Ayreon - Vigil
https://song.link/us/i/1600474852
The Human Equation is about a man in a coma, wrestling with himself. The opener explains, as you meet some of the voices.
Kamelot - Un Assassinio Molto Silenzioso
https://song.link/us/i/1447673678
An intro from a live performance! On the studio album this was track 9. But this particular performance was really peak Kamelot.
Derek Sherinian - The Fury
https://song.link/us/i/1443645205
This album features so many egos. Sherinian, Malmsteen, Lukather. It is a prog journey complete with peaks and valleys. Malmsteen's opener is surely the only way it could have begun,
Dream Theater - Regression
https://song.link/us/i/282694470
Surely this helpful psychologist couldn't be part of the story, right?
It's the first Thursday Five List! Songs that are a strong start / set a tone for an album.
Judicator - A Picture of Fading Light
https://song.link/us/i/976698608
This power metal track is a great intro to a stellar album. The album is about a man passing away from cancer and this sonically sets the stage.
Starting the year with #TheIntro this #ThursdayFiveList :
Slipknot - (Sic)
https://song.link/i/927731731
Body Count - Smoked Pork
https://song.link/i/862275504
Marilyn Manson - Prelude (The Family Trip)
https://song.link/i/1440867182
Dimmu Borgir - Fear and Wonder
https://song.link/i/1450465080
Amorphis - Thousand Lakes
https://song.link/i/73629290
Hey all!
For #ThursdayFiveList it’s all about album intros with #TheIntro
Here goes with some great intros that set the albums up brilliantly.
One Vision, by Queen, from A Kind of Magic.
https://song.link/gb/i/1441459307
(That song is one of the best intros to an album, ever!).
In your Honour, by the Foo Fighters from the album of the same name.
FutureSex / LoveSounds by JT.
Lost Ones from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
Do it to Me by Lionel Richie from Back to Front.
#ThursdayFiveList today is all about songs that open albums: #TheIntro
Drum Intros:
#Mastodon - Pain With an Anchor
https://song.link/hu/i/1584124423
#JudasPriest - Painkiller
https://song.link/hu/i/207178166
Here's an intro that is also a lullaby:
#QueensOfTheStoneAge - This Lullaby
https://song.link/hu/i/1440779995
A choir intro from a band with a very long name:
#AndYouWillKnowUsByTheTrailOfDead - Ode to Isis
https://song.link/y/Trb-fJa0MtE
And this is my very favourite album intro of them all:
#PinkFloyd - Speak To Me / Breathe (they go together)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=HW-lXjOyUWo&feature=shared
https://song.link/hu/i/700017342
Today's #ThursdayFiveList theme, the first of 2025, and courtesy of @neurothing, is #TheIntro, five songs that are great album intros, but also work as stand alone tracks. In no particular order, here are my introductory five:
Train - 4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More! (1992)
https://youtu.be/lsVFt6l2Utg
Station to Station - David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)
https://youtu.be/QymJI00mlSs
House of the Rising Sun - The Animals - The Animals (1964)
https://youtu.be/N4bFqW_eu2I
Cosmic Thing - The B-52’s - Cosmic Thing (2004)
https://youtu.be/nxa09aZ6ZN8
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1969)
https://youtu.be/2u-n__lHhWU
Now scrolling back, I feel like I did #TheIntro wrong and was supposed to do more introductory, silly songs, or skits that started albums.
So, let's try that again.
Take 2.
Dr. Dre - The Chronic (Intro) https://song.link/us/i/1668461340
Eminem - Public Service Announcement https://song.link/us/i/1440871449
Gorillaz - Intro https://song.link/us/i/850571364
Outkast - The Love Below (Intro) https://song.link/us/i/1774796863
They Might Be Giants - Theme from Flood https://song.link/us/i/298111037
Hey hey! Here's my contribution to the Thursday Five List theme of "The Intro": opening tracks of albums.
Emarosa - The Past Should Stay Dead
https://song.link/us/i/1675497836
Bilmuri - Better Hell (Thicc Boi)
https://song.link/us/i/1751816946
Anberlin - Ready Fuels
https://song.link/us/i/1443808012
Green Day - 2000 Light Years Away
https://song.link/us/i/210274069
Every Time I Die - Romeo A Go-Go
https://song.link/us/i/283332571
Thursday Five List is going with the theme of The Intro. Tracks (Not really songs) that introduce an album. I find it interesting because posting first songs is easy, finding a good intro is hard.
Baby V.O.X "Intro" (Come Come Come Baby)
https://song.link/us/i/1698805906
Flatlinerz "Intro" (U.S.A.)
https://song.link/us/i/1443787317
Don Omar "Intro: Predica" (King of Kings)
Future Girlfriend Music "Intro" (Through Space To See You EP)
https://futuregirlfriend.bandcamp.com/track/through-space-to-see-you-ep-intro
Bone Thugs~N~Harmony "Retaliation (intro)" (The Art Of War)
The #ThursdayFiveList theme from @neurothing is #TheIntro - 5 album intros I really liked that are a track on their own!
Sloan - Flying High Again (from "Never Hear The End Of It")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGSPzhFm7s
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow Is Born (from "S.F. Sorrow")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgwnC-pEw3k
The Doors - Break On Through (from "The Doors")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFeUko-lQHg
The Rascals - See (from "See")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwj1YYEv-HI
Slade - How Does It Feel (from "Slade In Flame")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL8ZfL1Xv1w
To start off 2025, we have a Thursday Five List theme of "The Intro" - First tracks off albums.
Let's see what I can do.
Coheed and Cambria - The Reaping https://song.link/us/i/266363143
Itzy - Born to Be https://song.link/us/i/1718647233
Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) https://song.link/us/i/158617967
My Chemical Romance - The End. https://song.link/us/i/209388312
The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop https://song.link/us/i/312355531
It's the first #ThursdayFiveList of a New Year and @neurothing wants a strong start with #TheIntro a song which you think sets the tone for an album or just has a great opening. Here's mine.
NIN: Mr Self Destruct https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Y9-zxc_tbeM
Metallica: Hit The Lights https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=1bW2DMOeDEM
Wildhearts: Inglorious https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=WsQW_OrQ4c4
Iron Maiden: Aces High https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Xg9aQvjMS60
The Almighty: Addiction https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=vdpHaT4parE