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Longest Intro'
Hello,
erm-- In the last 60 years, what is the longest intro ever to a song, before any lyrics are sung? The best I can come up with is Boney-M's Rasputin, which is about 60 seconds. |
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La Ritournelle by Sebastien Tellier is about 3:57.
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Hotel California is quite a long one.
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Meatloaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (From Bat Out Of Hell 2)
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stone roses - i wanna be adored
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David Bowie's Station To Station is the longest one I can think of.
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'Dopesmoker' by Sleep has about 8 mins until the vocals come in.
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Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamon (Parts I-V)" surely? It's almost 5 minutes before the band kick in.
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Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamon (Parts I-V)" surely? It's almost 5 minutes before the band kick in.
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'Song for Guy', by Elton John, I reckon.
*goes off to check* Yeah, lyrics - such as they are - kick in at 5:13. There's a contender ![]() ...Mind you, that might be the album version , but the single version still comes in at an impressive 3:56
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Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamon (Parts I-V)" surely? It's almost 5 minutes before the band kick in.
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Breaking Into Heaven by The Stone Roses, the first track from the criminally underrated Second Coming.
It builds up for about 10 minutes and was a hell of a way to announce your return after 5 years away. |
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Breaking Into Heaven by The Stone Roses, the first track from the criminally underrated Second Coming.
It builds up for about 10 minutes and was a hell of a way to announce your return after 5 years away. |
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Marvellous by the Lightning Seeds comes to mind, but it is no way as near as the songs mentioned above.
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Even though there is a chorus at the start, it's like well over a minute before Last night actually settles in.
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The Cure are good at long intros.
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If we're talking about really big well-known hits, I'm surprised no-one's yet thrown in Blue Monday.
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Simple Minds Waterfront I've just timed at 65 seconds.
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IntoOutro - I think it's by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. The lyrics never kick in! Very funny.
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I too was going to say Shine On. The two opening tracks on Duke by Genesis, Behind the Lines and Duchess run for 2+mins before vocals start. So does Heart Of The Sunrise by Yes,
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The album version of Where the streets have no name is quite long. The first verse starts at 1:48.
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Edit: Nevermind
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Stairway to Heaven doesn't really kick in till 4 minutes
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Dreams Burn Down by Ride is a long one- lasts about a minute and a half IIRC. A lot of Ride songs have long intros and/or outros.
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Hello,
Thank you everyone who contributed to my question. Rasputin indeed, oh! the shame, .I went with Revolver's suggestion, Shine On You Crazy Diamon, I have that on CD. I googled Wahey's suggestion, Breaking Into Heaven by The Stone Roses,, I don't know it but couldn't find it. Got a big family quiz on Sunday, under 25s against us oldies. Thanks again. |
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, but the single version still comes in at an impressive 3:56
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