Signature Introductions to Classic Songs

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:40 pm

Three more, then I promise to not be a bother any more.....tonight!

Two by Canned Heat---both have very unique intros:

On The Road Again
Goin' Up The County

Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In by the 5th Dimension. Another great intro, and talk about a fantastic bass tune. Some of the most awesome bass I've ever heard in the second section of this classic.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:22 pm

Joe Osborn played bass on that.

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:35 pm

I think I should add Johnny Cash's "I Walk The Line" to the list.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:28 am

I feel the same way about "Fire" by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, but it's not an instrumental...what an intro, nonetheless!

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:37 am

Cetera plays great bass on "Questions 67 & 68". Very McCartney-like slides into notes. I always thought it a great loss that after he went solo, I never saw Cetera play bass.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:53 am

I saw him a couple of times, playing with Terry Kath, a fabulous guitarist: what a combination! (Kath, like Peter Gabriel, took most of the brains away when he left the band...he just did it in a more theatrical way.)

Cetera was a great bass player...would that he had been happy just to be that...another member of the Phil Collins "Shut Up and Play Your Axe" Club. They'll get their own wing in the MHOF, IMHO.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:56 am

I was gonna mention Phil. Great minds think alike

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:05 am

Sorry, Dave, you're right...I gotta quit hoggin' bat practice and let everybody get a swing...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:11 am

I agree Cetera was great, one of or maybe even the best pickstyle bassist I've ever heard, even with his solo stuff the bass lines were great although they were usually played with a synth.
Those guys could really play and I wore out that album when I was a kid, well 17 years old anyway.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:23 pm

It's a good thing Cetera left Aorta, a band few besides myself has ever heard of.

There are other great Cetera basslines in Chicago songs; two that stick in my mind are Where Do We Go From Here and What's This World Coming To.

Another great 1970-1971 signature intro: No Matter What by Badfinger.

harley · Post by **harley** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:30 pm

The intro to Baby Blue by Badfinger is great, too. From the same general time frame, What Is Life by George Harrison is both good and instantly recognizable. I always kind of hoped he'd take another try at that one. I think an older George would have brought a whole different "something" to it.

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:36 pm

I did not see Day Tripper, In my Life, All you need is Love or Paperback Writer on any earlier posts so here my four pennies worth.