Greatest Intros in Rock

[Silkie]

The flip side of Bumble Boogie was Nut Rocker. Emerson, Lake & Palmer also did a really wild rocking boogie version of it live. (Pictures At An Exhibition album).

Just think, we are all citing artists who actually knew how to read and write music, who understood music theory, who had a great sense of culture. Even with the all new Moog Synthesizer musicians actually played the music. Today it is almost all machined. You can even buy something that just plays an electronic beat of any type at Walmart in the toy department. Go figure.

 

[cyberdad]

I definitely stand to be corrected, but I believe "Nut Rocker" came out after "Bumble Boogie". My recall is that subsequent later reissues had both tunes back to back.

 

[Silkie]

I definitely stand to be corrected, but I believe "Nut Rocker" came out after "Bumble Boogie". My recall is that subsequent later reissues had both tunes back to back.

Could be. Nevertheless, I have it back to back.

But speaking of great intros, how about some Bob Dylan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFvgA0NJqE8&feature=related

 

[Silkie]

Well, if we are going into jazz, it's pretty hard to leave out Thelonious Monk - regardless of the label he played under, although his Blue Note years were among his best. Just my opinion.

+1

I'd add Oscar Peterson (perhaps he comes to mind because I'm writing tonight from Canada). And if we're going to talk about Jazz crossover stuff in the rock era, how about Cozy Cole's "Topsy"....or anything from Earl Bostic. Of later vintage....Tom Scott & the L.A. Express. (How about "Rock Island Rocket"....or his work on Joanie Mitchell's "Raised on Robbery"

There goes the Can-Con influence again. ;D

Topsy Pt 2 is a classic.

Charlie Byrd did a great jazz guitar cover of Topsy.

 

[radioman148]

Well, if we are going into jazz, it's pretty hard to leave out Thelonious Monk - regardless of the label he played under, although his Blue Note years were among his best. Just my opinion.

+1

I'd add Oscar Peterson (perhaps he comes to mind because I'm writing tonight from Canada). And if we're going to talk about Jazz crossover stuff in the rock era, how about Cozy Cole's "Topsy"....or anything from Earl Bostic. Of later vintage....Tom Scott & the L.A. Express. (How about "Rock Island Rocket"....or his work on Joanie Mitchell's "Raised on Robbery"

There goes the Can-Con influence again. ;D

Topsy Pt 2 is a classic.

Charlie Byrd did a great jazz guitar cover of Topsy.

I'd like to hear that sometime.

 

[Silkie]

Well, if we are going into jazz, it's pretty hard to leave out Thelonious Monk - regardless of the label he played under, although his Blue Note years were among his best. Just my opinion.

+1

I'd add Oscar Peterson (perhaps he comes to mind because I'm writing tonight from Canada). And if we're going to talk about Jazz crossover stuff in the rock era, how about Cozy Cole's "Topsy"....or anything from Earl Bostic. Of later vintage....Tom Scott & the L.A. Express. (How about "Rock Island Rocket"....or his work on Joanie Mitchell's "Raised on Robbery"

There goes the Can-Con influence again. ;D

Topsy Pt 2 is a classic.

Charlie Byrd did a great jazz guitar cover of Topsy.

I'd like to hear that sometime.

I'm surprised to find it on the Internet, but here it is. I'm a Charlie Byrd fan, even though he's been gone about 10 years.

http://www.last.fm/music/Charlie+Byrd/_/Topsy?autostart

 

[GridLeakBias]

I'm surprised to find it on the Internet, but here it is. I'm a Charlie Byrd fan, even though he's been gone about 10 years.

http://www.last.fm/music/Charlie+Byrd/_/Topsy?autostart

Fascinating piece, thanks for the link. We're talking music here, not sounds.

Byrd was indeed a master of classical guitar. His Bossa Nova stylings with Getz, Gilberto and Jobim are tops for mood listening.

 

[radioman148]

Well, if we are going into jazz, it's pretty hard to leave out Thelonious Monk - regardless of the label he played under, although his Blue Note years were among his best. Just my opinion.

+1

I'd add Oscar Peterson (perhaps he comes to mind because I'm writing tonight from Canada). And if we're going to talk about Jazz crossover stuff in the rock era, how about Cozy Cole's "Topsy"....or anything from Earl Bostic. Of later vintage....Tom Scott & the L.A. Express. (How about "Rock Island Rocket"....or his work on Joanie Mitchell's "Raised on Robbery"

There goes the Can-Con influence again. ;D

Topsy Pt 2 is a classic.

Charlie Byrd did a great jazz guitar cover of Topsy.

I'd like to hear that sometime.

I'm surprised to find it on the Internet, but here it is. I'm a Charlie Byrd fan, even though he's been gone about 10 years.

http://www.last.fm/music/Charlie+Byrd/_/Topsy?autostart

Very good--thanks for the link.

 

[Silkie]

Speaking of cool intros, here are a few dymamite intros:

Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations (I am pretty sure somebody already mentioned here somewhere)
Day After Day - Badfinger
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown and The Famous Flames
I Gotcha - Joe Tex
All Those Years Ago - George Harrison
Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) - The Moody Blues
Skinny Legs and All - Joe Tex

 

[GridLeakBias]

"Shotgun" - Jr. Walker and the All Stars

 

[Silkie]

Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire

 

[cyberdad]

Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations (I am pretty sure somebody already mentioned here somewhere)

Or the slightly similar "Cloud Nine" from the Tempts a couple of years earlier

 

[radioman148]

Hound Dog--Elvis

 

[GridLeakBias]

Is something from some “redneck rock and roll” OK to add to this thread?

“Gimme Three Steps” – Lynard Skynyrd

 

[Silkie]

Hound Dog--Elvis

Try this version of "Hound Dog", by Big Mama Thornton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUAg1_A7IE

Another great intro:

Java, by Al Hirt

 

[Silkie]

Hound Dog--Elvis

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Have a listen to Big Mama Thornton's version of Hound Dog. You can find it on YouTube

Al Hirt - Java, from his LP Honey In The Horn (1964)

 

[radioman148]

I've heard Big Mama Thornton's version.
Speaking of Al Hirt, "Cotton Candy"

 

[radioman148]

I've heard Big Mama Thornton's version.
Speaking of Al Hirt, "Cotton Candy"

 

[cyberdad]

How about Elmore James, "Dust My Broom"?

Best Elvis intros....in no particular order. Guitar: "Jailhouse Rock" , "Don't Be Cruel", "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck", "A Fool Such as I", "King Creole", "I Need Your Love Tonight," "Burning Love". Drums: "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", "Rock-A-Hula". Sax: "Return to Sender"

 

[radioman148]

Hound Dog--Elvis

This post might show up again in another form.

Have a listen to Big Mama Thornton's version of Hound Dog. You can find it on YouTube

Al Hirt - Java, from his LP Honey In The Horn (1964)

Big Mama Thornton's version is good.
I like Al Hirt's intro to "Cotton Candy".