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Queen - the fast intro version of we will rock you was always great but i loved this one at milton keynes - probably cos i was there - the boom boom boom boom flash , then that last manic laugh sound - loved it
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The Spice Girls reunion tour intro is absolutely fantastic, would get anyone squealing with excitement
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May not be a popular choice but I loved how Mark Ronson opened the Electric Proms with the bbc Orchestra doing Apply Some Pressure
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Another Guns N' Roses one, they had a few different openings.
Another was Axl backstage talking to the crowd saying "You wanted the best... well they couldn't f*ckin' make it! So here's what you get... from Hollywood... Guns N' Roses!" A trains whistle toots twice and then the intro to Night Train kicks in. Or of course, Axl just walking out emotionless and just stands there for a minute or two, then screams at the top of his voice "Do you know where the f*ck you arrrrrrrrrrre?" to which the crowd goes mental and Welcome To The Jungle kicks in. Class. Paddy
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For me is has to be power metallers, Rhapsody. Their intro to the Live in Canada is fantastic and befits the music.
Christopher Lee (whose a fan) with a speech about "5 valient warriers" battling against the dark forces. |
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MSG, or Michael Schenker Group to use the long name
Always used the Ride of The Valkyries/Deer Hunter as the intro and that segued perfectly with the opening track as well as getting the audience well and truly up for it. |
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MSG, or Michael Schenker Group to use the long name
Always used the Ride of The Valkyries/Deer Hunter as the intro and that segued perfectly with the opening track as well as getting the audience well and truly up for it. probably on the live album - ?Live at the Budokan? I saw them at De Montfort Hall in about 83. I remember one act where instead of the whole band, the guitarist wandered on stage playing something acoustically under a spot and not looking at the audience then after a couple of minutes he soemhow swapped guitar to an electric and the band joined in very loud, having sneaked on stage. it may even have been an encore re-entrance. |
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probably on the live album - ?Live at the Budokan?
I saw them at De Montfort Hall in about 83. I remember one act where instead of the whole band, the guitarist wandered on stage playing something acoustically under a spot and not looking at the audience then after a couple of minutes he soemhow swapped guitar to an electric and the band joined in very loud, having sneaked on stage. it may even have been an encore re-entrance. I also like the idea of Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense where David Byrne appears on a bare stage himself with a ghetto blaster, performs Psycho Killer and is then gradually joined by the band song by song as the roadies build up the stage set / PA around them- worth getting on DVD. |
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Yeah another vote for Zoo TV from me too.
A fantastic opener to the show, really great for building up suspense. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5omeaIIcbc Thanks to the other folk who have posted video links, some great suggestions here. |
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