CCR-Up Around the Bend

The opening notes on John Lennon's "Imagine."

The Animals, "House Of The Rising Sun"

Bad Brains, "Pay To Cum"

Standells, "Dirty Water"

Stiff Little Fingers, "Suspect Device"

Black Flag, "Nervous Breakdown"

Blank Generation - Richard Hell
You Really Got Me - Kinks

burun wrote:

AnthonyVillalobos wrote:

Mark Hansen wrote:

AnthonyVillalobos wrote:I know everyone's gonna talk shit but the opening for these two albums are pretty epic:

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
THe Mars Volta - Amputechture

burun wrote:Nope. I'm talking about stuff that more than, say, 10,000 people have heard.

They've sold just about 500,000 copies of Amputechture alone. I'm sure more than 10,000 people have heard them.

But I am pretty sure that my mother doesn't know Mars Volta from fucking...I dunno, Master Musicians of Joujouka - and she knows what "Smoke On The Water" is.

See my point?

I see your point. But I wasn't aware that we were talking about epic intros our mothers have heard.

AnthonyVillalobos wrote:I see your point. But I wasn't aware that we were talking about epic intros our mothers have heard.

The thread is "Which opening riff is most iconic". Iconic means "Having a conventional formulaic style". Straining to remember what the Mars Volta sounds like (and thanks a fucking lot for that) I'm thinking "no, not iconic at all".

Should be but isn't: Kill The King - Masters of Reality. (OK not quite an opening riff)
Do these riffs exist in some kind of theoretical riff space waiting to be discovered by earthly riffonauts?
If so there may be a diminishing supply of undiscovered ones.

scott wrote:I am not aware of ever having heard a single Mars Volta song.

I am glad I have never knowingly heard a Mars Volta song.

the opening of Blank Generation by the Voidoids.
the opening of Sweet Jane.
oh, you mean a metal riff? I have nothing for you.

Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)