Which songs have the catchiest openings?

tonadaxtonadax Posts: 594
edited June 2007 in Other Music
Guns and roses- Sweet Child O' Mine
Rod Stewart- Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
michael jackson- billie jean ´isn't it amazing that no song before ever started like that? what a catchy drum beat
the rolling Stones- Satisfaction
lynyrd Skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama
Led Zeppelin- Heartbreaker
Coldplay- Clocks
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  • drew0drew0 Posts: 943
    For me at least...

    AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long
    The Deftones - My Own Summer
    Pearl Jam - Alive
    Metallica - Master Of Puppets
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    song #2 - blur
    are you gonna be my girl - JET
    love will tear us apart - joy division
    daytripper - the beatles
    yes - manic street preachers
    faster - manic street preachers
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • crittablescrittables Posts: 342
    given to fly....it's my ringer:)
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    ozzy.......crazy train
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Daytripper
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • "What's the Frequency, Kenneth"----R.E.M.
    "Stand"----R.E.M.
    "Pop Song 89"----R.E.M.
    "Glorified G"----Pearl Jam
    "Corduroy"----Pearl Jam
    "Take Me Out" ----Franz Ferdinand
    "I Should Be Allowed to Think"----They Might Be Giants
    "Ana Ng"----They Might Be Giants
    "Ants Marching"----Dave Matthews Band
    "Crush"----Dave Matthews Band
    "Start Me Up"----The Rolling Stones
    "Honky Tonk Women"----The Rolling Stones
    "Walk This Way"----Aerosmith
    "Sledgehammer"----Peter Gabriel
    "I Can't Explain"----The Who
    "Runnin' With The Devil"----Van Halen
    "Hot For Teacher"----Van Halen
    "The Middle"----Jimmy Eat World
    "I Will Follow"----U2
    "Mysterious Ways"----U2
    and everything on Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album
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    we sit around and wonder exactly why our marriage should feel threatened by gay marriage
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    Come on, that has to be Seven Nations Army :p
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Go
    The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
    Master of Puppets
    Cherub Rock
  • evoevo Airdrie, Scotland Posts: 185
    no rain - blind melon
    Hail Hail
  • chrisg72chrisg72 Posts: 112
    crittables wrote:
    given to fly....it's my ringer:)

    Mine too and also I like the beginning of severed hand.
    9.28.96 - 9.29.96 - 9.1.00 - 6.3.06 - 6.24.08 - 6.25.08 - EV 8.7.08 - 10.30.09 - 5.20.10 - 5.21.10 - 9.11.11
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    what about PJs "alive"
    scratching my butt...
    kinakamot ang aking puwit...
    me rascando pompis...
    krap mijn reet...
    boku no ketsuoana o kizu...
    bahrosh teezy...
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    rvm
  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    meme wrote:
    Come on, that has to be Seven Nations Army :p


    Great song but the intro is exactly the same as the rest of the song.





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  • hmmm.

    Kyuss, Thumb

    Nirvana, Smells like teen spirit.

    Hendrix, Voodoo chile
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    rockin' stroll - lemonheads

    london calling - the clash
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • voodoopugvoodoopug Posts: 1,011
    Can't You Hear Me Knocking - Rolling Stones
    Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
    Footsteps - Pearl Jam
    Hound Dog - Elvis
    There's Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson......and then everybody else.
  • illfatedillfated Posts: 65
    STINKFIST!!!! by that band.
  • hmmm.

    Kyuss, Thumb

    Nirvana, Smells like teen spirit.

    Hendrix, Voodoo chile

    Denfitely Nirvana´s is the best
    ...can´t wear my mask, your first my last...
  • pirlo21pirlo21 Posts: 534
    I love it when the guiter blends into the vocal at the start of Soundgarden's Loud Love.
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    1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
  • Yellow Ledbetter- PJ
    The Glass Prison- Dream Theater
    Disposable Heroes- Metallica
    Ace Of Spades- Motorhead
    Take Me Out- Franz Ferdinand
    Fight Like a Brave- Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Tonight, Tonight- Smashing Pumpkins
    Date Rape- Sublime

    There's just a few.
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