55pm
You guys are forgetting a stone classic:

Ha, that intro had nothing to do with the rest of the song.
I'll never forget the first time i heard it. It actually comes in again in the middle but goes straight back to the smooth jam.
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